The posting
Job Description
- Help reduce preventable treatment-related harm across Aotearoa New Zealand
- Commission partners and manage delivery of agreed prevention initiatives
- Use health-sector knowledge and evidence to inform prevention priorities
Permanent | Wellington
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
As an Injury Prevention Partner in our Treatment Safety team, part of ACC’s Office of the Chief Clinical Officer (OCCO), you will help reduce preventable treatment-related harm across Aotearoa New Zealand. Your work will contribute to Treatment Safety priorities that support the OCCO business plan and ACC’s Injury Prevention strategy.
As a member of our multidisciplinary Treatment Safety team, you will bring together treatment injury data, clinical evidence, research and insights from people and partners to understand safety issues and inform prevention priorities.
You will lead an assigned body of prevention work, commissioning partners and managing delivery of agreed initiatives. You will identify dependencies and flag early when scope, resources or partner capacity put agreed commitments at risk, recommending changes to scope, timing or resourcing where needed.
This includes preparing scopes of work, agreeing outcomes and milestones with partners, and working with procurement and other specialists to put contracts in place.
You will track progress and work through delivery issues with partners. You will coordinate monitoring and evaluation, report on progress and outcomes, and use learning to inform improvements.
You will build trusted relationships across ACC and with providers, health agencies, iwi/Māori and other sector partners. Taking a systems approach, you will help turn evidence and shared learning into coordinated action that supports safer care and more equitable outcomes.
We are an established and supportive team who enjoy working together, drawing on each other’s strengths. We celebrate team success and are united in the belief that our mahi makes a difference to people’s lives.
About you | Mōu
You bring health-sector experience and practical commissioning or programme management skills. You can turn agreed priorities into clear plans and follow through on the detail needed to keep work moving.
You work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team and with external partners, using monitoring, evaluation and learning to improve outcomes.
- Practical experience commissioning or managing prevention or improvement initiatives, including agreeing scopes, outcomes and milestones with partners and managing delivery against them.
- Experience tracking milestones, coordinating monitoring and evaluation, and preparing clear progress reports and recommendations for improvement.
- Ability to interpret and bring together health data, research and insights from people’s experiences to inform practical prevention decisions.
- Ability to build and maintain strong collaborative relationships with colleagues and partners to achieve shared outcomes
- Ability to lead an assigned body of work, manage competing priorities and dependencies, and exercise sound judgement about what is achievable—resolving issues where possible and escalating delivery risks early with practical options.
- Ability to think strategically, understand how the wider health system works, and influence action across organisational boundaries.
- An interest in how changes to behaviours, working practices and systems can support safer care and prevent treatment-related harm.
- Cultural capability that informs your approach to partnership with Māori, for better and more equitable population health outcomes.
Working at ACC | Mō ACC
At ACC, we embrace the rich tapestry of Aotearoa New Zealand’s 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.
The appointing salary for this role is $101,287 to $142,993 based on skills and experience. ACC offers a comprehensive benefits package which at present includes an advantageous superannuation scheme (9% contribution) with features like no mandatory employee contribution, optional life and income protection insurance.
How to apply | Me pēhea te tuku tono
Applications will run through to Sunday 22 November 2026, please note that if an ideal candidate is found during this time we will move forward with screening and interviewing sooner.
Please attach your CV & cover letter telling us why you would be a great fit and what strengths you would bring to the role. Applications can only be accepted when submitted through our ACC Career Website. If you encounter accessibility issues when submitting your application, or if you have any questions about the role, please email HR Help.
