Work Health, Safety & Injury Manager

• Permanent full-time opportunity
• Based in Milsons Point with occasional interstate travel
• Salary Packaging: Package up to $15,900 of your pre-tax income and boost your take-home pay
• Fitness Passport: Discounted access to gym and aquatic centres
• Health Insurance: Exclusive HCF discounts

            
About us..

At Royal Rehab we’re redefining health and wellbeing.
 
A leading charity with over 125 years of innovation in rehabilitation and community support services, we are committed to empowering individuals to achieve their health goals through evidence-based care and lifestyle medicine.   
Royal Rehab is renowned for our focus on research and innovation and sits uniquely as a provider of advanced rehabilitation and disability services including supported accommodation, private rehabilitation hospitals, a purpose-built resort for people with spinal cord injury and community services. 

We offer a vibrant, inclusive culture that values your expertise. 

  
About the role..

Ready to make a real impact on workplace safety? Join our organisation as the Work Health, Safety & Injury Manager and play a key role in shaping a safer, healthier workplace across a complex, multi-site environment.

In this strategic role, you’ll provide expert WHS advice, drive continuous improvement and build safety capability across all levels of the organisation, from frontline teams through to executive leadership. You’ll ensure the organisation meets its obligations under WHS legislation across multiple jurisdictions while helping embed a proactive culture of safety, injury prevention and wellbeing.

Working closely with Quality, Safety & Risk, Human Resources and operational leaders, you’ll design and deliver initiatives that reduce harm, support injured workers and achieve measurable, sustainable safety outcomes. If you’re a strategic and collaborative WHS professional who enjoys influencing positive change, apply now!

Key responsibilities include:

• Provide expert WHS and injury management advice to Executive, managers and staff across the organisation.
• Lead the development and continuous improvement of WHS systems, policies, procedures and strategies across multiple jurisdictions.
• Oversee WHS legislative compliance, risk management and psychosocial safety across all business areas.
• Lead injury management, early intervention and return to work programs, providing guidance to managers and HR.
• Lead serious incident investigations, ensure regulatory reporting requirements are met and drive corrective actions.
• Champion a proactive safety culture through targeted education, training and capability building.
• Monitor WHS performance, incident and claims data, providing insights and recommendations to drive measurable improvement.
• Conduct audits, inspections and reviews to identify risks, strengthen compliance and continuously improve WHS outcomes.
• Occasional interstate travel.

About you.. 

We seek an experienced and solutions focused individual with:

Essential Criteria:  

• Recognised qualifications in Work Health Safety (WHS) or a related field, and/or substantial high-level experience in a senior WHS role within a complex, multi-site organisation.
• Demonstrated experience applying WHS legislation, regulations and codes of practice across multiple Australian jurisdictions.
• Demonstrated experience managing workers compensation claims and workplace rehabilitation programs, including return to work coordination, across multiple jurisdictions.
• Proven ability to lead the development and implementation work, health and safety strategies, frameworks and management systems in a large or complex organisational environment.
• Demonstrated ability to influence organisational culture and build genuine commitment to safety at all levels, from frontline staff to executive leadership.
• Demonstrate high level oral and written communication, interpersonal and consultation skills, with the ability to engage, advise and build effective working relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to work with a high degree of autonomy and sound professional judgement under broad direction.
• Excellent organisational skills and demonstrated ability to effectively manage competing priorities, lead multiple concurrent projects and deliver outcomes within agreed timeframes.
• Willingness and availability to undertake occasional interstate travel as required by the business.
• Unrestricted Australian Drivers Licence.
• NDIS Worker Screening Check & Working With Children Check.

Your Royal Rewards... 

• Salary Packaging: Lower your taxable income and increase your take-home pay 
• Benefits: Fitness Passport & HCF Private Health Insurance discounts 
• Maxxia Rewards: Enjoy a huge range of discounts through our salary packaging partner 
• Career growth: Genuine career opportunities  
• Salary: Competitive remuneration  
• Employee Assistance Program: Access to professional counselling and coaching for you and your immediate family   
• Leadership: Supportive and experienced leadership team  
• Culture: Friendly and close-knit team environment 

We know diversity makes Royal Rehab a great place to work, and we are committed to building an inclusive workplace culture that reflects the people we serve. We encourage applications from all members of our community, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTIQA+ individuals, people with disability, and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.  

If you require any adjustments to participate equitably in the recruitment process, or to support you in the workplace should you be successful, please let us know. We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible environment where all individuals can thrive. 
  

What’s next..

If this sounds like the perfect role for you, address the essential criteria in your cover letter and APPLY NOW to start your journey with us!   
  
Please note, only applicants that address this essential criteria will be considered. 

Visit our Royal Rehab careers page for more information: 
www.Royalrehabgroup.com.au/careers/   

The successful applicant will be required to provide and undergo pre-employment checks including but not limited to a current criminal record check, working with children check, employment history and referee checks. Vaccination against infectious diseases is strongly encouraged.

Further Enquiries:
Brigid Kerley, Chief Risk Officer
Email: *************@royalrehab.com.au

Application Close Date: Tuesday 15th September 2026