Senior Business Partner

Fun, innovative, and business improvement focused team
- Help us to continue to drive a positive, healthy and safe culture

**Korero mo te turanga - About the role**

At Toitu Te Whenua - Land Information New Zealand, our collaborative and supportive health, safety, and wellbeing team are looking for a knowledgeable and operationally experienced Senior Business Partner to join the team and support the continuous improvement of our health, safety, and wellbeing capability, performance and culture.

With significant field based operational experience and a demonstrated track record providing expert health and safety advice and support within complex and dynamic environments, you'll work in partnership with operational teams to support the development, implementation and monitoring of effective health and safety management and engagement practices. This will help ensure that the H&S team, business units, and Toitu Te Whenua are best placed to partner with our internal and external stakeholders to protect and maintain the safety of workers and others.

You will confidently translate technical information into plain English for your non-technical audiences and will take the initiative to ensure that your messaging is clear and appealing. You will draw on your working knowledge of New Zealand Health and Safety legislation to identify opportunities for development, and to promote a culture of continuous improvement.

We are looking for someone who has significant filed based operational experience and who is equally comfortable and capable communicating with and influencing front line workers, senior leaders, and external stakeholders.

This an exciting opportunity where you will get to build your understanding and connections to the diverse work that is performed across our organisation. You will enable and support stakeholders to effectively manage health and safety. The advice and support you provide will help achieve our goal of continuing to develop a culture where health and safety is embedded and owned by every individual working here.

If this role sounds like you and you are looking for a challenging opportunity where you can step up and develop your skills through meaningful mahi, then please apply. T

The expected appointing range for this role is between $115,000 - $125,000 depending on skills and experience.

**He pukenga tou - Skills & Experience**
- Genuine passion for H&S best practice
- Relevant tertiary qualification and/or relevant experience within a similar role with an emphasis on field based operational experience
- Good working knowledge of New Zealand H&S legislation
- Strong communication skills
- A natural and demonstrated ability to build effective and trusted influential relationships,
- Demonstrate effective understanding of the contract environment as it relates to a role of this type and contractor management

**Nga mea e tukuna ana e tatau - What we offer our employees**
- Interesting work which impacts Aotearoa as we care for whenua, moana and arawai
- Wellbeing reimbursements
- Annual Flu Vaccinations
- Reduced Health Insurance Premiums
- Diverse groups and networks
- If eligible for paid parental leave, you will be entitled to a top up payment for the first 18 weeks of the 26 weeks
- A minimum of four weeks and three days annual leave

**Te Takinatanga - Our Story**

Toitu Te Whenua plays a vital role in understanding, developing and caring for New Zealand's whenua, moana and arawai (land, sea and waterways). Whether you're developing our products and services to support our customers, managing the Crown estate, engaging with our iwi partners, or helping us be an effective regulator, your contribution can make a difference. Our mahi helps New Zealanders have confidence that the development of our land, communities and country is being planned from an informed and expert position that balances environmental, social, cultural and economic considerations. Now and for future generations.

**Our Kia Toipoto Intentions - Public Service Gender, Maori, Pacific and Ethnic Pay Gap Action Plan**

**Tono mai - How to Apply**

- At Toitu Te Whenua we design our roles around shared capabilities (rather than focusing on tasks) and so you'll notice our role profiles are broad. This allows us to be responsive to our customers and to strengthen the connections across our organisation. It also gives us the flexibility to provide wider opportunities to our people, to further their careers. The broad-based role for this position is 'Business Partner - Level Rua / Two'._