Health, Safety and Wellbeing Coordinator

About the role

Kāpiti Coast District Council is looking for a Health, Safety and Wellbeing Coordinator to join its Health, Safety and Wellbeing team, part of the wider People and Capability Group. This is a varied part-time role of 20 hours per week on a nine-month fixed-term basis, providing coordination and administrative support during a busy period of projects and improvement initiatives. An understanding of health and safety is not required.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate HSW training, meetings, events and employee wellbeing programmes
• Manage bookings, invitations, attendance records and follow-up actions
• Support two major health and safety projects by coordinating meetings and workshops, and keeping action registers, documentation and deadlines up to date
• Assist with purchase orders, invoices, records and routine reporting
• Prepare staff communications, presentations, guidance and resources
• Answer routine HSW enquiries and help people find the right information
• Maintain accurate HSW files, registers and templates
• Work with staff, leaders, contractors and external providers

Required profile

• Experience in administration, project coordination, team coordination or a similar role
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Clear written and verbal communication skills
• Sound judgement when handling confidential or sensitive information
• A practical, positive and collaborative approach
• Current New Zealand driver's licence
• Ability to learn quickly and build effective relationships; an understanding of workplace health, safety and wellbeing is useful but not essential

Required skills

• Microsoft 365, including Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams and SharePoint