Central Coast Council

Safety Partner

"YOU COULD MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE"

Primary Work Location: Wyong, NSW 

• Are you passionate about safety in the workplace and love building relationships?
• Balance your life with a 9-day fortnight and flexible arrangement options are available
• Hybrid work conditions - 2 days work from home and 3 days onsite
• Permanent Full Time
• Vehicle Allowance available

Central Coast Council is committed to the goals of equal opportunity employment. We aim to provide a work environment for our employees that fosters equity, diversity and respect.

Council is committed to providing safe environments that protect the physical, emotional, cultural and social wellbeing of children on the Central Coast.

Ideally located on the northern fringe of Sydney and just an hour's drive from Newcastle, the Central Coast offers one of the best places in Australia to live and work. 

Today the Central Coast is one of the fastest growing regions in NSW, with the third largest Local Government Area (LGA) in NSW and the 6th Largest LGA in Australia.

As a Safety Partner you will work with, and alongside, the business on work health and safety matters. You will provide coaching and support to drive outcomes that result in not only a safe work environment, but also build a culture of workplace safety, which in turn helps to improve our organisations performance.  

Being able to build effective partnerships through strong customer engagement with both management and staff will be key, while also being responsive to operational needs and ensuring compliance with legislation, regulations, code of practice, industry best practice and government policy.

This position is required to provide quality customer service and create value for the community.

Key activities of this role include:

• Providing advice and recommendations to managers, business partners and employees on WH&S to drive a safety culture that will positively influence morale and achieve a safe and healthy work environment
• Coaching, advising and directing the business on work health and safety legislation processes, practices and responsibilities
• Working with your client group to identify and monitor safety, eliminate and/or control risks, reduce injury and illness and improve work health and safety performance
• Identify, prepare, conduct and report on complex workplace safety audits and inspections
• Establishing and maintaining effective business partnerships through customer engagement with both internal and external stakeholders.

About you:

• You are passionate about creating a safe work environment in an organisation that has a diverse range of roles
• You are a team player with the ability to also work independently to achieve outcomes
• You are willing to take ownership to deliver results
• You enjoy sharing your safety knowledge and expertise, while also learning from others
• Having a work/life balance is important to you.

About us:

• We are a large organisation delivering a wide variety of services to our local community
• You will be joining a team of Safety Partners who share your passion for safety
• We offer a supportive work environment with opportunities for career development
• We offer an attractive range of benefits to our employees.

Please refer to the position description for detailed information on the position and required skills and experience.

This role provides a commencing salary range of between $82,923 to $99,530 per annum dependent on skills and experience + 11% superannuation. 

A vehicle may be provided for official duties and private use leaseback in accordance with Council’s Vehicle Policy. Alternately a vehicle allowance of $200 per week ($10,450 per annum) is also an available option.

Due to the specific requirements for this position, successful candidates will be required to be vaccinated for Tetanus.

Enquiries: Paul Mewing, Work Health Safety Lead Specialist on 0421 833 377.

If you are deaf, hearing or speech impaired, you can contact us through the National Relay Service TTY call 133 677 or Speak & Listen 1300 555 727.

Closing Date:  Applications close at midnight on Sunday, 5 May 2024. 

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HOW TO APPLY

Thank you for your interest in the position.

For more information on applying for a role with Central Coast Council please click on the following link: https://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/council/about-council/careers-and-volunteering/applying-position

Apply now using our fast, easy to use on-line application process. 

Don't have access to a computer or electronic device? Applications can be lodged at any of Council's Library locations. Pre-book a free 1 hour computer timeslot by contacting your nearest library https://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/libraries/our-branches or ask at the enquiry counter.

Please note that you do not need a "password" to use our on-line application system.

You will have the ability to save your application as you go using the 'Save Application' button. You can start an application and return to it later via the automatic follow-up email once you have the time and required information at hand to finally submit your application.  

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To lodge your application, please follow the below steps:

Step 1:  Answer the on-line questions shown below. Please ensure that you provide as much detail as possible in response to the questions asked.

Step 2:  Attach your resume 

Step 3:  Attach your qualifications and licences

Once your application is successfully lodged you will receive an automated response sent to your e-mail address. If a response is not received this means that your application has not been successfully submitted and you will need to lodge another application.

IMPORTANT: If you require assistance to lodge your application please contact our Talent Acquisition team by emailing recruit@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au to discuss what reasonable adjustments you may need.

Applicants who are selected for interview will be contacted by phone or e-mail.  Please be advised, in order to ensure you receive all email communications from Central Coast Council, please whitelist 'recruit@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au' in your preferred email client.   For further instructions please click here. 

 PLEASE NOTE: By completing and submitting this online application you confirm that any information provided by yourself in this application is true & correct and acknowledge that any offer of employment may be withdrawn should the information that you have provided in support of your application be shown to be false.  You also consent to employment screening checks being conducted where appropriate.  This may include associated checks (Referee check, Working With Children Check, Entitlement to Work in Australia, Employment History and an Australian Federal Police Check) as well as substantiation of educational qualifications, industry memberships, previous Central Coast Council employment history and association with professional bodies.

I also acknowledge that I will be required to provide proof of eligibility (including photo identification) to work in Australia if selected for an interview.