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Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Scoped, developed and implemented organisational wide change in response to a change of Government priorities and fiscal demands. This included consultation and preparingthe ground work for subsequent decisions.

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Scoped and recommended a new HR structure.

Lower Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Really enjoying acting as GNS's, Te Pū Ao, HR Manager while Jo is off leading a key project. Great team, great organisation that is New Zealand’s leading provider of Earth, geoscience and isotope research and consultancy services. GNS seeks is to understand natural Earth system processes and resources, and to translate these into economic, environmental and social benefits. Think Geonet, volcanoes, tsunamis, earthquakes and climate change.

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

A great assignment with Transdev Wellington (who run the rail metro for Greater Wellington RC and are part of a multi national transport company out of France) while they recruited a replacement. A new sector (transport), great people in this both hands on and leadership (member of the senior leadership team) role. Covered the spectrum from ER including preparations for upcoming MECA negotiations, new performance system, recruitment and supporting managers be the best that they can be.

Wellington

Te Kura is the largest school in New Zealand, with akonga from early childhood through to senior secondary. Formerly called the Correspondence School it has over 800 staff, mainly teachers located throughout New Zealand who delivered on line and face to face education to the over 12,000 akonga, most of whom are secondary akonga and who live in New Zealand. Responsible for the full gambit of HR including well being, ER, payroll, recruitment, OD, change and HR analytics. 10 direct reports. Our HR team survived the challenges of COVID and came through smiling as a result of great team work.

New Zealand

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Wellington, New Zealand

NCWNZ has made a real difference to the lives of women and families in New Zealand for over 130+ years and provided a strong, credible, independent and comprehensive voice for women. Starting with successfully winning the right to vote, NCWNZ has continued to be the voice for women, successfully securing key improvements for NZ women. This was a fixed term assignment.

Wellington

Supporting the Credit Union establish a financial capability programme for its members and the NZ Police.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

TINZ has secured a MFAT Grant for an Initiative designed to empower Transparency International's four Pacific Chapters (Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu) strengthen anti corruption activities in their country. My role is lead oversee this one year project.

Wellington

My focus is on fundraising and supporting the Board advocate for trusted integrity systems which are transparent. Earlier this year TINZ appeared before the Law and Order Select Committee to make its submission on the Organised Crime Bill. TINZ advocated for facilitation payments to be prohibited in the Bill. Unfortunately the Bill presented back to the House still permits these payments.I am undertaking this on a pro bono basis.http://transparency.org.nz/Transparency International New Zealand (TINZ) is the recognised New Zealand representative of Transparency International, the global civil society organisation against corruption. We are a not-for-profit incorporated society with charitable status. We are non-political and non-partisan.The local chapter of Transparency International, the world leading anti-corruption agency and publisher of the Corruption Perceptions Index

Wellington

Key Contracts ➢ Chief Executive – Development, mentoring, remuneration and performance ➢ Senior leadership structure review and recruitment➢ Reposition organizations both from a management and governance perspective ➢ Overseeing MFAT funded Aid programme➢ Introducing new programmes➢ Mentoring chief executives and senior leaders

Wellington

I was an executive member of the organisation since 2008 until it chose to disestablish itself in December 2014 when Hui E! Community Aotearoa was formed. Hui E! Community Aotearoa is born out of a collaborative process initiated by Social Development Partners and ANGOA.Hui E! replaces these organisations and is here for tangata whenua organisations and the broad voluntary and community sector, charities, incorporated societies, Trusts and informal community groups.In September 2012 I completed a one year term as President of SDP in recognition of the commencement of my term as President of Zonta International.As an active national network of community organisations in New Zealand, we worked to strengthen the capacity & influence of the community social sector. In particular, we: • provided informed comment on a variety of issues. • worked collaboratively with others on a range of capacity-building projects. • encouraged organisations to participate and be involved—sector strength comes from a collaborative voice. • advocated on behalf of our members and our sector.We’ve operated for over forty years as the NZ Federation of Voluntary Welfare Organisations, changing our name on September 1 2011. We had a membership base of around 90 organisations, covering over 11,000 paid staff, 41,500 volunteers and 3,500 branches or member organisations.

Zonta Head Quarters Is In Chicago, Usa

HQ Location: Chicago, USA Membership: 30,000+ Global Board (pro bono): 11 Staff: 14 2012-2014 Biennium Budget: US$5M+, 2012-2014 Investment globally in women & girls: US$4.9MZI Foundation 2012-2014 Biennium Budge: US$5M, ZIF Investments: US$10MTwo-year term concluding in July 2014 Led a 95-year-old global membership organization through transformational change to ensure its continuation. Its primary mission is to empower women world- wide through advocacy and service with a global membership drawn from business and the professions. I was based in New Zealand and frequently travel internationally to undertake this role.Key Achievements➢ Refreshed and modernized Zonta➢ Achieved a net membership increase for the first time since 2006 ➢ Led a very successful global advocacy campaign which engaged over 60% of membership ➢ Chaired and set programme for a very successful global convention in Orlando, USA with 1500+ attendees ➢ Exceeded the largest biennial fundraising goal ever set US$4.93M ➢ Globally Represented Zonta and presented at UN’s Commission on the Status of Women NGO workshops New York, 2008, 2013, & 2014, International Congress of Business and Professional Women in Korea, 2014➢ New Zealand Key note speaker at the 2014 International Women’s Day Breakfast at Parliament, 2013 Auckland Suffrage Celebration and 2012 Suffrage Celebrations at Parliament all hosted by the Minister of Women’s Affairs➢ Completed site visits (2010-2014) for Zonta funded global projects in Nigeria (UN Women) and Rwanda (UNICEF); and UNFPA project in Liberia.

