Quality Project Specialist

New Zealand Blood Service; Auckland; On-site; NZD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual leave 4.4 weeks

Long service leave

Job summary

New Zealand Blood Service in Auckland is seeking an experienced quality assurance professional to lead QA activities across projects. You will provide expert advice to ensure regulatory and accreditation requirements are met, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to strengthen quality processes.

In this autonomous role, you will drive change control, risk mitigation and stakeholder engagement, helping to safeguard the blood supply and patient safety while contributing to NZBS’s mission

Qualifications

• Experience leading quality assurance in large-scale projects.
• Proven ability to align projects with Regulatory and Accreditation requirements.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality assurance leadership and expert advice to NZBS projects.
• Ensure project outcomes comply with regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Build partnerships to identify and mitigate project risks.

Skills

Quality leadership

Change control

Stakeholder collaboration

Regulatory knowledge

GxP experience

Communication skills

Project support

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in medical, pharmaceutical or life sciences

Tools

QMS software

Risk management tools

Job description

• A unique organisation that helps save lives
• Make a difference at the best little blood service in the world!
• Auckland

Are you passionate about quality assurance with the ability to provide support and guidance to our fundamental projects?

Want to join a unique organisation that helps save lives?

Come and make a difference at the best little blood service in the world!

About New Zealand Blood Service

New Zealand Blood and Organ Service (NZBS) is dedicated to saving lives. Every year, tens of thousands of generous people donate their time, blood and plasma to us for free. In addition to our vein to vein service in transfusion we also provide national services in organ transplantation, cellular therapies and tissue banking. We exist to ensure the efficient delivery of safe blood and tissue products on a time critical basis throughout New Zealand and through the generosity of our donors, we are able to help save lives.

Our shared values are at the heart of our organisation's culture and guide our behaviour each and every day. These values inspire, motivate us and drive us to provide the very best service to the New Zealand public.

Watch this video to see what our people say about the NZBS values they admire the most.

About the role

In this autonomous role, you will be responsible for providing quality assurance leadership and expert advice to projects throughout NZBS, ensuring successful outcomes comply with Regulatory and Accreditation requirements. You will work in a team-based environment alongside project and quality colleagues, building strong partnerships to help identify and mitigate project risks. Through this work at the end of every day, you know that you've contributed in some way to making a difference in someone's life.

About you

To be successful in this role you will be an experienced quality professional with demonstrated expertise in providing quality and change control support to high-level, large-scale projects in partnership with stakeholders who may have a limited quality background. Reporting to the National Quality Manager - Projects and Improvement, you will take on this cross-functional position, working with a variety of areas, in order to support the business project requirements.

Ideally you will also have:

• A commitment to successful quality leadership through influence and a passion for inspiring and motivating others
• Significant experience in GxP environments with knowledge in biologics, medical devices manufacturing or clean room / aseptic environments
• Resilience to navigate this developing role with a growth mindset
• Ability to demonstrate excellent communication, planning and organisational skills with an eye for detail
• A bachelor or Master of Science in medical, pharmaceutical or relevant life science area

What we offer

• Location based at our Auckland site.
• We offer a competitive starting salary, as well as 4 weeks and 2 days (4.4 weeks) annual leave per annum, moving to 5 weeks after 5 years' service.
• Long service is also offered - 2 weeks leave after 10 years' service and a one weeks' leave following any subsequent period of 5 years' service.
• Being part of an organisation in a growth phase, committed to making a positive difference to the health and wellbeing of New Zealanders