/ About the Role
As Manager, Strategic Assessment and Prioritisation, you will lead the team responsible for assessing risks, harms and intervention options across New Zealand's health and safety system. You will guide the team as they bring together evidence, intelligence and system insights to help WorkSafe understand where to focus its efforts, articulate the case for intervention, and provide a strong foundation for future intervention design and delivery.
What You’ll Do / Ko tōu ake mahi
- Lead the assessment of risks, harms and intervention opportunities
- Develop evidence-based insights that inform regulatory decision-making
- Build clear assessment narratives that support organisational priorities
- Define and communicate risks, trade-offs and expected impacts
- Work across WorkSafe to build confidence in assessment outputs
- Lead and develop a high-performing analytical team
What You’ll Bring / Ko ngā pukenga ōu
- Experience leading intelligence, assessment or analytical functions
- Strong ability to synthesise complex information into clear insights
- Experience assessing risks, trade-offs and system-level impacts
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
- Strong critical thinking and evidence-based decision-making capability
- Proven experience leading and developing high-performing teams
/ About the Team
Regulatory Effectiveness is a new group established at WorkSafe to strengthen regulatory focus and improve how WorkSafe understands risk, designs interventions, and evaluates impact.
The Strategic Assessment and Prioritisation team sits within WorkSafe's newly established Regulatory Effectiveness group. The team plays a critical role in understanding where harm is occurring across the system, identifying where regulatory intervention can have the greatest impact, and providing the evidence and insights that inform organisational priorities and decision-making.
/ Location
Wellington is preferred, reflecting where much of the organisation’s planning, implementation and business design activity is based.
Other locations would be considered for a suitable candidate who is comfortable with regular travel and investing time in building relationships across the organisation.
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Salary
The expected appointment base salary for this role is $168,932. KiwiSaver or SSRSS employer contributions are additional.
From 1 April 2026, our KiwiSaver employer contribution increased to 3.5%.
We offer a range of benefits including:
- Free life insurance for the duration of your employment
- Health insurance & eyecare discounts
- $400 home workstation contribution
- 5 weeks annual leave
- 15 days sick leave
- A Reward and Recognition Framework that celebrates the impact our kaimahi make – your mahi matters
- Professional development opportunities
- Employee-led networks to promote the goals and needs of our diverse communities (Rainbow, Pacific, Women’s and Tū Rangatira Māori Network)
