WHS & Child Safety Officer YB 3.1 - PT 22.5 hrs

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🛡️ WHS & Child Safety Officer 📍 Y Geelong | Part – time 22.5hrs Protect. Prevent. Empower. Everyday!: Are you passionate about building safer workplaces and protecting the well-being of every child, every day? The Y in Geelong is seeking a WHS and Child Safety Officer who will provide leadership, expertise, and coordination across Workplace H ealth and Safety (WHS) and Child Safety. Working collaboratively with managers, teams, and stakeholders, this role strengthens safety culture, ensures compliance, and embeds best‑practice systems that protect staff, volunteers, contractors, patrons, and—most importantly—children and young people . A central focus of this role is leading the development and implementation of the Assurance Pilot Project , while operationalising the Child Safe Standards (including Y Australia standards) and embedding them into everyday practice across all programs and services. 🌟About the Role Lead Health & Safety Systems: Deliver, monitor, and continuously improve Y Geelong’s OHS Management System, including incident investigations, risk management, audits, data analysis, and regulatory reporting. Champion Child Safety & Safeguarding: Embed and operationalise th...