Manager - Health, Safety & Wellbeing

St John Ambulance VIC; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging options up to $15,900

Mealt & Entertainment up to $2,650

Novated Leasing

Supportive team environment

60% office / 20% WFH / 20% visiting–hy

Training & development opportunities

Private Health Insurance discount

Free onsite parking

Job summary

St John Ambulance Victoria is seeking an experienced HSW leader to drive health, safety and wellbeing initiatives across diverse sites. You will provide expert advice, develop and continuously improve HSW strategies, and maintain ISO 45001 accreditation while coaching leaders to build capability and a proactive safety culture.

The role focuses on legislative compliance, stakeholder engagement, and delivering measurable positive safety outcomes across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as an HSW leader.
• Strong knowledge of WHS legislation and compliance.
• Experience maintaining ISO 45001 management systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the HSW team across multiple sites and provide expert advice.
• Develop and improve HSW strategies, systems and frameworks for compliance and organisational alignment.
• Coach and mentor leaders to build capability and positive HSW outcomes.

Skills

HSW leadership

WHS legislation

ISO 45001

Stakeholder engagement

Coaching & mentoring

Education

OHS tertiary qualification

Job description

About the role

We are looking for an experienced and values-driven leader to drive Health, Safety and Wellbeing initiatives across St John Ambulance Victoria's diverse workforce and operational sites. In this vital role, you will provide expert advice, build strong stakeholder relationships, and lead the development and continuous improvement of HSW strategies, systems and frameworks to ensure legislative compliance and alignment with organisational objectives. You will play a key role in maintaining ISO 45001 accreditation, fostering a proactive safety culture, and coaching and mentoring leaders to build capability and achieve positive HSW outcomes across the organisation.

As our ideal candidate, you will possess:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Occupational Health & Safety and significant experience as a HSW leader.
• Current experience and confidence regarding WHS legislation, regulatory requirements (and compliance), injury management, return to work, practical and contemporary working knowledge of Worksafe processes and systems.
• Current experience maintaining and improving ISO 45001 management systems and leading continuous improvement initiatives through stakeholder engagement and building positive relationships which make a difference to safety; we are committed to being ready to start the transition to the new ISO45001 standards when the opportunity presents.
• Confident safety and leadership role modelling; lead the OH&S team, engage with stakeholders, strong communication and ability to coach, mentor and influence leaders and teams within a complex multi-site environment.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing strategic HSW frameworks, policies and initiatives that deliver measurable positive organisational outcomes.
• Experience with the implementation and optimisation of a risk, safety and governance management system (implementation scheduled for 2027).
• Demonstrated ability and confidence to analyse HSW data, identify trends and implement practical solutions that improve safety performance and reduce organisational risk.

AboutSt John Ambulance Victoria

St John Ambulance (Vic) has been saving lives and delivering care and compassion throughout Victoria for 140 years. Our people, both paid andvolunteer, are the lifeblood of everything we do.

Ourpeople and ourclients come from allwalks of life.We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value the innovation and creativity that diversity of thought brings to our high-performanceculture,andwe welcome applications from anyone who has the experience we are looking for.

Your unique ideas and perspectives will be valued so we bestrepresentthecommunity we serve.

Employee benefits

• Excellent salary packaging options including General Expenses up to $15,900, MealsandEntertainment up to $2,650 and Novated Leasing
• Supportive team environment
• Work model: 60% office, 20% WFH, 20% visiting sites
• Training and professional development opportunities
• Access to discounted Private Health Insurance
• Free onsite parking

Other Information

All offersofemploymentare subject tosatisfactoryreference checks,nationalpolice checks,and other probity checksareincludedfor some positions, such asa pre-employmentmedical. St JohnAmbulance Victoriais committed to putting the safety and wellbeing of children first, a current and valid WorkingwithChildren Check is a mandatory condition of employment.

Norecruitment agencies,please.