Head of Health Safety & Wellbeing – Sovereign Hill
Closing Date
19/12/2025 12:00 am
Institution
Sovereign Hill Museums Association
TBA
Employment status
Full-time ongoing
Location
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The Sovereign Hill Museums Association is a not-for profit community-based organisation that includes: Sovereign Hill Outdoor Museum, Sovereign Hill Hotel, AURA and Narmbool, the Australian Centre for Rare Trades and Arts and the Australian Centre for Gold Rush Collections.
It cares for a nationally and internationally significant collection of over 150,000 objects and protects the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of the Victorian gold rush.
We are an Australian tourism icon that attracts some 500,000 visitors annually.
The Outdoor Museum is internationally renowned as a living museum featuring rare trades, and programs and experiences that interpret a pivotal point in Australia's history.
In all, some 350 staff work to bring our gold-rush story to life.
They are supported by over 250 volunteers.
About the Role
Reporting to the Chief People Officer and managing our WHS Coordinator, this is an exciting opportunity to provide operational leadership and drive our safety culture within diverse and unique risk profiles.
In this role you will find yourself supporting our team members working with animals, from heights or confined spaces, working with our tourist mine or manufacturing team, supporting risk assessments for special events such as Winter Wonder Lights or perhaps with our wonderful performers activating our open-air museum.
No two days will be the same
Duties & Responsibilities
Work closely with the Executive team and operational leaders to develop and lead the implementation of robust and fit for purpose Health Safety & Wellbeing work programs.
Res ponsible for ensuring compliance with OHS legislation by proactively leading Health Safety & Wellbeing and risk management initiatives and strategies across the organisation.
Provide coaching, training, mentoring and specialist advice and policy guidance to management, leaders and team members on all facets of Health Safety & Wellbeing.
Support team members with return-to-work plans, Workcover claims, hazard/incident/near miss management, risk assessments and lead our Child Safe Standards and Emergency Management program, ensuring our preparedness in emergencies and critical incidents.
Desired Qualifications
Previous experience leading a health safety and wellbeing function, ideally within a high-risk and/or complex work environment
You are a progressive safety leader, with a high degree of technical expertise, curious by nature and passionate about partnering with people to drive change and great safety outcomes.
You're known for your excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) and can quickly initiate, build and maintain strong and effective partnerships across all organisational levels.
You will ideally have expertise in ICAM incident investigation methodology.
The role is based in Ballarat, with a minimum three to four days onsite.
Child Safety and Criminal History Checks – Sovereign Hill is committed to child safety.
We want children to be safe, happy and empowered.
We support and respect all children as well as our staff and volunteers.
Our recruitment and selection processes ensure certain pre-employment screening and compliance clearances are undertaken before employment is offered.If you apply for a role with Sovereign Hill you will be asked to make certain declarations regarding OHS, Child Safety and you will also be required to complete a National Police Check and attain a valid Working with Children's Check.
Sovereign Hill welcomes and encourages applications from diverse backgrounds and provides equal opportunities to all who wish to apply.
Applications will be reviewed as they are received, so please don't delay.
If you are excited about the role and want to be a part of connecting people through history to adapt for a better future – then please apply to join our team today
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