Maree Piercy Email & Phone Number

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Welington

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Business partnering within the Corporate portfolios. Part of my role included working across all our awesome HR advisory teams to ensure we have the tools and processes we need to deliver a consistent quality service to our customers and stakeholders, and that our teams feel connected, respected and supported.

Porirua, New Zealand

HR and Health and Safety management and oversight; part of the Management Team. Company sold to Carmanah in Canada and now closed in New Zealand.

Wellington Region

Until taking on the fixed term with MBIE, I have welcomed projects that were short-term/part-time or casual projects and have been particularly interested in ER/workplace policy and practices, general project management and support and strategic planning. Internal resource development and the drafting of high level papers are common requests. Recent work has included policy development, health and safety systems, practical guides and tools for managers to resolve problems, and forward planning… Show more Until taking on the fixed term with MBIE, I have welcomed projects that were short-term/part-time or casual projects and have been particularly interested in ER/workplace policy and practices, general project management and support and strategic planning. Internal resource development and the drafting of high level papers are common requests. Recent work has included policy development, health and safety systems, practical guides and tools for managers to resolve problems, and forward planning and proposal papers for stakeholders. Technical writing and editing projects have been frequent and also welcomed. Show less

Working for WorkSafe NZ during split from MBIE. WorkSafe NZ is the new stand alone Crown agency and Regulator for health and safety at work. My role was establishing the infrastructure for 5 stakeholder guidance groups and handing over at the end of April 2014.

Department Of Labour

Projects included managing the closure and legacy of the Partnership Resource Centre. Lead on the development of an ER strategy, bargaining strategy, bargaining advocacy and coordination for the DoL 2010 collective agreement, and staff engagement strategy. Also, provided planning/implementation advice and support for Workplace group (externally focused) for the High Performance Working Initiative. Recently reviewed and advised on improvements to the organisation's performance management system.

Resource and practice development in consultation with other Associates for joint work between employers and unions.

Agreed to fill in for 6 months while SSC restructured and prior to posting to Burnham. Responsible for driving partnership for quality with PSA and advising departments on Government bargaining and pay parameters.

Third/fourth tier leader role. Led a team of 10 staff responsible for operationalising HR strategy, including recruitment and selection, performance management, job evaluation and manager tools and resources.Advisory Board Member for the State Sector Retirement Savings Scheme. Left to fill in at SSC prior to family move to Burnham.

Wellington Campus

Part-time tertiary lecturer in 2nd and 3rd year courses in the NZ Employment Relations framework.

Numerous public service projects embedded within HR teams. Projects included: health and safety practices (ACC partnership programme / tertiary level), HR policy development, recruitment strategy, restructuring support, training and resource development (sector wide initiative on standards, multi media approach).

Wellington

Managed the multi media launch of the Public Service Code of Conduct, including development of training resources and multi-media support tools. Extremely tight deadlines and a launch by the Prime Minister meant a challenging but successful project. Multiple contracts managed with providers (film makers, illustrators, designers, printers, website content manager) and took responsibility for drafting the training resource.

Responsible for the Payroll team, and strategic and IR advice. Focus included helping the museum's new hospitality become a more embedded part of the Te Papa workforce. Sadly, left for an offer I couldn't refuse with Infinity Solutions.

Senior Advisor and Section Leader for NZES. Led the small ER team at NZES during the merger. Merger with WINZ and became an internal HR Consultant. Primarily involved in bargaining, ER matters, personal grievances, disciplinary cases.Left for management role at Te Papa.

Collective bargaining, development of code of conduct, disciplinary procedures, resolution of personal grievances. Part of a two-person team responsible for IR advice to NZDF in relation to 2000 civilian staff engaged within three services and headquarters.

Master Of Social Sciences, Industrial And Organisational Psychology, With Honours

Master of Social Sciences (with Honours), thesis on Coping with Job Stress in the NZ Police.

Unit Standard 4098 Workplace Assessor, Assessor For Trainees In Nz Certificate In Business (Level 4) First Line Management

Initially qualified to assess trainees undertaking this certificate for the voluntary sector. Trained by CareerForce.

Prince2, Practitioner And Foundation

Project Management using PRINCE2 methodology.