WHS Consultant
The WHS Team are seeking an experienced WHS Consultant with a history in claims management to joining the Allianz Health and Safety Team.
Summary about this job
Occupational Health & Safety
Company: Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd
Location: Sydney
Work type: Full Time
Salary: n\a
Phone: +61-2-6148-5183
Fax: +61-7-2233-4654
E-mail: n\a
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Detail information about job WHS Consultant. Terms and conditions vacancy
- Excellent opportunity to join high performing team
- Immediate start
- Sydney CBD Location - flexible for the right candidate
- Excellent opportunity to join high performing team
- Immediate start
- Sydney CBD Location - flexible for the right candidate
The WHS Team are seeking an experienced WHS Consultant with a history in claims management to joining the Allianz Health and Safety Team.
The position reports to the WHS Manager in a small team of 4 Health and Safety professionals. This role contributes to the achievement of the Allianz's business strategy by coordinating and monitoring the return to work processes for injured Allianz employees (claims management, reporting, and premium renewal). Further, this role participates in the development, implementation and operation of the Allianz WHS Management System including the research and advancement of WHS in the business.
Key Duties Include:
- Manage internal workers compensation claims in all jurisdictions.
- Complete workers compensation payroll reports and subsequent insurer wage reimbursement schedules.
- Establish suitable RTW plans for employees and liaise with management to provide suitable duties where required.
- Make regular contact with injured employees, demonstrated through case progression and understanding of claim position.
- Liaise with insurers and investigators to assist with claim decisions and court hearings.
- Report on workers compensation claims (progress, costs etc) as required.
- Provide key stakeholders with an understanding of the variations between State and Territory workers compensation and return to work.
- Manage WHS incident reports, including support to leaders to investigate incidents and remediate issues.
- Report Notifiable Incidents to the appropriate regulatory authority with the assistance of the WHS Manager.
- Contribute to WHS Monthly reports, and Quarterly WHS Steering Committee and Board reports.
- Assist and support local WHS and wellbeing initiatives.
- Provide support to other WHS & HR team members where required, including covering absences and providing expert advice.
- Actively encourage and cooperate with WHS & HR colleagues to achieve Divisional objectives.
The successful applicant will have:
Essential
- Extensive experience in claims management and return to work
- Strong knowledge of claims administration procedures and related systems
- Regulatory return to work coordinator certification
- Experience in the management of health and safety risks, workplace incidents and/or hazards
- Demonstrated proficiency in stakeholder management
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication (verbal and written) skills
- Experience in briefing senior management
- Experience in influencing stakeholders
- Strong analytical capability and attention to detail
- Collaborative working style and ability to build trust with key stakeholders
- Strong personal integrity and commitment to maintain confidentiality
- Strong customer service focus
- Ability to transition seamlessly between strategy and execution as required
- Effective organisation skills
- Preparedness to attend calls outside of usual business requirements as necessary to perform the requirements of the role
Desirable
- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline - Allied Health, Safety etc.
- Certificate IV in Workplace Assessment and training
- Communications/Marketing experience