• Join a dedicated team and lead our Workplace Health and Safety Management and Risk Management!
• 9-day fortnight + relocation assistance + ongoing learning and development!
• Salary circa $78,052 (negotiable for the right candidate) + super/full-time role/Tenterfield, NSW

Here at Tenterfield Shire Council, our mission is to showcase "quality nature, quality heritage and quality lifestyle" through a range of arts and culture programs.

We are a close-knit and dedicated team that cultivates a community spirit and promotes a quality lifestyle, equal opportunities and access to all services. We really live and breathe our values each and every day. They are:

• Integrity: ensuring openness and honesty in all our activities.
• Community focus: delivering prompt, courteous and helpful service.
• Accountability: accepting responsibility for providing quality services and information.
• Respect: treating people with courtesy, dignity and fairness regardless of our personal feelings about the person or issue.
• Excellence: being recognised for providing services and programs that aim for best practice.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do and are central to our success. In this role, you will be working with a team that feels empowered and challenged while fostering an emphasis on work/life balance.

The Opportunity:

We now have an exciting opportunity for a full-time Workplace Health and Safety & Risk Management Coordinator to join our team in Tenterfield, NSW.

In this highly varied role, you will facilitate, develop, implement and review our WHS and Risk Management strategies, including the Health and Safety Management Plan.

Responsibilities include:

• Develop, implement and review risk management policies, procedures and systems
• Identify risks in the immediate workplace and participate in risk assessments and procedural reviews;
• Investigate accidents, injuries, incidents and near misses and determine corrective actions and required procedural changes
• Coordinate bi-monthly meetings of both toolbox meetings and WHS committees; and
• Assist in Council’s worker’s compensation claims, including handling initial claims.
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You’ll be great in this role because:

To thrive in this role, you will possess, at a minimum, a Certificate IV in Workplace Health and Safety and previous experience working in a similar role and mitigating risk.

You will be a confident and community-oriented individual who is comfortable working out of the office and building strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders within the Council and other governing bodies.

Above all, your self-drive and determination to ensure safety and compliance are at the forefront of Council operations will go a long way to ensuring success in this multifaceted and extremely integrated position.

Moreover, you will remain steadfast in your approach to WHS & Risk Management and act as a guide to motivate team members to assume responsibility for their compliance requirements.

Please Note: The successful candidate must have a current, unrestricted Australian driver's licence and hold, or be willing to obtain, a National Criminal History Record Check prior to commencing employment.

What you will get from Tenterfield Shire Council

This role comes with a salary circa $78,052 + super dependent on experience. You will also have access to fantastic benefits, including a 9-day fortnight, ongoing professional development opportunities and access to our Employee Assistance Program.

This is your opportunity to get out of the city and enjoy a quiet and relaxing life in this beautiful and picturesque part of Regional New South Wales. Relocation assistance is highly negotiable, and we will help and support your move to Tenterfield.

If this sounds like the opportunity for you, don't wait – Apply Now!