• Permanent Part-Time Position (0.4 FTE/2 days per week)
• Internationally recognised, membership-based specialist medical college
• Full FBT salary packaging

About us:

The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) incorporating the Faculty of Pain Medicine, is an internationally recognised specialist medical education institution responsible for the training, examinations, specialist qualification, and continuing professional development of all anaesthetists and pain medicine specialists in Australia and New Zealand.

The college's purpose is to serve our communities by leading high quality patient care in anaesthesia, perioperative and pain medicine, optimising health and reducing the burden of pain.

We are creating an inclusive environment where people have purposeful work, feel valued and connected, and are challenged and inspired to grow.

About your new role:

The health and wellbeing of our people is more important than ever. We currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Health, Safety and Wellbeing Advisor to provide advice and support regarding best practice health, wellbeing and safety matters to ensure our working environment whether in the office or at home is the safest it can be.

The ideal candidate will have a passion for health, wellbeing and safety and have the confidence to speak up when something isn’t right. You care about people and want to be part of a tight knit team, are dependable, collaborative, detail orientated and can apply innovative problem-solving skills.

This role includes but is not limited to:

• Ensuring compliance with H&S legislation across all jurisdictions
• Conducting risk assessments and investigations where required
• Updating H&S policies and procedures as required
• Fulfilling project responsibilities in the implementation of H&S initiatives
• Identifying injury/illness risk exposures and implementing appropriate interventions

This is a permanent, part-time role (2 days a week) reporting to the Manager, People Experience.

Keys to your success:

This role will ideally suit a good problem solver and empathetic individual. Specifically, you will have:

• Tertiary qualifications and relevant certifications in health and safety.
• Strong and demonstrated experience in health and safety ideally in an office based environment.
• Excellent influencing and business partnering skills with the ability to drive a proactive health, safety and wellbeing culture at all levels of the College.
• Strong understanding of contemporary workplace health and safety issues, models and best practice, with sound legislative knowledge.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to adapt effectively to different operating styles.
• Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated experience in developing and delivering H&S training.
• Highly developed computer skills with an aptitude to use in-house programs and an LMS.
• Experience in office based ergonomic assessments an advantage but not essential.

We are building a diverse and vibrant workforce and we want to attract the best people! We recognise people have busy family lives and it is important to us that they can balance exciting and meaningful careers with family commitments.

What we can offer you:

• We offer employment benefits and a working environment that contribute to our people's health, safety and wellbeing, personal and professional development and supports an inclusive, equitable, and respectful college culture.
• Join a purpose driven organisation with a team of individuals passionate about improving educational opportunities for health professionals.
• The flexibility to work your hours in a way that suits your lifestyle.
• The opportunity to take ownership of this key position ensuring the ongoing health and safety of all ANZCA staff.
• A competitive remuneration package including full FBT exempt salary packaging
• Excellent staff benefits – additional leave over the Christmas period, additional personal leave, health and wellbeing offerings, market leading parental leave, staff recognition program, member advantage program with access to discounted lifestyle benefits and leisure activities
• Flexible, hybrid working options
• Free confidential counselling service to support our staff and their close family through life’s challenges via our Employee Assistance Program

ANZCA is an equal opportunity employer and our commitment to creating and supporting an inclusive culture is reflected in our diverse mix of talented people passionate about delivering their best. We embrace and value the diverse society we live within and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or age. We strongly encourage Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori applicants to apply for any of our current opportunities.

Next steps

Apply now and take the next step towards a rewarding and long-term career within a progressive environment. Our application process will require you to submit your current resume and a cover letter. We will progress suitable candidates through the hiring process as soon as we can.

If selected, we will contact you to discuss your application on the phone, you will be invited to meet with us at the college and from there, complete a few background checks. We will help you through this process. 

In the event that we identify potential candidates prior to the advertised closing date, we may close the advertisement sooner than the closing date. Therefore, we encourage you to apply promptly if you are interested.

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process and supportive workplace, so please let us know what you need.

For more information about ANZCA or for a copy of the position description, please email Nuzee or Helen at [email protected] using the subject line: Health, Safety & Wellbeing Advisor enquiry via EthicalJobs.