Specialisms
Managing psychosocial hazards is now part of every employer’s health and safety duties, and more organisations are building dedicated capability in this area. We recruit psychosocial risk, mental health, and wellbeing professionals, from coordinators through to leadership roles.
Roles we recruit
Wellbeing Coordinator
Wellbeing Officer
Psychosocial Risk Advisor
Psychosocial Risk Specialist
Health and Wellbeing Manager
Head of Wellbeing
Industries we recruit for
We recruit for organisations putting psychosocial risk on the same footing as physical safety, whether they’re creating a first dedicated role or growing an established wellbeing team.
Some of the roles we’re recruiting in this space.
How we work
We take the time to understand your business, the role, and what you’re looking for before starting a search. From there, we identify and assess suitable candidates, keeping you informed and offering advice throughout the process.
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What psychosocial risk and wellbeing covers
Psychosocial risk is about the parts of work that can harm mental health, such as unreasonable workload, unclear roles, poorly managed change, isolated or remote work, conflict, and exposure to traumatic events. Managing it means identifying those hazards, assessing them with the people doing the work, putting controls in place, and checking they’re working. Wellbeing roles sit alongside this, running programs such as employee assistance, mental health training, and early intervention, and helping people get support when they need it. It works well when the two are connected, with prevention through good work design and support for people when things go wrong.
The roles we recruit
Our wellbeing recruitment spans coordinators running day-to-day programs through to people setting the direction for a whole organisation, including:
Wellbeing Coordinator
Wellbeing Officer
Psychosocial Risk Advisor
Psychosocial Risk Specialist
Health and Wellbeing Manager
Head of Wellbeing
What good looks like in a hire
Backgrounds in this area vary. Some people come from WHS and have built psychosocial expertise on top, while others come from psychology, HR, or organisational development. Familiarity with the model Code of Practice on managing psychosocial hazards at work, and training in psychosocial risk assessment, are both useful. What matters most is the ability to treat psychosocial hazards as a work design issue rather than only an individual one, and the credibility to have honest conversations with leaders about workload, behaviour, and culture. Discretion and care with sensitive information are essential.
The market in Australia
Since psychosocial hazards were written into workplace health and safety regulations, employers have had clearer duties to identify and manage them, and regulators are paying closer attention to how they do it. Because the specialism is still relatively new, people with deep, hands-on psychosocial risk experience can be harder to find than experienced wellbeing professionals, and a strong candidate may come from a neighbouring field.
If you’re recruiting for a psychosocial risk or wellbeing role, Submit a vacancy and we’ll be in touch within one business day, and if you’re looking for wellbeing jobs, our current opportunities are a good place to start.
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