Darryl Ward Email & Phone Number

Wellington

• Position summaryHelping shape and manage timely responses to Ministerials, enquiries, Official Information Act requests, and Parliamentary Questions requests, and contributing to government engagement.Primary.
• Supporting the leadership of the Government Relations and Official Correspondence Team and contributing to the wider specialist leadership of the EPA
• establishing and maintaining working relationships with internal and external stakeholders and subject matter experts
• managing, and responding to Ministerials, enquiries, and OIA requests
• supporting the ongoing growth and development of individual and organisational capability through leadership, mentoring, coaching and development of staff
• assisting with internal and external reportingKey achievements

Wellington

• Position summaryManaging and assessing requests made under the Privacy and Official Information Acts for information held on Oranga Tamariki client files. Coaching and developing Customer Information Requests team.
• sourcing information from electronic and paper sources
• preparing information for release in accordance with the Privacy and Official Information Acts
• ensuring information was subjected to sound quality assurance
• coaching, mentoring, encouraging, and supporting new Editors (now called Assessors)
• observing and providing constructive feedback to team members

Wellington

• Position summaryManaging and assessing requests made under the Privacy and Official Information Acts for information held on Child, Youth, and Family (now Oranga Tamariki) client files. Primary responsibilities
• coaching, mentoring, encouraging, and supporting new Editors (now called Assessors
• receiving and managing requests for information
• sourcing information from electronic and paper sources
• preparing information for release in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy and Official Information Acts
• ensuring information was subjected to sound quality assurance Key achievements

Wellington

• Position summaryWriting for diverse audiences, editing newsletters and e-letters, media relations, event promotion, and supporting corporate communicationsPrimary responsibilities
• editor of Joint Support (quarterly newsletter)
• editor of E-Update (monthly e-letter with three regional editions)
• writing health features, opinion pieces, editorial, and media releases
• advertising local events
• proactive and reactive media relations

Wellington

• Position summaryProviding communications and marketing advice to internal clients and delivering products on an account management basis.Primary responsibilities
• editor of LINKZ (Immigration NZ’s quarterly magazine for new migrants)
• project management of print and web based publications
• communications and marketing advice and strategies for internal clients and stakeholders
• input into setting budgets for production of LINKZ, and approval of invoices and accrualsKey achievements
• a research project for Immigration New Zealand to determine what languages to use when translating publications for migrants and refugees

Wellington

• Position summaryInternal and external communications and print and web publicationsPrimary responsibilities
• editor of News Update (newsletter) and annual reports
• project managing practising certificate renewal pack mail-outs
• designing and managing the Council’s website
• managing production of State Final Exam papers
• media liaison

Wellington

• Position summaryManaging marketing and communicationsPrimary responsibilities
• communications and marketing strategies
• training clients to use multimedia technology
• manager of subsidiary advertising company Digital Billboards
• managing all design and print requirements
• designing and managing the company’s websiteKey achievements

Pgcertscicomm (Postgraduate Certificate In Science Communication), Science Communication

Licentiate In Theology With Honours (Lth (Hons)), Associate Diploma In Ministry (Assdipmin), Theology

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Diploma In Communication Studies (Dipcomm), Communication Studies

Taranaki Scholarship, A Bursary, Higher School Cert, University Entrance, 6Th Form Cert, School Cert

Education record

Activities and Societies: Salient, Active 89 FM, PAN, English Club Transferred studies to The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand.