About Avant

Avant Mutual Group is Australia's leading medical defence organisation, providing professional indemnity, personal insurance, financial services and practice solutions to doctors and medical practices across the country. We are a national, member-owned mutual with approximately 1,050 employees operating nationwide.

As an APRA-regulated organisation, we hold ourselves to a high standard of governance and risk management - and that extends to how we manage the health, safety and wellbeing of our people.

About the role A recent external review benchmarked Avant's WHS governance against AS/NZS ISO 45001:2018 and identified 19 recommendations across system architecture, risk management, governance, competence and continual improvement. Many of the right building blocks already exist — this role is about connecting, consolidating and strengthening them into a fit-for-purpose, 13-section intranet-based WHS Management System.

You'll work alongside an internal working group spanning People & Culture, Risk & Compliance, and Strategy & Risk, in a hands-on, delivery-focused role for someone who knows how to turn a WHS framework into something people actually use.

What You'll Do

- Build out Avant's WHSMS intranet structure, turning review recommendations into a functional, accessible system
- Develop and finalise policies, procedures, registers, checklists and templates
- Integrate WHSMS documentation with Avant's incoming GRC platform, including registers, corrective action trackers and audit schedules
- Support the design of hazard identification and risk assessment, operational controls, incident investigation, and internal audit processes




- Contribute to WHS governance architecture — responsibility and authority matrix, officer due diligence framework, Board/Executive reporting
- Develop and maintain the WHS Legal Register across NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA and ACT
- Partner with People & Culture, Facilities, Learning & Development and business leaders to keep content grounded in operational reality
- Help design and deliver WHS training and communications to embed the new system

What You'll Bring

- 5+ years in a WHS role, with proven experience building or uplifting management systems
- Strong working knowledge of AS/NZS ISO 45001:2018 and how to apply it without formal certification
- Multi-jurisdictional WHS/OHS knowledge, including the Model WHS Act and Victoria's OHS legislation
- Experience writing WHS documentation in a professional services, financial services or similarly office-based setting
- Experience with psychosocial risk management and current best-practice frameworks
- Excellent written communication — documentation that works for a non-WHS audience

•Confidence managing multiple workstreams in a complex, stakeholder-rich setting

Nice to have:

- Experience in or alongside an APRA-regulated organisation
- Familiarity with GRC platforms (e.g. Protecht or similar)
- Track record communicating WHS system change to senior leaders
- Exposure to officer due diligence frameworks under the Model WHS Act

Why Avant

You'll shape a national WHS system from the ground up, in a genuinely inclusive, member-owned organisation that backs the people who support Australia's doctors. Sydney-based with a 50/50 hybrid working structure.

📌 WHS Consultant - 6-month contract (Sydney)
🏢 Avant Mutual Group
📍 Sydney