Deputy Chief Executive Organisational Resilience & Safety (OR&S) at Ara Poutama Aotearoa (Department of Corrections), NationwideStrategic leader and member of Executive Leadership TeamTransformational environment with scope to innovateLeading adaptive thinking in a purpose led organisationNga kawenga | About the roleA unique opportunity to contribute to the evolution of Corrections through building and enabling capacity for safe and resilient operations and continuous improvement.The Department of Corrections - Ara Poutama Aotearoa is one of New Zealand's largest government departments. At its heart, it is focused on the pursuit of oranga – the wellbeing of people.The Department, and its people, operate in high-risk, dynamic, uncertain, and complex environments that have the potential to disrupt work and the ability to achieve our organisational outcomes. The Organisational Resilience & Safety (OR&S) function exists to make the Department an increasingly safe, resilient, effective and efficient organisation, by promoting and empowering continuous learning and simplifying our systems, to better enable our people to do what matters most.You will lead a team of tier-three Directors across:Business Partnering focused on health, safety and wellbeing, and continuity planning and disruption response with local teams,Integrated Systems, enabling better work through simplified, effective and user-friendly policy and practice development,Organisational Resilience, Learning and Assurance, providing insights about how operational systems are performing, continuous learning and being prepared for expected and unexpected situations.Complaints Resolution, ensuring stewardship of our complaints system, supporting us to fairly and effectively respond to and learn from complaints.The OR&S group is geographically diverse and works closely with our people on the frontline.Ideal candidates will bring experience in strategic leadership and driving performance outcomes in risk, organisational resilience and/or health, safety and wellbeing leadership roles. You will be a member of an executive that has focused their team building on the principles of Lencioni's five dysfunctions of team. You will be invited to bring a challenging curious and critical thinking mindset.The successful applicant will be a facilitator of change, able to lead and inspire people within a high-risk 24/7 environment. They will bring knowledge of contemporary human-centred approaches to organisational resilience. This role can be based in Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch, and will require frequent national travel.For salary information- please reach out directly to Sammy Glover – ****** Poutama Aotearoa is a name that has been gifted to us and is our commitment to improving the oranga and safety of the people, whanau, and that of the communities we serve across the motu.As a values-led organisation, we use the principles of rangatira (leadership), manaaki (respect), wairua (spirituality), kaitiaki (guardianship) and whanau (relationships) to shape how we work and deliver the outcomes in our strategy - Hokai Rangi (https://corr.nz/hr).It is an exciting time to join us, and we continue to seek out talented individuals who are committed to an inclusive, vibrant workplace. We recognise and celebrate the uniqueness of individuals, and that of the collective talent in our whanau.We welcome applications from disabled and neurodiverse communities, all cultures, faiths, and Rainbow communities, as we appreciate the richness of experience that diversity brings to our organisation. We strive to make our recruitment process fair and inclusive, and we encourage applicants to discuss reasonable accommodation with us if required via ****** you have any questions please contact Recruitment Lead, Sammy Glover- ****** apply, please submit a tailored CV and a cover letter describing your motivation for joining the department highlighting relevant skills and experience. Alignment to our kaupapa is critical to our success - we ask that you provide examples which reflect and demonstrate our organisation values.Applications close on Sunday 17th NovemberAll applications must be submitted through our careers site to ensure transparency. Applications received via email will not be considered.If you want to find out more about a career with us, visit careers.corrections.govt.nz.Employer: Ara Poutama Aotearoa (Department of Corrections)Note: You may be redirected to the employer's careers website.
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