Jem Traylen Email & Phone Number

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Redistribute surplus food and provide hospitality to people in need. Promoted to team supervisor in February 2020. Responsibilities include task allocation, facilitating team discussions and coordination with other team supervisors. (This is a part time volunteer role)

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Operational Policy - Prudential Supervision Department

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Specialising in connecting the NGO sector to central government

Wellington

I provided operational and strategic policy advice in the areas of Biosecurity, Food Safety, Sector Productivity, Fisheries Management and Marine Protection.Key achievements include: advising ministers on the alignment of cost recovery systems from MPI’s four legacy agencies - they accepted all of my recommendations and an external audit of policy advice.

I developed economic advice on public transport procurement and was the agency's lead for developing the Public Transport Management Bill.Key achievements include: having stakeholders across local government and the private sector support a highly technical operational policy; having my advice accepted for making the Public Transport Management Bill more.

I wrote policy submissions on transport, waste minimisation and climate change. My key achievement was to successfully lobby Parliament to introduce a recycling subsidy scheme funded from a waste minimisation tax.

I developed a price-setting formula for radio spectrum resource rentals. Ministerial lead on an inter-agency working group for incentivising Business Expenditure on R&D.My key achievement was to develop a robust price-setting formula that was understood and accepted by both Ministers and rightsholders.

I co-designed New Zealand's first accredited degree programme in Business Economics

I specialised in teaching Public Economics

Assistant investigating accountant, Office of the Official Assignee, 3 months; Credit clerk, American Express, 12 months; Credit control and recovery, CFC Finance, 3 months.

Postgraduate Diploma In Journalism

Paused after journalism courses completed

Bachelor Of Creative Media Production, Cinematography And Film/Video Production

All aspects of scripted and factual video production (paused after first year)

Master Of Commerce, Economics, 1St Class Honours

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom

Certificate, Photography