Work Health and Safety Advisor | Illawarra and surrounding regions

Most of us want to know we’re doing work that matters. But a lot of us struggle to build careers that allow for it, so we end up working long hours in demanding roles.

At Warrigal, you’ll get to swap the hustle for a career with purpose. One that makes a positive difference to the lives of older people and their families.

For us, there’s no greater honour. When we bring joy and quality of life to older people, we give them the dignity, community, and belonging they deserve. We allow them to enjoy better quality time and build lasting memories with their families, and we create a society that celebrates and respects aging.

No matter your role at Warrigal, each one of us is contributing to this legacy, ensuring it’s passed down from generation to generation.

The opportunity

The WHS Advisor plays an essential role in promoting health and safety across Warrigal’s services in NSW, including villages, outdoor workers, care staff, and home care workers. This position is crucial for identifying hazards and developing tailored mitigation strategies that meet the unique needs of diverse environments.

Key responsibilities include leading thorough incident investigations to determine root causes and recommend corrective actions, conducting comprehensive safety audits to ensure compliance with WHS regulations, and providing expert guidance to property teams and staff.

The WHS Advisor also conducts engaging safety training programs, including WHS inductions for new employees, while fostering a positive safety culture that encourages proactive hazard reporting and the implementation of safety initiatives. Additionally, this role ensures adherence to local, state, and federal regulations, participates in risk assessments, and stays current on industry best practices to continuously enhance safety performance throughout the organisation.

This role will support the Illawarra and surrounding areas and will require travel to all Warrigal locations.

The benefits | Recognising your value

• Hourly rate –$41.60- $56.26 based on experience + packaging benefits + super
• Not For Profit salary packaging benefits – pay up to $18,550 less tax per year, meaning more money for you
• Career break schemes, additional purchased leave and more
• Commitment to on-going professional and career development
• Subsidised access to your local gym and 200+ more across the country with a Fitness Passport
• 24/7 access to mental, physical, social and financial support via Employee Assistance Program

The requirements | What it takes to do this work

• Tertiary Qualifications in Work Health & Safety or related field
• Substantial experience in a WHS advisory role or similar
• Proven expertise in conducting incident investigations, leading safety audits, and developing hazard mitigation strategies.
• Experience managing emergency response activities, including fire drills and WHS inductions for new staff.
• In-depth knowledge of WHS legislation and standards in various work environments.
• Strong communication and interpersonal abilities for providing expert advice and tailored training.
• Capacity to influence and foster a positive safety culture.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills for risk assessment and hazard control.
• First aid certificate
• Current NSW or ACT Driver’s license

What our people love about working here:

A focus on purpose over profit: As a not-for-profit organisation, our leaders and board care deeply about the vision. What’s in the best interests of older people always trumps profits. Everything goes back into the business. And everything you do has a meaningful impact in the local community.

A supportive, passionate culture: It’s a community filled with inspiring, big-hearted people. We back each other, listen without judgement and lead with kindness, respect and unwavering support - for our customers, residents and each other. This is encouraged from the top down and worked hard at – every day.

Leaders who value you: It’s important you feel valued. To us, this is not a one-off task. But a commitment to creating an environment where you feel seen, heard and valued – every day. Leaders and managers go out of their way to understand you, respect your opinions and hear what you have to say. This creates greater unity and collaboration with each other.

Time for a life that matters: We want you to feel part of our community, to have a place to belong, while respecting your life outside work. You’ll have the flexibility to fit work around your needs, take career breaks and purchase extra leave to make time for the people, places and life that matters to you.

Who we are | A community who cares

Warrigal has firmly established itself in the aged care community for over 60 years. We’re proud of the diverse range of retirement living and aged care services we’ve built up in that time, but we still have the same appetite to grow and innovate. Meaning, you’ll have the chance to move around, get promoted or explore different areas across our expanding business in Illawarra, Southern Highlands, Queanbeyan, and Canberra – if that’s what you want.

Do work that matters to you

This is your chance to do work that matters, and make a meaningful difference to the lives of Australia’s older community – now and in the future.

JOIN US AND BE THE DIFFERENCE

We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people, workers of all abilities, ages and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to apply and join our community.

Are you keen? Then don’t delay applying. We review applications as we get them and will close the vacancy once we find the right person.

Got questions? You can contact [email protected] but please don’t send applications through email – we can’t accept them.

If successful, you may be asked to do a medical, National Criminal History Check or NDIS Worker Screening Check, and provide references.