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Health and Wellbeing Manager
- Permanent full time
- Hybrid work arrangement – based in our office at Macquarie University and work from home
- Location: Macquarie Park, New South Wales, Australia
It matters more at Hearing Australia
Hearing Australia is a trusted leader in our ?eld. Working across the country, we exist to support and empower people through hearing health when and where they need it.
Your opportunity
As Health and Wellbeing Manager, you have an amazing opportunity to help us grow our impact and deepen our connection with the communities we serve. If you truly want to empower people to live great lives, and develop valuable and extensive knowledge, skills and experience, this is the place for you. Here’s how you’ll do it:
- Maintain an effective Work Health & Safety (WHS) management system.
- Analyse incident and injury data to identify insights relating to root causes, emerging risks and issues
- Implement data driven injury management and workers’ compensation mitigation strategies
- Ensure financial liability associated with workers compensation is minimized by continuously improving processes, increasing operational efficiency and reducing workers compensation claims number and costs.
- Facilitate the use of and continuously improve, early intervention and rehabilitation processes to ensure achievement of business objectives and compliance with regulations.
- Lead the implementation of targeted injury management initiatives which meet better practice standards and facilitate a workers early and sustainable return to work following injury.
- Work closely with senior managers and business stakeholders; providing expert advice, management support and clear direction to facilitate achievement of specific workers’ compensation and post-injury management strategies.
- Lead a team in ensuring the implementation of a consistent and integrated approach to the management of injured workers and work/non work-related case management processes.
What you’ll bring
- Operational HSE experience in a similar work environment
- Working knowledge of workers compensation, rehabilitation and WHS
- Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal
- Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations
- Acute business acumen and understanding of organisational issues and challenges
- Strong interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills (e.g. consensus building, conflict resolution)
- Ability to provide solutions to sensitive and complex workplace issues.
- Ability to manage multiple problems at once and prioritise issues.
- Strong understanding of legislative and regulatory frameworks which govern Health & Wellbeing
- Experience in coaching and training managers and support staff in workers compensation, injury management and return to work.
What matters most? Your drive to help anyone and everyone who needs us. And you’ll see your role as a real responsibility and an incredible opportunity to make an impact on lives across the country.
Why Hearing Australia?
There’s so much to love about a role with us. But our people say there’s three things that set us and their careers apart. They’re about:
- How we do what we do: Our vision is to deliver the best hearing solutions for anyone, any time, anywhere. At Hearing Australia, you’ll know you’re making a contribution that really means something
- Who we work with: Here, you’ll support and empower clients of all backgrounds. That’s what drives our teams and what makes them so special
- Where we’re going next: As our industry evolves, we’re committed to learning and improving what we do and how we do it, and building an organisation where everyone can thrive
What does that mean for you?
As a Health and Wellbeing Manager, you’ll know that every day, your work is helping children and adults who need us. Just ask Sandeep, one of our IT professionals about why they choose to work with us:
“The work we do in helping people hear sound again and for the very first time is quite inspirational. Everything we do here is purpose-driven.”
You’ll also enjoy a range of bene?ts, including:
- 15.4% Superannuation
- Flexible work arrangement opportunities to support work, personal and family commitments
- Attractive employee benefits (salary sacrifice superannuation, HCF private health cover discount, well-being programs, salary packaging, discounts across an exciting range of retailers)
- Paid parental leave
Let’s create the gold standard of hearing care
We will require the successful candidate to be willing to have a Police Check conducted (we pay), a current driver’s licence and must have rights to work in Australia.
Hearing Australia is an Equal Opportunity Employer and embraced diversity, equity and inclusion. We are passionate about building a diverse and inclusive culture from within.
We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and applicants from different cultures who are bilingual to apply.
We are committed to facilitating a barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. If you require any accommodations, we welcome you to let us know so we can work with you to participate fully in our recruitment experience.
Job Summary
- Location:
- NSW - Macquarie Park
- Work Type:
- Full Time
- Category:
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Documentation/Data Collection
Emergency/Safety Management Systems
Frameworks/Systems
Health and Wellbeing
Implementation
Incident Investigation/Management
Regulatory/Compliance/Legal
Return to Work
Workers Compensation/Workcover