Paul Monk

Experience

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  Lyttelton Harbour Workers' Union

  Jun 1980 - Jun 1986

  Union Secretary

  Responsible for the management of the Harbour Workers Union in Lyttelton with a total of 350 members. Provide advocacy and dispute resolution support including legal advice and representation in formal dispute/Court forums.

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  Canterbury Area Health Board

  Jul 1986 - Sept 1992

  Industrial Relations Manager

  Advising CE and other managers across the AHB on all Industrial Relations issues. Negotiating Collective Agreements and Awards. Resolving disputes - using informal and formal dispute processes.

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  Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB)

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1996

  General Manager Christchurch Hospital and Clinical Support Services

  • Responsibility for Christchurch Hospital and Clinical Support Services across the region.• Was appointed the first ever non-medical GM of the Hospital. • Led the transition of Christchurch Hospital into the new Parkside block and decommissioned all old wards without undue risk or any disruption to essential services. • Established Canterbury Health Laboratories as a fully commercial organisation which still operates highly successfully today. This was a major transformation and required a complete culture transformation. Show less

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  Department of Corrections

  Sept 1996 - Jun 2011

  Regional Manager Southern, Prison Services

  Strategic and Operational management of 8 prison in Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill and Wellington. • Full responsibility for the 5 South Island Prisons.• Instigated and headed a business transformation process resulting in the Christchurch Prisons transitioning from the lowest performing corrections facility in NZ to the highest performing facility in NZ.• Established strong relationships with Unions and Corrections staff and created a positive culture. This was from an initial period of strong opposition to my appoint as the inaugural ‘non-Corrections’ Regional Manager. • Established the first Youth Units in prisons across NZ and led the development of policies and systems to manage these difficult prisons safely and with a focus on rehabilitation. Show less

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  Lyttelton Port Company

  Jun 2011 - Jul 2022

  Responsible for full strategic and commercial leadership of LPC's Bulk Cargo Customers and Marine services. • Managing the performance and customer relationships with Fuel, Log, Car/Vehicle, Bulk Fertiliser, Cruise, Fishing, Antarctic support, Military & other General Cargo trades who operated through Lyttelton. • Led a strategy that saw all LPC’s systems for managing the Port and Harbour Safety Code requirements significantly enhanced. LPC is now seem by Maritime NZ and other agencies as a leader in NZ. • Establishment of a new Bulk Cargo and Marine Service team with a strong commercial and customer focus.• Led the Marine Services team who deliver Pilotage, Tugs and Lines service across the port. Show less • Oversaw all operations at the Port to ensure all shipping activities were carried out at an optimum level.• Developed and successfully implemented a strategy to ensure LPC’s trade operations continued despite fully destroyed infrastructure and disruption from EQ repairs and rebuild. This was achieved during a period of high trade growth.• Developed and implemented a strategy to change how LPC handled and stacked containers in the Terminal resulting in a greatly increased Terminal capacity. • Managed LPC’s CEA strategy, and established strong relationships with the Unions and the core workforce in what was a traditionally a tumultuous and challenging environment. Show less

  • General Manager Bulk Cargo and Marine Services

    Jul 2020 - Jul 2022

  • Operations Manager

    Jun 2011 - Jul 2020
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  Squash Canterbury

  Jul 2017 - now

  Chairperson of the Board

  Squash Canterbury is an Incorporated Society responsible for the leadership and management of the sport of squash across Canterbury, West Coat, Nelson and Marlborough. I lead the setting of strategy, oversee legal and compliance frameworks and help manage squash across Canterbury, West Coast, Nelson and Marlborough districts. Additionally I work collaboratively with the Squash New Zealand Chair to align strategy and structures with the National Strategy.