Health and Safety Wellbeing Advisor

Fulltime or Parttime Flexible work options available

At AFCA fairness is at the heart of everything we do and that extends to how we care for our people. Were looking for an experienced and valuesled Health Safety & Wellbeing Advisor to play a pivotal role in supporting the health safety and wellbeing of our employees across the organisation.

Reporting to the Senior Health Safety & Wellbeing Advisor this role offers the opportunity to influence coach and partner with leaders while contributing to a mature sustainable and peoplecentred safety culture. Were open to fulltime or parttime (4 days a week) arrangements offering flexibility to suit your lifestyle.

The opportunity

Youll provide practical bestpractice health and safety advice to leaders and employees supporting incident and risk management injury management and returntowork programs. Working closely with People Leaders People Partners and specialist stakeholders youll help embed early intervention shared responsibility and continual improvement across AFCA.

This is a highly collaborative role ideal for someone who enjoys influencing problemsolving and making a genuine difference to peoples working lives.

What youll be responsible for

• Providing expert advice and guidance on health safety and wellbeing matters to leaders and employees
• Leading risk management activities including hazard identification risk assessments control implementation and workplace inspections/audits
• Managing incident investigations root cause analysis corrective actions and lessons learned
• Supporting injury management and returntowork including WorkCover case management and sustainable RTW outcomes
• Partnering with People Partners and leaders on reasonable adjustment requests
• Developing and maintaining HSW policies procedures fact sheets and education campaigns
• Promoting a culture of early intervention prevention and leading practice
• Coaching and influencing leaders to meet compliance while fostering interdependent safety behaviours
• Coordinating HSW data systems reporting and insights to support informed decisionmaking
• Contributing to the ongoing development and continuous improvement of AFCAs HSW approach and strategy

Qualifications :

What youll bring

Essential

• Tertiary qualification in Health Safety & Wellbeing (or related discipline) with solid to extensive HSW experience
• Strong working knowledge of HSW legislation including national and statebased frameworks
• Proven experience managing workers compensation and injury management cases
• Experience conducting risk assessments incident investigations audits and inspections
• Excellent interpersonal verbal and written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to prioritise and manage competing deadlines
• A proactive adaptable and mature approach with the ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively

Desirable

• Experience in the financial services or legal sector
• Diploma qualification in Work Health and Safety
• Approved RTW Coordinator / RTW Administrator (or working towards accreditation)
• Experience working within regulated professional or complex environments

Additional Information :

Whats on offer

• BOSS Best Places to Work 2024 credited for its culture engagement and flexible working arrangements. 
• Most Inclusive Workplace 2024 Australian HR Institute (AHRI) Awards. 
• Employer of Choice Public Sector and NFP Australian HR Awards 2023 
• Bronze AWEI Accreditation 2024 Recognised for LGBTQ workplace inclusion. 
• Accredited Family Friendly Workplace Supporting work-life balance and inclusivity. 
• Hybrid working Flexible arrangements with state-of-the-art offices designed for collaboration and wellbeing. 
• Inclusive leave options Flexible public holidays 20 weeks paid parental leave gender affirmation leave womens health leave and paid time off over Christmas. 
• Financial benefits Not-for-profit salary packaging to boost take-home pay. 
• Locations A team of over 1500 dedicated professionals based in modern Melbourne and Sydney CBD offices. 

To apply

If youre passionate about fairness and believe your skills align with this role we encourage you to applyeven if you dont meet every single criterion. 

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds cultures abilities sexual orientations and gender identities. If you require any accessibility support during the recruitment process please reach out to our team at  

AFCA is a 2025 Circle Back Initiative Employer - we are committed to responding to every applicant.  

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time