Regulatory Impact Director, Strategic Interventions

INSIDE Recruitment; Hamilton; Hybrid; NZD 195,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free life insurance

Health insurance and eyecare discounts

$400 home workstation contribution

Five weeks’ annual leave

15 days’ sick leave

Reward and Recognition Framework

Professional development opportunities

Employee-led networks supporting ourD

Job summary

WorkSafe New Zealand | Mahi Haumaru Aotearoa is the primary workplace health and safety regulator. As Head of Strategic Interventions you will lead assessment, prioritisation, intervention design and learning across regulatory efforts to focus on high-risk areas and maximise impact.

You will establish the intervention methodology and operating model, shape how regulatory problems are identified and addressed, and drive enterprise-wide planning through evidence and strategic leadership in a

Qualifications

• Significant senior leadership experience within a regulatory environment.
• Experience leading intervention, regulatory, policy or strategic functions.
• Strong understanding of how regulators influence systems and behaviour.
• Proven change leadership across complex organisational environments.
• Experience establishing methodologies, operating models or new functions.
• Strong executive influence, storytelling and strategic communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Set WorkSafe’s intervention strategy, priorities and methodology
• Lead intervention assessment, design and organisational learning
• Build and embed a strategic interventions function across WorkSafe
• Integrate evidence, intelligence and evaluation into regulatory decisions
• Influence enterprise-wide intervention planning and delivery
• Advise executives on regulatory priorities, trade-offs and system impacts
• Drive organisational change and continuous improvement

Skills

Senior leadership

Regulatory leadership

Executive influence

Change leadership

Methodology design

Strategic communication

Job description

WorkSafe New Zealand | Mahi Haumaru Aotearoa is the primary workplace health and safety regulator. As Head of Strategic Interventions you will lead assessment, prioritisation, intervention design and learning across regulatory efforts to focus on high-risk areas and maximise impact.

You will establish the intervention methodology and operating model, shape how regulatory problems are identified and addressed, and drive enterprise-wide planning through evidence and strategic leadership in a