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 responsibilities• 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• have established and maintained excellent working relationships with internal and external stakeholders • successfully managed our team while our manager was on leave • have completed some large and complex OIA requests

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 members.Primary responsibilities• 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• identifying learning gaps using quantitative and qualitative data and evidence• observing and providing constructive feedback to team members• identifying learning gaps using quantitative and qualitative data and evidence• receiving and managing requests for information Key achievements• assessing large, complex, and challenging requests• developing capability in new 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• developing capability in new team members• assessing large, complex, and challenging requestsNB: this role became Assessor - Customer Information Requests at Oranga Tamariki. This team was part of MSD prior to the establishment of Oranga Tamariki, and the job title later changed to Assessor - Customer Information Requests.

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• media scanning• graphic designKey achievements• stories in various newspapers across New Zealand during three annual appeals• eleven issues of Joint Support and numerous E-Updates• promotion of over 960 events throughout New Zealand

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• project management of an online Collective Bargaining Resource • development of an e-book version of LINKZ (with added audio and video content) to complement the print version, enabling greater access for new migrants to information about New Zealand • delivery of a diverse range of promotional products for the Skills Highway unit to promote workplace literacy and numeracy training• nominated for the Chief Executive’s Hiranga Reo Māori Award for contributions to the use of Māori in the Department

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 • coaching and training staff about communicationKey achievements • Hitwise awards for the Council’s website over several consecutive years • updated the look and feel of the Council’s newsletter• delivery of quality annual reports

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• event management of product launches• initiated, designed, and maintained the company’s website • implemented marketing initiatives that led to increased sales • designed and published a wide portfolio of marketing collateral • appointed acting CEO when the CEO went overseas

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.