Health & Safety Specialist

About the Company

You may know this, or, because you’re resourceful you’ll find it out, but here’s a quick snapshot : AA Insurance are one of the biggest and most respected general insurance companies in NZ, providing a comprehensive suite of insurance services; market‑leading in Home, Contents, and Car Insurance for more than 30 years.

They have won multiple awards, including being voted New Zealand's Most Trusted General Insurance provider for 12 years running, which speaks to their market reputation.

AA Insurance is an independently operated, New Zealand‑based, joint venture between the New Zealand Automobile Association Limited (NZAA) and Vero Insurance New Zealand Limited (VINZL) (owned by Suncorp Limited), and has an AA‑ (Very Strong) Insurer Financial Strength Rating given by Standard and Poor’s (Australia) Pty Ltd. They underwrite their own policies, selling these directly to New Zealanders, with around 500,000 customers holding over 1 million policies.

The company has over 1,000 staff in total, with around 450 employees based in their Auckland CBD Head Office on Sale Street.

About the Role

Reporting to the Head of Partnering, Advisory & Wellbeing, this role ensures that AA Insurance has effective systems, processes and practices to protect employees and meet legislative obligations.

Driving the design, implementation and continuous improvement of the Health & Safety framework will ensure it’s practical, auditable and aligned with business performance goals.

By simplifying and building capability across leaders and teams, this role helps integrate health and safety into daily operations creating a proactive, risk‑aware culture that supports both safety and performance.

About You

• You see an opportunity and you bring people on a journey, through coaching and building of capability.
• You have an action bias, always moving forward – and you thrive on a challenge; and
• You have the patience of a saint, while never losing sight of the big hairy audacious goals.

Key Responsibilities & Qualifications

To achieve the vision of this role, you’ll need to bring senior‑level Health & Safety experience from specialist or advisory roles within large, complex, multi‑site business, and ideally have previous exposure to regulated environments. Contractor management experience will be highly advantageous.

You’ve designed and implemented frameworks, toolkits and infrastructure before, ideally from scratch – and you can talk about the positive impact you’ve achieved through pragmatic, operational initiatives. You put rigour around everything you touch, and you know how to bring stuff to life! It’s all about the things that allow Managers to lean into H&S confidently and purposefully.

This is supported with your in‑depth knowledge of NZ Health and Safety legislation, including the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 and associated regulations and codes of practice.

Capability in risk assessment, investigation and data‑driven reporting, paired with experience delivering engaging H&S training to diverse audiences will all be favourable.

How to Apply

Curious now? If you’re confident that the above truly represents who you are, please apply via the link provided.

Apply Now!

To find out more, please get in touch with Michaela Brchlova on for a confidential chat. We do encourage you to apply first, allowing us to have your CV at hand when talking.

To apply for this vacancy you MUST be a New Zealand citizen, resident, or have already secured the right to work in New Zealand and therefore hold a valid visa.

At the appropriate stage we will request your references, we ask that you do not include them on your CV when applying.

Legal and EEO Statement

AA Insurance is an equal opportunity employer and embraces diversity and inclusion in all aspects of employment.

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