Chief Advisor Health and Safety

Our Vision - Preventing Harm, Saving Lives, Securing our Future.

Our values are about who we are as individuals, and the behaviours we expect from each other, in and outside Maritime NZ.

Care | Kia Tika - We care for each other and do the right thing

Courage | Kia Māia- We are brave, capable and confident

Chief Executive Office, People and Culture group is responsible for ensuring the cultural capabilities - sought through Te Korowai o Kaitiakitanga - are built and embedded throughout the organisation. This Group contributes to the strategic leadership of Maritime NZ through supporting the design, delivery and embedding of the organisation's strategy Te Korowai o Kaitiakitanga and ensures change is well planned and delivered.

Te tūnga | The role

As the Chief Advisor Health and Safety you'll be responsible for providing insight and thought leadership on our organisation's health and safety strategies, frameworks and programme design to ensure we demonstrate leadership in our internal health and safety practices. You will be a confident communicator well versed in providing strategic technical advice at the Executive Leadership and Board level. You will enjoy making connections across an organisation, our partner organisations and the sector, and will work in collaboration with the DCE, the Manager People, Health and Safety and the wider People, Capability and Culture team.

• Significant experience in a senior health and safety advisory or leadership role;
• Proven experience providing technical advice at Board and Executive level;
• Track record of delivery of health and safety programmes, policies and practices in an operating environment
• Strong working knowledge of New Zealand health and safety regulatory requirements and frameworks;
• Ability to work strategically and think at system wide level;
• Well-developed organisational skills and strong attention to detail;
• Ability to network and influence at all levels;
• Political acumen and an understanding of the Public Sector;
• Commitment to working in a culturally safe and respectful manner and having regard to Te Ao Māori and Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles.

Maritime NZ recognises and respects te Tiriti o Waitangi and we are committed to working with Māori to build strong, meaningful and enduring relationships to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.

We aim to be a workplace where everyone feels valued, supported with a sense of belonging. We encourage our people to actively contribute to our workplace culture where we all thrive and authentically live our values.

Upon joining us you'll receive a full range of benefits including Income Protection and Life Insurance so check out our full range on our careers page to find out more about why we love working here.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

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We're committed to ensuring our application process is accessible to everyone. Please reach out to our recruitment team below if there is any support we can provide to ensure the process is accessible to you.

The appointing range for this role is $166,424 - $199,339.

Applications for this role close Friday 31stOctober 2025 . Please also note that you must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand to be considered for this role.

Expertise People Capability, Regulation, Safety and Security services, Technical Advisory Services

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