WHS Business Partner - Work Health and Safety

• Part-Time - 22.8 hours per week (3 days)

About the Role

At Uniting, we're committed to creating safer workplaces where our people can thrive. As a Work Health & Safety (WHS) Business Partner, you will play a key role in supporting the implementation of our Work Health and Safety strategic plan across assigned portfolios.

Working in partnership with leaders, managers, teams, and Health and Safety Representatives, you'll provide practical, solutions-focused WHS advice and support that strengthens compliance, enhances risk management, and embeds a proactive safety culture. You'll be instrumental in bringing our Keep U Safe to Thrive safety culture to life while supporting quality service delivery across the organisation.

This is a part-time permanent role (22.8 hours per week across three days), offering flexibility while allowing you to make a genuine impact within a respected not-for-profit health service.

Key Responsibilities

As a WHS Business Partner, you will:

• Partner with leaders, managers, teams, and Health and Safety Representatives to implement and embed WHS strategies, systems, and safe work practices across assigned portfolios.
• Provide expert WHS advice, coaching, and operational support to strengthen legislative compliance, effective risk management, incident reporting, and escalation processes.
• Support hazard identification, risk assessments, and the implementation of practical risk controls in line with the hierarchy of controls.
• Conduct and support WHS audits, inspections, workplace health checks, investigations, and assurance activities, ensuring corrective actions are implemented and monitored.
• Review incidents, near misses, and safety trends to identify root causes, recommend preventative actions, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to the delivery of WHS projects, training programs, awareness campaigns, and capability-building initiatives across the organisation.
• Analyse WHS systems, reporting tools, and safety data to monitor performance, identify trends, support governance, and inform business decisions.
• Build trusted relationships with stakeholders while promoting collaboration and embedding Uniting's Keep U Safe to Thrive positive safety culture.

About You

You are a proactive WHS professional with a practical approach to problem-solving and a genuine passion for creating safer workplaces. You thrive in collaborative environments, enjoy influencing positive change, and are confident providing operational advice across diverse services.

Essential Qualifications & Experience

• Tertiary qualification in Work Health & Safety, Health, or a related discipline, or demonstrated equivalent knowledge and experience.
• Certificate IV in Work Health & Safety (or equivalent).
• 2–4 years' experience in a WHS Coordinator, WHS Advisor, WHS Business Partner, or similar role, ideally within health, aged care, community, or human services.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and apply WHS legislation, Codes of Practice, and relevant industry standards.
• Experience conducting incident investigations and applying structured problem-solving techniques to develop practical safety solutions.
• Experience in hazard identification, risk assessment, and delivering WHS training.
• Sound understanding and practical application of the hierarchy of controls across varied operational environments.

Desirable Skills & Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including report writing and preparation of recommendations and briefings.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, influencing, and relationship-building skills.
• Growth mindset with a commitment to continuous learning, adaptability, and improvement.
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without formal authority.
• Experience using WHS systems, reporting tools, and structured governance processes.
• Experience developing and implementing WHS Management Systems.
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Mental Health First Aid qualification.
• First Aid qualification.
• ICAM Investigation Training.

Please note: Certified copies of relevant qualifications and certifications will be required upon request.

Join us

If you're looking for a role where your expertise will genuinely make a difference—and where you'll be supported by passionate colleagues who care about people as much as safety—we'd love to hear from you.

Please submit your resume together with a brief cover letter outlining your experience and what interests you about joining Uniting.

In return, you'll enjoy:

• A competitive salary package.

• Access to outstanding not-for-profit salary packaging, helping you pay less tax and take home more of your income. Better still, your full annual benefit is available from 1 April 2026, allowing you to maximise your tax savings from the start of the FBT year.

• Fitness Passport, providing discounted access to hundreds of gyms, pools and fitness facilities across Australia to help you live your best life.

• Additional paid leave options, including the opportunity to purchase extra annual leave.

• Exclusive employee discounts through our U Rewards program.

• Ongoing professional development and the opportunity to grow your career in internal communications.

• The chance to do meaningful work every day for an organisation committed to inspiring people, enlivening communities and confronting injustice.

To apply, please click 'Apply Now' and submit:

• Your current CV and a cover letter outlining why this part time WHS Business Partner role interests you, what you'll bring to the role.

For further information, please contact Dina Oraha - Talent Acquisition Specialist, at doraha@uniting.org using the subject line: WHS Business Partner - Work Health and Safety enquiry via EthicalJobs.

To ensure every application is managed fairly and consistently, all applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal. Unfortunately, we aren't able to accept applications sent directly via email.

About Uniting

Uniting NSW.ACT contributes to the work and mission of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT through social justice advocacy, community services, and spiritual care. We provide care and support for people through all ages and stages of life, with a focus on people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. Our purpose is to inspire people, enliven communities, and confront injustice.

Uniting is a Child Safe Organisation committed to promoting the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of children and young people.

Empowered by diversity

At Uniting, inclusion isn't just something we value—it's how we work. We welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, and identities and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, people of all ages, cultural backgrounds, faiths, genders, and sexual orientations.

If you require adjustments to participate in our recruitment process, please let us know.