Manager Health and Safety Partnerships

Are you a values-driven professional who is passionate about creating a safe, healthy, and inclusive work environment?

Are you looking to make a positive difference in public service in one of BC’s Top Employers’ employee health, safety and wellness team? If yes, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

Our People & Culture team is looking for a Manager, Health & Safety Partnerships.

The manager will develop and implement an organizational health and safety risk and management systems program with an enterprise-wide lens, ensuring the health and safety of its workforce.

In this role, you will partner with business teams that engage in higher risk work activities – such as in Prevention, Claims and Rehabilitation, and Real Property and Workplace Services – to build on health and safety measures and not only improve the operationalization of health and safety at the everyday level but also enhance the identification and assurance of health and safety risk management.

This partnership will provide the higher risk business teams with a means to inform and refine the organization’s health and safety priorities and programs.

You will act as an influential guide in leading positive organizational change towards health and safety for our employees and in service of our vision and values.

How you’ll make a difference: You’ll build and empower teams that serve workers and employers across B.C.

Working at WorkSafeBC

We serve the workers and employers across B.C., and we do that best when we're together. It's how we collaborate, learn from one another, and develop our people.

This role combines time in our offices with flexibility for remote work.

• Partner with business teams on assessing and managing higher-risk health and safety work activities, equipment, locations, and assets.
• Ensure the effective delivery of Business Partner safety services and programs by developing and implementing business plans to support and achieve the various division's strategic objectives.
• Develop, manage, and promote enterprise-wide health and safety programs, processes, and practices (e.g., respiratory protection, incident investigations, working alone, etc.)
• Partner with business teams, senior leadership, and People & Culture to support the business units and provide guidance and solutions.
• Maintain high levels of service and achieving objectives. Hire, orient, evaluate, and performance manage staff as required. Sets performance goals and provides coaching to support and motivate staff in meeting expectations.
• Build and maintain excellent relationships internally and externally at all levels of the organization, partnering closely with the operational side of the organization and other key stakeholders
• Motivate influence and inspire your team and business partners
• Consistently models the appropriate level of organizational behaviours expected of all WorkSafeBC employees: responsive, respectful, fair, collaborative, accountable, and forward thinking.

We’re looking for someone/people who can:

• Communicate new concepts at a high level effectively, both verbally and in writing to people of all levels of understanding
• Champion a collaborative approach with business teams on developing, operationalizing, integrating, measuring, and maintaining safety risk management processes
• Demonstrate the ability to influence and motivate others and encourage meaningful change
• Create a supportive and healthy working environment within the team by providing support, ensuring effective communication, promoting teamwork, providing opportunities for staff involvement in planning and recognizing employees' contributions and achievements
• Build respectful and meaningful relationships with stakeholders across the organization
• Drive to various worksites for site assessments and meetings. 

Your background and experience

• A university/college degree in a relevant discipline, such as occupational health and safety, or occupational hygiene
• Designation or eligibility as a Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP)
• Minimum of five years of experience working with organizational or corporate health and safety programs and practices
• A minimum of three years of work experience in a management role leading and delivering higher risk health and safety strategies and programs
• Experience working in unionized/non-unionized environments is preferred
• A current valid driver’s license.

We’ll consider equivalent combinations of education and experience.

Who we are

At WorkSafeBC, we promote safe and healthy workplaces across British Columbia. We partner with workers and employers to save lives and prevent injury, disease, and disability. When work-related injuries or diseases occur, we provide compensation and support injured workers in their recovery, rehabilitation, and safe return to work. We’re honoured to serve the 2.49 million workers and 263,000 registered employers in our province. 

What’s it like to work at WorkSafeBC? 

It’s challenging, stimulating, and rewarding. Our positions offer diversity and opportunities for professional growth. Every day, the work we do impacts people and changes lives. What we do is important, and so are the people we do it for. 

Our ability to make a difference relies on building a team with a rich variety of skills, knowledge, backgrounds, abilities, and experiences that reflect the diversity of the people we serve. We are committed to fostering a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive work culture where everyone can contribute as their best, authentic self.  

Learn more: Discover who we are.  

Our benefits  

As a member of our team, you’ll have access to services and benefits that help you get the most out of work — and life.  Along with a competitive salary, your total compensation package includes:  

• Defined benefit pension plan that provides you with a lifetime monthly pension when you retire 

• 4 weeks of vacation in your first year, with regular increases based on years of service 

• Benefits package that includes customizable options for health care and dental benefits, additional days off, and a health care spending account 

• Optional leave arrangements 

• Development opportunities (tuition reimbursement, leadership development, and more) 

Salary: $119,091 - $144,695/ yearly

Want to apply?  

• Please note that we will be starting assessments prior to the closing date.

We encourage all qualified applicants to apply. If you require an accommodation in the assessment process, please email Recruitment Testing Accommodation (SM) when you submit your application.