Health, Safety & Wellbeing Manager | Taiwhakahaere Hauora, Haumaru me te Oranga

Job no: QQPB4

Category: Health, Safety & Wellbeing

• Lead the delivery of Parliament’s health, safety and wellbeing work programme.
• Strengthen how critical risks are managed across Parliament.
• A high-impact leadership opportunity.

Lead a small specialist team, partner with senior leaders, and build on our strong health, safety and wellbeing foundation, to deliver a practical multi-year work programme to attain measurable progress across Parliamentary Service and the Office of the Clerk.

Mō te tūnga | About the role:

This is an opportunity to lead the implementation and delivery of our approved multi-year health, safety and wellbeing work programme. Reporting to the Deputy Chief Executive – Precinct Operations, you will lead the HSW team and help strengthen a proactive, organisation-wide approach to safety, wellbeing, critical risk and assurance.

A central focus will be driving progress across management of our critical risks, including establishing a psychosocial risk programme and strengthening critical risk controls. You will work alongside senior and operational leaders to translate strategy into action, build ownership and provide clear assurance to ELT and SLT in their capacity as Officers.

• Lead implementation of the approved multi-year health, safety and wellbeing work programme through clear priorities, annual planning and disciplined delivery.
• Drive progress across our critical risks, with particular focus on psychosocial risk.
• Establish and embed the psychosocial risk programme in conjunction with Parliament’s People Strategy.
• Lead and develop a small team of HSW practitioners, balancing strategic leadership with hands-on support when required.
• Partner with leaders and frontline teams to improve understanding, ownership and application of effective risk controls.
• Provide meaningful HSW performance, due-diligence and assurance reporting to ELT, SLT and other leadership forums.
• Lead continual improvement of the HSW management system, aligned with recognised good practice such as AS/NZS ISO 45001:2018.
• Provide sound advice on incidents, investigations, overlapping PCBU duties and serious health and safety matters.

Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou | What's in it for you?

This role offers the opportunity to broaden your HSW leadership experience and deepen your specialist skillset through meaningful, hands-on delivery. You’ll have opportunities to strengthen your capability in:

• Strategic delivery: translating a multi-year strategic work programme into clear priorities, annual plans and measurable progress.
• Specialist critical risk management: deepening your expertise in psychosocial risk and embedding effective organisational controls.
• People leadership and influence: developing HSW practitioners and building shared ownership with senior leaders and frontline teams.

We welcome applicants from a range of relevant backgrounds. You may currently be an HSW Manager, Health and Safety Manager, Principal HSW Adviser, Senior HSW Adviser ready to step up, or working in a related corporate HSW or people-risk leadership role.

The expected salary for this role is starting from $140,000 per annum. Appointments will be made based on skills and experience, and the range extends beyond this figure.

Tō kete | What you will bring to the role:

You will be an experienced HSW leader who can operate credibly with senior leaders while staying connected to the realities of operational work. You know how to bring people with you, communicate complex matters clearly and turn an agreed direction into practical delivery.

• A relevant tertiary or health and safety qualification or demonstrated experience in related field.
• Experience leading HSW practitioners and creating a supportive, delivery-focused team environment.
• Strong experience implementing and continually improving health and safety management systems.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior and operational leaders through a business-partnering approach.
• Excellent practical understanding of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, including PCBU, overlapping-duty and Officer due-diligence requirements.
• Strong communication, education and engagement skills, with the ability to build understanding and ownership across varied audiences.
• Experience managing vendors, contracts or specialist service providers.
• A pragmatic, collaborative style and willingness to muck in as part of a small team.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply:

To apply, click the ‘I’m Interested’ button to upload your CV, cover letter and complete the online application form.

Please note: The Seek advert will close at 12pm due to default settings; however, if you visit Careers at Parliament , the advert will remain open until midnight (12am) on the specified closing date.

Applications close at midnight, Friday 20^th November 2026.

All applications must be submitted online. If this is not possible, or to arrange a confidential kōrero, please contact Jodie Taylor on Jodie.Taylor@parliament.govt.nz or 021 817 347.

Note: We will be screening applications as we receive them to move swiftly to interview shortly after the advert closes (depending on application numbers, this date may change).

If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to tell us when you apply so we can assist you through the recruitment process.

The Parliamentary Service and the Office of the Clerk appoint on merit and are committed to diversity and inclusion and good employer principles. We welcome applicants from all walks of life and value the experience that your point of difference brings.

Related documents

• PS - Candidate Information Pack - August 2026 V1
• Health Safety and Wellbeing Manager - PD - November 2026