Job Description
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role
Manager Wellbeing – Fixed Term - Wellington
- Are you a wellbeing guru with strong leadership skills?
- Do you thrive on continuous improvement?
- Salary range $136,874-$152,082, actual salary dependent on skills and experience
This is a fixed term role working within one of New Zealand's most trusted organisations.
Mō tēnei tūranga - About the role:
The Manager Wellbeing reports to the National Manager Safety Health and Wellbeing within Fire and Emergency New Zealand, delivering comprehensive and nationally consistent safety, health and wellbeing programmes and initiatives. Responsible for a team of 7x Wellbeing Advisors, you will provide leadership to the delivery of the wellbeing programme of work across their regions.
Working closely with other leaders you will be fostering consistent standards of practice and overseeing training and education to help strengthen the wellbeing culture across the country.
Building upon already established Wellbeing foundations, utilise your knowledge to help make a real difference to our organisation!
This is a fixed term position from ASAP through to 30 June 2026.
There will be a requirement to travel across regions upon occasion.
Ko tāu nā i tēnei tūranga - What you'll bring to the role:
Experience working within a wellbeing environment, ideally within a large organisation with a dispersed workforce. Strong people management skills with the ability to manage remote teams with a fun, light-hearted and positive approach whilst providing mentorship and coaching. Having worked across a breadth of different industries, you will have developed the ability to communicate to a wide range of people within an organisation, build strong working relationships and adapt your communication style to your audience. Working autonomously whilst maintaining engagement with centralised functions is a must.
To be successful in this role, we'd expect you will have:
- A relevant tertiary qualification with a minimum of 5 years experience within the wellbeing (or similar) sector
- Proven leadership, mentoring and coaching skills
- Experience in supporting psychological wellbeing following exposure to critical incidents
- Strong written communication skills with the ability to analyse data and provide insight into performance
- Proven experience in continuous improvement of Wellbeing systems and processes
- Ability to create, influence, change, embed and champion Wellbeing
- Experience in facilitating and developing risk assessments
- Experience working within a large, complex organisation
Why you will enjoy working here - He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu
As an employer, Fire and Emergency seeks to be a place where our people feel they belong; a place where they are supported and enabled to thrive in their roles, and careers, and in support of New Zealand communities.
Benefits
- Matched Kiwi Saver employer contributions of up to 6%
- Hybrid working options available
- Life and income protection insurance for eligible employees
- A wellness policy that allows for generous sick leave provisions so you can look after yourself
The salary range for this role is $136,874-$152,082 dependent on skills and experience relevant to the role.
Who are we? Ko wai mātou?
Fire and Emergency New Zealand is a Crown Entity responsible for reducing the incidence of unwanted fire and the associated risk to life and property, responding to structural and vegetation fires and other emergencies including motor vehicle accidents, medical emergencies, hazardous substance related incidents, natural disasters, and supporting increased community resilience.
We are proud to be recognised as New Zealand's most trusted public sector agency. Our values reflect what our people believe is core to who we are and the organisation we aspire to be.
- We Do the Right Thing – Kia Tika
- We Serve and Support – Manaakitanga
- We Are Better Together – Whanaungatanga
- We Strive to Improve – Auahatanga
How to apply - Ko te tono mai
Come join us - we are excited about the future of Fire and Emergency New Zealand, and we'd love you to be part of it! We value diversity as a strength and welcome applicants that can help bring a difference to our organisation.
If this sounds like you, apply now. To download a copy of our position description please visit our vacancy page on our FireJobs website.
If you have any specific questions about this role please email nhqjobs@fireandemergency.nz
However please note, applications sent via email will not be accepted.
Applications close Sunday 9 March 2025.
Please note: Eligibility to work in New Zealand is mandatory for this role.