Manager Health, Safety and Wellbeing

21 hours ago


Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

_Join our diverse and talented people and work at the heart of national security, providing essential intelligence to the NZ government to protect New Zealand and its people._

The People & Capability team support the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) | Te Tira Tiaki and the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) | Te P Whakamarumaru in the achievement of individual and joint agency strategic and operational outcomes.
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**Why work for us**

Alongside getting to work with our talented people, we also offer a range of comprehensive benefits which include:

- Medical Insurance and Vision Care packages
- Enhanced employer contributions to your Kiwisaver
- Generous leave benefits, including additional paid days off and enhanced sick and parental leave
- Childcare allowance for your pre-schoolers
- Onsite free gym
- Opportunities for personal and professional growth and career pathways across the intelligence community
- Flexible working options, and great work-life balance

**The role**

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Manager Health, Safety and Wellbeing to lead this critical function, and small national team, for the NZSIS and GCSB.

In this role you will work closely with agency Senior Leadership Teams and People leaders to set the direction for health, safety and wellbeing in support of the agencies and their people, to deliver our important national security mission of keeping New Zealand and New Zealanders safe and secure.

**Who we're looking for**
- Extensive specialised experience (5 - 7 years) across the health and safety function at a senior level of a complex medium to large sized organisation
- Experience in developing and implementing health and safety strategies, work plans, processes, systems and solutions within medium to large complex organisations
- Proven relationship management experience, including the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships at all levels of an organisation
- Proven people leader experience
- A pragmatic approach to achieving successful outcomes

**Before you apply**

Working within our unique environment means we have to ensure you're eligible for employment.

You must:

- Have been a New Zealand Citizen for at least 10 years

OR

Hold a current NZ Residency Class Visa and ideally have been a citizen of the UK, USA, Canada or Australia for at least 10 years
- Be eligible to obtain a Top Secret Special (TSS) security clearance
- Ordinarily, this means you'll have a 15 year checkable background in countries NZSIS Vetting can make meaningful and reliable checks.



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