Job description
Senior Recover at Work Advisor
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remote type : Hybrid
locations : Brisbane
time type : Full time
posted on : Posted Yesterday
time left to apply : End Date: August 14, 2026 (25 days left to apply)
job requisition id : JR122531
Make a meaningful difference with us
Are you passionate about helping people stay well, recover confidently and thrive at work? Due to internal promotion, we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Recover at Work Advisor to join our high-performing and supportive Recover at Work team at UnitingCare Queensland.
In this influential role, you'll partner with leaders across the organisation to drive proactive wellbeing and recovery outcomes, championing early intervention strategies and the benefits of effective return to work practices. Working collaboratively with managers, employees, insurers and key stakeholders, you'll provide expert guidance, coaching and support to ensure best-practice claims management and positive outcomes for our people.
If you're a relationship-focused professional who enjoys making a meaningful impact while working alongside a passionate and collaborative team, we'd love to hear from you.
Please note, this position is Full Time. Flexibility is important to us, and we know it is to you too - this role supports hybrid working by agreement.
Your part in our UnitingCare team:
Manage and support Recover at Work and early intervention programs, helping employees achieve safe and sustainable return to work outcomes.
Partner with leaders to provide expert advice, coaching and practical solutions on workplace rehabilitation and recovery strategies.
Oversee complex workers' compensation and recovery cases, developing clear plans and driving positive outcomes.
Identify and address barriers to recovery, providing recommendations that balance employee wellbeing with operational needs.
Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, including EML, healthcare providers and internal leaders.
Monitor trends, maintain accurate case records and provide reporting and insights to support informed decision-making.
Collaborate with Health, Safety and Wellbeing teams to implement initiatives that reduce workplace injuries and promote a positive safety culture.
What makes a difference for us?
Confidence to satisfy the relevant probity checks required by legislation or policies. This may include a Nationally Coordinated Police Check and Right to Work in Australia.
Tertiary Allied Health qualification or similar and/or extensive experience in Recover at Work services.
Strong experience in workers’ compensation, injury management and Recover at Work, with a proven track record delivering positive outcomes in complex organisations.
Confident managing complex and high-volume caseloads, achieving sustainable return to work outcomes while supporting employee wellbeing.
Experience working across geographically dispersed teams and multiple business streams, partnering with leaders and employees across diverse operational environments.
Skilled at coaching and influencing managers, building capability in early intervention, recovery and return to work practices.
Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement and analytical skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships, interpret data and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
What makes a difference for you?
The opportunity to be part of the second-largest Queensland employer who has been leading by example for more than 100 years. Joining our team, you’ll be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. We’re a proud not-for-profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital.
- Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
- Access to salary packaging, meal and entertainment benefits- up to $15,900 per year tax free as well as up to $2,650 of your pre-tax income to pay for meal and entertainment benefits. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the Salary Packaging Explained link
- A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
- 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months’ service, in addition to the government scheme
- Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
- Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference
- A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others
Child safe, Child friendly
UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:
provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children
implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur
abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme
Diversity & Inclusion
Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.
Safe workplace
We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.
Commitment to Safeguarding
We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.
Join the UnitingCare family
UnitingCare is the second-largest Queensland employer, with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of UnitingCare, BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital.
When you join the UnitingCare family, you are part of something bigger. We are a proud not-for-profit with a compassionate and inclusive team who are committed to the work we do. People who want to make the world a little better through small moments that leave big impacts.
For more than 100 years we’ve been inspired by our mission to improve the health and wellbeing of individuals, families and communities.
Why work with us?
We’re on a mission to make a meaningful difference every day, working with thousands of Australians to ensure they live life in all its fullness.
We want people who are great as individuals, and even better in a team. People who stand up for what is right. Who are open to new ideas. Who champion innovation. Who lead through learning, and lead by example.
So, if you’re looking for an opportunity to make a meaningful difference, to grow, thrive and to be rewarded, it’s time you joined our UnitingCare familiy.