Our client is seeking a highly experienced
Health & Safety Business Partner
to support the national operations of one of Australia's leading retail brands.
This is a highly visible business partnering role with a seat at the senior leadership table.
This role is for a credible and commercially minded safety professional who enjoys working closely with senior leaders to support, advise and coach, while remaining connected to frontline operations.
You will work as an embedded member of the brand leadership team, partnering with General Managers to drive improved safety performance, strengthen leadership capability and deliver practical improvements across a large national store network.
While initially aligned to one brand, this role operates with a broader Group mindset and has enterprise level connections.
You will have the opportunity to collaborate with Health and Safety Business Partners across other brands and contribute to Group wide initiatives, projects and improvements.
This is not a traditional safety advisor role.
You will not be expected to do safety for the business.
Instead, you will provide the advice, coaching, challenge and practical tools that enable operational leaders to own and deliver safety.
Key Responsibilities:
Partner with senior leaders to drive proactive safety outcomes
Provide trusted advice and practical support across operational teams
Translate safety strategy into practical, operational actions
Coach leaders to build safety capability, ownership and accountability
Challenge and influence leaders to strengthen safety performance and culture
Conduct store visits and partner with Regional and Area Managers
Identify risks, trends and opportunities for improvement
Build leadership capability through coaching and mentoring




Position Skills and Qualifications:
Formal qualifications in Health and Safety, WHS, OHS or similar
5+ years' Health and Safety experience, ideally in a Business Partner or senior advisory role
Experience in complex, multi site or geographically dispersed operations
Strong stakeholder engagement and ability to influence senior leaders
Proven ability to coach, challenge and build leadership capability
Strong knowledge of safety culture and risk management
Confident, credible and comfortable respectfully pushing back when required
Autonomous, practical and commercially minded
Experience in retail or a similar large operational setting with large volumes of geographically dispersed sites is desirable
The Ideal Person:
You will be an experienced and credible safety professional who can comfortably move between the store floor and the senior leadership table.
You will have the confidence and experience to hold your own in robust conversations, challenge thinking when required and provide practical recommendations that leaders can understand and implement.
Importantly, you will enjoy coaching others rather than doing the work for them.
You will understand how to build safety capability through operational leaders and know how to influence outcomes across a large and geographically dispersed business.
Join the Team:
This is an excellent opportunity to take on a genuine
Health & Safety Business Partner
role where you will have the autonomy, trust and visibility to make a real impact.
With a strong focus on lifting capability, strengthening consistency and supporting leaders to take ownership of safety, this role will suit someone who enjoys being operationally connected while also having a genuine seat at the table.
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📌 Health And Safety Business Partner (Brisbane)
🏢 The Safe Step
📍 Brisbane