About the role
Are you passionate about Health and Safety and enabling people to be safe in the workplace? Are you looking for a role that enables you to be an important part of our organisation and Health and Safety team? We have an exciting fixed-term opportunity available now!
Reporting to the Group Manager Health, Safety and Environment this role works alongside senior members of the HSE team, allowing for broad exposure to the wide range of HSE activities undertaken to keep our people safe and healthy and ensure they go Home Safe Every Day.
The key responsibilities of this position include supporting HSE inductions for all new employees, contractors and students, assisting with reporting for a range of audiences, coordinating HSE Site, and Rep meetings, updating and maintaining HSE signage and support materials, and building relationships allowing you to work collaboratively across the business to ensure our existing initiatives are supported and new initiatives (including our wellbeing strategy) are successfully implemented.
You will also provide support to the team with ad-hoc coordination and administration tasks as required.
About you
We're looking for someone who is passionate about health and safety and wants to share their passion with others.
To be successful in this role you will:
•have previous experience in an HSE administration or coordination role; preferably with an understanding of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 and other relevant legislation
•be an enthusiastic team player with strengths in relationship building
•connect with and be passionate about supporting our mission of 'Home Safe Every Day' and contributing to a positive Health and Safety mindset and culture
•be a confident communicator who can deliver messaging in a clear, concise manner through different mediums to a range of audiences
•be an enthusiastic learner looking to constantly grow on both a personal and professional level. You're quick to learn new skills and always on the lookout for new ways to develop your skills and increase your knowledge.
About Us
Callaghan Innovation is New Zealand's innovation agency. We activate innovation and help businesses grow faster for a better New Zealand.
To do this we partner with ambitious businesses of all sizes, delivering a range of innovation and research and development (R&D) services to suit each stage of their growth. Our staff - including more than 200 of New Zealand's leading scientists and engineers empower innovators by connecting people, opportunities and networks, and providing tailored technical solutions, skills and capability development programmes, and grants co-funding.
We also enhance the operation of New Zealand's innovation ecosystem, working closely with MBIE, NZTE, NZVIF, Crown Research Institutes, and other organisations that help increase business investment in R&D and innovation. Our people operate from five urban offices and a regional partner network in a further 12 locations across Aotearoa.
If you are looking for the opportunity to make a difference, please APPLY NOW.
To apply for this job, please go to our job site http://www.callaghaninnovation.govt.nz/ and enter the job code 12902.
Applications close Wednesday, 8 July 2020.
Please contact recruitment@callaghaninnovation.govt.nz if you have any questions.
Callaghan Innovation provides a healthy and safe environment which encourages inclusiveness, diversity and collaboration, putting our people at the heart of what we do.
You must have the right to live and work in NZ to apply for this job.
