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Manager, Safety and Emergency Management - Flexible Location

St Vincent de Paul Society NSW
  • Lead Our Safety, Wellbeing and Emergency Management Functions
  • Opportunity to Make a Difference in a Purpose-Led Organisation
  • Hybrid Way of Working - Work/Life Flexibility Options
  • Not-for-Profit Salary Packaging Tax Free Benefits!

The St Vincent de Paul Society is a leading provider of community support services, whose mission  it is to shape a more just and compassionate society - we truly care about what we do and the difference we make to people's lives.

We believe our employees are key to our success and offer Learning and Development programs to enhance and grow your career across a range of teams and services. This is testament to our continued commitment to further engaging and retaining our staff who are recognised for their achievements and are offered promotional opportunities on a meritocracy basis within a collegiate and values driven team environment and culture.

Your New Role:

Rare opportunity to support organisational resilience of the St Vincent de Paul Society by managing our safety, wellbeing and emergency management functions ensuring legislative compliance. Reporting to the Executive Director, Corporate Services you will ensure the successful implementation of the related strategic plan and provide high level advice on the full gamut of work health and safety risks and mitigation strategies. You will be a resilient and an optimistic operator with a demonstrated ability to lead a team and drive change.

Your responsibilities include the following but are not limited to:

  • Lead and support the development, implementation, monitoring and reporting on work health and safety management strategies, policies, processes and systems to minimise the Society's risk.
  • Support investigations into serious work health and safety related incidents.
  • Manage a safety audit of our sites and implement measures to make our sites and activities safe for our people.
  • Support the CEO and Executive Leadership Team with managing emergency response and recovery activities by effectively managing the development, implementation and delivery of our organisation's emergency management core functions.
  • Ensure that our organisation effectively safeguards children.

To be successful, you will need:

  • Relevant tertiary qualification/s and experience working in workplace health and safety.
  • Sound knowledge of workplace Health and Safety and Workers Compensation legislation, regulations and Australian standards.
  • Experience in the development and implementation of Workplace Health and Safety management systems to meet the requirements of legislation and best practice.
  • Experience in injury management and return to work programs.
  • Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills coupled with sound cross-collaboration skills at all levels.
  • Ability to travel to St Vincent de Paul Society workplaces across NSW and NSW driver licence.

If this sounds like you, please apply now by submitting your application with a resume which addresses the key requirements of Position Description.

Information on how to apply.

The Society is committed to being a Child Safe organisation, further information can be found in the Society's commitment to Safeguarding Children & Young People. Prior to an offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete the pre-employment checks including a Police check, Working with Children check.

St Vincent de Paul Society (NSW) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to engaging a diverse workforce. The Society strongly encourages applications from people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and mature aged applicants.

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