Safety & Wellbeing Advisor

Darebin City Council; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly RDO

Supportive team environment

Professional development opportunities

Collaborative culture and integrity

Job summary

Darebin City Council is seeking an experienced Safety & Wellbeing Advisor to join our People & Culture team in Melbourne. This hands-on role provides practical safety guidance, develops solutions, and partners with leaders to evolve safety approaches across Council.

You will analyse safety data, investigate incidents, and lead initiatives to strengthen compliance and a proactive safety culture in a diverse organisational setting.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience providing occupational health, safety and wellbeing advice within a multidisciplinary organisation.
• Experience conducting workplace inspections, incident investigations and incident analysis.
• Experience leading safety, wellbeing or organisational improvement programs and projects.
• Strong analytical, reporting and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert safety advice to leaders and employees, applying relevant legislation and safety requirements.
• Drive safety improvement and ensure compliant, proactive safety culture across Council.
• Analyse safety data, prepare insights and recommendations for governance and leadership.
• Support incident management and risk reduction through investigations and corrective actions.
• Lead safety initiatives, training, policy updates and new legislative requirements.
• Build strong partnerships with leaders and teams to promote proactive practice.

Skills

OHS advice

Workplace inspections

Incident investigations

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Job description

• Make a real impact by strengthening safety and wellbeing across Council
• Partner with supportive leaders and employees to drive practical safety improvements
• Competitive salary + Monthly RDO

We're building Darebin's future - and we're looking for great people to join us.

Darebin City Council is seeking an experienced Safety & Wellbeing Advisor to join our People & Culture team.

This is an opportunity to use your occupational health and safety expertise to make a genuine impact across Council, providing trusted advice to leaders and employees and contributing to a strong, proactive safety culture.

About the role:

This is a hands-on role where you’ll use your expertise, initiate and problem-solving skills to provide practical safety advice. You’ll have the opportunity to think creatively, develop solutions and work collaboratively with leaders and employees particularly where processes are evolving or new approaches are required.

Reporting to the Head of Health, Safety & Wellbeing, you will:

Provide expert safety advice

Provide practical, accurate OHS advice to leaders and employees, interpreting and applying relevant legislation and safety requirements across Council.

Drive safety improvement and compliance

Support the development and implementation of safety initiatives, systems and processes that strengthen compliance and promote a proactive safety culture.

Analyse and provide safety insights

Maintain OHS statistics and trend analysis, preparing meaningful reports, insights and recommendations that support effective decision-making, leadership and governance.

Support incident management and risk reduction

Partner with leaders to undertake incident investigations, identify breaches or potential breaches of legislative requirements, and recommend appropriate corrective and preventative actions

Lead safety initiatives and projects

Contribute to the delivery of safety activities including training, projects, ergonomic assessments, policy development and implementation of new legislation and organisational requirements

Build strong partnerships

Partner with leaders, managers and teams across Council to promote proactive safety practices, strengthen capability and support a positive safety culture.

About you:

You enjoy being onsite, thriving face to face. You are a people focused OHS professional who combines strong technical knowledge with the ability to build trusted relationships and influence outcomes across a complex organisation.

You will be confident providing specialist advice, interpreting legislation, analysing safety data and translating your expertise into practical solutions. You will bring sound judgement, strong communication skills and a proactive approach to identifying emerging risks and opportunities for improvement.

You'll also bring:

• Demonstrated experience providing occupational health, safety and wellbeing advice within a multidisciplinary organisation
• Demonstrated experience conducting workplace inspections, incident investigations and incident analysis
• Experience analysing safety and wellbeing data and delivering meaningful insights and recommendations
• Demonstrated experience leading and delivering safety, wellbeing or organisational improvement programs and projects
• Strong analytical, reporting and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify trends and translate insights into practical improvement initiatives
• Highly developed communication, stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to work effectively across all levels of an organisation

Why Darebin?

Darebin City Council is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion. We proudly serve one of the most diverse communities in Victoria, and we know that a diverse workforce strengthens our ability to deliver meaningful outcomes.

We offer:

• A supportive team environment
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth
• A workplace that values collaboration, integrity, respect and creativity
• The chance to make a real difference

Pre-employment Checks

Darebin is committed to providing a safe working environment that embraces and values child safety, and thorough 'Safety Screening' processes apply.

To work at Darebin City Council, you will be required to supply proof of work rights, a Victorian Employee Working with Children Check and comply with Child Safety standards.

All employees are required to undertake an Australian Criminal History Check and may be required to complete a Functional Health Assessment.