Injury management and Wellbeing Partner

Bapcor; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounts on Bapcor products and ser v

Hybrid/Work-life balance policies

Birthday leave

Novated leasing

Job summary

Bapcor is seeking an experienced Injury Management and Wellbeing Partner to lead our workers compensation and return-to-work programs across Australia. You will drive capability, influence stakeholders and improve systems with one direct report under the Head of Health, Safety & Wellbeing.

Reporting into Health, Safety & Wellbeing, you will partner with insurers, brokers and rehabilitation providers to deliver improved claims and sustainable outcomes while shaping leadership capability across

Qualifications

• Experienced injury management and workers compensation professional with strong commercial judgement.
• Ability to influence insurers, claims agents and operational leaders to improve outcomes.
• Strong coaching, stakeholder management and analytical capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and evaluate injury management and wellbeing programs to improve outcomes and reduce costs.
• Lead claims governance and strategy reviews with insurers and providers.
• Ensure consistent injury management and return-to-work strategies across Australian operations.
• Provide coaching to leaders on obligations and best practices for return-to-work.
• Develop and monitor return-to-work plans and support appropriate duties.

Skills

Injury management

Workers compensation

Governance & strategy

Return-to-work

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Coaching & leadership

Education

Tertiary qualifications in allied health

Tools

DoneSafe

Solv

Job description

You may not have heard of Bapcor, but you will know our brands.

Our businesses – including Burson, Autobarn, Midas, Truckline, BNT and JAS – are inside cars, on four-wheel drives and all over trucks.

We are an ASX listed company whose business spans the end-to-end aftermarket supply chain covering trade, retail, networks and service.

In joining our team, you’ll be welcomed into a supportive business with more than900 locations and 5,000 team members across Australia, New Zealand and Thailand.

We are committed to creating a safe, inclusive environment where our people can thrive and do their best work.

We’re also passionate about our delivering for our customers, and living our values of:

• We do the right thing
• We are in it together
• We give a damn

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Injury Management and Wellbeing Partner to join our Health, Safety & Wellbeing team.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building capability, influencing stakeholders and improving systems and outcomes. While wellbeing forms an important part of this role, the primary focus is the leadership and continual improvement of our workers compensation, injury management and return-to-work programs across Australia.

Reporting to the Head of Health, Safety & Wellbeing, and with one direct report, you will have the opportunity to build on our existing programs with key internal and external stakeholders, to improve our claims performance, return-to-work outcomes, and leader capability across our Australian operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement and evaluate injury management, early intervention and wellbeing programs that improve employee outcomes and reduce both business and workers compensation costs.
• Lead claims governance and strategy reviews with insurers, brokers and rehabilitation providers to improve claim duration, cost outcomes and sustainable return-to-work performance
• Ensure injury management and return-to-work strategies across Australian operations, ensuring timely, consistent and sustainable outcomes.
• Provide specialist advice and coaching to leaders on workers compensation obligations, injury management and return-to-work practices.
• Develop and monitor individual return-to-work plans and support leaders to implement suitable duties and early intervention strategies.
• Lead, coach and develop a direct report, building capability, accountability and consistency across injury management, return-to-work and wellbeing activities nationally.
• Analyse claims and injury data to identify trends, risks and improvement opportunities, providing meaningful insights and recommendations to the business.
• Drive continuous improvement across systems, processes, reporting and leader capability, partnering closely with the broader Health, Safety & Wellbeing team.
• Support workers compensation governance activities including remuneration declarations and statutory compliance obligations.

Qualifications

You are an experienced injury management and workers compensation professional who combines technical expertise with empathy and strong commercial judgement.

You understand that successful return to work requires more than administering claims. You can bring together employees, leaders, insurers and rehabilitation providers to develop practical solutions while balancing recovery, compliance, business requirements and sustainable outcomes.

You will bring:

• Demonstrated experience leading injury management and workers compensation programs within a complex, multi-site organisation.
• Demonstrated experience influencing insurers, claims agents, brokers, rehabilitation providers and operational leaders to achieve improved claims and recovery outcomes
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to balance employee recovery outcomes, compliance obligations and claims performance.
• Strong understanding of workers compensation legislation and employer obligations across Australian jurisdictions.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex claims and developing effective return-to-work strategies.
• Strong coaching, influencing and stakeholder management capability.
• Strong analytical and financial acumen with the ability to interpret workers compensation performance data and translate insights into practical actions across the business.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple cases, priorities and deadlines.
• A proactive, empathetic and solutions-focused approach.

Highly Regarded

• Tertiary qualifications in allied health, rehabilitation, or a related discipline.
• Experience supporting a large, multi-site or geographically dispersed workforce.
• Experience with injury management systems such as DoneSafe & Solv.
• Exposure to wellbeing program development and delivery.

Additional Information

At Bapcor, we focus on what matters most for our customers, team members and the communities we serve. We go the extra mile to get the job done and always live our values.

In joining our team, you can access:

• Diverse career opportunities within the Bapcor Group
• Discounts across Bapcor products and services, including our Retail and Trade brands
• Industry leading policies to support your work/ life balance (gender neutral parental leave, purchase leave, volunteer leave etc…)
• Paid birthday leave
• Novated leasing and more

We pride ourselves on our inclusive work environment, and encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures, gender identity, abilities and backgrounds, providing a recruitment experience that’s fair, free from bias and accessible. If you need to inquire about reasonable accommodation for the application process, please email [e-mail]