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Christchurch, Nz

West Melton, Canterbury, Nz

Develop and lead Chorus’ Corporate Affairs function to grow, enhance and protect Chorus’ reputation amongst stakeholders by providing strategic thinking for Chorus external, media, government and community relations to support overall strategy.

Auckland, Nz

Development and leadership of government and stakeholder engagement strategy to support overall corporate reputation and regulatory strategies.• Identification and articulation of government and stakeholder engagement priorities to support delivery of corporate reputation and regulatory objectives• Ensuring stakeholder engagement activities are fit for purpose and in line with best practice, including stakeholder mapping, development of partnership initiatives, management of consultants and leveraging association memberships• Ensuring high quality community engagement, including management of issues• Provision of regular feedback and insight to executive team regarding stakeholder sentiment, identification of issues, risks and opportunities and influence business practice change where credibility gaps exist

Auckland, Nz

Enhancing Chorus' reputation through influencing internal and external stakeholders. This includes developing and leading a strategy for Chorus' interactions with the Central Government political process and managing the day-to-day relationships with politicians and political parties.Develop and lead Chorus' external messaging, including public statements, media releases, responses to media queries and co-ordinating stakeholder communications as Chorus rolls out Ultra-Fast Broadband to more than 1.3 million homes and businesses across New ZealandActing as a media spokesperson for Chorus across a wide number of issuesProactively engage with Chorus' Chief Executive and Executive to ensure that all opportunities and risks are identified to ensure key business outcomes are achieved

Provide political oversight, risk management and independent advice on policy proposals and their alignment with the Government’s strategy and goals.Develop communications strategies to launch and promote policy, as well as writing speeches, media releases, opinion pieces and handling day-to-day media requests.Provide media training and in-depth preparation for long-form interviews, including appearances on The Nation and Q and A.Provide leadership, advice and direction to departmental secondees to manage workflows within the Ministerial office and ensure priority work is focused on.Develop key relationships with external stakeholders to ensure the Government’s policies are understood, and to seek feedback on direction and mitigate potential issues.

Developed communications strategies to launch and promote policy, as well as writing speeches, media releases and opinion pieces.Had a particular focus on implementation of the Government's flagship National Standards policy, including developing communications materials, monitoring national media in order to respond to inaccurate or misleading commentary, building relationships with key stakeholders, including political editors, education unions, school principals and business groups.

Auckalnd, Nz

Covered a range of areas, including education, business, police, health and sport.Managed multiple editorial projects simultaneously that involved meeting strict deadlines and providing valuable content to readers. Provided mentoring and support for junior journalists.

Specialised in communications planning and internal communications. Developed and executed individualised, high impact communications strategies for a number of clients including Transport for London and the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs.Implementation included pitching and developing stories to reach various audiences including the general public, and central and local government.