Head of Workplace Health and Safety
Core
Lead the University's central Work Health and Safety (WHS) function, providing governance, continuous improvement, and injury management for over 10,000 staff, students, and visitors across a complex campus including research labs and health facilities.
Role type
Senior strategic WHS leader (Head of Workplace Health and Safety)
Builds
University-wide WHS strategy, safety culture, and a mature safety management system
Domain
Higher education, research, and health services
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work -> physical/clinical work (safety systems & injury management)
Required skills
WHS leadership in large complex organizations, knowledge of WHS legislation and regulations, change leadership, stakeholder influence, team building, safety culture development, regulatory engagement
Preferred skills
Experience in higher education, research, or health sectors, ability to balance governance with operational delivery
Technologies
WHS frameworks, reporting systems, claims management platforms
Responsibilities
Setting and delivering Group WHS strategy, ensuring compliance with NSW WHS Act, guiding a team of WHS specialists, owning the WHS framework (policies, training, systems), managing the WHS operating budget, advising senior leaders on safety matters, overseeing injury management and workers compensation, managing regulator engagement
Seniority
Senior, strategic leadership with hands-on governance
