Health, Safety and Wellbeing Programme Manager

• Expand on our award-winning mahi to improve health, safety and wellbeing even further
• Make a meaningful impact to the community across Tāmaki Makaurau
• Hybrid role with flexible working and option to purchase an extra week of leave

He angitūtanga: The opportunity

Auckland Council’s Health, Safety and Wellbeing department has an opportunity for a Health, Safety and Wellbeing Programme Manager. 

As the largest council in Aotearoa, our kaimahi work in many locations and deliver a wide range of services across many diverse communities. By putting our kaimahi first in all that we do, we want to ensure that all our team members feel and are safe at work.

This is a critical leadership role for council and will focus on driving and achieving strategic objectives for our kaimahi and Tāmaki Makaurau.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• ensuring that our significant work programme maintains our high standards of excellence in Health, Safety and Wellbeing
• supporting the HSW team in planning, monitoring, reporting and coordinating work programmes
• overseeing the delivery of tailor-made systems, frameworks, and tools
• using your HSW knowledge, with expertise in project management, to accelerate and streamline the delivery of our strategic objectives

Reporting to the Head of Health, Safety and Wellbeing, and as a member of the leadership team, you will join highly skilled health, safety and wellbeing experts.

He kōrero mōu: About you

With a keen strategic mindset and the expertise to create and execute initiatives, you possess the skills essential for enhancing health and safety performance.

To guide you further, our ideal candidate would have the following:

• a tertiary qualification in health and safety, risk management or similar professional qualification
• strong experience in health, safety, or wellbeing within a large public sector, corporate, industrial or construction environment
• experience in delivering effective work programmes within large, complex and diverse organisations

We still encourage you to apply if you have some but not all these requirements.

Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou: What we offer

Auckland Council is the largest local government council across Oceania, serving over 1.7 million people and contributing towards making Tāmaki Makaurau a world-class city.

We offer a range of employee benefits and proudly support flexible working options where possible.

View a snapshot of some of our employee benefits HERE.

Help us make a difference to Tāmaki Makaurau.

Me Tono Ināianei!: Apply Now!

Applications close: Sunday 25 May 2025

Find a copy of the position description HERE

If you have any support or access requirements, please advise us when submitting your application so we can assist you.

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Auckland Council is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) and we are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application to assist you through the recruitment process.