Mo Te Minitanga Mo Nga Wahine

Within this section:

• Management of the Ministry
• Staffing

Management of the Ministry

Under the State Sector Act 1988, the Chief Executive has overall responsibility for the management of the Ministry. The Executive Team has responsibility for strategic management of the Ministry. The team comprises the Chief Executive, Policy Manager, Treaty Relationship Manager, Strategic Human Resources Manager, and Strategic Business Manager. Day-to-day management of these functions is delegated to individual managers. The role of Strategic Communications Manager was disestablished during the year and the communications function is now under the management of the Strategic Business Manager. A role of Strategic Development Leader has been created for a period of twelve months only, effective from July 2004, and will also be a member of the Executive Team for this period.

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Staffing

At 30 June 2004 there were 24 full time staff and four part time staff employed at the Ministry. There were eight vacancies across the Ministry and one staff member on parental leave. The collective agreement covered 46 per cent of staff. The Ministry's turnover dropped to 36 per cent for the year. Various strategies were undertaken to fill the gaps created by this turnover to allow the delivery of the work programme, including the use of secondments, temporary staff, and contractors.

It remains cost-effective for the Ministry to continue to purchase specialist skills for periodic or one-off tasks, or corporate projects. External consultants or contractors with appropriate expertise for specific tasks and projects were therefore used to complement and develop in-house capability. During 2003/04 these included consultants for expert policy work, facilitation, event management, production of publications, recruitment and specialists to assist with organisational development.

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