Wellington, New Zealand
The Establishment team had the responsibility for setting up the new Crown Entity - Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities. Kāinga Ora is a merger of Housing New Zealand, KiwiBuild and HLC (a fully owned subsidiary of HNZ) and went live on 1 October 2019. Reporting to the Transition Lead and working to very tight timeframes I was responsible for managing the transition of internal policies across the three organisations to be functional for the new entity on day 1. This has involved: • running a stock-take of all policies, procedures and related documents across the three organisations • identification of those core corporate policies that require updating • updating core policies and working with business owners and the Legal team to finalise • gaining endorsement and adoption from the Board • facilitating communication and training on the refreshed policy suite. I have also lead the coordination of the procurement, health and safety and accommodation functions as they move towards becoming a new organisation and supported the appointment process for the inaugural CE.
Flexible working – the where, when and how we do our work – is increasingly part of the employment conversation organisations are having with present and future employees. Moving to a new way of working is more than just updating a policy and using property and technology differently. It is a culture change and the Ways We Work at MBIE project is running this as a culture change programme of work. I developed the new Flexible Working Policy, procedures and supporting collateral through a comprehensive co-design process including: -Flexible Working Policy Co-Design Workshops held for staff across the country -Fieldwork Insights from deep-dive interviews with MBIE staff and leaders -Current state pulse check -Focus group sessions with managers to identify and address specific concerns and to inform the support, tools and training required -External consultation with public and private sector organisations -Supporting the development and validation of “personas” to help explore the various combinations of flexible working practice and understand environmental, cultural, resource and technology requirements -Feedback loops from pilot groups including drop-in sessions and stand-up Q&A sessions -Policy Options Development Workshops with representatives from all key stakeholders -Working with MBIE SLT to finalise direction of policy -Ministry wide and PSA consultation on the new policy and procedures.