About the Company
This purpose-led organisation plays a vital role in shaping the lives of families and communities across Australia. With a strong national footprint and a deep commitment to safety, wellbeing and inclusion, they are seeking an experienced Recover at Work Advisor to join their Safety, Health & Wellbeing function.
Operating within a values driven, human-centred environment, this is an opportunity to contribute to meaningful outcomes—supporting people through recovery while enabling sustainable return to work across a large, complex workforce.
The Role
Reporting to the Head of Recover at Work, you will lead end-to-end injury management across both work and non-work-related cases. Acting as a trusted advisor, you will provide expert guidance to operational leaders while partnering closely with insurers, medical professionals and internal stakeholders to drive best-practice recovery outcomes.
This is a hands-on and highly collaborative role, requiring you to balance technical expertise with a compassionate, stakeholder-focused approach. You will play a central role in coordinating recovery strategies, removing barriers and ensuring safe, timely and sustainable return to work outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the management of injury and illness cases from early intervention through to return to work
- Develop and implement tailored Recover and Return to Work strategies aligned to operational needs
- Provide technical advice on workers’ compensation legislation and compliance requirements
- Partner with leaders to design suitable duties and navigate complex employment scenarios
- Engage proactively with insurers, scheme agents and healthcare providers to influence claim outcomes
- Monitor claim performance, contributing to reduced duration, cost and operational disruption
- Maintain accurate, audit-ready documentation and reporting
- Build capability across the business through coaching and guidance on return-to-work practices
About You
You are a confident and credible injury management professional with a strong understanding of workers’ compensation frameworks. You bring a proactive mindset, sound judgement and the ability to influence a broad stakeholder group in a complex, multi-site environment.
You will also demonstrate:
- Proven experience managing end-to-end workers’ compensation and injury management cases
- Strong knowledge of legislative frameworks and return to work obligations
- The ability to build trust and communicate effectively with both operational leaders and injured employees
- A solutions-focused approach with the ability to navigate sensitive and complex situations
- High attention to detail with strong documentation and reporting capability
Requirements
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in injury management / workers’ compensation
- Current Return to Work Coordinator certification
- Working with Children Check (or willingness to obtain)
- Tertiary qualifications in allied health or a related discipline (desirable)
The Benefits
- Join a purpose-driven organisation making a genuine community impact
- Collaborative and supportive team environment
- Opportunity to influence and improve recovery and wellbeing outcomes at scale
- Flexible, values-led workplace culture
If you are passionate about supporting people through recovery and driving meaningful return to work outcomes, we’d welcome your application.
Please apply with current resume in Microsoft Word format only (.doc or .docx). If you would like to have a confidential discussion, please contact Neil Williams on +61 0499 483 943 , quoting reference JN -042026-43049. Want to know more about Davidson? Visit us at www.davidsonwp.com
