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Spark is New Zealand's largest telecommunications company, with a purpose to help all of New Zealand win big in a digital world. We are the country's leading mobile and broadband provider, and our digital solutions extend from connectivity to IT and cloud – supporting millions of New Zealanders and thousands of businesses, big and small. We are a significant local employer across our offices, retail stores, network exchanges, and security operations centres. 

At the heart of our strategy, SPK-30, is our ambition, 'It’s better with Spark'. Over the next five years, whether it’s our network performance, customer experiences, or the workplace culture we create with our people – we want it to be better with Spark.   

Our industry moves quickly, and so do we. Our Agile way of working at Spark means we collaborate closely, make decisions quickly, and stay focused on what matters most – delivering better experiences for our customers. 

About the Role:  

As our Health, Safety and Wellbeing Partnering Lead, you’ll play a critical leadership position in strengthening HSW partnering capability across Spark with specific HSW operational leadership accountability for Entelar Group..

Working alongside the HSW Programs and Governance Lead, you’ll be accountable for the craft, capability and performance of the HSW Partnering team.  You’ll provide coaching and mentoring to HSW Partners, enabling them to prioritise effectively, and deliver pragmatic, customer‑focused HSW outcomes in line with Spark’s strategy and values. 

Day to day you will be involved in:  

• Leading the development of Health, Safety and Wellbeing craft across the HSW Partnering team, setting clear capability expectations and supporting partners through coaching, mentoring and development planning.
• Driving Spark’s HSW strategy alongside the HSW Programs and Governance Lead, by shaping and delivering annual HSW roadmaps.
• Providing leadership and technical guidance to HSW Partners, enabling them to deliver pragmatic, risk‑based advice that supports leaders, customers and business outcomes.
• Holding specific HSW leadership accountability for Entelar Group, including the strategy and performance of HSW in that environment.
• Supporting HSW Partners to work effectively with leaders on the identification, management and mitigation of Spark’s most critical health and safety risks and activities.
• Liaising with the New Zealand regulator on enquiries, incidents and hazards as required.
• Supporting Spark’s wholly‑owned subsidiaries with HSW partnering, guidance and leadership capability as needed.
• Leading prioritisation across the partnering portfolio, removing impediments and helping the team navigate competing demands in a complex operating environment. 

What experience you'll bring? 

You are an adaptive and confident people leader who thrives in ambiguity and complexity. You are known for your strong coaching and mentoring capability, actively listening and focusing on the growth of others to enable high performance and consistent standards across your team.

You bring a critical and pragmatic mindset, using sound judgement, initiative and data‑driven insight to identify gaps, prioritise effectively and drive meaningful outcomes. You are a trusted influencer who builds strong, collaborative relationships with senior leaders and stakeholders, providing direction where required while working constructively to achieve shared goals.

You are passionate and energetic, role‑modelling Spark’s values and leadership standards, and fostering an inclusive, empowered culture with a strong growth mindset. Comfortable adapting to changing priorities, you make timely, well‑considered decisions and remain committed to lifting capability through ongoing learning, including leveraging emerging technologies and tools to strengthen the effectiveness of the HSW partnering function. 

WHY CHOOSE US:  

Diversity and Inclusion: Te Kanorau me te Whakawhāiti mai  

At Spark, diversity and inclusion are simply part of how we work here, built into our everyday decisions, behaviours and ways of working. We want everyone to feel totally comfortable bringing their whole self to work, no matter your gender, ethnicity, orientation, age or ability. 

Sustainability: Toitū 

At Spark, how we do business is just as important as what we do. We believe technology has a critical role to play in helping Aotearoa transition to a high-productivity, low-carbon future, where all New Zealanders can thrive in a digital world.  Equity sits at the heart of how we work, and we’re focused on partnering in ways that makes a real difference to digital equity across the country. We support our customers and communities by being sustainable ourselves, investing in our people, minimising our environmental impact, and operating a responsible, ethical business. 

Benefits: Awhina  

Our people matter and we make sure we look after them. At Spark, we've got our people covered with a range of leading benefits including:  

• Wellbeing - Comprehensive medical insurance, life and income protection, access to wellbeing coaches, EAP and in-house Specialist Clinical support through our leading Mahi Tahi Wellness programme.  
• Hybrid ways of working - For most teams at Spark this means being in the office for four days a week, and one day being flexible.  
• Leave  - In addition to four weeks annual leave, we offer purchased leave, enhanced parental leave support and study leave. 
• Spark Credit  - We provide permanent employees with $150 monthly Spark credit to use on any of our amazing products.  
• Spark Share scheme  - We regularly create opportunities for our people to participate in our share scheme. 
• Career development  - Our people have access to an internal marketplace connecting employees with experiential, on the job learning across Spark. 

Due to the nature and urgency of this role, we are only considering applicants that are based in New Zealand with permanent residency, citizenship, or a valid work visa (with at least 18 months remaining).

At Spark, we’re committed to living our values, with tūhono (connection) at the heart of our mahi. Welcoming whānau into the recruitment process helps create a real sense of belonging and support for each candidate. We just ask candidates to let us know in advance if whānau will be joining, so we can prepare the space and make sure everyone feels comfortable.