Asset and Safety Manager in Melbourne

About Odyssey Victoria: Odyssey Victoria (OV) is a place of hope and positive change for individuals working towards breaking their pattern of addiction. At Odyssey Victoria we believe that every person should have the opportunity to change and grow. Our diverse teams work with individuals, families, and communities to reduce alcohol and other drug (AOD) use, improve mental health, and reconnect people to their family and the community. OV is a dynamic and fast-growing organisation committed to excellence in service provision and innovation in responding to alcohol and other drugs use problems.

Role Purpose: The key purpose of this position is to provide strategic and operational leadership across Odyssey Victoria’s infrastructure, fleet, asset management, occupational health and safety, and operational assurance functions. The role supports the effective delivery of residential and community programs by ensuring facilities, assets, and workplace environments are safe, compliant, fit for purpose, and aligned with organisational needs. The position leads infrastructure planning, asset lifecycle management, capital works projects, and organisational safety systems, while coordinating Fire Systems and Asset-based Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) activities across all service locations. The role is responsible for driving compliance with legislative, regulatory, funding, and organisational requirements, strengthening operational assurance processes, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives that enhance safety, quality, continuity and service delivery outcomes across Odyssey Victoria.

Key areas of focus:

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive site management plan for each OV owned or managed site in collaboration with Program Managers, ensuring the effective management, future planning, maintenance, safety, and compliance of Odyssey Victoria's facilities and assets.
• Coordinate approved capital works and asset improvement projects in accordance with organisational priorities, delegated authority and established project controls.
• Oversee new building and maintenance projects including co-ordinating contractors, consultants, and other external service providers, ensuring works are satisfactorily completed.
• Provide high-level oversight of the OV fleet of vehicles.
• Provide planning, technical guidance and coordination support to Residential Services Property Development & Maintenance Managers to implement approved maintenance plans, safety priorities and site improvement activities.
• Coordinate operational OHS systems and assurance activities across all OV sites and programs.
• Responsible for Emergency Management and Planning, ensuring up-to-date plans and Evacuation Registers are complete.
• Monitor contractor and service-provider compliance relating to building services, security, essential safety measures and emergency preparedness across OV sites.
• Monitor Essential Safety Measures certification and associated compliance requirements across applicable OV sites.
• Lead the coordination of organisational safety systems across OV sites, including workplace inspections, emergency management, consultation structures, hazard management and compliance monitoring.
• Develop organisation-wide asset maintenance, replacement and improvement plans based on asset condition, risk, compliance and operational requirements.
• Translate organisation-wide asset and maintenance plans into prioritised site plans in consultation with Program Managers and Residential Services Property Development & Maintenance Managers.
• Coordinate contractors and relevant internal stakeholders for approved specialist works, capital improvements and significant maintenance activities.
• Lead and supervise the Facilities & Fleet Coordinator, promoting a positive and high-performing team culture.
• Manage staff performance, including PDRs, work plans, coaching, and continuous improvement activities.
• Actively promote and adhere to the OV Child Safety policy and procedures to assist OV to maintain a child safe organisation and support colleagues to engage in child safe practices.

Key Selection Criteria: To be successful in this role, you must…

• Relevant tertiary or vocational qualifications in Occupational Health and Safety, Facilities Management, Asset Management or related discipline.
• Proven experience in leading, supporting, and motivating staff within a multi-disciplinary staff group and team in working towards the achievement of strategic objectives.
• Demonstrated senior experience in managing organisational safety, infrastructure, assets, compliance, and operational assurance functions.
• Demonstrated capacity to develop, implement and monitor strategic plans and associated implementation plans.
• Ability to meet deadlines, balance competing demands and to prioritise work effectively.
• Capacity to continuously review and make responsive changes where needed to ensure a high standard of service delivery.
• Ability to manage relationships with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Highly developed judgement, decision-making, conflict resolution, representation, and analytical skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience in preparing and presenting reports, briefings, and correspondence.
• Demonstrated ability to engage in the process of creating, acquiring, and transferring knowledge to improve organisational processes.
• Proven experience coordinating capital works, contractor management, asset improvement activities within a multi-site environment.
• Demonstrated experience in workplace safety systems, incident and hazard analysis, workplace inspections, corrective-action monitoring and safety performance reporting.
• Demonstrated understanding of employee consultation requirements, HSR structures and the operation of workplace OHS committees.
• Sound knowledge of relevant Victorian legislation, including Occupational Health and Safety requirements.

What we can give YOU! In return we are committed to offering you an inclusive and transparent workplace culture where our people can develop to be their very best by:

• Ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• Providing work that is meaningful and challenging, with career development opportunities through project and secondment opportunities and succession planning.
• Providing career pathways across diverse OV programs.
• Access to 24/7 counselling through our Employee Assistance Provider (EAP).
• Generous leave options such as 48/52 Purchase Leave, Study Leave and Sabbaticals.
• Flexible working arrangements such as monthly RDO’s for full-timers (arrangements will vary based on role requirements).
• Monthly Clinical Supervision sessions for professional development and personal wellbeing.

Our commitment to diversity: At OV we value diversity and believe that a range of backgrounds brings a variety of ideas, perspectives and experiences that will enhance our effectiveness. We promote a workplace that actively seeks to include, welcome and value unique contributions by encouraging people with disability, Aboriginal Australians, LGBTQIA, young people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this position.

Safety screening: OV is committed to child safety and is a child safe organisation. All OV employees must undergo Police Records and Working with Children Checks. Any person issued with a negative notice on their Working with Children Check will not be eligible for employment with us.