About Fitness & Lifestyle Group
Fitness & Lifestyle Group ( FLG) is Asia Pacific's largest group of corporately owned health and wellness clubs — 310+ locations, 600,000+ members, and five of the region's most recognised fitness brands: Fitness First Australia, Goodlife Health Clubs, Jetts Fitness, Zap Fitness and Barry's .
We're headquartered in Australia with regional offices across South East Asia, and we're on a mission to help our global community live stronger, happier lives.
The Opportunity
At Fitness & Lifestyle Group , creating healthier lives starts with creating safer workplaces. Every day, thousands of team members support our members to achieve their health and wellbeing goals. Our responsibility is to ensure they can do so in an environment where safety isn't simply a policy, it is part of our culture.
In the role of Head of Safety , you will have an opportunity to shape the safety strategy of one of Australasia's largest health and wellness organisations. You'll lead the evolution of our Workplace Health & Safety framework into a proactive, enterprise-wide capability that empowers leaders, protects our people and supports our ambition of becoming one of the world's safest organisations.
Working at the intersection of strategy, operations and leadership, you won't just define the framework—you'll be hands-on in bringing it to life. From risk management and emergency preparedness through to injury management, legislative compliance and capability development, you'll work closely with leaders across the business to embed practical, consistent and effective safety practices into every part of the organisation.
You will play a key role across operational leadership, risk management and governance initiatives, ensuring our safety systems remain compliant, accessible and fit for purpose while driving continuous improvement through data, insight and strong stakeholder partnerships.
With a large, geographically dispersed workforce, there is a significant opportunity to build consistent safety standards while strengthening leadership capability and organisational culture. You will balance strong governance with practical execution—ensuring we not only meet legislative obligations, but create an environment where every team member feels empowered to put safety first.
If you're driven by influencing culture, building high-performing safety systems and creating meaningful impact through leadership—this is your opportunity to shape the future of safety across one of Australia's leading health and wellness organisations.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and execute the enterprise Workplace Health & Safety strategy that supports our vision of becoming one of the world's safest organisations.
Drive a proactive safety culture by partnering with leaders across the business to embed safety into everyday operations and decision making.
Ensure safety frameworks, systems, tools and processes are practical, accessible, compliant and consistently implemented across all locations.
Lead enterprise risk management by maintaining organisational risk registers and ensuring effective risk assessment and mitigation strategies are in place.
Perform the role of Fire Safety Advisor and oversee the ongoing development and implementation of the Emergency Management Plan.
Build organisational capability by identifying safety training needs and delivering engaging education that supports legislative compliance and safe work practices.
Provide strategic oversight of workers' compensation and injury management processes, ensuring effective return-to-work outcomes.
Monitor, analyse and report safety performance, using data and insights to identify trends, influence decision making and drive continuous improvement.
Partner with operational leaders to implement sustainable solutions that improve safety performance across a geographically dispersed workforce.
Champion visible safety leadership that creates accountability, engagement and shared ownership of safety outcomes.
About You
You're an experienced safety leader with a track record of building safety cultures that go beyond compliance. You're as comfortable developing enterprise strategy as you are partnering with operational leaders to solve real-world challenges and influence meaningful behavioural change.
You understand how to balance governance, risk and legislative obligations with commercial outcomes and practical execution. Using data, coaching and collaboration, you create environments where safety becomes everyone's responsibility, not just a process to follow.
Essential
Prior experience in a senior Workplace Health & Safety role.
Demonstrated experience implementing WHS strategy across a complex, multi-site organisation.
Experience developing and embedding WHS frameworks, systems and governance that improve organisational safety performance.
Strong knowledge of Australian national and state-based Workplace Health & Safety legislation and workers' compensation frameworks.
Proven ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organisation to achieve positive safety outcomes.
Relevant tertiary qualifications in Workplace Health & Safety, Occupational Therapy, Health Sciences or a related discipline.
Desirable
Master's Degree or Postgraduate qualification in Workplace Health & Safety or a related field.
Experience leading safety transformation initiatives across a national, geographically dispersed workforce.
Experience using safety data, reporting and analytics to inform strategic decision making and continuous improvement.
Experience managing emergency management frameworks and business preparedness programs.
In return we offer you
Complementary all access Goodlife Gym Membership, plus one for a friend
FLG is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance. We offer a hybrid work model, mixing 60/40 office (Monday, Tuesday and Thursday) and work-from-home responsibilities.
Modern open-plan office with onsite cafe and complimentary barista coffee
Anniversary leave days and additional complimentary memberships through FLG's Recognition of Service Program
Be recognised and rewarded by your peers for living our values with FLG's People's Champion awards
Enjoy exclusive employee discounts with industry leading fitness, travel, fashion and retail brands through FLG's partner discount program
Employee Assistance Program
Our commitment to diversity & inclusion
At Fitness and Lifestyle Group we bring positive energy and attitude to work every day, we are proud of who we are and who we work for. We don't just accept individuality; we encourage it and acknowledge the value diversity and inclusivity brings to our organisation. We pride ourselves on empowering our team to be their authentic selves at work.
We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, people of all ages, race, sex, intersex status, gender identity, sexual orientation, people with a disability and from other diverse backgrounds.
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