Welcome to new starters – and tranche 3 update
This morning Piki Thomas led a whakatau to formally welcome the recently appointed National Managers and Executive Assistants. These roles are permanent appointments following the tranche 3 decisions earlier this year.
Yesterday also marked the official stand-up date for our newly reorganised Organisational Strategy and Capability Development (OSCD) branch and Finance and Business Operations (FABO) branch. The OSCD and FABO branches are now working through remaining appointments and structure changes to solidify their new structures and ways of working.
The reorganised Office of the Chief Executive branch stood up on 2 March this year.
The People branch leadership team recruitment process has advanced after being paused during the Covid-19 lockdown and further updates will be provided as soon as possible.
Profiles of the newly appointed National Managers will feature in the next edition of Ignite, reaching all offices and stations at the end of June.
More details of the recent appointments are below:
FABO branch:
- National Manager Finance and Procurement – Andrew Rook
- National Manager Strategic Finance and Analytics – Rachel Robinson
- Chief Advisor – Zoe Mounsey
- Executive Assistant to the DCE – Robyn Headland
OSCD branch:
- National Manager Investment and Portfolio - Dr Michael O’Hara
- National Manager Strategy and Performance - Cathryn Moriarty
- National Manager Equipment and Logistics - Charlie Lott
- Executive Assistant to the DCE - Jen Gordon
OCE branch:
- National Manager Local Advisory Committees - Lucy Chamberlain
- Executive Assistant to the DCE – Karen Spooner
Service Delivery branch:
- Executive Assistant to the DCE – Emma Francis
Welcome from Rhys Jones
Andrew Rook speaking on behalf of manuhiri
Team shifts
As part of the tranche 3 stand-up, some teams have shifted branches for alignment. The below table shows which teams have moved.
| TEAM | OLD BRANCH | OLD DIRECTORATE | NEW BRANCH | NEW DIRECTORATE |
| Depot Managers/Technicians | Service Delivery | Region | OSCD | Equipment and Logistics |
| Volunteer Development Managers | Service Delivery | Region | People | People and Workforce Capability |
| Procurement | OSCD | Funding and Procurement | FABO | Finance and Procurement |
| Levy | OSCD | Funding and Procurement | FABO | Levy and Enforcement |
| Performance Reporting Team - Senior Business/Information Analysts | OSCD | National Planning and Performance | FABO | Strategic Finance and Analytics |
| Research Team (Incl. Knowledge and Information) | FABO | Knowledge and Information | OSCD | Strategy and Performance |
Tranche 3 recap
On 30 January 2020, decisions were announced(external link) for the following organisational structure proposals:
- Branch leadership tier 3 positions for Organisational Strategy and Capability Development, Finance and Business Operations and Office of the Chief Executive.
- Dedicated administration support for Deputy Chief Executives and Region Managers.
- Employee Transition Protocol (ETP) - the process for transitioning permanent employees to the new organisational structure across the whole organisation.
- Naming conventions for Fire and Emergency.
- Collective leadership accountabilities for tier 3 positions within Organisational Strategy and Capability Development, Finance and Business Operations and Office of the Chief Executive.
On Thursday 13 February 2020, decisions were announced(external link) to confirm the leadership structure for the People Branch.
This is the second decision announcement in response to the consultation on the proposals for our organisational structure and approach to rank.
The decision document provides detailed feedback in response to the key themes from the proposals for consultation.