Business Partner - Safety, Health and Wellbeing

Working with the AA | Me mahi tahi tatou ki AA

For over 120 years the AA have been helping Kiwis on their adventures! Today, we're one of New Zealand's most respected and trusted brands. From our humble beginnings as a motoring enthusiast's club, the New Zealand AA (Automobile Association) has grown into a large, dynamic organisation offering many services and products to more than a million Members.  

And now, we’re building the organisation of the future – more connected, modern, and purpose-driven. We are a business in transformation, with opportunities to work cross-functionally, grow new skills, and make a meaningful impact. We’re investing in our people, platforms, and ways of working to stay ahead of what our Members and customers need.

We now have an opportunity available for a Health & Safety Business Partner, to join the AA team

What You'll Be Doing | Mō te Tūranga

As a Health & Safety Business Partner, you'll play a key role in partnering with leaders across the AA to create safer, healthier workplaces and strengthen our health and safety culture. Based in Auckland, you'll support a diverse portfolio spanning Joint Venture businesses, contractor-delivered operations, and corporate functions, providing both strategic and hands-on health and safety leadership. Acting as a trusted advisor, you'll help leaders identify and manage risk, build capability, drive continuous improvement initiatives, lead incident reviews and assurance activities, and ensure alignment between operational priorities and the AA's health, safety and wellbeing strategy. This is an opportunity to influence at all levels of the organisation while making a meaningful impact on the wellbeing of our people, partners, contractors and customers.

About You | Mōu

You’re an experienced health and safety professional who combines strong technical expertise with outstanding relationship-building and influencing skills. You'll have a proven background partnering with operational and corporate leaders in complex, multi-site environments, along with a deep understanding of New Zealand health and safety legislation and contemporary safety practices. Comfortable coaching senior stakeholders, managing competing priorities, and navigating diverse environments, you'll bring a pragmatic, commercially minded approach to risk management and continuous improvement. You're naturally curious, confident challenging thinking when needed, and passionate about helping leaders build accountability and ownership for health and safety outcomes.

What We Offer | Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou

·       Free AA Membership for you and your whānau

·       A day off for your birthday and 2 days wellbeing leave annually

·       Hybrid working arrangement 

·       Training available / career development 

·       Discounted insurance

If you're looking for an opportunity to influence health and safety outcomes across a nationally recognised organisation and enjoy partnering with leaders to create safer, healthier workplaces, we'd love to hear from you.

Join the AA and help shape the future of health and safety across our Joint Ventures, contractor networks and corporate functions while making a real difference to our people and members every day.

Our teams celebrate diversity and believe that everyone should be able to bring their true selves to work every day.  We want you to feel comfortable to be your authentic self throughout the recruitment process, please feel free to let us know if there is anything you need to allow you to participate equitably.

Our recruitment process is people-led and relationship-focused—we do not use AI to screen or assess applications. Every application is reviewed by a real person, because we value potential, individuality, and the human stories behind each candidate.

We are aware that there will be candidates who are interested in the role but may only feel comfortable to apply if they have ticked all the boxes. We want you to know that if you feel like you don't meet all the requirements, please still get in touch.  We'd love to korero to see if you might be a great fit for the role.