Senior Adviser Health, Safety & Wellbeing at Ministry for Primary Industries, Christchurch
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role
Senior Adviser – Health, Safety & Wellbeing
Role type: Permanent full-time
Location: Ōtautahi (Christchurch)
Salary band & range: General Salary Range D - $100,934 to $118,005 depending on skills and experience
About the Role - Kōrero mō te Tūranga
The Senior Adviser, Health, Safety & Wellbeing, is a key member of the Border Clearance Services team within Biosecurity New Zealand. In this role, you will provide expert advice and support to promote a consistent, effective, and sustainable approach to operational health and safety management.
Your primary focus will be to collaborate with the Border Clearance Services Managers to strengthen health, safety, and wellbeing capabilities and systems. You will play a pivotal role in aligning workplace practices with Border Clearance Services standards, while ensuring robust systems are in place to lead, coordinate, and implement enhanced strategies for managing health and safety risks.
Travel will also be required to be undertaken as part of this role and you must have a full clean drivers licence.
About You - Mōu
This is a hands-on operational role, requiring a minimum of five years' experience in health and safety within a medium to large operational organisation. Ideally, you will also bring knowledge of New Zealand government regulatory frameworks and experience working in operational environments.
You will have a proven track record in project management and in delivering health, safety, and wellbeing initiatives. Your strong oral and written communication skills, along with your ability to present effectively, will support your capability to manage, coordinate, and enhance collaborative work processes.
You will be known for your initiative, technical expertise, and sound judgement, you thrive in fast-paced environments and can successfully manage multiple priorities. Your resilience enables you to perform under pressure, anticipate challenges, and apply risk management principles to resolve issues proactively.
About the Team - Mō tō mātou Rōpū
The role is part of the Biosecurity Central/South Team within the Border Clearance Services (BCS) directorate of Biosecurity New Zealand. BCS is accountable for ensuring the delivery of sustainable and effective frontline biosecurity clearance services at the border for imported goods, craft, mail, passengers, crew and Transitional Facilities.
About MPI - Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua
Our role includes seizing export opportunities for our food and fibre sector, improving sector productivity, ensuring the food we produce is safe, increasing sustainable resource use, and protecting New Zealand from biological risk.
Benefits of working at MPI - Ngā hua o te mahi i te Manatū Ahu Matua
- Ability to purchase extra annual leave
- Annual wellness payment
- Biennial paid eye test and contribution to the costs of corrective lenses/frames.
Are you ready to make a difference? - Kua rite koe mō tēnei mahi whaitake?
We are committed to being a good partner under Te Tiriti o Waitangi which includes working closely with iwi, hapū, whānau and hāpori.
We aspire to reflect the diverse communities we serve, so we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, and identities. As an organisation, we are committed to making Manatū Ahu Matua Ministry for Primary Industries a great place to work for all.
In your cover letter we'd like to know about you, your values, your whakapapa; your interest and motivations for this role; the abilities, strengths, personal attributes and diverse perspectives you will bring to the role and this organisation, which may have also been gained outside of the workforce.
To view the position description and/or apply online, please click “APPLY FOR THIS JOB” or visit the MPI Careers Site. To apply, you must hold the right to work in New Zealand or be eligible to obtain it – click here to find out more about work visa eligibility and options.
Applications close at midnight on 27 July 2025
If you have any questions about the role, please email melissa.heaney@mpi.govt.nz
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Ngā taipitopito tūranga mahi | Job details
Employer: | Ministry for Primary Industries |
Location: | Christchurch |
Position type: | Permanent |
Category: | Health |
Date listed: | 14-Jul-2025 |
Salary range: | N/A |
Closing date: | 27-Jul-2025 |
Reference: | NZ/1873286 |
Attachment: | BNZ - IC - Senior Adviser Health Safety & Wellbeing - Central South (1).docx (Word, 110KB) |
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