Health and Safety Advisor
- Based at Waikato District
- Police Employee
- Permanent Full Time
- Nationally Advertised Vacancy
- JR 5114625
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Mō te tūnga | About the role
This role is responsible for providing advice and guidance on Health and Safety issues in Waikato District to ensure our people can Be Safe and Feel Safe.
The Health and Safety Advisor is a key partner helping New Zealand Police to identify and manage risks and provide support to local leaders on Health and Safety issues. These range from providing risk management advice on planned operations, supporting critical risk processes, and enabling our people for safer outcomes together.
Key Accountabilities:
- Creating partnerships and working collaboratively to understand hazards in the work area and enabling leaders to eliminate or minimise risk.
- Building and maintaining positive relationships across a variety of stakeholders both internal and external.
- Promoting district and service centre consistency and excellence in H&S systems and policies in line with national guidelines.
- Supporting and enabling our people across the district to continuously improve performance and reduce risk.
- Supporting to the Critical Risk Verification Programme.
He aha taau e kawe mai | What you’ll bring
Whilst we are looking for skills, knowledge and experience relevant to the role, we also place high importance on your state of mind, the alignment of your values with ours, your ability to contribute to and build high performing teams, and the way that you lead yourself or others.
Applications are invited for individuals who have:
- A track record of identifying and managing Health and Safety risks.
- Working as a H&S specialist in an organisation.
- The ability to build and maintain positive relationships across a variety of stakeholders.
- The desire to contribute to continuously improving Police systems.
- Experience and/or qualifications in Health and Safety or a related field.
This role is set at Individual Contributor level, this means your key purpose is “to deliver or enable others to deliver Our Business”.
To view the position description for this role please copy and paste this link into a new browser:
https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/pd/01-2025/health_and_safety_advisor.pdf
Mo tātou | About us
New Zealand Police is the lead agency responsible for preventing crime and enhancing community safety. It works in partnership with individuals, communities, businesses, and other public sector agencies towards the vision of making New Zealand the safest country. Police is the government’s largest front-line response agency with around 15,000 staff in large and small communities all over New Zealand and in liaison and policing development roles overseas.
Your development is highly valued at NZ Police. Our employees enjoy significant investment in their development not only at an individual level, but also at the team and community practice level. We work hard to match you with work that will both play to your strengths and challenge you in new ways.
The work you’ll be engaged in is real, tangible work that directly benefits our frontline and communities. Taken all together, this means we can offer you career path opportunities to progress in your chosen profession and become a more well-rounded, experienced leader, with opportunities across the range of work we support.
To view more detailed information about our recruitment process along with further details about requirements please click below link:
Applicant Information Pack (External)
Tono ināianei | Apply now
If this position sounds like you, click apply now and submit a tailored CV. You will be required to submit an application form. Before confirmation of hire, pre-employment checks will be undertaken which include reference, drug and alcohol testing and police vetting prior to any written offer being made.
For further information on the application process, please copy and paste this URL: https://www.police.govt.nz/careers
All applications must be submitted online and will not be accepted directly via email. All applicants must have the right to work in New Zealand.
Utu ā-tau | Salary
This position is covered by a collective agreement and salary will commence between $87,306 and $91,353 dependent on skills and experience relevant to the role.
If you are an internal applicant, you must apply internally through the police system. You must provide an alternative contact email address and state your future commitments should you be successful in the next stage of the recruitment process.
Please note: Deadline for applications is 5:00 pm on Monday 10th February 2025. Applications may be reviewed prior to the close date as well as contact made with candidates.
If you have any questions about this vacancy, please contact Aimee.Bridgford@police.govt.nz
