Principal Adviser Health, Safety & Wellbeing at Ministry for Primary Industries, ChristchurchPrincipal Adviser, Health Safety & Wellbeing Role type: Permanent full-time
Location: Christchurch (Otautahi)
Starting salary range: $117,035 to $130,319 based on skills and experience
Working alongside the Biosecurity New Zealand Manager Health, Safety, and Wellbeing, you will provide advice, assistance, and support across the various Biosecurity New Zealand directorates to enable a consistent, best practice approach to health, safety, and wellbeing. You will play a key role in delivering the 'Biosecurity done Safely' strategy and programme of work, including a refresh of our worker participation and engagement.
As the Principal Adviser, you will support the Biosecurity NZ Manager Health, Safety, and Wellbeing to deliver a varied work programme. This programme spans numerous critical risks associated with working in different environments all over New Zealand (and some offshore activities) – such as Airports and Seaports, Remote and Isolated areas, Laboratories, Wilderness, Ocean, and Offices.
The work programme focuses on delivering the priorities set by the MPI Health, Safety and Wellbeing Governance Committee and the Biosecurity New Zealand Health, Safety and Wellbeing Committee. This programme delivery is supported by embedded health, safety, and wellbeing advisers. You will promote leadership in health and safety, provide expert advice, assistance, and support across Biosecurity New Zealand (BNZ) to enable the realisation of the 'Biosecurity done Safely' strategy and enhance operational management of health and safety.
In this role you will:
Work with BNZ operational leads to develop, monitor, and review the programme of work related to its critical risks to health, safety, and wellbeing.Partner with key stakeholders across Biosecurity New Zealand and wider MPI to ensure the health and safety expectations of both the business and wider organisation are met.Provide coaching and mentoring as required and contribute to the ongoing development of health, safety, and wellbeing capability across Biosecurity New Zealand and MPI.Act as a point of escalation for technical or specialist health and safety advice for the embedded advisers.Lead and contribute to programme and project delivery which includes writing business cases, governance reports and reviewing operational Health and Safety procedures and guideline documents.You will have a recognised qualification in health, safety, and wellbeing and extensive experience in industrial or high-risk environments, ideally within a large, complex organisation. You bring a strong understanding of the New Zealand/Australian health and safety regulations and practical expertise in the application of this knowledge.
You will be recognised for your technical expertise and pragmatic approach to health, safety, and wellbeing. Your skills in implementing health, safety & wellbeing initiatives will be highly valued.
You will be an excellent communicator who can take complex information from a range of sources and make it digestible for a range of different audiences.
Minimum Requirements: To apply, you must hold the right to work in New Zealand or be eligible to obtain it.
Applications close at midnight on 22 October 2024.
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