Safety, Health & Wellbeing Partner - Melbourne
We are Woolworths Group
We are Woolworths Group. 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts, and unique perspectives across Australia and New Zealand. Connected by a shared Purpose - 'to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow'. That Purpose fuels our ambition to explore new ideas, make brave commitments, and innovate better ways to meet the food and everyday needs of more than 24 million customers every week.
If you're excited to turn today's blue-sky thinking into a better tomorrow for future generations, you'll find yourself supported and enriched in a dynamic, inclusive, and empowering workplace. With a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work, and opportunities across the group to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.
- Join one of Australia’s leading retail groups
- Permanent full time
- Geelong or Ballarat (or surrounds) based
Welcome to the People Team
Better experiences for our Team Members are the key to unlocking a better future for our customers and communities. Our People Team is responsible for powering the trajectory of our business and the wellbeing of our people – through the design and delivery of a seamless and enriching Team Member experience.One that strengthens the foundations of our organisation, empowering passionate Team Members to become purpose-led Woolworths Group advocates and attracting a new generation of talent to the group.
The Safety, Health and Wellbeing of our team and customers is critical. Our Safety, Health, and Wellbeing team is responsible for working with operational leaders to provide and maintain a safe working and shopping environment for our team members, customers, visitors, and contractors.The role partners with Supermarkets Operations and the support teams in Victoria as we work towards our vision to protect and care for everyone in our retail ecosystem.
What you’ll do
Reporting to the State Safety, Health and Wellbeing Manager, we are looking for someone to partner with our operational teams to drive great leadership, care and processes to deliver great safety, health and wellbeing outcomes. Your deep knowledge of relevant legislation and contemporary approach to safety, health and wellbeing will support your stakeholder relationships.
A typical day may include:
- Conducting store visits and coaching teams to deliver great outcomes
- Supporting new store launch programs and projects
- Investigating people incidents in line with the National Framework
- Completing risk assessments and root cause analysis
- Participating in National Safety Programs
- Regular travel to the stores in your region
- Have fun on site coaching, training and supporting store operations
- Partnering with your stakeholders to coach and implement improved processes
- Minimum 5 years safety, health and wellbeing experience/WHS Diploma level or relevant qualifications
- Experience in finding and fixing hazards, incident investigation, wellbeing programs and root cause analysis
- Care deeply, maintain confidentiality and have high energy and enthusiasm for everything you do
- Experience monitoring and embedding safety processes and systems that drive performance improvement
- Experience working in a high paced, multi site environment
- Detailed knowledge and application of all relevant legislation, reporting and understanding of the regulatory environment.
- Must be able to travel to all sites regularly
- A progressive and flexible ‘Work from Anywhere’ policy that gives you more control over your work, life and wellbeing.
- A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline – with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network.
- Team discounts across our range of Woolworths Group brands you know and love and a robust rewards program that celebrates and incentivises purpose-driven work.
- 12 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers plus paid superannuation for up to 12 months while the Team Member is on parental leave - eligible from the first day of employment
Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are key to realising our purpose of better together for a better tomorrow. We recognise the value our team’s diversity brings to our business, customers, and communities and that teams with diverse experiences and backgrounds enrich our group and are better able to innovate and solve problems.As one of the largest employers in Australia and New Zealand, we aim to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels that they belong, can be their best selves, and reach their full potential.
We encourage all candidates to apply; please let us know in your application if we can support you with any adjustments in the hiring process.
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