- Remuneration range $123,556 to $136,624 pa
- Full-time fixed-term appointment for 2 years
- Toowoomba, Ipswich or Springfield Campus
This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact by driving employee wellbeing initiatives, providing expert rehabilitation and injury management support, and partnering with leaders to foster a safe, healthy and inclusive workplace. Working within our Human Resources team, you will contribute to positive outcomes for employees while helping shape a proactive wellbeing culture across UniSQ.
Who you are
You are a people-focused professional with experience in rehabilitation, return to work, wellbeing or injury management. You build trusted relationships, provide practical advice, and confidently manage complex matters with empathy and professionalism.
With strong communication and problem-solving skills, you enjoy working collaboratively to achieve positive outcomes for employees and the organisation. You are proactive, solutions-focused and committed to creating a healthy, safe and supportive workplace.
What you'll do
Drive initiatives that support employee wellbeing, early intervention and sustainable work participation across the University. Working with leaders, HR and Health and Safety teams, you'll use data-driven insights to identify trends, enhance wellbeing programs, oversee support services, and deliver initiatives that foster a healthy, safe and supportive workplace culture.
Provide subject matter expertise in injury management, rehabilitation and return to work, managing complex cases and workers' compensation matters while ensuring employees receive the support they need to recover and return to work successfully. Drive proactive wellbeing and early intervention programs that support employees throughout their work journey, including recovery and return to work.
What will help you succeed
To succeed in this role, you'll bring a combination of qualifications, experience and personal attributes, including:
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Relevant qualifications in Human Resources, Occupational Therapy, Social Work, Health and Wellbeing, Claims Management and Workers' Compensation or a related discipline. Relevant tertiary qualifications in Personal Injury Management, Business, Law, Human Resources, or Health Promotion are desirable.
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Demonstrated experience in employee wellbeing, workers compensation, rehabilitation and return to work in a tertiary environment or complex organisation.
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Demonstrated experience in health, wellbeing, workers compensation law and/or workplace relations.
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Demonstrated ability to support and promote employee wellbeing initiatives, early intervention programs and positive health outcomes within a complex organisational environment.
For further information about this role, please contact Nicole Van Gurp, Director (Health, Safety and Wellbeing) via [email protected].
Building on its strengths as Australia’s leading regional university, UniSQ partners closely with its communities to drive innovation and create opportunity through education and research. Guided by our values of respect, integrity, and excellence, UniSQ’s Strategic Plan 2026–2030 sets a clear ambition: to be Australia’s most transformative university by embracing our regional identity, fostering inclusive learning and research environments, and delivering globally relevant outcomes with strong local impact.
The University offers a range of different ways of working and connecting across our physical and virtual spaces to meet the needs of our students, partners and community. We value diversity and strive to foster an inclusive environment that is underpinned by our values and champions, embraces and respects differences.
We support and encourage applications from all diversity groups. With an increasingly diverse workforce, we understand that careers may be placed on hold or limited throughout many life circumstances.
Find out more about UniSQ at www.unisq.edu.au.
To be considered for this position, you will need to have the right to work in Australia.
Reference Number: 0164_08/26
Location: Toowoomba, Springfield or Ipswich campus
Term: Full-time fixed-term appointment for 2 years (36 hours/week)
Salary: Total remuneration range $123,556 to $136,624 pa (includes salary range of $104,201 to $115,221 pa, employer super contributions of 17% and annual leave loading)
Closes: Sunday, 6 September 2026 at 11:30 pm (AEST)
At UniSQ we are united by our core values of Respect, Integrity and Excellence, which guide our daily actions and decision-making. UniSQ is a child safe organisation.
As part of the University of Southern Queensland's commitment to fostering a safe, respectful and rewarding work environment and in compliance with our legal obligations, we require candidates to declare whether they have been investigated for an allegation of Gender Based Violence, or determined to have engaged in conduct that constitutes Gender Based Violence, during the course of their previous employment or in any legal process.
This information helps us meet our legal obligations under the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender Based Violence, and will be considered when determining a candidate's suitability for employment, so that we can keep our University community safe.
If you know that this role is right for you, please submit your current resume together with a two-page (maximum) statement, outlining your skills and experience relative to ‘Who we’re looking for’ in the position description.
For more information on our selection process please refer to your recruitment journey available on our website.
