How will you make an impact? Are you passionate about making a positive impact to our members' dignified retirement? Act as a trusted advisor to our leaders and employees on all WHS matters.
The opportunity We are seeking a dynamic and professional WHS Manager committed to employee well-being.
You will play a critical role in maintaining a safe and healthy work environment for our growing corporate organisation nationwide, with a proportion of employees engaged in member-facing roles.
As a trusted advisor, your responsibilities include keeping abreast of the legislative environment across all states and territories, policy implementation, expert guidance on WHS matters, strategic planning, and hands-on execution of safety programs.
Additionally, you will focus on psychosocial risk management, including continued improvements in how psychosocial risks are investigated and managed.
Some Key Responsibilities: Act as an advisor to leaders and employees on all WHS matters, whilst having regard to relevant legal frameworks, policies, procedures and the Hostplus enterprise agreement.
Ensure that adequate systems and controls are in place to enable Hostplus to comply with all relevant workplace health and safety laws across all jurisdictions in which it operates.
Chair the WHS Committee and ensure that the group is performing all required duties including (but not limited to), completing safety inspections across all office locations, emergency evacuation drills are regularly conducted, adequate numbers of staff are appointed and trained into safety-related roles such as committee members, fire wardens and first aid officers whilst ensuring that any observations are reported and acted upon in a timely manner.
Develop and facilitate safety-related education in consultation with the Organisational Development team.
Maintain relevant policies, procedures, systems, information and training programs to support and communicate effective WHS practices across the business.
Regular reporting to the Chief People Officer including but not limited to, Board and Committee reports.
Ensure workers' compensation insurance arrangements are in place and management of renewals for each office location.
Management of and reporting on the Incident and Hazard registers.
Managing and conducting ergonomic assessments.
Managing third-party safety audits for all office locations, reporting and acting upon any recommendations.
Manage workers' compensation claims including creating and supporting return to work plans.
Assist and where appropriate, lead investigations and reporting of workplace incidents.
About you Minimum 4 years' experience in a similar role within a corporate environment.
Strong knowledge and understanding of national WHS laws and best practice.
Experience in psychosocial risk management including continued improvements in how psychosocial risks are investigated and managed.
Some knowledge of human resource management laws and best practices.
Experience with injury management, Workcover claims and rehab and return to work programs.
The ability to develop strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal, with the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders.
Strong relationship building and management skills.
The ability to work effectively within a high-pressure environment.
The ability to provide timely and accurate services to internal & external clients to meet service standards.
Experience in the development, evaluation and ongoing maintenance of strategic and operational workplace mental health and wellbeing systems and programs.
Strong technical and problem-solving skills and excellent attention to detail.
The ability to identify and implement continuous improvement within current work practices.
Relevant tertiary qualifications in Work, Health and Safety, Human Resources, or equivalent.
What can we offer you? Our employees are passionate about what we do and are proud to be part of an organisation that helps everyday Australians achieve a brighter future.
We value diversity of thought and have an open and flexible workplace.
Some industry-leading benefits we offer include: Hybrid and flexible work environment 15% superannuation Additional paid leave over Christmas and New Year Additional 5 days paid "flex leave", so that you can take time out when you need it 18 weeks paid parental leave 3 days community service leave 4 weeks paid gender affirmation leave Access to long service leave at 5 years Access to subsidised financial advice Dedicated per person development budget to support your growth Just to name a few! About us At Hostplus, we passionately provide our over 1.7 million members with the best possible service; constantly looking for new ways to deliver better value while helping members get the most out of their super.
We are inspired to help our members achieve greater security for their future and ensure they retire with dignity.
Your role at Hostplus will make a difference, whether you're in marketing, financial advice, operations or any of our other divisions - you'll be contributing to ensuring our members retire with the best possible outcomes, and what better feeling is there than knowing your role helps someone to retire with dignity and security? Our commitment to diversity and inclusion We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity.
We believe diversity of thought, background and experience strengthens relationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our people, our members, and the communities we operate in.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, ages, religions, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, LGBTIQ+ people, those with a disability, neurodiverse individuals, women, and people with a cultural or linguistically diverse background.
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