Health, Safety & Wellbeing Specialist
Join a high-performing team and help shape the direction of HSW at national level across our Retail network at Farmlands - Te Whenua Tāroa.
- Flexible working your way, WFH options, bday leave, family friendly holiday closedown
- Collaborative high-trust environment where initiative is welcomed
- Make a difference in New Zealand's largest business sector – Agriculture
Mō te whai waahi | About the opportunity
We're looking for a Health, Safety & Wellbeing Specialist to join our team in a full-time, permanent capacity. The position is ideally based at our Christchurch Support Office in Burnside, however we’re open to your location. Occasional national travel is required.
Reporting to the General Manager - Health, Safety & Wellbeing you’ll:
- Be a visible champion for HSW
- Support our 80+ retail store network to implement and maintain safe workplaces
- Coach and develop operational leaders
- Roll out and implement HSW training and initiatives
- Collaborate across the business to build a culture empowering everyone to lead in HSW
- Support the delivery of systems and projects to improve overall HSW performance
You’ll join a close-knit HSW team whose achievements in the past 12 months range from introducing a nationwide mental health and wellbeing programme to the build and implementation of a new state the art health & safety management system.
With 1300+ employees and 80+ retail sites across the motu, you’ll have huge variety. You’ll get to see the big picture, be on the tools, and influence from the ground up to senior leader level. Whether you’re writing SOPs or documentation, completing investigations, or coaching our leaders, you’ll do all whilst credibly influencing health and safety outcomes across Farmlands.
Our culture is collaborative – we back each other and See It Through. We love to innovate and have our ‘Minds Open’ to all possibilities. We respect and value our differences and opinions, and we support each other to ‘Be You’.
Mōhou ake | About you
This is the perfect role for a senior HSW Professional with a passion for stakeholder engagement and coaching to support our Retail leaders to drive forward and maintain current HSW initiatives.
Key to your success will be:
- Experience in HSW at national level or across multiple sites
- At least 4 years’ experience as a safety professional in a medium-large organisation with complex operational risk and safety requirements
- A proven ability to positively influence change in health, safety, and wellbeing culture
- Experience leveraging technical knowledge and subject matter expertise to deliver outcomes and strengthen HSW capability across the business
- Critical thinking, problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Resilience, initiative, and the ability to work at pace
Highly regarded:
- Retail industry experience
- A tertiary qualification in HSW or related area
Mō ngā painga | About the benefits
You'll have autonomy in a collaborative environment, work in a motivated and high performing team, and partner with passionate people across the organisation.
You'll be rewarded with:
- Competitive remuneration package
- Flexible working your way
- Sick leave from Day 1
- Ra whānau - paid birthday leave
- Access to training through our online library - The Greenhouse
- Staff discounts at Farmlands Retail Stores
- Exclusive Farmlands shareholding offer providing access to a vast array of discounts with our Card Partners
- Free parking at our Support Office
- Close to a range of eateries and gyms - with great coffee just down the road
- Pet-friendly office - bring your (well-behaved) furry friend to work
- Additional support for parents - 10 weeks of fully paid parental leave for primary carers and 2 weeks' paid partner's leave.
Te Tono | How to apply
Fire through your CV and we'll do the rest. We'd love to hear from you and know you'll most definitely grow your career - and us - at Farmlands Te Whenua Tāroa.
Applications close: 5 May 2024.
Applicants must have the legal right to work in New Zealand.
Mō matou | About us
At Farmlands - Te Whenua Tāroa, our purpose is to be the No. 1 buying group for New Zealand farmers and growers, and our vision is to be the 'go-to' for everyone connected to our land. This is what gets us out of bed in the morning and keeps us going day in and day out.
As New Zealand's largest farming co-operative, we have an annual turnover of more than $2.3 billion, with over 1200 staff in over 80 locations from Cape Reinga to Bluff. In addition to our strong core retail business, we have a well-established shareholder card network with operations in feed production, nutrition, ecommerce, fuel, distribution, agronomy, to name a few.
Joining Farmlands People & Safety team gives you the chance to contribute to a Kiwi-owned brand. We offer autonomy in a collaborative fast-paced environment where we truly value ‘Minds Open’, ‘Be-ing You’, and ‘See-ing it Through’.
- Team
- People & Safety (HR)
- Role
- Health, Safety and Wellbeing
- Locations
- Christchurch Support Office
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Job Type
- Permanent - full-time
- Position Description
- https://JobDesc.azureedge.net/ttjds/PD HSW Specialist - April 2024.pdf
Health, Safety & Wellbeing Specialist
Join a high-performing team and help shape the direction of HSW at national level across our Retail network at Farmlands - Te Whenua Tāroa.
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