Job Description
About the Client
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The Safe Step is partnering with a leading housing provider supporting a large and diverse substantial property portfolio throughout Sydney. The organisation is currently undertaking a significant transformation of its health, safety and wellbeing function. Following investment in leadership, systems and capability, the focus has shifted towards embedding a more consistent and mature approach to health and safety across the business.
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The successful candidate will join at a pivotal point in the journey, helping to build capability, strengthen governance, improve operational consistency and support a modern health and safety function that partners closely with both property and operational teams.
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Key Responsibilities:
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Lead, coach and develop a team of health and safety professionals
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Support the continued uplift of the organisation's health and safety maturity and capability
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Drive consistency across safety systems, processes, reporting and governance
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Build strong partnerships with housing, property and corporate stakeholders
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Improve contractor management and operational risk controls across the portfolio
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Lead incident management, investigations and corrective action programs
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Support psychosocial risk management and wellbeing initiatives
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Monitor compliance obligations and support continuous improvement activities
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Contribute to the broader organisational transformation agenda through practical and sustainable health and safety solutions
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About You:
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You are an experienced health and safety manager who enjoys building capability, influencing stakeholders and improving systems.
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You are comfortable operating in environments where change is underway and understand how to balance strategic improvement with operational realities.
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Most importantly, you bring a practical approach and can help bring people on the journey while creating greater clarity, accountability and consistency.
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You'll Bring:
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Experience leading health and safety teams within complex operational environments
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Robust knowledge of safety management systems, governance and risk management
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Experience driving health and safety improvement, cultural change and organisational uplift
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Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing capability
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Experience supporting contractor and operational risk programs
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The ability to navigate ambiguity and lead through change
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A cooperative, practical and solutions focused approach
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Why Join?
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Play a key role in an organisation wide health and safety transformation
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Join a purpose driven organisation delivering meaningful outcomes in the community
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Lead an established and growing health and safety team
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Influence leaders and shape the future direction of the health and safety function
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Work in an organisation investing in systems, governance and capability
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📌 Health & Safety Manager (New South Wales)
🏢 The Safe Step
📍 New South Wales