The not-for-profit, incorporated society organisation was a long established and well proven New Zealand-owned employment service for people with a disability or health condition (i.e. long-term injury or illness) with its mission being to deliver inclusive, successful and durable employment opportunities for Jobseekers throughout New Zealand. This organisation delivered a significant proportion of the employment outcomes under the Ministry of Social Development’s Employment Services for Disabled People contract.
Improved Management and the Board’s understanding of their business by providing better quality and more timely information and a strategic approach that resulted in a new organisation structure delivering greater focus, increased ownership and accountability, reduced senior/middle management costs and a significant turnaround in performance.
The retirement of the organisation’s Corporate Services Manager created the opportunity for the Chief Executive and the Board to engage on contract a senior, commercial finance person at a high level to review and assess the national support functions and business systems and identify the requirements for the successful recruitment of a permanent Corporate Services Manager.
The Chief Executive was looking to engage someone capable of working effectively within the organisation but also to operate as an enabler to help challenge and lead the organisation as it continued developing. The organisation was prepared to make a material investment over a relatively short period necessary to ensure a successful outcome.
The contract Corporate Services Manager was based in Auckland working with the Finance Team but spent considerable time working at the National Support Office in Wellington with the Chief Executive and Senior Management Team colleagues.