WHS Advisor

Selectability; Townsville City; On-site; AUD 92,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging benefits

Fitness passport

Flexible working arrangements

Career pathways and development

Employee assistance program

Job summary

selectability is seeking a WHS Advisor to support safety across the organisation, reporting to the WHS Senior Advisor. This full-time role in Townsville focuses on developing and maintaining workplace health and safety processes, policies, and reporting across the footprint.

You will drive safety initiatives, monitor WHS data, and enable compliance with regulatory standards, while collaborating with management to promote a safe and psychologically healthy workplace for staff and clients alike.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in WHS, Occupational Health, or related field.
• Positive Notice Working with Children (blue card) or willingness to obtain.
• NDIS Worker Screening Clearance (ability to obtain).
• NDIS Worker Orientation Module 'Quality, Safety & You'.
• Occasional travel to various selectability locations is required.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the organisations overall function of workplace health and safety, including psychosocial safety in accordance with WHS legislation.
• Analysing and reporting on WHS data to identify trends and corrective actions.
• Developing initiatives to maintaining a safe workplace, developed using best practice principles and adhering to compliance requirements.
• Developing programs to maintaining a psychologically safe workplace across the footprint.
• Supporting the development and reviewing of policies and procedures relating to WHS legislation, regulations and standards.
• Reviewing incidents and providing guidance to leaders on corrective actions.
• Developing training to embed a culture of safety and risk mitigation across the footprint.
• Writing monthly safety reports.
• Proactively managing WorkCover, using early intervention methods across the organisation.
• Maintaining accurate, objective and comprehensive records that clearly document observations, discussions, decisions, actions, evidence and outcomes.
• Producing timely and well-structured case notes, investigation records, risk assessments and WHS documentation that support legislative compliance, organisational accountability and informed decision-making.
• Ensuring records are factual, auditable, confidential where required, and capable of withstanding internal, regulatory or legal scrutiny

Skills

WHS legislation knowledge

Safety management systems

NDIS/QA standards familiarity

Return-to-work legislation

WorkCover experience

Written and verbal communication

Commitment to best practice

Education

Tertiary qualification in WHS or Occupational Health

Job description

About the role

selectability is currently seeking a WHS Advisor to work in the corporate team, supporting safety across the organisation's footprint. The WHS Advisor will report to the WHS Senior Advisor and will work closely with management to support, develop and maintain consistent workplace health and safety processes across the selectability footprint.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Supporting the organisations overall function of workplace health and safety, including psychosocial safety in accordance with WHS legislation
• Analysing and reporting on WHS data to identify trends and corrective actions
• Developing initiatives to maintaining a safe workplace, developed using best practice principles and adhering to compliance requirements
• Developing programs to maintaining a psychologically safe workplace across the footprint
• Supporting the development and reviewing of policies and procedures relating to WHS legislation, regulations and standards
• Reviewing incidents and providing guidance to leaders on corrective actions
• Developing training to embed a culture of safety and risk mitigation across the footprint
• Writing monthly safety reports
• Proactively managing WorkCover, using early intervention methods across the organisation
• Maintaining accurate, objective and comprehensive records that clearly document observations, discussions, decisions, actions, evidence and outcomes
• Producing timely and well-structured case notes, investigation records, risk assessments and WHS documentation that support legislative compliance, organisational accountability and informed decision-making
• Ensuring records are factual, auditable, confidential where required, and capable of withstanding internal, regulatory or legal scrutiny

About you

To be successful you must:

• Strong knowledge of Qld WHS legislation (e.g. Work Health and Safety Regulations and Act)
• Strong working knowledge of safety management systems, legislation and regulations, including psychosocial safety
• Understanding of NDIS, HSQF, National Mental Health, Child Safety, or Aged Care quality and practice standards (highly desirable)
• Strong knowledge of Queensland's rehabilitation and return-to-work legislation
• Experience in managing WorkCover claims
• Strong written & verbal communication skills
• Commitment to best practice

Role requirements

• Tertiary qualification in WHS, Occupational Health, or a related field (or willingness to obtain)
• Positive Notice Working with Children (blue card) (ability to obtain)
• Child Safety & Personal History Screening check
• NDIS Worker Screening Clearance (ability to obtain)
• NDIS Worker Orientation Module 'Quality, Safety & You'
• Occasional travel to various selectability locations is required

About the offer

The WHS Advisor is a full-timeposition based in Townsville.

We offer a range of benefits including:

• Salary of $92,279 - $99,294
• $15,900 + FBT salary packaging benefits
• Access to fitness passport
• Flexible working arrangements
• Career pathways and opportunities for development
• Employee assistance program offering confidential counselling support for employees

About us

selectability is a not-for-profit charity with a primary focus of improvingmental wellbeing and contributing to suicide prevention across regionalQueensland.

We believe everyone has the right to access high-quality supports locally and have recently expanded our services to include child safety, and residential aged care in the Lower Gulf.

selectability is committed to creating safe environments where young people feel protected, respected and heard. The successful applicant will be responsible for quality service delivery to young people, recipients, older persons, families, and the community within selectability.

We value lived experience, cultural knowledge and diversity within our workforce as part of strengthening safe and inclusive practice.

If you would like to know more, please visit our website.