· Full time permanent vacancy

· Unique opportunity, based in the riverside precinct at the iconic Adelaide Festival Centre

· Salary Range $102,360.76 to $124,209.65 per annum plus superannuation

· Strategic and operational role

About Adelaide Festival Centre

Established in 1973, Adelaide Festival Centre is South Australia’s principal performing arts venue and a leading Asia Pacific cultural centre. Adelaide Festival Centre produces a bold, exciting and extensive program of festivals, events and performances all year round, to inspire educate and entertain audiences from a variety of ages and cultures.

Adelaide Festival Centre prides itself on providing support and development and maintaining a positive work environment for all employees. As the home of performing arts in South Australia, we aim to uphold exceptional customer service to external organisations and patrons.

Adelaide Festival Centre operates four theatres in the Adelaide CBD – the Festival Theatre, Dunstan Playhouse, Space Theatre and the newly redeveloped Her Majesty’s Theatre.

About the vacancy

Providing a one-of-a-kind opportunity in Adelaide, Adelaide Festival Centre is looking for a Work, Health and Safety professional to lead the safety and risk portfolio across all areas of the business. The Manager, Work, Health and Safety will ensure work health and safety risks and opportunities are managed in the best interests of the organisation, employees, hirers and patrons. This position will consult, educate, and provide high level support across the organisation to ensure compliance with established Adelaide Festival Centre and Department of Premier and Cabinet WHS systems and processes.

The role will also provide leadership and direction to the organisation in the areas of work, health, and safety, claims management, rehabilitation, and injury management.

Experience in the management of WHS, or the provision of consultancy, and/or project management in this area is essential. Experience in a diverse and complex organisation, liaising with a wide range of people, will be viewed favourably.

Responsibilities

Manage the service level agreement between Adelaide Festival Centre and Department of Premier & Cabinet (DPC) for compliance in the areas of WHS, claims management and return to work

In conjunction with DPC, manage Adelaide Festival Centre’s workers’ compensation and injury management program by ensuring return to work (RTW) plans are in place for all worker’s compensation claims, coaching managers in RTW plans and ensuring compliance with established worker’s compensation procedures and policies

Provide expert advice and support to managers and employees on the execution of workers’ compensation, injury management and WHS policies and procedures

Develop, implement and review safe work practices and procedures within the work area, including monitoring of outcomes and performance of staff and review of practices

Assess and identify relevant WHS training needs for staff including emergency evacuation, Area Warden, First Aid and safety e.g. working at heights, elevated work platform, etc

Manage robust investigation of all notifiable incidents and liaise with the State regulator and DPC as necessary to assist in the resolution of all incidents

Coordinate the roll out of key WHS projects including Workplace Health and Safety Induction, Workplace Health and Safety Training, and Wellbeing activities

Work with the Customer Experience, Technical and Production, and Facilities Departments to coordinate, manage, review and refine emergency processes such as evacuation drills, alarm testing and critical incident management

Sit on and contribute to the Crisis Management Team and the Emergency Planning Committee and contribute to business continuity planning from a WHS perspective

Competencies

Contemporaneous knowledge of current WHS and return to work legislation

Ability to think strategically and with common sense and provide sound advice and decision making to a wide variety of stakeholders

Demonstrated ability to plan resources, manage time and work to deadlines with a minimum of supervision

Ability to use initiative, creativity and leadership to achieve results within time and resource constraints

Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a team environment, as a member and/ or leader

High level skills in interpreting policies and evaluating business processes and procedures

Ability to develop productive working and interpersonal relationships including team, negotiation and conflict handling skills

High level written communication skills including discussion papers, reports and visual presentations

Demonstrated ability developing and delivering training and developmental activities for professional and senior staff

Lead and manage an effective WHS program

Workplace incident investigations, reporting and working with Safe Work SA

Experience in or understanding of WHS in a public sector environment (desirable)

High level proficiency in information technology systems and applications (desirable)

Tertiary qualification in a relevant field (highly desirable)

Benefits and Culture

Adelaide Festival Centre employs over 350 people in Lighting, Sound, Staging, Wardrobe, Production Management, Patron Services, Hospitality, Merchandise, Marketing, Programming, Education, Sponsorship, Philanthropy and Corporate Services.

Joining our team means sharing our ambition to be the arts and entertainment heart of the festival state, to entertain, engage, educate and inspire, and to be a national and international cultural leader and collaborator.

At Adelaide Festival Centre, we value our employees and offer a range of benefits which include:

Access to $15 staff tickets to performances in all our venues

Access to 10% staff discount in all our food and beverage outlets

Participating in our biannual Bring Your Dog to Work Day

Taking advantage of our voluntary, flexible working arrangements

Having a free annual flu vaccination

Accessing our free Employee Assistance Program

Working in a breast-feeding friendly workplace

Working in an approved Child Safe Environment

Adelaide Festival Centre is located on Kaurna Yarta. We respect First Nations people around Australia and acknowledge the Kaurna people as the traditional custodians of the Adelaide Plains. We honour their spiritual relationship with their country, and we do so in the spirit of reconciliation. Adelaide Festival Centre has an ambitious Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan in place approved by Reconciliation Australia and is committed to being an inclusive, supportive workplace and an employer of choice for First Nations people.

The public sector is diverse and desires to increase in diversity and to create opportunities for more South Australians. Adelaide Festival Centre is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion.

If you believe this job is suited to you, don’t miss this opportunity to apply.

Applications

All applications will be treated in strict confidence and must include a cover letter stating your potential contribution to this role, the relevant skills and experience you can offer Adelaide Festival Centre, together with a current resume identifying relevant career, personal and educational achievements.

For more information about Adelaide Festival Centre and a copy of the position description, please visit the ‘employment page’ on our website: www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au. Enquires can be directed to Steven Woolhouse, Chief Operating Officer / Chief Financial Officer at [email protected]

Please submit all applications via SEEK by 4:00pm Friday 2 May 2025