Full Time / 9 day fortnight / 36 hours
Salary: From $101,616 plus Superannuation
Position Brief - Safety and Wellbeing Adviser

About your new role

The Safety and Wellbeing Adviser plays a vital role in supporting the safety and wellbeing of the City’s workforce. This role fosters a culture of safety, learning, and continuous improvement through coaching, collaboration, and best practice implementation.

This is a hands-on and technical site-focused role, with a strong presence across multiple City civil construction worksites. The Adviser will promote the City’s safety and wellbeing approach, conduct verification activities, and build trusted relationships with City teams. This position is field-based with regular travel between work sites.

Key responsibilities include supporting teams to proactively identify, assess, and control workplace hazards, ensuring compliance with legislation, the City’s safety management system, and third party certifications, enhancing construction safety processes, and promoting a strong safety culture across the City’s construction work sites.

The role also provides expert advice and guidance to Coordinators, Supervisors, and workers, and leads incident investigations and assurance plans to maximise organisational learning. Please see attached position brief for responsibilities.

We're looking for people who have:

Diploma in Work Health and Safety and/or equivalent relevant experience.
Significant demonstrated experience as a WHS Adviser in a construction environment.
Recognised qualifications in incident investigation (Blue Line desired) and WHS auditing.
Sound understanding of & alignment with Human and Organisational Performance (HOP) principles.
Demonstrated experience in contemporary WHS practices and methodologies.
Extensive knowledge and accurate interpretation of WHS legislation, Codes of Practice, and Australian Standards.
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships across diverse stakeholders.
Experience in the use of artificial intelligence to enhance WHS outcomes highly desired.
Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
High-level interpersonal skills and ability to contribute to a cohesive team environment, maintaining positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Support initiatives that enhance employee general wellbeing. Including mental health, resilience, and psychosocial risk management programs.
Current open driver’s licence – class C unrestricted is essential.
General Construction Induction CPCCWHS1001 (white card).
Computer intermediate skills – Microsoft applications and the ability to adapt with internal systems and process (Safety Management Systems).

Be part of shaping the Gold Coast's future

The Gold Coast is inspired by lifestyle and driven by opportunity. We are the second largest Council in Australia.

We care about being the most flexible government organisation in Australia and we have a range of benefits to help you create the right balance:

9-day fortnight
Flexible work arrangements to suit your lifestyle, including hybrid/work from home options, flexible working hours and locations
Personal and professional development courses
Access to 350+ fitness facilities through Fitness Passport
4 free confidential counselling sessions a year for you or an immediate family member
1 free nutritionist and financial advice session per year

We pride ourselves on our shared mission of being a high-performing, customer-focused organisation which delivers value-for-money services to the community. We're committed to creating a diverse workplace and inclusive culture.

How to apply

To submit your application, please click apply now and complete the application form. You will be required to upload your resume and a cover letter (no more than two pages) outlining how your skills, experience and personal attributes will enable you to be successful in this role. Please note that you may also be asked to provide relevant qualifications, where applicable.

Contact Person:  Mal Savage - [email protected]

Alternate Contact: Jansen Croft - [email protected]

Closing Date: Wednesday 28 October 2026 @11:59pm

Our selection process may include a one-way video interview via Criteria, a face-to-face or virtual interview via Microsoft Teams, reference checks via Xref and additional checks including police checks, employment history checks, qualification checks, pre-employment medical reviews and drug and alcohol testing.

We’re committed to creating a diverse workplace and inclusive culture. We take pride in people who align with our high-performance principles. We believe that the diverse makeup of our workforce reflects the community we serve. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences and identities, and encourage candidates to discuss any support or adjustments they may need throughout the recruitment process.