Wellington Free Ambulance Looking for Head of Event Medical Services at Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand Full Time

Join our team here at Wellington Free Ambulance as the Head of Event Medical Services!

Description:

The newly created role of the Head of Events Medical Services (EMS) will ensure the efficient running of the EMS business unit and will forge and nurture strong internal working relationships with key Operational leaders to ensure the effective management of operational Event Medics. In this dynamic role, you will be at the forefront responsible for building and maintaining relationships with external clients and negotiating ongoing contracts with consumers.

Your impact as a leader will be far-reaching as you foster a culture of autonomy, responsibility, and accountability within the team. You will be responsible for providing strategic direction for all aspects of Event Medical Services and provide inspirational leadership to the EMS team.

We need your skills to come in and guide us through the creation of effective processes and the effective running of the EMS business unit.

What We Can Offer

It goes without saying you will get fulfilment from your work and a sense of pride knowing that you are working for a not-for-profit that is an iconic part of the Greater Wellington region. We also have more benefits to joining including:

• Development opportunities and mentoring to help you progress your career
• A range of benefits that help our staff balance their own lifestyle and work commitments, including flexible working
• Staff benefits including Employee Assistance Programme, annual flu vaccinations, life and income protections insurance along with discounted health insurance
• Great discounts at a number of supportive businesses across our region

Why join Wellington Free Ambulance

We are the one and only paramedic service for Wellington and Wairarapa, and the only one in the country that is free.

We are proud of the place we hold in our community, and the high-quality, leading-edge patient care that our people deliver every day. As well as emergency paramedic care, we provide patient transfer services; have paramedics who are part of the Life Flight crew and rescue squad, and we operate the 111 clinical communications centre for our region. We respond on average to around 57,000 emergency incidents per year.

We have an awesome team of around 400 staff and over 80 volunteers who cover the area from Cook Strait to just north of Waikanae on the Kapiti Coast, and across to Mt Bruce in the Wairarapa. Being this size means when you join you do become part of our whanau and you really do make a huge impact for our community!

If you would like to learn more about our great place to work, please visit Wellington Free Ambulance’s website www.wfa.org.nz . You can also see more about our fantastic organisation by viewing our page on Facebook.

Wellington Free Ambulance is committed to being an equal opportunity employer with a focus on ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion to provide a stronger internal and external culture. We value and embrace differences in all people and encourage diverse ways of thinking and being

Skills and Experiences:

Who We Are Looking For

We are looking for a strong leader who has experience in management, overseeing large scale community events and managing people, ideally within a Volunteer or casual workforce. You will also have:

• Contract negotiation experience
• Experience managing a budget, specifically in a cost-recovery environment
• Commercial aptitude with the business acumen to achieve required goals
• Change and project management skills
• Strong relationship management skills internally and externally

Job applications close on 29 October 2023.

If you would like to learn more about our great place to work, and what the Head of Event Medical Services does – please Click here. You can also see more about our fantastic organisation by viewing our page on Facebook.

If you require further information, please email [email protected]