Principal Advisor - Strategy Implementation

About this role

Mo tatou - About Us

He aha te mea nui o tēnei ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata.

What is the most important thing in the world, it is people, it is people, it is people 

Ka noho mātāmua te orangatonutanga o te tangata ki a mātou o Mahi Haumaru Aotearoa. Ko te aronga matua kia haere haumaru ngā tāngata katoa ki te mahi, kia hoki haumaru ki te te kāinga. Inā ka ngākaunui koe ki ēnei āhuatanga, tomo mai ki tēnei whare whakaruruhau. 

WorkSafe New Zealand/ Mahi Haumaru Aotearoa, is the primary workplace health and safety regulator – our vision is that everyone who goes to mahi comes home healthy and safe.  Our kaimahi are passionate about our vision and embrace and demonstrate our Mātāpono WorkSafe Values through the mahi they do: 

• Whakakotahi – we're united in a strong purpose 
• Kōrero mai – we engage meaningfully 
• Tiakina mai - we're entrusted with a duty of care. 

We offer a range of benefits including:

• Five weeks annual leave
• $400 contribution towards setting up your home workstation
• 15 days sick leave and
• Learning and professional development opportunities

There are a growing number of employee led networks to promote the goals and needs of our diverse communities, such as our Te Rōpū Atuapiko Rainbow Network, Pacific Network, Wāhine Network, Tū Rangatira Māori Network.

We are coming to the end of the current organisational change process we have been in. WorkSafe Mahi Haumaru is going into a period of transition and stability.

Ko te tīma - About your team

The Strategy Implementation group provides the systems and processes needed to implement, embed, and monitor WorkSafe's strategy and functional model. 

It will also be looking to the future and positioning WorkSafe to build on the successes of the past, by navigating how we mature as an effective and trusted regulator under our strategy and functional model.

 

Ō te tūranga - About the role

Great opportunity to join the Strategy Implementation team to provide guidance, direction, and delivery support to the strategic work programme.  This mahi stretches right across Mahi Haumara and is important to ensuring achievement of initiatives that bring our strategy to life and enable our new operating model.

Ko tōu ake mahi - What You'll Do

You will prepare documentation to Board/Minister level which will include business cases, reports and briefings. We will need you to provide high level strategic advice and leadership to internal stakeholders including ELT to drive the completion of the programme of strategic initiatives. Being an exceptional influencer will be key to success in this role.

This is a role where no one day will be the same

Ko ngā pukenga ōu - What You'll Bring

• The ability to lead and operate at a senior level providing strategic advice
• Have worked in large scale change programmes ideally within government
• Great stakeholder engagement with both internal and external parties.
• Knowledge and experience in strategic and operational planning.

Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi. 

With your food basket and my food basket the people will thrive

Awhe utu - Salary range

As part of our remuneration framework the full salary range for the position is from $127,488 to $168,609.  Note: KiwiSaver/SSRSS employer contribution is additional to/on top of your base salary.

Me pēhea te tono - How to apply

Click the apply link, complete an application form and submit a copy of your CV and cover letter.

For further information please contact careers@worksafe.govt.nz with any queries, or to find out more about working for us, go to Careers | WorkSafe.

WorkSafe Mahi Haumaru is an equal opportunity employer.  We value diversity and welcome and encourage applicants from all walks of life.  We value the experience your point of difference could bring to us.

Please let us know if there is any support we can provide to ensure the recruitment process is accessible to you. We look forward to reviewing your application and getting to know more about you.

Ka kati nga tono - Applications close on Tuesday 22 April 2025