Programme Coordinator (Operations) | All Office Locations

Job Description

• Make a positive difference to health, safety and wellbeing in Aotearoa  
• Join a collaborative team delivering meaningful operational outcomes  
• Bring your coordination, facilitation and “get mahi done” mindset  
• 6-month fixed term opportunity, any WorkSafe office location  

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.  

WorkSafe New Zealand/ Mahi Haumaru Aotearoa, is the primary workplace health and safety regulator – our vision is that everyone who goes to mahi (work) comes home healthy and safe. Our kaimahi (employees) 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:  

• Free life insurance  
• Discounts on health insurance and eye care   
• Five weeks annual leave  
• 15 days sick leave  
• 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 Rainbow Network, Pacific Network, Women's Network, and Tū Rangatira Māori Network.  

About your team / Ko te tīma  

You'll be joining our Operations Group, home to our frontline inspectors, authorisations and advisory, and regulatory services teams (including general counsel). The team work directly with businesses, communities, and workers across Aotearoa. We regulate in complex, real‑world environments, with people who have technical expertise and a commitment to strong relationships, accountability, and care, to reduce harm and influence system change.    

In this role, you'll work closely with these teams and the DCE Operations to help keep their strategic programme activity running smoothly. It's a dynamic environment where connection, coordination, and clear communication are essential.   

About the role / Ō te tūranga  

This six‑month fixed term role supports the smooth delivery of our Operations programme of work. You'll coordinate activity across multiple initiatives, maintain structured reporting, ensure risks and issues are managed, and help keep everyone aligned and moving together.  

If you're organised, love connecting people and information, and take pride in enabling good delivery, this role is for you.   

What You'll Do/ Ko tōu ake mahi   

• Maintain a central reporting framework for programme activity  
• Develop and manage programme schedules across multiple workstreams  
• Coordinate risks, issues, governance activity and decision forums  
• Support facilitation of workshops, stakeholder engagement and team activity  
• Prepare materials including agendas, presentations and programme collateral  
• Build strong working relationships across WorkSafe to enable delivery    

What You'll Bring / Ko ngā pukenga ōu   

• Experience coordinating complex programmes or multi‑stream initiatives  
• Strong planning, reporting and tracking skills  
• Confidence facilitating, bringing people together and solving problems  
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver to deadlines  
• Excellent communication and relationship‑building skills  
• Knowledge of delivery, risk and issue management tools  

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

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

Salary range / Awhe utu  

As part of our remuneration framework the full salary range for the position is from $72,624 to $94,941, and our expected starting base salary for the right person is from $72,624 to $80,062.  Note: KiwiSaver/SSRSS employer contribution is additional to/on top of your base salary.  

How to apply / Me pēhea te tono   

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.  
  

Applications close on 13 March 2026