Kotahi anō te kaupapa, ko te oranga o te iwi' – ‘There is only one purpose to our work: the wellness and wellbeing of our people.

Led from our Chief Executive, we're embedding a culture of continuous improvement and capability across our unique operating environment at Ara Poutama. Nowhere else is quite the same – we have over 10,000 people at 151 sites across Aotearoa with over 80% who work directly with offenders. We also deliver instructional and rehabilitation programmes in high-risk industries, such as construction, engineering, construction, and agriculture – it's a diverse, interesting and complex portfolio to manage safety across.

Mō te tūnga | About the roles

We are recruiting for Senior Health and Safety Advisors across the following functions: Portfolios, Systems, Assurance and Learning Review.

To read more about these roles or to download copies of the position descriptions, please visit our Safety and Wellbeing careers page:

https://careers.corrections.govt.nz/home/safety/

Tono ināianei | Apply now

To apply, submit your CV and a tailored cover letter (PDF) via our careers website, describing your motivation for applying as well as highlighting your relevant skills, experience and personal qualities essential to this role. Please also state your location preference in your cover letter.

Applications will close 9pm on Sunday 24 May. Candidates shortlisted to interview will be invited to take part in a pre-interview competency assessment and video screening. Formal interviews will take place via video conference.

Should you apply and be interviewed for this role and you are not the successful candidate, your application can be considered for other current health and safety vacancies at the same or lower level whereby the essential criteria are the same or closely aligned.

For reporting and transparency, it is important that all applications are submitted through our careers site. If you want to find out more about a career with us, visit careers.corrections.govt.nz or email our team at careers@corrections.govt.nz.