North Sydney Council

WHS Manager

North Sydney Council administers the North Sydney local government area on Sydney’s picturesque lower North Shore. Our 400 employees look after 77,000 residents spread across 10 square kilometres of land on the foreshores of Sydney Harbour providing spectacular harbour views, beautiful parklands, and a bustling CBD. Our aim is to ensure North Sydney remains a welcoming, well-designed, safe and beautiful environment for residents, workers and visitors.

The Role

The Work, Health & Safety Manager role is responsible for the implementation, monitoring and improvement of the North Sydney Council WHS and Wellbeing Management System, whilst actively promoting a safe workplace culture across Council. This position will lead and provide Workplace Health and Safety advice and support to multiple stakeholders across our sites; conduct inspections, audits, safety investigations and manage Council’s workers compensation claims and return to work programmes. The Manager also supervises the WHS Officer, who provides functional administrative support and administration of workers compensation claims and injury management. 

The Person 

You are someone who has a genuine passion to drive safety culture and enjoys supporting and empowering others in promoting a safe working environment across all areas, including trades personnel and office-based staff. You will possess a strong ability to organise and prioritise yourself to meet conflicting deadlines amongst a fast-paced environment. You will be able to balance both day to day requirements with longer term projects.

You will be focussed and organised with skills in WHS systems and a commitment to continuous improvement. You will be a hands-on person able to build strong relationships and deliver outcomes both in a team and working autonomously.

This position will be instrumental in leading and influencing a safe working culture. 

The position is based at Council Chambers, located in a beautiful park setting, close to public transport, bicycle routes and recreational facilities.

Essential

• Tertiary qualifications in WHS and/or Risk Management
• Computer and software literacy, understanding of OHS software (programs)
• Understanding of WHS and Workers Compensation legislation and best practice
• Qualifications and/or experience relevant to the development, implementation and continuous improvement of an online platform to meet statutory obligations and control risk
• Accreditation in Return-to-Work coordination
• Ability to work effectively within a team
• Ability to work independently with initiative and minimal supervision
• Strong administrative experience and skills
• Strong communication and customer service skills
• Ability and commitment to maintain confidentiality
• Strong attention to detail
• Current Driver’s Licence 

Desirable

• Supervisory experience and skills
• Project and/or change management skills and experience
• Experience in electronic records management
• Experience in auditing or supporting auditing

Our culture

In 2023 we reviewed our organisational structure to increase leadership capacity and streamline decision-making, as well as increasing innovation, collaboration and communication.  Our broader cultural transformation for 2025 and beyond includes a focus on staff engagement, investment in learning and development and improved systems and processes all working together to empower the broader workforce to perform at their best.

Joining North Sydney Council now will enable you to go on this cultural transformation with us and to make a meaningful difference to both the organisation and the community of North Sydney.

Salary Range: $107,336.77 to $128,169.79 per annum + $1,000 pa Transport allowance + 11.5% superannuation (pro rata). 

Why work at North Sydney Council?

We're committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and positive workplace. Our teams are reflective of the communities in which we operate, and we value the unique contribution each member makes to the North Sydney Council. The work we do makes a real difference to the lives of our residents and contributes to their economic and social wellbeing.

North Sydney Council as an employer offers excellent employee benefits such as:

• Easy accessibility to work with spectacular harbor view work locations
• Excellent work life balance with a 35-hour working week for indoor workers or fortnightly RDO’s for outdoor workers
• Flexible working hours with access to Flexi time
• Freedom to direct contributions to any compliant superannuation fund
• Health and Well-being programs for all employees such as Yoga, Pilates, Boxing
• Access to employee recognition and reward program
• Weekly fruit baskets
• Free access to counselling sessions through our Employee Assistance Program
• Free financial advice by a certified Financial Planner
• Monetary Transport allowance
• Invitations to Local Govt events, training and planning sessions
• Access to corporate social events at picturesque harbour locations

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How to apply

Applicants are required to submit a cover letter, resume and answer the selection criteria questions.

Closing Date: 23 February 2025 - 11.55pm  

North Sydney Council is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity in order to  provide a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We strongly encourage candidates from wide-ranging backgrounds, identities and experiences to apply. North Sydney Council fosters the concept of equity and fairness across all facets of employment including recruitment, promotion, training and equity of access to benefits for staff.