Coordinator - Return To Work

New Zealand Government; Wellington; On-site; NZD 64,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

New Zealand Police is seeking a Coordinator - Return-to-Work in the Safer People group to support injury and illness recovery activities with the Third-Party Administrator and ACC. You will engage with Case Managers, Advisors, and internal stakeholders to facilitate timely, safe return-to-work outcomes.

This Individual Contributor/Emerging Leader role requires strong relationship-building, process administration, and collaboration to help our people navigate injury management and recovery

Responsibilities

• Lead Return-to-Work support across the Injury and Illness Management / Return-to-Work Team.
• Build strong relationships across your District/Service Centres.
• Build capability and confidence in Return-to-Work practices.
• Commitment to excellence and contribute to a high-performing team.
• Show courage and curiosity while supporting our people.

Job description

New Zealand Police is working with the community to make New Zealanders be safe and feel safe. With over 15,000 staff, we provide policing services 24 hours a day, every day. We operate by land, sea and air, manage over 860,000 emergency calls a year and are always actively preventing crime and crashes. We’re working towards specific goals and targets that highlight our intent to work collaboratively with iwi and communities, other government sectors and business partners to deliver and achieve long-term change.

Job details

* Based at Police National Headquarters, Wellington
* Permanent – Full Time
* Job Reference 6078173

About the role

As a Coordinator - Return-to-Work in the Safer People group, you will play a key role in supporting the Return-to-Work Team with all injury and illness recovery activities alongside our Third-Party Administrator and ACC. You will engage with relevant Case Managers, Advisors, and internal stakeholders to support return-to-work outcomes. Reducing barriers to a successful return-to-work, ensuring all legislative obligations are completed, managing medical certificates and required processes, and helping our people understand and navigate their injury management recovery journey are key aspects of the role. Providing administrative support and coordination across the Team is key. You will build strong working relationships with stakeholders, ensuring District Leadership Teams are kept informed of deployment impacts and utilising District teams for successful return-to-work outcomes. Working collaboratively with the Return-to-Work Team and wider Safer People group, you will help support our people back to work after injury or illness in a safe, timely and sustainable way. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a meaningful difference to the wellbeing of our people while contributing to a supportive and people-focused team.

Key accountabilities

• Lead Return-to-Work support across the Injury and Illness Management / Return-to-Work Team
• Build strong relationships across your District/Service Centres
• Build capability and confidence in Return-to-Work practices
• Commitment to excellence and contribute to a high-performing team
• Show courage and curiosity while supporting our people

What you’ll bring

Whilst we are looking for skills, knowledge and experience relevant to the role, we also place high importance on your state of mind, the alignment of your values with ours, your ability to contribute to and build high performing teams, and the way that you lead yourself or others.

Special requirements

This role is Individual Contributor/Emerging Leader level. You can refer to Indicators of Success for further information on the requirements. To view the position description for this role please copy and paste this link into a new browser: https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/pd/2026-10/Coordinator%20-%20Return%20to%20Work_0.pdf

About us

New Zealand Police is the lead agency responsible for preventing crime and enhancing community safety. It works in partnership with individuals, communities, businesses, and other public sector agencies towards the vision of making New Zealand the safest country. Police is the government’s largest front-line response agency with around 15,000 staff in large and small communities all over New Zealand and in liaison and policing development roles overseas. Your development is highly valued at New Zealand Police. Our employees enjoy significant investment in their development not only at an individual level, but also at the team and community practice level. We work hard to match you with work that will both play to your strengths and challenge you in new ways. The work you’ll be engaged in is real, tangible work that directly benefits our frontline and communities. Taken all together, this means we can offer you career path opportunities to progress in your chosen profession and become a more well-rounded, experienced leader, with opportunities across the range of work we support.

Salary

This position is covered by a collective agreement, and salary will commence between $64,161 and $66,975 dependent on skills and experience relevant to the role.

Deadline for applications: 5:00 pm on Thursday 22 October 2026. Applications may be reviewed prior to the close date as well as contact made with candidates.

Before confirmation of hire, pre-employment checks will be undertaken which include reference, drug and alcohol testing and police vetting prior to any written offer being made.

For further information about this vacancy, please contact Sarah Payne at [e-mail].

All applicants must have the right to work in New Zealand.