Safety, Health and Wellbeing Risk Material Specialist

• Be apart of something from the ground up, working on an exciting multi-year transformation project
• Work from anywhere within Australia in this exciting permanent Remote or Hybrid role, as long as you are able to travel to local stores regularly
• Take ownership in this role and make it your own while collaborating closely with your amazing team

The Opportunity

Join a newly formed team within the business with the opportunity to help scale and build from the ground up with foundations being laid the last 3 years.
What does Safety, Health and Wellbeing mean to this team? We do it because it's the right thing to do, not because we have to!
Be a part of a large scale change in this function within supermarkets and in the platform. Get your fingerprints on this program and have a huge impact as if you would in a startup but within an large enterprise organisation.
With 100+ Safety people in the business you can tap into this huge knowledge capital and upskill, learn and challenge yourself.

About Us

Woolworths Group is a food and everyday needs retailer united by the shared purpose of creating better experiences together for a better tomorrow. With more than 1,400 stores across its Woolworths Supermarkets, Countdown Supermarkets (New Zealand) and BIG W brands, and fast-growing eCommerce businesses, Woolworths Group is Australia and New Zealand’s largest retailer. A top 10 company on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Woolworths Group employs more than 180,000 team members and serves more than 20 million customers a week.

The Woolworths Supermarkets division has over 135,000 team members across 1,000 supermarkets. The Safety, Health, and Wellbeing team partners with operational leaders to provide and maintain a safe working and shopping environment for our team members, customers, visitors, and contractors.

The Role

The Material Risk Specialist is a pivotal role within the Safety, Health, and Wellbeing function, responsible for providing subject matter expertise in risk management to the Supermarkets. You will play a crucial role in improving the Safety systems and process and risk maturity across Health, Safety and Wellbeing, through partnering with the organisation to enhance risk practices, processes, and training. You will also lead safety and risk identification, assessment, and reporting initiatives, engaging a range of stakeholders across the business.

Responsibilities

• Development, implementation, and end to end management of the Safety, Health, and Wellbeing risk profile for our Supermarkets.
• Implementation of an effective Safety, Health, and Wellbeing risk management program for the physical environments of our Supermarkets business.
• Create quality Safety risk management frameworks to ensure risk management is part of all safety, health, and wellbeing plans, programs, and initiatives.
• Educate and embed key legislative requirements regarding Safety risk management into systems, processes, and decision making.
• Provide quality evidence based data to mitigate and manage risks.
• Lead new design and implementation reviews to drive better outcomes for business, team, and customers.
• Provide informed advice and recommendations on prioritisation for Safety risk based decision making on capital investment or improvement programs.

Who we’re looking for

Ideally, you will have a strong Safety, Health and Wellbeing technical understanding of risk management and critical risk management and have proven experience in developing and leading large-scale Safety risk programs. You will demonstrate forward-thinking abilities to anticipate changes in the Safety risk landscape at a business level by leveraging insights from diverse sources. You will have effective influencing, engagement and communication skills, as well as the ability to manage competing priorities to tight timeframes.

You will have

• Tertiary qualifications in Safety, Health, and Wellbeing or equivalent and/or relevant industry experience.
• 7+ years of Safety, Health, and Wellbeing experience in FMCG, Retail, Customer focused, high risk industry, or fast paced business is preferred.
• Strong technical Safety, Health, and Wellbeing experience, specifically in establishing risk profiles and ongoing management of Safety, Health, and Wellbeing material and operational risks.
• Knowledge of State and Territory legislative requirements, standards, and codes of practice

Why you’ll love it here
In addition to this exciting role, these are some of the benefits we offer:

• An exciting career - As our business grows, so do the opportunities for our team members
• Strong mentorship and development; opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest and best minds in Australia
• Unparalleled professional growth and upskilling
• We value diversity and aim to create a vibrant and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve
• Get your Woolies worth through team member benefits across all of our brands

Grow with the Group

As an inclusive, team-first company, our people are at the core of everything we do.

We care deeply about creating a workplace where our team members feel valued, respected and empowered. We are committed to providing equal opportunity regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or life stage. We are proud to be recognised as a Gold Tier Employer in the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQ+ inclusion and as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

As our Group continues to evolve, innovate and support our communities, we encourage our team members to do the same with their own careers, by providing ongoing opportunities to grow and make a real difference.

We value flexibility, and encourage our team members to work in ways that meet their work/life commitments and support their wellbeing.

We work hard to create a safe and inclusive environment for all, and most importantly, we're all about creating better experiences – for our customers and for each other.

We’d love to hear from You

If you meet a number of the requirements, but not all, we encourage you to submit your application. You can also follow us on LinkedIn #work180 #LI-Hybrid