Injury Prevention Leader

Accident Compensation Corporation; Wellington; On-site; NZD 118,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Superannuation (9%)

Job summary

ACC is seeking an Injury Prevention Leader to lead the planning and delivery of Treatment Safety priorities. You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, translate data, clinical evidence and lived experience into practical prevention actions across Aotearoa New Zealand.

You will build relationships with ACC and sector partners, shape solutions, and commission evidence-informed initiatives that deliver measurable, equitable system improvements while operating within governance and performance

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading the delivery of complex programmes and coordinating multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong health systems knowledge and systems thinking capability.
• Experience using data, research and evidence to inform decisions and prioritisation.
• Ability to build trusted relationships and influence across ACC, government, providers and communities.
• Experience delivering Te Tiriti o Waitangi commitments and addressing inequities.
• Experience operating within governance, risk, investment and performance reporting.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience developing strategic roadmaps and adaptive delivery approaches.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and delivery of ACC's Treatment Safety priorities.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary expertise to identify risks and turn learning into practical prevention actions.
• Commission evidence-informed prevention initiatives with health sector partners.
• Work across ACC and sector partners to shape solutions and deliver measurable system improvement.

Skills

Programme leadership

Systems thinking

Data-driven decision making

Stakeholder engagement

Te Tiriti o Waitangi delivery

Governance & reporting

Strategic roadmaps

Communication skills

Job description

Lead and coordinate delivery of ACC's Treatment Safety priorities

Turn treatment injury intelligence and shared learning into practical prevention action Commission evidence-informed prevention initiatives with health sector partners

Permanent | Wellington

About the role | Mō te tūranga mahi

As an Injury Prevention Leader in our Treatment Safety team, you will provide delivery leadership and expertise to help reduce preventable treatment-related harm across Aotearoa NewZealand. You will lead the planning and delivery of ACC's Treatment Safety priorities, bringing together treatment injury data, clinical evidence, research, lived experience and system intelligence to identify risks and turn learning into practical prevention action. Working across ACC and with sector partners, you will build shared understanding, shape solutions and commission evidence-informed prevention initiatives that deliver measurable, equitable system improvement. This is an opportunity to lead meaningful Treatment Safety mahi and turn system learning into coordinated action that reduces preventable harm across Aotearoa NewZealand.

The appointing salary for this role is $117,787 - $166,288 based on experience.

ACC offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes an advantageous superannuation scheme (9% contribution) with features like no mandatory employee contribution, optional life and income protection insurance.

About you | Mōu

You will bring:

• Significant experience leading the delivery of complex programmes, portfolios or system-change initiatives and coordinating multidisciplinary expertise through ambiguity and change.
• Strong health systems knowledge and systems thinking capability, including an understanding of clinical quality, patient safety, system learning and the levers that support change across complex health and disability settings.
• Experience using data, research, evaluation, clinical evidence and system intelligence to inform decision‑making and prioritisation.
• Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships and influence coordinated action across ACC, government, health agencies, providers, iwi/Māori, communities and other system partners.
• Demonstrated experience giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi through partnership, enabling Māori participation and influence in the design and delivery of work, and identifying and addressing inequities to improve outcomes for Māori and other priority communities.
• Experience operating within governance, risk, investment and performance reporting frameworks, including benefits realisation Excellent communication, collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience developing strategic roadmaps and leading adaptive delivery approaches to respond to learning and changing system needs.
• You must hold NewZealand work rights at the time of application.