Advisor, Health and Safety - Christchurch or Queenstown

By joining us, you will be part of a team where meaningful work, collaboration and innovation come together to help keep New Zealand’s skies safe and secure. 

At the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand (CAA), we are constantly evolving to meet the demands of a changing environment and the aviation industry. 

Recent legislative changes, along with an organisational realignment, have opened exciting new opportunities across the organisation. These changes are part of a broader effort to better position our teams for the future by enabling us to be effective in everything we do. 

As we step confidently into our role as a modern regulator, we are embracing intelligence-led, risk-based approaches that help us make a real difference for our people and the communities we serve – with a strong value-for-money ethos. We’re also committed to enabling aviation participants to support economic growth in New Zealand's aviation sector.

About the Role

We’re looking for an experienced and motivated Advisor – Health and Safety to join our People and Capability Group. This role can be based in either Christchurch or Queenstown, providing expert advice, guidance and hands-on support to leaders and teams across the organisation.

As an Advisor, you will help build the CAA’s health and safety capability and culture, ensuring our people work in safe, supportive environments. You will contribute to a wide range of initiatives including incident investigations, reporting, data analysis, -critical risk management, and the development of frameworks, resources and tools.

This is an opportunity to bring your expertise to a purpose-led organisation that genuinely values wellbeing, continuous improvement, and professionalism.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver practical and strategic health and safety advice across CAA.
• Support the implementation of health and safety programmes, frameworks, and systems.
• Coach and influence leaders to build health and safety capability and compliance.
• Assist with incident investigations and return-to-work planning.
• Contribute to the development and analysis of H&S data, insights and reporting.
• Support the delivery of capability building activities such as training and workshops.
• Ensure policies, procedures and tools are up to date and aligned with best practice.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders including ACC, unions, and governing bodies.

The salary range for this role is between $98 689 and $120 941. Starting salary will be dependent on skills and experience, and take into account internal relativities.

What You Will Bring

• Tertiary qualification in health, safety, and wellbeing or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 2 years in a similar advisory role, preferably in large or multi-site environments.
• Strong working knowledge of New Zealand’s health and safety legislation.
• Ability to coach and partner with leaders to embed best-practice approaches.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation abilities.
• Experience supporting audits and contributing to continuous improvement.

About Us 

Our Values – Professionalism, Respect, Integrity, Transparency, and Collaboration – represent the standards of behaviour we uphold and guide how we work at the Authority. We embrace diversity and are committed to providing an inclusive environment where our people feel respected, safe, and valued for their unique contributions. We recognise that our people drive our success. 

Please apply directly by completing the online application form and submit your CV and Cover Letter. Note: your cover letter will be a key part of our assessment process, so please highlight how your experience relates to the key skills required for this role. 

We want to ensure accessibility needs are well supported, so the recruitment process is fair and equitable for all. Please let us know if there is any support we can provide to ensure the recruitment process is fully accessible to you. 

For more information on the role please view the position description. If you have any questions, please contact the Recruitment team at recruitment@caa.govt.nz

Applications close Sunday 20 July 2025.