Safety & Wellbeing Business Partner

Your opportunity

As a Safety & Wellbeing Business Partner, you will partner with leaders and teams across ECH to strengthen workplace health and safety performance, ensure legislative compliance, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

This hands on role focuses on risk management, incident investigation, workplace inspections, audits, corrective actions, and safety systems management.

You will influence safe work practices, support organisational accountability, and help create an environment where safety and wellbeing are embedded into everyday operations.

You'll make an impact by

• Partnering with leaders to identify, assess and manage workplace risks, ensuring effective controls are implemented and maintained.
• Leading incident and hazard investigations, identifying root causes and driving sustainable corrective actions.
• Conducting workplace inspections, audits and compliance activities to strengthen safety performance and legislative compliance.
• Building safety capability across the organisation through coaching, consultation and practical advice.
• Monitoring safety reporting, systems and performance metrics to identify trends and support continuous improvement initiatives.

What you'll bring

• Experience in Work Health and Safety, including risk management, incident investigation and compliance activities.
• Demonstrated ability to influence leaders and build strong stakeholder relationships to achieve positive safety outcomes.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to interpret data and identify improvement opportunities.
• Experience working with safety management systems, reporting platforms and Microsoft Office applications.
• A proactive and collaborative approach, with the ability to balance operational priorities while maintaining a strong safety focus.

We would also love you to bring the following skills:

• Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety.
• Auditing qualifications or experience undertaking workplace audits and inspections.
• Experience using iAuditor (SafetyCulture) or similar safety management systems.
• Previous experience within aged care, healthcare, community services or a related industry.(Preferred)

Why join ECH?

We want you to be MORE with us. We're passionate about supporting our people through wellbeing programs, opportunities for career growth and competitive benefits. You'll enjoy all of this in a supportive work environment where you can create meaningful connections with colleagues who have your back.

What does this mean for you?

• As part of a not for profit organisation, you can enjoy salary packaging benefits of up to $18,549 per year to reduce your taxable income.
• We support your health and fitness with free access to ECH gyms and discounted wellness services.
• Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and based wellness programs.
• Opportunities to connect with your ECH community through annual employee team dinners, Christmas celebrations and town hall gatherings.
• Grow your career through mentoring programs, supported scholarships and annual Performance & Development Planning (PDP).

Ready to be part of something special?

Join us and help older South Australians get MORE out of life.

We will review applications as they come in and move quickly to secure the right candidate.

Applications close: Friday 23rd October 2026

For more information, please contact

We encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds to apply, including those living with a disability, from culturally or linguistically diverse backgrounds, part of the LGBTI community, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. If you require reasonable adjustments or would like to share your pronouns at any stage of the application process, please let us know.