Head of Health, Safety & Wellbeing
Core
Lead enterprise-wide Health, Safety & Wellbeing strategy, risk management, and injury prevention for a large municipal council.
Role type
Senior leadership Health, Safety & Wellbeing Head
Builds
Enterprise safety governance frameworks, injury management programs, and a high-performing Centre of Excellence
Domain
Public sector / Municipal governance / Occupational Health & Safety
Required skills
Strategic planning, risk management, psychosocial safety leadership, injury prevention, workers compensation management, stakeholder engagement, data-driven decision making, organizational change management
Preferred skills
Building safety culture, leadership capability development, complex stakeholder negotiation
Technologies
Safety governance software, risk management tools, data analytics platforms
Responsibilities
Lead delivery of Health, Safety & Wellbeing strategy; strengthen safety governance and compliance frameworks; drive proactive critical risk management; enhance injury prevention and return-to-work performance; build safety leadership capability; use data to improve safety outcomes
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic leadership scope
