Tweed Shire Council

Senior Health, Safety and Wellbeing Business Partner

The Senior Health, Safety and Wellbeing Business Partner leads a responsive, customer-focused team, working with leaders to deliver tailored, high-quality solutions aligned with Council’s health, safety and wellbeing strategies.

About the role:

• Act as a strategic partner and operational leader, providing expert guidance on all aspects of health, safety, and wellbeing.
• Lead the development, promotion, implementation, and review of Council’s health, safety, and wellbeing program, including the Health and Safety Management System, Injury Management strategies, and holistic wellbeing initiatives addressing physical, psychological, and overall health.
• Ensure legislative compliance and risk mitigation while promoting a proactive safety culture through innovative programs.
• Apply expert knowledge of WHS, workers’ compensation, and injury management, combined with best practice strategies.
• Drive cultural change and continuous improvement through technical excellence and proven program delivery.
• Use strong communication and influencing skills to build partnerships and embed a positive safety culture across the organisation.

What's on offer:

• a base salary ranging from $115,562 per annum with competency-based increments up to $128,493 per annum, plus 11.5% super
• 70 hour, 9 day fortnight
• training and development opportunities
• flexible work options for a healthy work/life balance
• generous employment conditions (we have too many to list - click here for more).

We are seeking:

• Degree qualifications in Work Health and Safety or a related discipline, with proven experience in a similar role.
• An expert in Injury Management, with demonstrated capability in managing both compensable and non-compensable claims.
• A highly experienced WHS practitioner with a strong grasp of legislation, skilled in policy development, incident investigation, regulatory response and implementing best practice systems.
• A strategic thinker with a history of integrating health, safety and wellbeing programs that align with and support business objectives.
• A strong communicator with a proven ability to influence, resolve conflict, manage competing priorities and drive improvements in safety culture and performance.

About us:

• Located on the picturesque far North Coast of NSW, bordering the Gold Coast.
• The Tweed is a vibrant, diverse location offering a lifestyle near the water, in a rainforest or on a farm.  
• Tweed Shire Council is committed to employment equity and diversity and encourages applications from people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds in both traditional and non-traditional roles.  We provide workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options. 
• Join an employer of choice. Professionals Australia (Local Government Engineers’ Association) has named Council the 2021 Employer of Choice for our great employment practices within NSW local government. 

Where it's located:

This position is based in Tweed Heads and can be directed to work from any Council work site.

Position closes: 

Friday 23 May, 2025, at 12 noon sharp (NSW time).  Late applications will not be permitted.

Click here to view the Position Description 

TIPS for Addressing the Selection Criteria

Click here for more information on the Recruitment Process

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Pre-Employment Screening:

Tweed Shire Council conducts pre-employment assessments as part of its recruitment process. 

Job offers are not made until screening has been completed. Tweed Shire Council uses third-party providers to undertake:

• Pre-employment medical – some roles require a functional (physical) assessment, and all positions are subject to drug and alcohol screening (a positive test result means the recruitment process ends and your application will not be considered).
• Background screening - verifies that the information you have provided throughout the recruitment process is true and correct.  Click here for more information.

Reference Checks are undertaken by the panel. Your 2 referees should ideally be your current and most recent supervisors.  Your referees are not contacted unless you’ve been interviewed and are a preferred candidate.

How To Apply:

You must use your own email address, and not one used previously by another person that has applied for a position with council.

Once you start your online application, you cannot save and return to it later. 

1. Have your Resume document ready to go.
2. Fill out all questions below. Click 'Next'. 
3. You'll then be prompted to attach your resume and other documents (if applicable). Click 'Next'.
4. Review your application to confirm everything is correct. Click 'Confirm' to submit your application.

If you'd like to COPY and PASTE question fields into a separate Word document to work on over time, please find them listed below:

1. Why are you interested in working at Tweed Shire Council, and what excites you most about this particular opportunity?
2. Please describe your qualifications in Work Health and Safety (or a related discipline) and outline your relevant experience in a similar role.
3. Provide examples of your experience managing both compensable and non-compensable injury claims, including your approach to Injury Management?
4. Describe your experience with Work Health and Safety legislation, including how you’ve developed policies, led incident investigations, responded to regulatory actions and implemented best practice systems.
5. How have you successfully integrated health, safety and wellbeing programs to support broader business objectives and foster a positive safety culture? Please provide specific examples.

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