Senior Safety Business Partner

About The Role:

As a Senior Safety Business Partner you will play a key role in strengthening our Work Health and Safety (WHS) culture and supporting high standards of safety performance across the organisation. Success in this role looks like providing trusted professional WHS advice partnering with leaders and employees to build capability and driving the effective implementation of our WHS Management System. You will contribute to continuous improvement lead risk management initiatives support audits and compliance requirements in the WHS setting and help ensure our practices align with legislation and self-insurer performance standards. Your expertise will directly influence how our people work safely every day and will help shape a positive proactive safety culture across the City of Charles Sturt.

About You:

You will bring:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build supportive relationships at all levels.
• Experience providing high-level WHS advisory services within a complex organisation.
• Well-developed research problem solving and risk management skills.
• The ability to exercise sound judgement negotiate outcomes and work with initiative.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• A collaborative mindset contributing positively to team goals and organisational culture.
• Knowledge of WHS legislation risk management frameworks and audit processes.
• Experience in a self-insured environment or construction/maintenance setting (desirable).
• Tertiary qualifications in WHS or demonstrated experience in lieu of formal qualifications (desirable).

About Our Organisation:

The City of Charles Sturt is a vibrant community home to around 130000 people across 105 different cultures. We champion unity in diversity and strive to reflect our community within our workforce wherever you are from you are home in the City of Charles Sturt.

We prioritise customer and employee experience and a supportive environment where everyone belongs. With over 500 employees our people and our community Means the World to us which highlights the importance of our places our people and our service to the community.

We work flexibly and support one another. Visit our careers page to explore the benefits of joining our team and talk to us about what flexibility works for you.

About Our Team:

Governance and Risk provides essential support services across Council and to the Elected Body. The team develops and provides quality process advice and guidance to stakeholders to assist them in providing leadership accountable governance and a safety-first focus to enable the delivery of quality services to the community.

The Detail:

The position is offered on a full-time fixed-term basis for 12 months and is classified at Level 6 with a starting salary of 111989.68 per annum (pro-rata) Super Annual Leave Loading.

ClickApply for this jobto submit your application for this vacancy by 5.00pm 30 January 2026.

For further information about this vacancy please view the attached position description.

Enquiries about this position may be made to the following:

Mary Del Giglio Acting Manager Governance and Risk