Health, Wellbeing and Safety Business Partner

Join our Health, Wellbeing, and Safety team in this permanent, full-time role supporting our amazing academic and professional kaimahi.
- Are you looking for a permanent, full-time role?
- Do you have a proven understanding of risk management principles and practices?
- Have you got experience advising and supporting senior leaders in a large, complex organisation?

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

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington is currently recruiting for a Health, Wellbeing and Safety Business Partner to join the Health, Wellbeing and Safety team on a permanent, full-time basis. The role will be responsible for supporting our amazing academic and professional kaimahi to do their best work in a healthy, well and safe way. In 2024 we launched Kia Haumaru, Kia Matatu - the Health, Safety, and Wellbeing Strategy, this Strategy provides us with a clear focus that will enable us to achieve our vision of having a healthy and thriving community, where all who moor their waka with us are safe and well.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Provide specialist and strategic advice and practical guidance to Faculties and Central Service Units (CSU) and be a trusted partner to those faculties and units
- Understand the key risks and tasks that are associated with the Faculty or CSU's to better help them manage the risks
- Co-own the delivery of the Critical Risks program with other members of the HWS team
- Provide coaching to the line managers to help them support our kaimahi with physical and mental health issues
- Support and feedback to the Systems, Performance and Assurance lead information that enhance our event reporting and learning
- Continuously look for opportunities to coach and enable the Managers and their teams to improve

**O pumanawa - About you**

You will be a health, wellbeing, and safety professional with experience in coaching, developing, and supporting operational managers in a large and complex workplace. You will be able to think strategically and adapt to prioritise workstreams in response to your customer needs, while always having an eye on the big picture.

You will have excellent relationship building and communication skills, and the ability to coach others, across a broad spectrum of topics relating to HWS.

You will be a highly organised self-starter and natural relationship builder, who relishes working autonomously as well as contributing positively to a high performing team. You will need effective time management and forward planning to balance planning, guidance, and training services to staff at all levels of the University. You will be seen by your business partners as someone who gets things done.

**Key requirements**:

- Proven understanding of risk management principles and practices with experience of providing practical advice to organisational leaders and managers
- Experience advising and supporting senior leaders in a large, complex organisation
- Demonstrate recent experience in leading HWS change programs and support HWS leadership models (within a HWS Strategy)
- Outstanding people and communication skills including the ability to adjust to different audiences
- Ability to build strong working relationships with a variety of stakeholders
- Capability to work as part of a team as well as having individual responsibilities

Role description - click here to see further information, including salary

**Close date for vacancy: Friday, 7 February 2025.**

There are many benefits to working at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington, including being part of New Zealand's top research University.

**How to apply**

**Mo Te Herenga Waka - About our University**

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington is a global-civic University with our marae at our heart. This iho draws off our heritage and is further defined by our turangawaewae, in particular Wellington, Aotearoa, and the Asia-Pacific, all of which are expressed in our position as Aotearoa New Zealand's globally ranked capital city University.

Click "apply" and follow the process to enter your contact details, answer pre-screening questions then you will need to attach a resume and cover letter along with any supporting documents.

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