HS&W Business Partner (Property Portfolio)
National Support Office, Auckland
Mō te Tūranga | About the Role
As our HS&W Business Partner – Property Portfolio, you will play a pivotal role in shaping safer, smarter, and more resilient healthcare environments across Southern Cross Healthcare. Partnering closely with Property, Facilities, and operational leaders, you’ll help embed best-practice health, safety, and wellbeing principles across the full facility lifecycle, from planning and design through to construction, operational delivery, and continuous improvement. This is an exciting opportunity to influence meaningful change across a nationally recognised healthcare network, ensuring our hospitals and facilities remain safe, compliant, and fit-for-purpose for both our people and patients.
In this dynamic and highly collaborative role, you’ll lead the integration of “Safety in Design” principles into capital projects and refurbishment programmes, provide expert guidance on contractor and PCBU coordination, and support the safe operation of facilities, infrastructure, plant, and critical systems. You’ll work alongside leaders to identify and manage critical risks, strengthen emergency preparedness capability, improve contractor performance, and ensure our physical environments support exceptional healthcare outcomes. From influencing project design decisions to supporting operational teams with risk management and assurance activities, no two days will be the same.
You’ll also play a key role in building organisational capability and fostering a proactive, risk-aware culture across our healthcare facilities. By supporting investigations, monitoring emerging risks and trends, strengthening critical control verification, and driving continuous improvement initiatives, you’ll help ensure health and safety remains embedded in everything we do. This role is ideal for a commercially minded HS&W professional who enjoys balancing strategic influence with practical, hands-on partnering in complex operational environments. This is a full-time permanent position based in our National Support Office in Auckland CBD.
Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience
- Proven experience in a Health, Safety & Wellbeing partnering role, ideally within property, infrastructure, facilities, or operational environments
- Strong understanding of workplace health and safety legislation, critical risk management, and practical risk mitigation strategies
- Ability to build trusted relationships and collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders across operational, technical, and leadership teams
- Exceptional communication and influencing skills, with the confidence to drive positive safety outcomes and meaningful change
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, with the ability to identify risks and implement practical, fit-for-purpose safety improvements
- Relevant qualification in Health & Safety, Risk Management, or a related discipline
- Ongoing professional development and a genuine passion for continuous improvement in health, safety, and wellbeing practices
- Experience supporting construction, refurbishment, or infrastructure projects within complex operational environments desired
- Exposure to multi-site or highly regulated organisations is a bonus
Ngā mea ka taea e mātou te tuku I a koe | What we can offer you:
- Competitive Rewards: Attractive remuneration package, relocation allowance, and employee referral bonus scheme.
- Health & Wellbeing: Funded health insurance, a comprehensive wellbeing programme, and generous Christmas/New Year breaks.
- Flexibility & Growth: Flexible working arrangements
- Perks & Community: Discounts from a range of partners and the opportunity to join our Employee Network.
Ko wai matou | Our Organisation
At Southern Cross Healthcare, our purpose is clear: to advance quality healthcare across Aotearoa New Zealand. Our values shape everything we do:
- Care First – We lead with compassion, delivering care that’s deeply human through genuine manaakitanga.
- Better Together – Collaboration is our strength. We unite diverse skills and perspectives to create better outcomes for all.
- Pursue Excellence – We strive to improve, innovate, and excel every day—never settling, always aiming to deliver our best.
We’re proud to bring together over 4,000 skilled professionals—including 2,000 nurses and anaesthetic technicians—working alongside more than 1,200 specialists, surgeons, anaesthetists, and allied health experts. Together, we’re one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest and most trusted healthcare providers.
Tō mātou whakahaere ki te tika, te rerekētanga, me te whai wāhi mai | Our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
If you have specific needs or would like to discuss how we can support you, please contact our Talent Acquisition team at careers@schl.co.nz for a confidential conversation.