Associate Director, Work Health Safety and Wellbeing

Looking for a role that goes beyond the ordinary in Work Health and Safety and Wellbeing? This is your chance to take on a unique challenge, elevate your career, and reach new heights!

Remuneration: $166,678 - $186,448 p.a. + Superannuation 
Location: Location negotiable within Hunter New England Local District 
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time (Job Share or Part Time arrangements may be considered - 4 days minimum) 
Position Classification: Health Manager Level 5  
Hours Per Week: 40 
REQ ID: REQ545183
Closing Date: Sunday 26th January 2025 
Tentiative Interview Date: Friday 7th February 2025

What’s on Offer?

Impactful Leadership: Take on a high-level management role reporting to the Executive Director of People and Culture, where you’ll lead, motivate, and oversee the Work Health & Safety and Wellbeing function. In this critical position, you’ll drive a safety and wellbeing transformation of proactive policies and actions to ensure the District meets its core responsibilities. This is your opportunity to shape strategic initiatives, foster a culture of best practices, and deliver measurable outcomes.

Diverse and Exciting Work: Enjoy a role where no two days are the same! You’ll collaborate with a team of experienced subject matter experts and engage in a wide variety of areas, including: 

• Work Health and Safety 
• Risk Management 
• Workers Compensation 
• Wellbeing and Resilience 

Strategic Initiatives and Capability Building: As a leader, you will build team capability through coaching and mentoring, along with fostering a high-performing culture that embraces best practices and leading strategic projects aimed at achieving organisational objectives.

Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement: This is a rare opportunity to influence key organisational outcomes. Within this role you will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to drive effective change, lead the development, implementation, and review of relevant policies and programs and ensure ongoing strengthening of relationships across departments to support continuous improvement.

For more information on the role, click here for a copy of the Position Description

What Sets You Apart?

We are seeking a motivated leader and experienced people manager to step into a high-profile role within a large, complex organisation. This role is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact while leading teams across diverse and fascinating areas within one of the largest local health districts within NSW Health.  

What You’ll Bring?  

Proven Expertise: Extensive experience in a similar role with a strong track record in people management, work health and safety, workers compensation, risk management and wellbeing. 

Relevant Background: Tertiary qualifications in Work Health Safety or a related field, or equivalent extensive experience in a senior WHS, Human Resource Management, or Industrial Relations position in a large and complex organisation. 

Leadership Excellence: A passion for coaching and fostering growth and development within your team. along with high level leadership skills and experience in developing WHS, risk management, staff health and wellbeing capability within a large and complex organisation, and aligning employee and organisation needs and priorities. 

Exceptional Skills: Outstanding stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to consult, negotiate, and influence at all levels as well as strong analytical and reporting skills, enabling you to interpret complex data and deliver actionable insights. 

Dedication and Commitment: You are someone who routinely goes above and beyond for your team and organisation. Your dedication, energy, and drive make you an invaluable asset, ready to take on this exciting challenge and add value to the organisation.

Where You’ll Be Working:

The Hunter New England Local Health District landscape spanning over 131,785 square kilometres is distinct, unique, and impressive, incorporating stunning coastlines, magnificent mountain ranges and rich agricultural plains. We are the only district in New South Wales with a major metropolitan centre, several large regional centres, and many smaller rural centres and remote communities within its borders

Our team culture is built on equality, respect, and compassionate leadership, creating a supportive and future-focused environment. This new invigorating role will boost the leadership within the Work Health and Safety team and enable a comprehensive review of how this service can be improved for the whole of the organisation

What’s in It for You?  

Step into a transformative role where you’ll have the autonomy, innovation, and challenge you’ve been seeking to put your mark on best practices within the WH&S and Wellbeing space. As part of our team, you’ll drive high-level change and make a lasting impact on health, safety, and wellbeing that is evolving to meet the needs of district.  We offer the opportunity to take on an autonomous role driving a district wide team based anywhere within a picturesque Hunter or Lower Mid-North Coast region.

At Hunter New England Health enjoy a career where you're challenged by interesting work and surrounded by spectacular locations. Join the team enriching health in millions of ways every day.

Need more information?  

For more information about this incredible opportunity please reach out to Jane Street, Executive Director People and Culture at Jane.Street@health.nsw.gov.au  
For any queries regarding your application please reach out to Gabby Suarez, Senior Recruitment Officer - Corporate at Gabrielle.Suarez@health.nsw.gov.au  

An eligibility list will be created for future temporary full or part time vacancies.   
We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.