Your opportunity
Westfield Geelong is the home to some of Australia’s most well-known retailers with approximately 160 specialty stores.
We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Risk & Security Manager to join Westfield Geelong. This leadership role is focused on directing the living destination’s risk and security management functions, providing the optimal level of security and safety for our team, business partners and customers.
Day to day, you’ll be responsible for:
- Proactively planning and delivering priorities from our Safety Framework, providing a safe and secure environment that exceeds customer expectations, whilst promoting safety as an integral part of the customer experience
- Proactively managing, reporting, and responding to hazard identification, incidents, emergencies, near misses and claims
- Managing safety audits and inspection programs.
- Managing compliance with all security and health & safety policies, procedures, & practices
- Managing external contract partners and the security team
- Developing strong relationships and work with local Police, WHS Regulators, Fire Brigade and Ambulance Services to develop operational and emergency protocols.
As a part of our asset team, you’ll also have duty management responsibilities, where you’ll be required to work a weekend shift (on a roster), which will be balanced with a day in lieu.
What sets you apart?
You’ll have excellent risk management experience, partnered with a strong background in security, and a passion for retail property. Technically, you’ll also have the following skills and experience:
- Qualification or related experience in Work Health and Safety
- A strong background in leading risk management and security
- Demonstrated ability to mitigate & manage risk, manage incident response, reporting, authority interaction and insurance claims management.
- Experience and technical knowledge of CCTV and Access Control systems, and visitor and contractor management systems.
About us
Scentre Group owns 42 Westfield destinations across Australia and New Zealand. We create extraordinary places and experiences that connect and enrich communities.
We are focused on our customers and creating more reasons for more people to visit our Westfield destinations more often and for longer.
With approximately 75 professions within our business, our team has the expertise to design, construct, operate, manage and market our Westfield destinations and platforms.
We want to be the place where talent thrives. To support you thriving with us, we promise to respect, inspire and develop you, and that you will do work that matters.
Diversity, equity and inclusion underpins our culture, and our vision is that ‘Everyone Belongs’. We foster a workplace experience where everyone feels valued, supported and motivated to realise their full potential.
We aspire to create a workforce reflective of the communities in which we operate and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, cultural background, faith, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or life stage.
We offer a range of unique benefits designed to support your wellbeing, career development and lifestyle, including five days paid Life Leave on top of your four weeks annual leave (pro-rated for part-time), 18 weeks gender neutral paid parental leave, for primary carers, with no qualifying period and super paid for the duration of the leave period, and free parking at your local Westfield destination.
Discover more about working with us: https://www.scentregroup.com/careers/working-with-us
Applications close: 6th January 2025 (unless filled prior).
