ai enablement lead

Randstad Digital New Zealand; Wellington; On-site; NZD 113,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5 weeks annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Employee-led networks

Job summary

WorkSafe New Zealand is seeking an AI Enablement Lead to shape how AI is used to deliver better products and services. You will provide operational leadership, collaborating with Product Leads, policy specialists and digital teams to embed AI into product management and development.

You will build capability, drive continuous improvement, and ensure all AI work aligns with regulatory, governance and quality standards, while enabling scalable, responsible AI adoption across the organisation.

Qualifications

• This role requires leading AI-enabled product development and governance.
• It involves designing AI workflows and prompt frameworks for scalable use.
• It also requires coaching teams on adopting AI practices within regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product, policy and digital teams to embed AI capabilities into development.
• Design and improve AI agents, prompt libraries, and AI-enabled processes.
• Identify opportunities to enhance research, drafting, testing, and content maintenance.
• Coach teams to build capability and support sustainable AI adoption.
• Ensure AI outputs meet governance, QA, and regulatory requirements.

Skills

AI strategy

AI design

Prompt design

Coaching/mentoring

Governance/compliance

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

AI agents

Job description

2x Permanent positions - can be based at any WorkSafe office location

About Us

He aha te mea nui o tēnei ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata.

Hello, Kia ora, Noa’ia, Talofa lava, Mauri, Mālō e teili, Tālofa, Ni Sa Bula Vinaka, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Mālō ni, Kia orana , nǐ hǎo, Kamusta.

WorkSafe New Zealand | Mahi Haumaru Aotearoa Is The Primary Workplace Health And Safety Regulator. Our Vision Is That Everyone Who Goes To Mahi Comes Home Healthy And Safe. We Live By Our Values:

• Whakakotahi – we are united in a strong purpose
• Kōrero mai – we engage meaningfully
• Tiakina mai – we are entrusted with a duty of care

About Your Team / Ko Te Tīma

Regulatory Effectiveness is a new group established at WorkSafe to strengthen regulatory focus and improve how WorkSafe understands risk, designs interventions, and evaluates impact.

The Product Design and Development team develops and maintains products, guidance, and content that help improve health and safety outcomes across New Zealand. Working closely with Product Leads, policy specialists, digital teams, and subject matter experts, the team is focused on delivering high-quality, user-centred products that make a real difference.

About The Role / Ō Te Tūranga

This is a unique opportunity to shape how WorkSafe uses artificial intelligence to deliver better products and services. As an AI Enablement Lead, you will provide operational leadership to accelerate the adoption of AI across product management and development. You will work alongside Product Leads and subject matter experts to design and integrate AI-enabled approaches, helping teams turn emerging technology into practical business outcomes.

You will build functional capability, drive continuous improvement, and ensure all AI-enabled work aligns with regulatory, governance, and quality standards.

What You'll Do/ Ko tōu ake mahi

• Partner with Product Leads, policy, and digital teams to embed AI capabilities into product development and management.
• Design and continuously improve AI agents, prompt libraries, and AI-enabled solutions within our product processes.
• Identify opportunities across the product lifecycle to improve research, drafting, testing, and content maintenance.
• Coach teams to build capability and support the sustainable adoption of AI-enabled ways of working.
• Ensure all AI-generated outputs meet governance, quality assurance, and regulatory requirements.

What You'll Bring / Ko ngā pukenga ōu

• Experience analysing business workflows and translating operational needs into AI and automation solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to design and refine AI-enabled workflows, prompt frameworks, and agents that support scalable ways of working.
• Strong understanding of prompt design, contextual instruction, and the human oversight needed for accurate, reliable outputs.
• Experience building capability through coaching, mentoring, and providing practical guidance to teams.
• An understanding of governance, information management, and risk controls to ensure safe and compliant AI adoption.
• Ability to build partnerships, influence decisions across diverse teams, and champion new ways of working.

We recognise that relevant experience in AI technologies may be gained from personal projects and curiosity as well as professional application. We encourage you to highlight any personal experience relevant to this role in your application.

Salary range / Awhe utu

As part of our remuneration framework, the full salary range for this role is $112,754 - $147,932 with the expected appointment base salary $112,754-$124,480 (KiwiSaver/SSRSS employer contributions are additional). From 1 April 2026 our KiwiSaver employer contribution increased to 3.5%.

We Offer a Range Of Benefits Including

• 5 weeks annual leave
• 15 days sick leave
• Flexible working arrangements
• A Reward and Recognition Framework that celebrates the impact our kaimahi make – your mahi matters
• Professional development opportunities
• Employee-led networks to promote the goals and needs of our diverse communities (Rainbow, Pacific, Women's and Tū Rangatira Māori Network)

To be considered for this position, you must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.

Kaimahi whose roles were affected by the structure change will be given preference for all vacancies and will be considered in the first instance.

Applications close: 11.59pm, 16th September 2026

At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.

This vacancy has been established as part of changes to WorkSafe's organisational structure after a review of WorkSafe's operating model identified opportunities to improve role clarity, ways of working and organisational effectiveness. As part of these changes, WorkSafe has established a number of new roles to ensure we are well placed to meet expectations now and in the future.

Please note that we will be shortlisting and reviewing applications as we receive them. We encourage you to apply early as we may withdraw advertising prior to the closing date above if preferred applicants are identified sooner.