Senior Advisor, Readiness & Resilience

Accident Compensation Corporation New Zealand

Job Location:

Wellington - New Zealand

Monthly Salary: $ 101287 - 142993

Posted on: 18 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description

Temporary until February 2027 - secondment or fixed term contract
Gain some great experience from a large complex & interesting environment.

About us Mō mātou

ACC is a trusted and high-performing organisation providing care supporting recovery and promoting injury prevention now and into the future.

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

About the role Mō te tūranga mahi

Were looking for a Senior Advisor to join the Readiness & Resilience Team for a fixed term contract or secondment for approximately 10 months until early February 2027. We are open to an inter-agency secondment.

Reporting to the Manager Readiness & Resilience youll be joining a highly motivated team responsible for delivering our incident management business continuity and operational resilience work programme across the organisation. Some of the things youll be doing include:

Providing specialist advice and guidance to Leaders across ACC.
Leading detailed mapping of ACCs time-critical activities including documenting current state processes workflows outage tolerances and critical resource dependencies.
Analysing operational information and working closely with the Technology and Data team to test assumptions and ensure continuity planning is coordinated across business and technical functions.
Working with the team to secure our position as a 2nd line function and move towards a focus on Operational Resilience.

This role also has an on-call component as a member of ACCs National Incident Management Team for business disruptions.

The preferred location for this role is Wellington but we could support this role being worked from Hamilton or Auckland (Newmarket).

The base salary range is $101287 - $142993 with appointment depending on skills and experience and internal relativities. If employed on a fixed term contractACC also offers 9% superannuation on top of base salary.

About you Mōu

You may be currently operating in the readiness and resilience space at the Senior level or you might be an Advisor looking to take their next step. Alternatively you may be working as a business analyst but have an interest in operational resilience.

Well be looking for:

Experience and/or a keen interest in the emergency management and business continuity management sectors.
A high level of confidence and demonstrable experience using both Excel and Power BI.
A self-starter youll be someone who will identify opportunities to strengthen our programme as well as drive initiatives forward.
Experience working effectively under pressure and being able to problem solve.
Influencing relationship management and interpersonal skills.
A certification in Business Continuity and/or a qualification in emergency management would be beneficial.
Experience in working within the NZ Government context.
Someone who is happy to work as part of a remote team based around the country.

Working at ACC Mō ACC

At ACC we embrace the rich tapestry of Aotearoa New Zealands cultures and are dedicated to providing equitable opportunities. We know that a diverse and inclusive team helps us meet the needs of our customers and we encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds ethnicity national origin gender identity age and those with diverse abilities. 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.

How to apply Me pēhea te tuku tono

Applications closeThursday 26 February 2026and can only be accepted when submitted through our ACC Careers Website. Please ensure your application clearly highlights the required skills and experience that are listed above. If you are an ACC employee please apply with your ACC employee profile. If you encounter accessibility issues when submitting your application or to receive a copy of the position description please contact.

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DescriptionTemporary until February 2027 - secondment or fixed term contractGain some great experience from a large complex & interesting environment.About us Mō mātouACC is a trusted and high-performing organisation providing care supporting recovery and promoting injury prevention now and into the...