Principal Consultant - Workers Compensation

This role is designed for a senior workers compensation professional ready to step into a pivotal leadership position and build something meaningful from the ground up.

This long-standing, award-winning Insurance Broking House is launching a new Workers Compensation Consulting division, and this role will play a critical part in shaping its direction, service offering, and market presence. Working closely with senior leadership, you will establish the framework, lead client engagements, and drive the growth of a strategic, compliance-driven consulting service for mid-market and corporate clients.

This is a rare opportunity to design, lead, and scale a new division within a well-established and respected business.

In this senior consulting and leadership role, you will be responsible for both strategic development and hands-on delivery, acting as the technical authority for clients while building the operational foundations of the practice.

Key responsibilities include:

• Designing and implementing a comprehensive workers compensation consulting offering aligned with the broader advisory services of the business.
  

• Providing expert advisory support to clients on premium optimisation, claims strategy, injury management, and cost containment.
  

• Establishing internal processes for claims management, audits, reporting, and service delivery across jurisdictions.
  

• Monitoring legislative changes and ensuring all client programmes remain compliant with applicable workers compensation frameworks.
  

• Conducting audits and strategic reviews to identify risk exposure, cost-saving opportunities, and compliance gaps.
  

• Leading client relationships at a senior level, delivering tailored solutions for complex and high-value portfolios.
  

• Driving business growth through networking, partnerships, proposals, and thought leadership.
  

• Recruiting, mentoring, and leading a small team as the division grows.
  

This role offers the opportunity to influence both strategy and execution, combining commercial acumen with deep technical expertise.

Requirements

We’re seeking a strategic, commercially minded workers compensation specialist with the confidence and capability to build and lead a consulting practice.

Key requirements include:

• Extensive experience in workers compensation consulting, insurance, or risk management.
  

• Strong working knowledge of Australian workers compensation legislation, ideally across multiple jurisdictions.
  

• Demonstrated ability to develop, implement, and scale service offerings or advisory frameworks.
  

• Proven stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to advise at executive and board level.
  

• Leadership capability, with experience mentoring or managing teams.
  

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
  

• An entrepreneurial mindset and comfort operating in a start-up environment within an established business.
  

Benefits

• Senior-level salary package commensurate with experience, as well as a generous incentive structure.
  

• The opportunity to build and lead a new division with genuine autonomy.
  

• Support from an established insurance broking house with strong infrastructure and market presence.
  

• Exposure to complex, mid-market and corporate client portfolios.
  

• Long-term career growth and leadership opportunities.