Hybrid Principal Advisor, Health, Safety and Security

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About the role

  • Principal Advisor providing strategic leadership in health, safety, and security at DOC. Focused on driving long-term maturity, strengthening assurance, and lifting performance across the organisation.

Responsibilities

  • Provide senior functional and system leadership across health, safety and security
  • Lead significant programmes and initiatives that lift organisational maturity and assurance
  • Oversee regulatory and statutory engagement, including WorkSafe matters and central agency reporting
  • Shape strategic planning, prioritisation, and delivery across the Directorate
  • Provide high-quality advice, analysis, and briefings to senior leaders and governance groups
  • Support a culture of learning, continuous improvement, and effective risk management

Requirements

  • Extensive experience providing strategic health, safety and/or security advice in large, high-risk environments
  • Strong knowledge of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 and its practical application
  • Proven capability leading complex programmes and system-level improvement initiatives
  • Excellent judgement and the ability to influence senior leaders with clarity and authority
  • Strong analytical skills, with the ability to translate complexity into practical direction
  • Experience working across organisational and agency boundaries
  • A sound understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Crown’s obligations
  • Desirable: Experience in a government or public-sector environment

Benefits

  • Developing a culture where everyone can participate, thrive, and grow
  • Emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion

Job title

Principal Advisor, Health, Safety and Security

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

NZ$123,000 - NZ$162,500 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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