HS&W Business Partner (Systems Portfolio)
National Support Office, Auckland
Mō te Tūranga | About the Role
As our HS&W Business Partner – Systems Portfolio, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and strengthening the future of health, safety and wellbeing across Southern Cross Healthcare. This is an exciting opportunity for a systems-minded safety professional who is passionate about driving meaningful organisational improvement through smarter frameworks, data-driven insights, governance excellence, and continuous learning. You'll take the lead in shaping and evolving our HS&W management systems, ensuring they remain practical, future-focused, and fit for purpose. By understanding the difference between work as imagined and work as done, you'll drive meaningful improvements that enhance both safety outcomes and operational effectiveness. Working closely with leaders across our hospitals and National Support Office, you’ll empower teams with the tools, frameworks, and insights needed to effectively manage risk, strengthen assurance activities, and foster a proactive safety culture where people feel supported, informed, and confident to speak up.
In this influential role, you’ll help embed consistent and effective HS&W systems and practices such as Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) across the organisation while driving organisational learning and continuous improvement. From supporting critical risk and psychosocial risk frameworks, to enhancing reporting dashboards, assurance programmes, audits, and incident learning processes, you’ll play a key role in translating data and insights into practical actions that improve outcomes for our people and patients. You’ll also partner with operational leaders, HS&W professionals, and enabling functions to build capability, strengthen system maturity, and ensure safety and wellbeing remains at the heart of everything we do. If you thrive on collaboration, enjoy balancing strategy with hands-on delivery, and want to make a genuine impact within one of New Zealand’s leading healthcare organisations, we’d love to hear from you.
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 (5+ years) in health and safety systems, governance, risk management, or assurance roles, with the ability to drive meaningful organisational improvement
- Strong expertise in health and safety management systems and risk frameworks, including critical risk and control management
- Ability to analyse data, identify trends, and translate insights into practical, business-focused safety improvements
- Exceptional stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with confidence partnering across all levels of the organisation
- Qualification in Health & Safety, Risk Management, Business Systems, or a related discipline
- Commitment to ongoing professional development within health, safety, governance, or assurance practices advantageous
- Experience contributing to assurance, audit, compliance, or governance programmes highly regarded
- Experience working within healthcare or other large, complex, multi-site organisations advantageous
- Understanding of psychosocial risk management and workplace wellbeing frameworks beneficial
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 and a Nursing Council of New Zealand-approved PDRP.
- 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.