Principal Advisor

**Who we are**:
Tā mātou nei whakakitenga, he waihanga I ngā honongo ahurei me ngā Tāngata kātoa o Aotearoa, kia ngāwari ake ngā wā e whara ai te tangata, hei whakapiki i tā rātou nei oranga. Our vision is to create a unique partnership with every New Zealander, improving their quality of life by minimising the incidence and impact of injury.

We recognise that Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi is a founding document of government in Aotearoa, New Zealand and established the country as a nation. We will partner with Māori to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi and commit to achieving equitable wellbeing outcomes for Māori.

Looking to the future, to an ambitious enterprise strategy and to changes in the world of work, it’s clear that what ACC needs from People and Culture is changing, and the Group is reorientating itself to deliver on these opportunities.

**About the role**:
This role is new. It’s an integral part of a significant shift within the People & Culture Group and an exciting time to join a newly formed team. You’ll be using your prior experience to help lift the capability and build technical depth of practitioners across People and Culture, as well as providing insights to continually improve our people’s experience of working with ACC.

This role can be based at one of our main hubs in Auckland, Hamilton, or Wellington.

**About you**:
We are looking for one of the Principal Advisors to have a particular responsibility for, and background in, leadership from an organisaitonal development perspective. For example, you will lead the development of our leadership philosophy that will answer the question “What does it meant to be a good leader at ACC?” within the context of a new ACC Strategy. To be successful in this work, you will have experience in current state assessment, gap analysis, development of proposals for change, and evaluation.

We need someone who can really understand the best fit for our new strategy - suggesting leadership models and practices that recognise our commitment to partnership under Te Tiriti o Waitangi and are informed by current approaches to equity, diversity and belonging.

You will have:

- Significant experience in organisational development roles focused on leadership, or experience across a number of large-scale change programmes that have involved shifting the dial from a leadership perspective
- Confident facilitation skills, able to run workshops, focus groups and development cohorts
- A good research background - using qualitative and quantitative data to inform your decisions
- An ability to build strong connections with others and lean into challenging conversations
- A desire to enhance ACC’s people experience and know when this is achieved
- Exceptional communication skills to engage with others and prepare fit for purpose strategies, policies and guidelines. Clear and concise communication

**Working at ACC**:
The base salary range for this role is $134,001 to $189,178 with starting salary depending on skills and experience of the successful applicant. ACC also offers additional 9% superannuation.

In addition to a competitive salary package we offer, career development, annual health checks and flu vaccination, discounts on Southern Cross health insurance, gym membership discounts and retail discounts.

Flexible working options:

- Potential to buy additional annual leave
- Work from home up to 3 days per week (we provide you with a laptop, headset, monitor, cables, mouse, and a keyboard to support this)
- Employee networks to support our colleagues from diverse backgrounds.
- The option to explore flexible working that suits your needs and ours.
- Development opportunities in te reo Māori me ngā tikanga.

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Applications will be accepted until Sunday 19th March