Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time
Salary: $113,022 - $136,747
Grade: VPS 5
Occupation: Occupational health and safety
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: VG/DJ0643SEPTEMBER2025
About Us:
People Safety Culture and Communications' (PSCCs) core functions span the breadth of workplace cultural and people matters, including human resource policy and strategy; organisational culture and change; recruitment, redeployment and retention; performance and development; pay, benefits and workforce reporting; occupational health and safety management; employment regulations and communication services.
About the Role:
The Wellbeing Innovation Manager sits within Safety Wellbeing and Compliance (SWC), a branch of the PSCC in the Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department). The SWC branch provides process, systems and services to support the department to meet its responsibilities under health and safety legislation (Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004, Dangerous Goods Act 1985 and Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013).
Reporting to the Chief Psychology Officer, the role is responsible for leading the consultation, development, implementation, and monitoring of the Health, Safety and Wellbeing Strategy for the department. The Wellbeing Innovation Manager will collaboratively develop and project manage the delivery of evidence-based strategies to improve health and safety performance to contribute to the reduction of WorkCover claims. It will work towards the prevention of mental injury and illness, particularly where it might arise from recognisable workplace culture or behaviours; and where mental injury or illness occurs, taking action to support recovery.
Some of your duties will include:
To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.
About You:
As an ideal candidate, you will possess:
Qualifications:
How to Apply:
Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.
The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include national police checks and misconduct screening.
If you r equire adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.
In accordance with the Jobs and Skills Exchange Recruitment Policy, only Victorian Public Service employees are eligible to apply for this position. People on labour hire contracts, such as agency staff and external contractors, are not eligible to apply.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT:
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.