Safety Business Partner

23 hours ago

Rotorua Central, New Zealand Toi Ohomai Full time

Position Title: Safety Business Partner

Location: Rotorua

Team: People, Culture and Wellbeing

Position Type: Permanent, Full-time

Remuneration: Competitive (Fixed remuneration excluding KiwiSaver)

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About the Role

We're looking for a strategic and hands-on Safety Business Partner to join our People, Culture and Wellbeing team. This role is pivotal in shaping a culture where health, safety, and wellbeing are embedded in every decision and action. You'll partner with leaders to influence behaviours, build capability, and drive proactive risk management and continuous improvement across Toi Ohomai.

Our Safety Business Partners lead a portfolio of specilist responsibilties organisational wide, as well as partnering with leaders locally to integrate health and safety into strategic and operational planning, delivery and continous improvement.

Ngā mahi | Key Responsibilities

  • Act as a strategic partner to leaders, embedding health and safety into planning and delivery.
  • Provide safety leadership thorugh business partnership and hands on delivery of local safety responsibiites.
  • Champion Te Tiriti o Waitangi and equity in all aspects of practice.

Specialist Portfolios

  • Compliance & Audits – Lead a robust health and safety compliance and audit framework to ensure legislative adherence and continuous improvement.
  • Policy & Procedure – Manage health and safety documentation, ensuring policies are practical, compliant, and add value through a consultative approach.
  • Frameworks & Standards – Maintain current, relevant frameworks that enable good practice and ongoing capability building across the organisation.
  • Incident Management – Oversee incident management processes, supporting teams and driving collaborative, continuous improvement practices.
  • Hazard & Risk Management – Lead hazard and risk identification, maintain organisation-wide registers, and implement effective control measures.

He kōrero mōu | About You

You'll bring:

  • A degree-level qualification in health and safety (or equivalent experience).
  • Proven experience in a senior health and safety advisory role, and specifically in specialist portfolio areas.
  • Expertise in developing and implementing frameworks, policies, and standards.
  • Strong interpersonal and business partnering skills with a collaborative approach.
  • Commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and promoting equity and inclusion.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to build strong relationships across diverse stakeholders.

Mō Mātou | About Us

Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology is a leading vocational education provider in the Bay of Plenty and South Waikato, home to over 9,000 ākonga (students). We put ākonga and kaimahi at the centre of all we do, guided by our values:

  • Toitūtanga – Courageous and humble in our pursuit of excellence
  • Manaakitanga – Strengthening the mana of others and our communities
  • Whanaungatanga – Building and nurturing relationships
  • Kotahitanga – United in our shared purpose

Joining us means contributing to a future-focused organisation committed to educational excellence, Māori success, and sustainable practices.

Me pēhea te tono | How to Apply

If this opportunity excites you, we'd love to hear from you Apply online with your CV and cover letter. Applicants must have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa and will undergo relevant pre-employment checks. We review applications as they arrive and may contact shortlisted candidates before the closing date.

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