Part time, permanent (32 hours per week)

Mackenzie District Council – our community, our place, our future.

At Mackenzie District Council we work together as a team to deliver the best outcomes for our district. We are crafting new ways of working together, and each one of us has an essential role in making our district the best place to live, work and play.

We are on the hunt for a Health and Safety Business Partner, who can provide exceptional health, safety and wellbeing leadership across the Mackenzie District Council. 

This role plays an instrumental part in keeping Team Mack employees safe, happy and well at work by promoting and embedding a safety culture across the organisation. The Health and Safety Business Partner is the health and safety guidance centre point for management and team members, and as such you will need to have strong relationship building abilities, proven communication and technical skills so that you are able to provide the sound advice to the Executive and Senior Leadership Teams as well as Team Mack members.

As our H&S Business Partner, you will be responsible for health and safety compliance such as audits, reviewing and developing systems, policies and procedures, alongside being an advocate for employee wellbeing and developing initiatives that best support Team Mack. Importantly, you will have a passion for health and safety and drive to take the health and safety space at Mackenzie District Council to the next level! 

A successful candidate for this H&S Advisor role will have:

• A relevant tertiary qualification in Health and Safety
• 3+ years’ experience in a related field or similar role
• Expertise and knowledge of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 and other relevant legislation
• Proven ability to perform under high pressure situations and be well organised
• Experience developing and implementing Health and Safety Management systems
• Sound written and verbal communication skills
• Sound professional judgement and decision-making ability
• A clean full driver’s licence is essential (you will need to be able to travel between our Twizel and Fairlie office)

This is a part time, permanent role (32 hours per week) based out of our Fairlie office. To find out more about this role click here to access the position description.

Apply now and join a small close-knit team, as well as the wider Team Mack!

We have some great benefits here at the Mackenzie District Council including Special Leave ('gifted' leave to attend dental / legal / specialist appointments etc), fuel card and retail discounts, weekly fruit basket – just to name a few.

Applications close: 5pm, Friday 19th September 2025

Further Enquiries: Nicole Colvill at 027 217 6858, or nicole.colvill@mackenzie.govt.nz