Health and Safety Advisor New Zealand Police location Canterbury.

Company description New Zealand Police is working with the community to make New Zealanders be safe and feel safe. With over 13,000 staff, we provide policing services 24 hours a day, every day. We operate by land, sea and air, manage over 860,000 emergency calls a year and are always actively preventing crime and crashes.

We're working towards specific goals and targets that highlight our intent to work collaboratively with iwi and communities, other government sectors and business partners to deliver ‘Our Business' and achieve long-term change. Stand at the stern of the canoe and feel the spray of the future biting at your face

About the role this role is responsible for providing advice and guidance on H&S issues in Canterbury District to ensure our people can Be Safe & Feel Safe. The H&S Advisor is a key partner helping NZ Police to identify and manage risks and provide support to local leaders on H&S issues. These range from helping injured staff return to work to providing risk management advise on planned operations.

Key accountabilities creating partnerships and working collaboratively to understand hazards in the work area and enabling leaders to eliminate or minimise risk. Building and maintaining positive relationships across a variety of stakeholders both internal and external.

Promoting district and service centre consistency and excellence in H&S systems and policies in line with national guidelines. Supporting and enabling our people across the district to continuously improve performance and reduce risk. Supporting to the Critical Risk Verification Programme for safer outcomes.

What you'll bring whilst we are looking for skills, knowledge and experience relevant to the role, we also place high importance on your state of mind, the alignment of your values with ours, your ability to contribute to and build high performing teams, and the way that you lead yourself or others.

Applications are invited for individuals who have a track record of managing H&S risks, working as a H&S specialist in an organisation, the ability to build and maintain positive relationships across a variety of stakeholders, the desire to contribute to continuously improving Police systems, experience and/or qualifications in H&S or a related field. This role is set at Individual Contributor level, this means your key purpose is "to deliver or enable others to deliver Our Business".

About us New Zealand Police is the lead agency responsible for preventing crime and enhancing community safety. It works in partnership with individuals, communities, businesses, and other public sector agencies towards the vision of making New Zealand the safest country. Police is the government's largest front-line response agency with around 15,000 staff in large and small communities all over New Zealand and in liaison and policing development roles overseas.

Your development is highly valued at NZ Police. Our employees enjoy significant investment in their development not only at an individual level, but also at the team and community practice level. We work hard to match you with work that will both play to your strengths and challenge you in new ways.

The work you'll be engaged in is real, tangible work that directly benefits our frontline and communities. Taken all together, this means we can offer you career path opportunities to progress in your chosen profession and become a more well-rounded, experienced leader, with opportunities across the range of work we support.