Head of People & Culture

M? M?tou | About us

ACC exists to support people – preventing injury and helping them to recover when they are injured – and it succeeds through its people. The People and Culture Group has a vital role to play in enabling ACC to continue putting people – the customers they care for and the ACC team who deliver that care – at the heart of absolutely everything it does.

Our vision is T?nui Ake Nei | Thriving Aotearoa – a future where we work together so that all people and their communities can live lives they value. Our purpose is to improve lives every day through a focus on prevention, care, and recovery for all people in Aotearoa New Zealand who are affected by injury.

Our strategy, Huakina Te R? is underpinned by Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi and our commitment to partnering with M?ori and achieving equitable wellbeing outcomes for M?ori. The strategy gives effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi through our waka hourua partnered approach and dual-framing.

You can find more about ACC and the work we do here.

M? te t?ranga mahi | About the role

As one of four Head of People & Culture roles, you’ll play a vital role in the leadership of a People and Culture Group designed to ensure ACC can continue to become a vibrant, talented, diverse organisation that makes an impact. You’ll also be a member of ACC’s enterprise leader cohort and will be working with your fellow senior leaders to ensure that ACC is delivering great results for our clients and levy payers.

You’ll lead a team of talented and dedicated professionals to unlock the potential of our workforce and understand and elevate the experiences our kaimahi have of working at ACC. Your team will include:

• Strategic Business Partners who work directly with the senior leadership teams of other groups in ACC.
• Principal Advisors who lead key strategic initiatives connected to the future of our workforce.
• An organisational design team who help ensure ACC has the right structure and capabilities..
• Learning design and delivery teams focused on giving our customer-facing kamahi the knowledge they need to deliver great service for the people ACC is here to serve.

You’ll have the skills, knowledge and judgement needed to lead the future of work portfolio but also have a broad base of expertise as an HR professional and senior leader that will allow you to step across to lead other portfolios, should this be required.

While this role is focused on the human dimensions of the future of work, you’ll also have an eye on future technology trends and the implications for our future workforce. You’ll talk the talk and walk the walk – Leading by example by prioritising the health, safety and wellbeing of your team, pursuing opportunities to accelerate that intent of our enterprise strategy and focus on improving lives every day.

This role is based in Wellington or Auckland.

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M?u | About you

To be considered for this role, we are looking for exceptional HR leaders with:

• Deep HR experience that demonstrates the ability to identify and integrate effective and efficient ways of operating.
• Experience leading organisational design and learning functions in large, complex organisations.
• Experience and credibility in delivering pragmatic solutions for enterprise-wide challenges.
• A breadth of HR capability where you demonstrate complex problem resolution.
• Experience in a range of settings from private and public sector.

Key accountabilities and outcomes include:

• Bring an integrated, enterprise approach to your portfolio to deliver the required capabilities, services, and results in a cohesive way.
• Collaborate across ACC to identify and proactively prepare for future workforce needs based on strategic priorities.
• Contribute to the realisation of ACC’s People Strategy and ensure effective management of scope and concentration of resource.
• Use insights and intelligence to identify opportunities for capability uplift, development of solutions for customers, and to support continuous improvement.
• Identify and pursue opportunities to increase value generation, customer satisfaction and people experience.

ACC is looking for an extraordinary leader. Fundamental to the success of this appointment will be your ability to create meaning and influence as a leader at an enterprise level.

Ng? Hua Mahi ki ACC | Benefits of working at ACC

We know that a diverse and inclusive team helps us meet the needs of our customers and we welcome candidates from every ethnicity, national origin, gender identity, age, and those with a disability or who have additional mental health needs. It is important to us that people are free to be themselves at work. Here are some ways we encourage that:

• Employee networks to support our colleagues from diverse backgrounds.
• The option to explore flexible working that suits your needs and ours.
• Development opportunities in te reo M?ori me ng? tikanga.

The appointing salary range for this role is $189,346 – $222,760 with appointment dependent on skills, experience and internal relativities. ACC also offers 9% superannuation.

Me p?hea te tuku tono | How to apply

Applications will run through until 5pm Wednesday 19th February. Applications can only be accepted when formally submitted through our ACC Career Website. If you encounter accessibility issues when submitting your application, or if you would like further information, please contact [email protected]