Senior Health, Safety, and Well-being Advisor

2 weeks ago


Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time
Senior Health, Safety, and Well-being Advisor - fixed-term until June 2025
The Office of the Auditor-General | Te Mana Arotake aims to improve trust and confidence in the public sector.

The Auditor-General is the statutory auditor of all public organisations, playing a major part in ensuring that New Zealand's public sector remains one of the most trusted in the world.

As Senior Health, Safety, and Well-being Advisor, you'll be a driving force in elevating health, safety, and well-being standards across our organisation.

Collaborating closely with our people, you'll provide strategic leadership and expert advice to all areas of our operations.

Your expertise will contribute to designing and implementing robust health, safety and well-being management systems, aligned with our organisational needs and WorkSafe regulations.

This role will also support the effective implementation of the organisation's health and safety targets and goals through meaningful reporting.


To be successful in this role, you'll have:

  • extensive experience working in a health, safety, and well-being role, providing support and advice across an organisation;
- demonstrated skills and experience in both the project management and implementation of health, safety, and well-being initiatives;
- in-depth knowledge of health, safety, and well-being standards, regulations, and best practice, in particular from a risk management perspective;
- experience conducting risk assessments and incident investigations and developing safety policies;
- excellent communication, training, presentation, and facilitation skills;
- strong organisational skills, including planning, time management, prioritising, and co-ordinating resources;
- strong problem-solving, analysis, and evaluation skills; and

A health and safety qualification is desirable, as is NZISM/HASANZ registration.
We offer our staff

  • Learning and development opportunities.
  • Supportive, flexible working.
  • Health and wellbeing benefits.
  • 3% KiwiSaver employer contribution on top of your stated annual salary.
What we stand for
People matter | Our independence is critical | We act with integrity and courage | We're here to make a difference

Applications close Wednesday 21 February 2024.

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