Job details
| Location: | Melbourne |
| Salary: | $120 - $130,000 + super + salary packaging |
| Job Type: | Fixed Term |
| Discipline: | |
| Reference: | V-126778 |
| Posted: | 2 days ago |
Job description
- $120,000 – $130,000 + super + salary packaging
- North of Melbourne CBD Full-time | Hybrid work model – 3 days in office & 2 from home
- Managing a team of two - 1 x Injury Management Advisor and 1 x WHS Coordinator
Our client, a not-for-profit based just north of Melbourne’s CBD is looking for a National WHS Manager to join their team on a 12-month contract. Reporting to the Director, People & Culture, you’ll drive the WHS agenda across all sites, ensuring systems, policies, and procedures are best practice and aligned with legislative obligations. You’ll lead a small WHS team, comprising of an Injury Management Advisor and WHS Coordinator, collaborate closely with senior leaders to foster a proactive, risk-aware, and people-first safety culture.
This is s a full-time role, working Monday – Friday, on a 12-month contract. The organisation operates on a hybrid model, typically working 3 days in the office and 2 days from home.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, implementing, monitoring, and continuously improving the Safety Management System, including associated WHS frameworks, management plans, initiatives, policies, and procedures.
- Monitor risk, oversee audits, and ensure all employer obligations and reporting requirements are met under WHS legislation.
- Provide expert advice on critical incidents, injury prevention, and workers compensation, including supporting early intervention and investigations.
- Lead initiatives that foster a culture of wellbeing and psychological safety through proactive risk management and training.
- Collaborate with executive and senior leaders to drive a strong safety culture, chair Health & Safety Committee meetings, and deliver strategic WHS priorities.
- Manage the WHS and Injury Management team, promoting shared accountability, knowledge sharing, and ongoing professional development.
- Tertiary qualification in OHS or equivalent
- Proven experience in a senior WHS leadership role, ideally in a not-for-profit, healthcare, or community services environment
- In-depth understanding of WHS legislation and incident reporting obligations
- Ability to work across multiple sites and collaborate with diverse stakeholders
- Strong communication, coaching, and report writing skills
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment is highly desirable
- Hybrid work options – 3 days in the office and 2 days from home
- Salary packaging options
- Make an impact in a purpose-led organisation
- Inclusive, values-based culture
At Charterhouse, we embrace, and value, diversity of culture, working arrangements, sexual orientation, and gender identity. On behalf of our client, we promote a workplace that actively seeks to include and welcome unique contributions of all people; to embrace and celebrate the value of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, their skills, and contributions to the workplace.