Health and Safety Facilitator

About us

Community Living provides a range of services to people with intellectual disabilities, embracing a person-centred approach.  Our aim is to maximise the independence and quality of life for people we support while building and developing partnerships with whaanau / families and communities.

About the role

We are looking for someone with a passion for and commitment to health and safety management. As part of a small Health, Safety and Wellbeing team, you will work across the organisation to implement and monitor our health and safety systems and processes while fostering a positive culture. This involves strong relationship building, visiting sites, presenting training to staff, overseeing incident response and providing advice for risk management to name a few. 

This role will give you the opportunity to further develop your Health and safety career and bring great satisfaction by working in a person-centred environment.

About you

Essential requirements:

• Have been in a health and safety role within an organisation for at least 3 years undertaking the full spectrum of health and safety functions. This may include being a worker representative in an organisation.
• Have at least the NZ Certificate in Workplace Health and Safety (Level 3).
• A working knowledge of NZ health and safety legislation.
• Experience and passion for delivering health and safety training.
• Having lived or work experience in the disability sector is preferred.
• Understanding and upholding the Articles and Principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and awareness of New Zealand as a multi-cultural society. 
• Hold a full, clean NZ driver's licence. 
• Be able to satisfactorily pass Police checks. 

What we have to offer 

• Full time – 40 hours per week 
• Located in Hamilton with some travel to the Bay of Plenty
• An appropriate package for the successful candidate based on skills and experience will be negotiated 
• A range of other staff benefits including professional development, flexibility, life insurance, employee discount program, and a diverse working environment.

Sound good to you? Come join our organisation where people are supported to live a sustainable good life. Click 'apply' to submit both your cover letter and CV.  

Note: We will be shortlisting as applications come in so apply today. 

The health and wellbeing of our employees and the people we support is very important to us. As such Community Living is a smoke-free environment and operates a drug and alcohol free workplace.

We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in the workplace.