Experience

Marlborough District Council

• New Zealand
• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Strategic Planner - Implementation and Review

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  In collaboration with relevant parts of the Council and community, contribute to the implementation of operational change brought about by the Marlborough Environment Plan and any successor.Provide delivery mechanisms and processes that reinforce alignment and integration within the regulatory system to ensure objectives and expectations of the Marlborough Environment Plan transition into organizational strategiesOperationalize strategic policy direction by successfully developing and co-designing projects that will enhance Council’s resource management system; building the function’s capability and performance, while ensuring its systems, quality management processes and roles and responsibilities across the regulatory operation can deliver the expectation of national and local policy direction.Provide and develop new ideas and directions to help facilitate transformative and adaptive change Show less

• Regulatory Business Development (Innovation and Product Management)

  • Jun 2014 - Dec 2020

  Work Description:I was provided an opportunity to learn a suite of diverse skills required to develop MDC regulatory business sections including; customer insight, market assessment, design, translating business-to-technical requirements, sustainable products, resource allocation, developing business cases, monitoring product performance, and change management.Based on your acquired knowledge, mindset, personal and professional skills, and resilience you will bring about the potential for a dynamic and increasingly technology-driven business environment to the regulatory function of the MDC.Using your skills and capabilities you will work in a variety of business development roles, developing advanced capabilities in a mix of practical and theoretical areas related to the processes that will underpin the growth and success of the business.Use your interdisciplinary skills that combine strategy, design, leadership, and transformation in delivering digital products that will shape the future of the organization and the teams you lead.You will be given opportunities to explore disruptive technologies, looking for ways that the business can leverage from these to innovate the way we work so that we might work smarter using the resources of the organization and region.HighlightsCruise Guide to Marlborough Sounds (2015)Wells & Geology (2015, 2019)Ewater (2015, 2017)Listed Land Use Register (2016, 2018)Review of Environmental Data Systems (2017)ReCapp (2017, 2020) Show less

• Senior GIS Analyst (Regulatory Dept)

  • Jul 2007 - Jun 2014

  Work Description:Assisting Council to fulfill its statutory obligations pursuant to the Resource Management Act in relation to activities associated with the regulatory department, environmental science, and monitoring and to deliver services in respect of the Biosecurity Act 1993The majority of the group’s activities and outputs are achieved through teamwork, much of the work is within project setting covering all domains available in Marlborough. As a Member of the Environmental Science and Monitoring Group, you are expected to participate fully as a team member and to take responsibility for project leadership when required.Ensure cost-effective collection of resource data, avoiding duplicated Information capture, establishing patterns, processes, and standards for this stream of work, ensuring resource information is accessible, useful, and in a form that is available to other usersDesign and implement various environmental monitoring programs including contract service specifications, operational delivery, operational monitoring, consultant management, and auditing, data supply, and data management. A sound understanding of the importance of the “Plan Do Monitor Review” loop in the context of continuous improvement and quality assurance you will apply spatial context to all workstreams.Emergency management work as and when required.HighlightsResponsible for design through to completion of the first ‘combined spatial plan’ for the region (WAMP/MSRMP)Completion of the second generation ‘Marlborough Environment Plan’, including spatial analysis associated with plans, policies, objectives, delivery of many side projects, and data deliverables that have contributed to the formulation of the plan; Significant Wetlands, Landscape, Coastal Natural Character, Freshwater Management, and Zoning, etc. Show less

• Senior Biosecurity Officer (Animal Health Board Contract) MDC

  • Jun 2002 - Jun 2007

  Work Description:To assist in providing vector management services for the Animal Health Board by implementing the vector control program within Marlborough, pursuant to the National Bovine TB Pest Management Strategy.Assist in the design and review of the vector control, monitoring, and survey programsAssist in preparation of tender documentation, contract management, capacity assessments, budget management, as appropriate resource consents, and local environment plansUndertake procurement of services including tendering evaluation and awarding of contractual servicesManage, supervise and audit contractors delivery of servicesEnsure legal compliance with HSNO, RMA, and other statutesAssist with enforcement procedures to achieve strategic objectivesPrepare monthly and annual reports, prepare financial reportsManage information systems particularly Spatial (GIS) systems and informationResponsible for operational communications and consultationMaintain and enhance relationships with Crown agencies, internal staff, and landowners Show less