We are One Team IPC Health, we are passionate, creative and we make a difference.

We deliver innovative high-quality services that are client centred, collaborative, coordinated and demonstrate value through measured impact. We are a not-for-profit community health service committed to working with the rapidly growing areas of Melbourne’s middle and outer West, where population will grow by 400,000 in the coming 15 years. By year 2035, we anticipate that the total population served will be approximately 1.2 million.

The Opportunity

Our (Award Winning) People and Culture Services exist to strengthen employee and client experiences by uniting ONE TEAM IPC Health so that they can meaningfully partner for life with our community. As we enter the next cycle of our Strategic Plan to Embed Innovation (in progress!), Scale for Demand and Evidence our Impact, an exciting opportunity has emerged to contribute your amazing wellbeing, safety and communication skills as a Wellbeing and Safety Officer role.

Our Safety and Wellbeing Partner collaborates and partners with service leaders and our people to deliver targeted best-practice wellbeing, safety and injury management initiatives that proactively prevent injury as well as facilitating a workers’ early and sustainable return to work following injury. This is an exciting opportunity to strengthen your passion for wellbeing and safety in the community health sector.

• Full time ongoing opportunity
• Availability to travel throughout Melbourne's Western Suburbs with the flexibility to work from home as well
• Enjoy maximum NFP salary packaging tax benefits

This position is classified as a Management and Administrative Officer Grade 4 (HS4) at $90,526.80 per annum under the Victorian Stand-Alone Community Health Services (Health and Allied Services, Managers and Administrative Officers) Multiple Enterprise Agreement 2022-2026.

You will make a difference by

• providing advice and direction to service leaders in the development, implementation and monitoring of safety policies, plans, programs and initiatives
• contribute to the development of Health and Wellness through being a key member of the Wellbeing and Celebration committee, leading Health and Wellness initiatives through planning, implementation, engaging key stakeholders, championing and delivering outcomes that increase employee engagement and support a culture of wellbeing;
• chairing the Occupational Health and Safety Committee Monthly meetings
• supporting and guiding the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Committee on wellbeing and safety trends
• RTW Coordinator demonstrated skills and experience including Return-to-Work case management and compensation requirements

To succeed, you will need

• tertiary or post-graduate qualification in WHS or demonstrated on-the-job experience
• a current Return-to-Work training qualification or willingness to obtain
• demonstrated understanding of all principles of WHS risk management and their application in a complex diverse healthcare setting
• demonstrated ability to analyse complex WHS and workers compensation problems
• highly effective written and verbal communication skills

What next?

If you are passionate, creative and want to make a difference, we want to hear from you. All you need to do is visit our careers page, read the role’s Success Profile and submit your resume, cover letter and a document outlining how you meet our minimum ‘to succeed’ criteria.

To find out more about the role, please contact Yolanda Sutherland, Acting Manager People and Culture on 03 7037 2137 or [email protected], using the subject line: Safety and Wellbeing Partner enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Interviews may be conducted prior to the closing date.

Our Story

We are One Team IPC Health. We are passionate we go above and beyond, demonstrating understanding and respect for our communities and each other. We make a difference we act with purpose, measure our results and celebrate our achievements. We are creative we learn, experiment and innovate.

At IPC Health, we are visionaries for community health and wellbeing. We are changemakers. Innovation in action is at the heart of everything we do, because we know that innovation can create amazing change and have an incredible and far reaching impact for individuals, our communities, and for our industry. We prioritise those who face obstacles to getting health services tailored to their needs and work with and for them in a deeply connected way. This enables us to acutely understand their needs and challenges. We live and breathe our passion to create new and better ways to deliver holistic health services for our vastly different and diverse clients and communities – so that they can thrive and experience greater health and wellbeing both individually and together.

We are committed to maintaining a barrier-free environment for all and welcome individuals of diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to, those from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse and the LGBTI communities to apply for our job opportunities.

If you require a reasonable workplace adjustment to support you during the interview process please email [email protected], using the subject line: Safety and Wellbeing Partner enquiry via EthicalJobs, with your request. Reasonable workplace adjustments are changes that are necessary and achievable to enable a person to efficiently perform their role to the best of their abilities. A reasonable workplace adjustment can be requested at any time in the recruitment process or as a part of employment with IPC Health.

Please view the Success Profile here.