Safety & Wellbeing Partner

Bolton Clarke; Townsville City; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous salary packaging and not-for‑

Private health insurance

Gym discounts

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Bolton Clarke is seeking a Safety & Wellbeing Partner to support sites across Far North Queensland, championing a proactive safety culture. You will apply health and safety systems, perform audits, and help deliver training while minimizing risks and improving wellbeing across the group.

You will collaborate with stakeholders to maintain compliance, analyse safety data, and contribute to continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Diploma preferred; Occupational Health and Safety preferred; related discipline or comparable experience considered.
• Minimal experience in relevant health and safety field is preferred.
• Certificate IV in Occupational Health and Safety, Internal Audit Certification, Fire Safety Advisor/Officer (QLD/NSW) preferred.
• Proficient in training material development, incident resolution, data analysis and reporting and health & safety policies.
• Excellent communication, analytical thinking and customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Provides excellent customer service, builds and maintains relationships to ensure a safe working environment.
• Analyses safety data to identify risks and manage incidents and wellbeing across operations.
• Evaluates incident notifications and supports investigations to identify root causes and actions.
• Assists in designing and delivering safety training programs to upskill staff and managers.

Skills

Communication

Analytical thinking

Customer service

Training material development

Incident resolution

Data analysis

Health & safety programs

Education

Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety

Certificate IV in Occupational Health and Safety

Internal Audit Certification

Fire Safety Advisor/Officer (QLD/NSW)

Job description

Bolton Clarke Group one of Australia's largest independent, not-for-profit providers of home care, retirement living and residential aged care, operating nationally and internationally. Bolton Clarke Residential group now has 87 Aged Care Homes across QLD, NSW, VIC, SA & WA, with the inclusion of the Allity, McKenzie & Acacia Living Group.

Bolton Clarke Group one of Australia's largest independent, not-for-profit providers of home care, retirement living and residential aged care, operating nationally and internationally. Bolton Clarke Residential group now has 87 Aged Care Homes across QLD, NSW, VIC, SA & WA, with the inclusion of the Allity, McKenzie & Acacia Living Group.

About the Role

Join us as a Safety & Wellbeing Partner,supporting our sites across Far North QLD, to champion a strong, proactive safety and wellbeing culture at Bolton Clarke.

As the Safety & Wellbeing Partner, you will play a key role in ensuring that all legislative and operational health, safety and wellbeing requirements are met. You will apply safety data to conduct audits, determine issues and minimise risks, assist in deliver of safety training programs, and support the implementation of health and safety systems, policies and practices.

Alongside day‑to‑day support, you'll contribute to key initiatives that strengthen our safety culture and drive continuous improvement. At Bolton Clarke, \"Always safe\" isn't just one of our values - it's how we work.

Responsibilities include:

• Provides excellent customer service, builds and maintains effective relationships with key internal stakeholders across the group and external stakeholders to ensure a safe working environment.
• Analyses, understands, and applies safety data to assist in the identification and management of risk and determines key issues related to incidents, injuries, and wellbeing across group operations.
• Evaluates incident notifications and supports the undertaking of investigations to establish root causes with supervisors and managers, identifies preventative and corrective actions.
• Assists in the design and delivery of safety training programs which will upskill staff and managers with safety knowledge, risk assessment and hazard management.

About You

To be successful in this role, our preferred candidate will have:

• Diploma preferred; Occupational Health and Safety is preferred. Any other related discipline or commensurate work experience considered.
• Minimal experience in relevant health and safety field is preferred.
• Certificate IV in Occupational Health and Safety, Internal Audit Certification, Fire Safety Advisor/Officer (QLD/NSW) is preferred.
• Proficient in Training Material Development, Incident Resolution, Data Analysis and Reporting and Health & Safety Programs and Policies.
• Excellent Communication, Analytical Thinking and Customer Service skills.

Why Work For Bolton Clarke:

• Excellent work/life balance with shifts that suit your personal needs
• A caring team environment with strong clinical and allied health support
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Generous salary packaging and not-for-profit tax benefits - claim up to $18,550 tax free
• Private health insurance and gym discounts
• An Employee Assistance Program for staff and family

Our commitment to diversity:

At Bolton Clarke we expect our staff to respect and value differences in age, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, intersex status and family or marital status.

Appointment to this position and ongoing employment is subject to your commitment to supporting diversity and inclusion.