Wellington, New Zealand

➢ Commenced the implementation of the new performance management and remuneration systems for Public Service CEs.

Wellington

Assignments with the LDC were:➢ the further development and promulgation of a Public Sector Chief Executive Leadership Development Framework,➢ planning, coordination and promulgation of our CE Leadership Development programme 2012-2013

Wellington

Organisational development and change consultant, including restructuring design and implementation. Review of the Human Recourses Group, 2011- 2012➢ Jointly oversee the review consultation process. Review cancelled following the announcement of the establishment of the super ministry- Ministry of Business and InnovationReview of the Labour Group, April- October 2011 ➢ Jointly oversee the review consultation process. Review cancelled following the announcement of the establishment of the super ministry- Ministry of Business and Innovation Immigration New Zealand, 2010- 2011Principal Advisor, Change (fixed term contract)➢ Advised the Deputy Chief Executive, Immigration on organisation’s purpose, function and associated senior leadership structure. Project lead (developed and hands on delivery) the implementation of the HR aspects (consultation, recruitment and selection process) of the new senior leadership structure within challenging milestones.➢ Delivered the Leadership Forum for tier 3,4,5 Immigration leaders decisions.

Wellington

Supporting the Chief Executive until an appointment was made to the role of Manager, Business Support. A member of the leadership team and responsible for delivering finance, information management, information technology, administration and human resource services to the Ministry.

Member of the senior management team responsible for achieving the vision of Plunket set by our Board for this $55 million operation with 1500 staff and over 8,000 volunteers. As Joint GM Operations directly responsible for front line service delivery nationwide with 8 area managers reporting to me including PlunketLine. A budget of NZ$3.1 Million responsible for staff and volunteers delivering services valued at NZ$49Million + . Supported Plunketline moving to a 24hr/7 day a week service in response to the incoming National Governments 100 day pledge.As GM Human Resources was accountable for the delivery of human resource services including: HR advisory, employee relations, work force development, payroll and education. Five direct reports with a wider team of 15. Budget of NZ$1.5 million.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Member of the Income Support leadership team and accountable for the provision of human resource services to the Service. This service included HR policy and advisory, organisational development, employee relations, health and safety, staff fraud, training and development, HRIS and payroll. Key achievements included:➢New organisation structure supporting the Income Support’s new operating model, which was to provide beneficiaries with a “hand up, not a hand out”. (Components included the exit of 840 staff from the Service; the introduction of customer service model including multiple Call Centres; new innovative, multiple collective and site employment contracts which supported the transformation and established a closer relationship between management and staff and a workforce development strategy.)➢Increased level of Maori and Pacific Island staff in management positions as a result of key EEO initiatives (including Maori/Pacific Island Step By Step and MPI Cadet programmes).

Successfully merged 2 business units (Child Youth and Family and Community Funding Agency) within the Department including the appointment of senior leadership team. Completed on time (11 weeks) and budget.Successfully transferred policy function from Ministry of Housing to DSW's Social Policy Agency.

Lower Hutt

Establishment GM Human Resources for the Crown Enitity, Hutt Valley Health (HVH) which was created from the Wellington Area Health Board. While at HVH I was joint Project Manager Pathway 2000, a transformation project to achieve financial viability of the CHE by 2000.GM Human Resources18 human resource staff. HVH had over 1500 staff including regional public health for the greater Wellington and Waiarapa.Key achievements➢ Successfully negotiated multiple (17) collective employment agreements primarily in cash strapped organisations.➢ Improved the clinical practice of Hutt Valley Health nursing staff by introducting a clinical nurse pathway (one of the first CHEs to do this) which aligned training to progression and was linked to remuneration. Minimised the risk of future nursing shortages by establishing a 12 month graduate nurse training programme.➢ Reduced work accidents and incidents through enhancing the OSH programme via dedicated clinical and nursing expertise, with resulting significant ACC savings.

I was the HR Manager for Housing Corporation and oversaw the HR components associated with the disestablishment of HCNZ (including managing exits) and the establishment of Housing New Zealand and the Ministry of Housing. I was appointed HR Manager for HNZ supporting the new Chief Executive in recruiting the senior leadership team, and providing strategic advice and support to the senior leadership team with the full suite of HR services including: HR policy and advice, change, employee relations, health and safety, HRIS, training and payroll. Prior to this I was the Human Resource Manager for Housing Corporation.