Health Safety & Wellbeing Advisor

Grampians Health; Ballarat; On-site; AUD 50,000 - 71,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Salary packaging

Fitness Passport membership

Staff rewards and recognition programs

Job summary

Grampians Health is seeking a qualified health and safety advisor to join the Health, Safety and Wellbeing team in Ballarat. The role focuses on developing and implementing safe work systems, delivering training, and promoting a proactive safety culture across sites.

You will provide expert support to managers and staff, conduct on-site assessments, and prepare risk and activity reports to drive continuous safety improvements within a large health service.

Qualifications

• Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety or equivalent experience.
• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment or equivalent.
• Experience initiating and managing safety projects.
• Experience in workplace safety and incident investigation.
• Ability to identify hazards and advise stakeholders on controls.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and advice to HSW committees and representatives.
• Offer subject matter expertise to improve safety outcomes.
• Oversee HSW incidents and relate to risk registers.
• Deliver training and information sessions to staff and volunteers.
• Contribute to HSW documents to improve the OSH management system.
• Develop detailed risk assessment and other reports for decision making.

Skills

WH&S Cert IV

TAE Cert IV

Safety projects

Incident investigation

Hazard identification

Education

Certificate IV WHS (BSB41419)

Certificate IV Training & Assessment (TAE40116)

Job description

Permanent Full Time | 40 hours per week, with a monthly ADO

$44.03 per hour

About the Role

We are seeking a qualified and experienced health and safety advisor to join our Health, Safety and Wellbeing team at Grampians Health! You will provide high-quality support and advice to operational directorates on development and implementation of safe work systems and process to enable positive health and safety outcomes. With excellent communication skills you will work with managers and employees at all levels of the organisation to complete onsite assessments, education and training; and to promote and instil a proactive and positive safety culture.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide direct support, information and advice to HSW committees, Nominated Management Representatives and Health and Safety Representatives
• Provide subject matter expertise to areas of the organisation and to the HSW team to improve outcomes
• Maintain oversight of HSW incidents and understand their relationship to corporate and directorate HSW risk registers
• Deliver training, education and information session within subject matter expertise for staff and volunteers across Grampians Health
• Contribute to the development of HSW documents to continuously improve the health and safety management system and its operational understanding
• Develop detailed reports, including risk assessment reports, to inform decision making

Skills & Experience

• Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety (BSB41419) or related discipline and/or substantial experience within the health and safety profession.
• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40116) or equivalent and/or experience in designing, coordinating, delivering and evaluating training programs/tools.
• Demonstrated experience in initiating and managing safety projects
• Experience in workplace safety and incident investigation
• An ability to apply the general principles of identification and control of hazards across multidisciplinary environment and advise stakeholders of obligations

At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.

• Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
• Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
• Access to Fitness Passport membership
• Staff rewards and recognition programs

Job applications close: 22 November 2026.

If you are currently employed at Grampians Health, please sign in through the 'Employee Login' via the external Careers Page or access the Careers Page via the Intranet.

Diversity and Inclusion

All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check. All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.