Group Head of Safety & Wellbeing

About the Role

Are you ready to make a real impact on the health, safety, and wellbeing of our team? As the Group Head of Safety and Wellbeing, you'll be at the forefront of creating a safer, healthier, and more vibrant workplace!

In this dynamic, operational, and hands-on role, you'll lead the charge in all things safety and wellbeing, from health and safety protocols to workers' compensation and self-insurance. You'll work closely with the Group Chief People Culture Officer and the HR Leadership team to craft and execute our Safety and Wellbeing Strategy, Safety Management System, and tackle critical operational risks head-on.

As the Group Head of Safety & Wellbeing, you will take ownership of the following key duties and responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the Group Chief People Culture Officer to develop, implement, and oversee CFL’s Safety and Wellbeing Strategy, policies, and processes; manage the Safety Management System (SMS) to meet ISO45001 standards and statutory obligations; and enhance safety leadership to reflect best practices across the Enterprise.
• Lead and implement an evidence-based critical risk framework for Health and Wellbeing, including Psychosocial Hazards; partner with operational stakeholders to develop and achieve key performance indicators; and oversee technology supporting health, safety, wellbeing, and injury management programs.
• Partner with operational stakeholders to implement the Collins SMS and performance indicators, ensuring accuracy and relevance; lead WHS governance and reporting to inform Senior Leaders, Executive Team, and Board for due diligence and decision-making; and identify best practices, opportunities for improvement, lessons learned, and innovations for key stakeholders.
• Measure, monitor, and report on health, safety, wellbeing, workers' compensation, and self-insurance performance programs, ensuring data accuracy and reliability; partner with key stakeholders to implement robust health and safety training programs; and engage stakeholders to achieve best practice safety, awareness, and legislative compliance.
• Enhance, monitor, and report on workplace hazards, near misses, and compliance requirements; provide specialist advice for workplace incidents and investigations in partnership with operational leaders; and implement preventative approaches to injury management, analyzing data and trends for improvement, and overseeing workers' compensation and self-insurance premium management.
• Monitor data integrity and adherence to internal procedures, systems, and audit requirements, both in own work and that of the team.
• Lead the workers compensation self-insurance function.  Ensure governance and compliance and apply best practice approaches to maintain self-insurance license.

Strategic

•  Lead and enhance and the Safety, Wellbeing and Injury Management Strategy to ensure that identified objectives are monitored, implemented and reviewed.
• Work with stakeholders to identify strategic gaps and opportunities through data analysis to assist in the development and implementation of Safety & Wellbeing strategic initiatives.
• Support the operational teams with problem-solving, issue resolution, and being a consistent link to regulators and key stakeholders.
• Partner with franchisors and QSR competitors to identify risks and align on health, safety, wellbeing and injury management enhancements.
• Partner with Executives and Senior Leaders to proactively identify areas of risk, injury, and provide regular insights to all levels of the business through trend analysis, interactions, observations, audits and inspections providing evidenced based improvements arising from learnings.

People

• Provide leadership and coaching to team members through the implementation of the Safety, Wellbeing and Injury Management Strategy.
• Provide direction for the team through establishing clear goals identified through the delivery of the Safety, Wellbeing and Injury Management Strategy.
• Manage the allocation of human resources within the team (matching skills, and experience and work priorities) to meet business objectives, and to grow talent and capability for the future strategic needs of the business, whilst maximising productivity.

About You

To be successful in this role you will possess:

• Minimum 10 years in a senior Safety and Wellbeing operational leadership role, leading safety and wellbeing across an Enterprise, preferably within retail, hospitality or no for-profit organisation.
• Demonstrated experience in implementing Psychosocial Risk management strategy and associated program.
• Track record in influencing executive and senior stakeholders through building trusted and respected relationships.
• Ability to think strategically and implement operationally in a complex and challenging environment and foster a workplace culture consistent with the Collins’ Values.
• Proven success in leading successful, engaged, and high performing teams to deliver organisational objectives.
• Deep knowledge of industry, regulatory framework, and relevant legislation, as well as experience in risk and compliance management structures.
• Experience in successfully leading workers compensation and self-insurance.
• Demonstrated results in delivering positive workers compensation premium results.
• Experience in a publicly listed company will be highly regarded
• Strong strategy and policy writing skills with demonstrated ability to undertake leading edge research, data analysis and prepare high level reports and correspondence.
• Strong data analysis skills to efficiently and accurately identify trends and opportunities.

About Collins Foods Limited

Collins Foods is an ASX listed company proudly employing over 17,500 employees globally. With a vision to be the World’s Top Restaurant Operator, we operate over 350 KFC restaurants in Australia, The Netherlands and Germany, and 27 Taco Bell restaurants in Queensland, Victoria & Western Australia. 

Why work for Collins Foods?

Our mission at Collins is Restaurants Done Better. We have an obsession for raising the bar on what people think a restaurant experience should be. More Human. More Sustainable. More Digital. More Fun. In addition to working with iconic international brands, there are many advantages to joining the Collins Family. As part of your valuable contribution, you will be rewarded with:

• Competitive remuneration + short-term incentive bonus program
• Access up to 13 paid "Recharge Days" per year. That's a 4-day working week every 4 weeks 
• Ownership Share Plan 
• Ongoing professional development opportunities
• Flexible working arrangements, including WFH options 1-2 days per week. 
• Access to a formal mentorship program
• Early access to long service leave after 7 years tenure
• Autonomy and independence to create your own success
• Commitment to 25% energy reduction by 2026

If you are looking for more information and would like a copy of the full Position Description, please contact the Talent Acquisition Team on recruitment@collinsfoods.com.

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Please note, the successful applicant/s will be required to undertake pre-employment screening tests which may include a National Police Check and qualifications checks.

CFL is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and as such, all applicants will receive equal consideration for employment for which they qualify, including the option of flexible working arrangements where applicable.