Chief Advisor Health and Safety

Maritime New Zealand; Wellington; On-site; NZD 166,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Income Protection & Life Insurance

Women’s Network

Rainbow Network

Te Rōpū Māori

Job summary

Maritime NZ is seeking a Chief Advisor Health and Safety to lead our internal health and safety strategy and programmes. You will influence executive decision-making, advise the Chief Executive and Board, and promote a positive safety culture across a complex, multisite organisation in New Zealand.

You will drive strategic initiatives, ensure regulatory compliance, and partner with the CE Office and wider leadership to translate strategy into resilient safety outcomes.

Qualifications

• Significant experience providing strategic health and safety leadership in a complex organisation
• Proven ability to advise Chief Executives, Boards and executive teams with evidence-based recommendations
• Experience embedding health and safety strategies and programs that improve performance and culture

Responsibilities

• Lead development and continuous improvement of internal health and safety strategy, frameworks and programmes
• Advise the Chief Executive and executive leadership team on health and safety governance and performance
• Collaborate with Deputy Chief Executive and Board to ensure alignment with organisational strategy and risk management

Skills

Strategic advice

Health and safety leadership

Governance & decision-making

Stakeholder engagement

Coaching & mentoring

Te Ao Māori understanding

Communication skills

Education

Postgraduate qualification in health and safety or related discipline

Job description

Mō mātou | About Us Our Vision: Preventing Harm. Saving Lives. Securing our FutureWe play a key role in the guardianship of New Zealand waterways. We’re bringing together our aroha, work and skills to achieve our outcomes of sustainable supply chains and sectors, safe people and operations, secure ports and ships, and clean seas and waterways.

Our values are about who we are as individuals and the behaviours we expect from each other at Maritime NZ.

Care | Kia Tika - We care for each other and do the right thing

Connect | Kotahitanga - We unite in a common purpose

Courage | Kia Māia - We are brave, capable and confidentMō tō mātou Rōpū - About the team

The CE Office, Strategy and People group brings together organisational and external strategy, people and workforce, governance, performance, and core organisational support functions to provide integrated strategic stewardship for Maritime NZ. Its purpose is to set clear organisational direction, translate strategy into coordinated delivery, and ensure the organisation has the capability, culture, systems, and support required to achieve its outcomes.

Within the group, the Planning, Performance and Risk team provides enterprise leadership across planning, performance, risk, assurance, business continuity, protective security, and internal health and safety, helping ensure strategy is translated into effective delivery, informed decision-making, organisational resilience, and accountability.

Te tūnga | The role

As our Chief Advisor Health and Safety, you will help build a positive safety culture in an organisation that works in a complex environment. In this role you will be leading the development and continuous improvement of our internal health and safety strategy, frameworks and programmes, aligned with our organisational strategy.

This role works closely with the Deputy Chief Executive, CE Office, Strategy and People, through a dotted-line relationship and with the wider executive leadership team. You will also advise the Chief Executive, who chairs our Health and Safety Committee, and engage with the Board and Executive Leadership Team. It is part and a senior member of our Performance, Planning and Risk team.

Nōu te rourou | What you bring

• A relevant tertiary qualification in health and safety, risk management, occupational health or a related discipline, preferably at postgraduate level, or equivalent senior leadership experience
• Significant experience providing strategic health and safety leadership in a complex organisation, at senior advisory, management or leadership level
• A track record of giving trusted, evidence-based advice to Chief Executives, Boards and executive teams, and of influencing governance and decision-making
• Proven success developing, embedding and evaluating health and safety strategies, frameworks and programmes that have measurably improved performance and culture
• Strong knowledge of New Zealand health and safety legislation, regulatory frameworks and governance requirements, applied pragmatically in complex operational settings
• Exceptional written, verbal and interpersonal communication, and the ability to explain complex health and safety concepts clearly to a wide range of audiences
• Experience leading capability development and fostering a positive safety culture through coaching, mentoring and worker participation
• The ability to work in a culturally safe and respectful way, with regard to Te Ao Māori and the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Mōu | For you

Maritime NZ recognises and respects te Tiriti o Waitangi and we are committed to working with Māori to build strong, meaningful and enduring relationships to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes. We aim to be a workplace where everyone feels valued, supported with a sense of belonging. We encourage our people to actively contribute to our workplace culture where we all thrive and authentically live our MNZ values.

Upon joining us you’ll receive a full range of benefits including Income Protection & Life Insurance. We also have two employee led networks; Women’s Network or Rainbow Network, along with staff engagement groups such as Te Rōpū Māori that you may want to join. Check out our full range on our careers page to find out more about why we love working here.

• Income Protection & Life Insurance
• Women’s Network or Rainbow Network
• Te Rōpū Māori

Salary range $166,424 to $203,408 depending on skills and experience + superannuation.

Applications for this role close midnight Sunday 25 October.

If you have any questions please e-mail [e-mail]