Safety Business Partner

• Permanent Full Time
• $110,506 - $122,443 per annum plus superannuation in accordance with experience and qualifications
• Join the Safety team

Hume City Council is one of Australia’s fastest growing and culturally diverse councils. We put the customer and our community at the centre of all that we do, ensuring our services are efficient and accessible.

This position will work with staff at all levels across Council providing safety advice, expertise and documentation to enable an effective and safe working environment and strong safety culture.

Join Hume City Council’s established Safety Team as a Safety Business Partner, working alongside another Business Partner and two Safety Advisors to provide practical, in-person safety support across a diverse local government environment. This is an exciting time to join the team as we enter year two of a four-year safety maturity plan and continue implementing a refreshed safety framework focused on stronger risk ownership, better consultation, proactive support and practical safety outcomes. The role will partner with business areas to provide advice, coaching, incident investigation support, safety system improvements and subject matter expertise across key risk areas.

Our Safety Team is taking a practical, evidence-informed approach to safety. We are focused on helping leaders and teams understand how work is really done, whether critical controls are working in practice, and what needs to change to reduce risk. A key part of our maturity journey is strengthening psychosocial risk management through better work design, clearer expectations, respectful consultation, fair decision-making and early action on issues that affect people’s health, safety and dignity at work. This role will suit someone who values genuine conversations, practical problem-solving and safety work that makes a real difference on the ground.

What you’ll be doing:

Provide Safety support and guidance to your identified business areas across Council to enable an effective and safe working environment and strong safety culture. This will involve the provision of best practice advice and coaching to the areas on a diverse range of health and safety issues.

• Manage and provide advice on identified portfolio areas which may include but are not limited to; Psychosocial Health and Safety, Occupational Violence & Aggression, Emergency Management, Manual Handling, In-depth incident investigation, High Risk Work, Dangerous Goods and Hazardous Substances and Slips/Trips/Falls. Utilise statistics and data for the provision of detailed reports for Management and Council as required within established timelines. Including quarterly safety reporting and risk review reports relating to your portfolio and statistical trends from your partnered business area. 
• Develop and present training resources and programs that are aimed at educating staff in the importance of managing and eliminating risk and raising awareness of workplace safety. Training is to be specifically targeted to your business areas and safety portfolio. 
• Provide feedback and coaching to Safety Advisors in relation to incident investigations from their business areas.  
• Collaborate and build rapport with stakeholders to proactively identify and implement safety and wellbeing actions to address any gaps or hazards.  

The skills and experience you’ll bring to the role:

• Tertiary qualifications in OHS or Allied Health or significant, demonstrated experience working in safety in a complex, multi-disciplinary environment. 
• Demonstrated experience in leading strategic safety programs and initiatives, utilising influencing skills and collaboration.  
• Extensive understanding of contemporary safety management systems and work health and safety compliance requirements.  
• Proven ability to translate legislation and technical information into practical and workable solutions across a broad range of high risk settings. 
• Genuine appreciation and understanding of safety within a large local government which provides a broad range of services to our community. 
• A current and valid driver’s licence. 

Required Certifications & Qualifications:

We’re open to a range of backgrounds. A qualification in Occupational Health and Safety, risk, allied health, human factors, psychology, organisational development or a related field will be well regarded, but equivalent experience will also be considered. Most importantly, we’re looking for someone with strong judgement, curiosity, practical problem-solving skills and the ability to build trusted relationships across a complex organisation.

Why Hume City Council?

A leader in local government, we’re committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative work environment that is guided by our values:

We’re better, every day: We give things a go and value progress over perfection. We have permission to go for it and are expected to reflect and learn.

We’re in it together: At Hume, everyone matters. We Welcome and include all. Respect and safety are expected.

We show up: We empower and trust others and own our work. We rise to the challenges and are expected to do what we say we will.

All for Hume: We strive to achieve our best for the Hume Community. We are proud and passionate about working towards better outcomes and expect they are at the centre of everything we do.

We offer a competitive salary package, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

A child safe organisation and an equal opportunity employer. Council encourages people of all ages, people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+ people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.

All candidates will be required to undertake background and probity checks including Reference Checks, Working with Children Check, and a Criminal Record Check.

For any queries, please contact us at [email protected].

Applications will be reviewed progressively throughout the advertising period. This role may close once a sufficient number of suitable applicants has been received. To ensure your application is considered, please apply as early as possible.

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