We’ve been trusted to serve Aussie communities since 1914 and grown to become a top 30-listed on the ASX with over 115,000 team members and a portfolio of iconic brands. At Coles Group, you’ll not only get to make a difference to millions of Aussie lives—you’ll also get to see your impact.

ABOUT YOU AND YOUR SKILLS:

• 5-10 years experience in injury management and return to work experience (preferably in a self insurer)
• Demonstrated experience in leading small teams.
• Health related degree (Physiotherapy, Nursing, Occupational Therapy or related health science field) is a requirement.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and relationship building
• Australian Drivers Licence
• Experience across multiple state jurisdictions would be an advantage

We are looking for a National Injury Manager to lead a small team of Health and Wellbeing Advisors (focussing on early intervention Nationally) and support a broader group of state based Health and Wellbeing Advisors to improved injury management outcomes through specialist advice and guidance in relation to injury management and return to work plans. Reporting to the Head of Safety for Supermarkets, in this role you will need to be a strong communicator with excellent stakeholder engagement skills as you will be required to work in collaboration across the safety, operations and insurance teams with senior leaders.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead a develop a small team of health and wellbeing advisors to implement early intervention strategies, manage issues and risks, and drive improvements in injury management performance
• Drive improved return to work measures through supporting a broader team of Health and Wellbeing Advisors who specialise in injury management and return to work outcomes for injured team members.
• Provide expert advice through identifying and interpreting complex issues, patterns and trends and make recommendations and improve injury management outcomes through alternative RTW strategies
• Drive alignment of the health and wellbeing team to ensure streamlined and best practice injury management support is provided to injured team members (claim and pre-claim support).
• In collaboration with the State Safety Managers, provide leadership, coaching and specialist advice to health and wellbeing advisors and senior leaders to assist them to manage complex workers compensation claims, return to work matters and adverse injury management performance.
• Monitoring performance against KPIs and providing practical guidance on how to achieve improvement targets set.