Manager - Workplace Health & Safety Injury Management and Wellbeing

Job Reference QLD/CO672187/25P
Closing date December 14, 2025
Location Brisbane Inner City
Status Permanent
Contact 0458 022 478

About this job

About the Department 

Working for the Queensland Department of Education means joining an organisation that values its people and promotes leadership and innovation. Be part of an environment that respects professionalism and diversity, offers training and development opportunities and embraces flexible careers and work-life balance. Find out more about working with us.  

Your opportunity

As the Manager, Injury Management you will:

  • Lead a team of health, recovery and injury management professionals to deliver high-quality advice, system improvements and capability uplift across the department.
  • Lead the design, implementation and evaluation of initiatives, programs and frameworks that strengthen departmental approaches to health, recovery and injury management.

The Manager reports to the Director, Injury Management.

Your role

Appointments in the public sector are merit-based and will be assessed by looking at what you have done previously—the knowledge, skills and experience you have built, your potential for development, and your personal qualities.

Responsibilities include:

  • Lead and manage the planning, delivery and reporting of health, recovery and injury management initiatives to support departmental strategic objectives and workforce wellbeing.
  • Provide authoritative strategic and operational advice to senior leaders, managers and staff on matters relating to health, recovery, injury management and wellbeing.
  • Design, develop and implement projects, programs and frameworks that strengthen governance, accountability, capability and system-wide consistency.
  • Lead project governance, performance monitoring and reporting to ensure initiatives are delivered on time, within scope, budget and quality expectations.
  • Develop and manage detailed project plans, including outcomes, deliverables, resource requirements, timelines, risks and performance measures.
  • Manage procurement and financial activities associated with program and project delivery in accordance with departmental policy and sound financial management practices.
  • Liaise, consult and engage with internal and external stakeholders, including WorkCover Queensland, Australian Retirement Trust and other government partners, to support collaborative implementation of departmental initiatives.
  • Lead and support a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality services, advice, and continuous improvement across health, recovery and injury management functions.
  • Prepare high-quality briefs, submissions, reports and correspondence of a complex nature relating to program planning, coordination, implementation and performance.
  • Develop and maintain communication strategies, quality assurance processes and evaluation mechanisms to measure outcomes and identify opportunities for improvement.

Other responsibilities

  • Other suitable duties, consistent with the duties and responsibilities of the position as directed by the supervisor or nominated delegate.

Please refer to the attached role description for the full list of responsibilities and mandatory requirements for this position. 

Interested? To Apply 

  • Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should be familiar with your relevant work history). 
  • Attach a written statement (2-page maximum) in response to the attached role description.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive. 

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department. 

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted. 

onsidered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department. 

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.