
Manager, Communications and Records Management at State Services Commission
New Zealand

Manager, Communications and Records Management at State Services Commission
New Zealand
I am the Communications/public affairs Manager for the State Services Commission, the New Zealand central government agency responsible for:
* the appointment and performance management of the Public Service chief executives
* standards of integrity and conduct across the State Services
* New Zealand's e-government programme
I am a committee member for the Network of Public Sector Communicators, a professional body of government public affairs practitioners based in Wellington, New Zealand.
In September 2006, I launched the Network blog, http://psnetwork.org.nz/blog/ to analyze and discuss emerging social media issues and how they impact upon the public sector.
Strategic communications advice and social media and the role of technology in communications, particularly in the public sector.
(Government Administration industry)
May 2009 — Present (3 months)
I lead the Communications & Events, Records Management and Reference & Research teams.
(Government Administration industry)
April 2007 — May 2009 (2 years 2 months)
I provide communications and public affairs advice to the management and project teams at the SSC.
(Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Government Administration industry)
June 2006 — March 2007 (10 months)
I provided communications and public affairs advice to senior management and project teams, principally around e-government.
(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Government Administration industry)
January 2004 — June 2006 (2 years 6 months)
I was the communications advisor for the E-government Unit
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
April 2000 — December 2002 (2 years 9 months)
Travellers Auto Barn is a transport tourism company that sells and rents cars and vans to the backpacker market. The head office is in Sydney, with branch offices in Melbourne, Brisbane and Cairns.
I was responsible for all marketing and communications for the company.
BA (Hons) , English Literature, Philosophy , 1983 — 1987
social media, reputation management, public affairs, web standards
* The Network of Public Sector Communicators (committee member),
* GOVIS (Government Information & Systems Managers Forum),
* hRelease Working Group member