About Anglicare NT

Anglicare NT is a respected provider of quality human services across urban, regional, and remote areas. Anglicare NT offers a range of career opportunities in the community and social services sector in a diverse range of fields such as children and youth, family relationships and counselling, refugee and migrant, corporate services, financial counselling, mental health, disability and home care, social enterprises, and specialist homelessness services

We offer great benefits, including:

• Further training and development options.
• Flexible working conditions; five (5) weeks annual leave.
• A strengths-based environment.

We also offer great salary packaging options that can significantly increase your take-home pay.

About the Opportunity

As an integral member of Anglicare NT’s Shared Services team, this busy and rewarding role will see you provide advice, support and coaching to Anglicare NT staff and management on all things WHS best practice, incident & risk management and the rehabilitation and case management of injured/ill staff.

Your strong organisational, communication, and computer skills and commitment to WHS best practice will be crucial in maintaining and enhancing Anglicare NT's proactive safety culture across the Northern Territory.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• A minimum of a Certificate IV in WHS and a minimum of 3 years' experience in a similar role
• Sound working knowledge of Workplace Health and Safety and Injury Management Legislation
• Ability to use judgement, initiative and common sense when performing duties
• Ability to work respectfully and collaboratively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, communities, staff, and Aboriginal controlled organisations

Note: The filling of this position is intended to constitute a special/equal opportunity measure under section 8(1) of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth), section 57 of the Antidiscrimination Act 1996 (NT) and section 12 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010.

Special Measures vacancies are open to everyone including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. However, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy.

For further information on this exciting opportunity, please contact the Recruitment team on (08) 8985 0000 or visit our careers pagewww.anglicare-nt.org.au/careers/

Please note: It is a requirement that prior to commencing in this role, you must provide 100 points of identification to confirm Australian citizenship or eligibility to work in Australia; possess a Working with Children (Ochre Card), a current National Criminal History Check (within 3 months) and a valid NT driver’s licence.

As part of the recruitment process, you will be required to address the key selection criteria on the online application on the Anglicare NT website.

Experience of working closely with and having a strong understanding of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander culture would be considered an advantage.

Anglicare NT is a Child Safe, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

COVID-19 Vaccination Status

Anglicare NT is committed to providing a safe working environment and taking all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that its people and the community are protected against vaccine-preventable diseases. The Australian Immunisation Handbook lists the immunisations recommended for healthcare professionals. Aged Care Support workers are strongly recommended to follow COVID vaccination recommendations provided in Australian Immunisation handbook (based on ATAGI advice).

Anglicare NT staff who do NOT work directly with vulnerable people will not be required to provide evidence of COVID 19 vaccination.

A position description is attached.