Job Description

Senior Workplace Health and Safety Business Partner

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Senior Workplace Health and Safety Business Partner

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Coastal & Country Lifestyle in Regional Victoria

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Promote consistent Health and Safety Culture. Live where others holiday.

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Colac Otway Shire Council is seeking an experienced and values driven Senior Workplace Health and Safety Business Partner to join its People and Culture team. This is a rare opportunity to make a genuine, organisational wide impact while enjoying an exceptional coastal and country lifestyle.

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This key role offers the prospect to shape a strong, consistent organisational health and safety culture across Council - driving proactive and responsive compliance, influencing capability, and embedding best-practice processes.

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Why you'll love working at Colac Otway Shire Council

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This role offers more than a career, it offers lifestyle, impact and purpose.

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You'll be part of a team that genuinely cares about creating safe, healthy and supportive workplaces for everyone. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact every day - combining hands-on engagement across our depots and worksites with strategic leadership that strengthens our overall safety culture.

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About Colac Otway Shire Council

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Located approximately two hours southwest of Melbourne and one hour from Geelong, Colac Otway Shire offers the best of both worlds, a rewarding role and an outstanding quality of life.

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The region is renowned for its natural beauty, from the iconic Great Ocean Road and Otway rainforests to pristine beaches, lakes and vibrant regional townships. With a strong economy built on agriculture, tourism and community services, Colac Otway is an ideal place to live, work and grow your career.

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About the role

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Reporting to the Manager People and Culture this role provides strategic and operational leadership across:

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- Health and Safety
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- Injury Management
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About you

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You are a confident,



people focused person with strong technical expertise and the ability to operate at both a strategic and operational level. You bring sound judgement, approachability and a values driven style, with the credibility to advise and influence senior leaders.

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You will have:

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- Tertiary qualification in Occupational Health and Safety or a related discipline, with significant relevant experience. Postgraduate qualifications and/or professional certification (e.g. CMiOSH, AIHS) are desirable.
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- Demonstrated experience providing high-level, evidence-based advice on workplace health and safety, injury management and employee wellbeing to leaders and stakeholders in a complex organisational environment.
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- Demonstrated experience implementing, maintaining and continuously improving safety management systems, including governance, assurance and alignment with relevant standards (e.g. ISO 45001).
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- Experience in the management of Return to work/injury management.
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- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence, negotiate and gain cooperation across all organisational levels, external stakeholders, members of the public and other professionals.
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- Proven ability to build, maintain and leverage strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support effective WHS outcomes.
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- High-level proficiency in interpreting and applying WHS legislation policy, guidelines and insurance matters and providing practical, risk-based advice to ensure compliance and minimise organisational exposure.
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- Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities, exercise sound judgement and deliver agreed outcomes within timeframes while working autonomously in a dynamic workplace.
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- Demonstrated experience leading, supervising and developing staff, including coaching, performance management and building qualified capability within a WHS function.
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Salary information: $103,320.36 to $114,122.84 per annum plus superannuation

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Colac Otway Shire Council is a Child Safe Organisation and is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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