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Jan Pedersen

Jan Pedersen

Head of People and Safety/Assistant Accountant

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Head of People, Performance and Culture

  • Education

    • Open Polytechnic of New Zealand

      2006 - 2007
      Diploma in Health and Safety Health and Wellness, General

    • Massey University

      2002 - 2003
      Post Graduate Diploma in Management Business Administration and Management, General

    • Massey University

      1996 - 2001
      Bachelor's degree - BBS. Management, Finance and Human Resources Human Resources Management/Personnel, Finance and Accounting. Health and Safety

  • Experience

    • Bay of Plenty Regional Council

      Apr 1992 - Dec 2005
      Head of People and Safety/Assistant Accountant

      Managed all aspects of HR and Safety. A key focus of this role was implementing a change of HRIS and Safety and accounting systems.Accountancy based project management and budgeting.

    • Whakatane District Council

      Jan 2005 - Jan 2007
      Head of People and Safety/Business Improvement Contractor

      Managed the Human Resources, employment relations and Safety functions.Completed a number of significant culture change projects.

    • Self employed

      Jan 2006 - Jan 2011
      Business Improvement Consultant/HR and Change Management Contractor

      Working as a business improvement contractor for three key companies. Generally this work was based around the development and implementation for large scale business projects relating to people and processes and systems, including change management projects.

    • Horizon Energy Group Limited

      Mar 2011 - Feb 2015
      General Manager People & Performance

      Managed and improved the following; HR, Safety, communications and Quality Systems functions: Human Resource Management for large organisation. Communications, Media and NZX reporting functions. Acquisitions and mergers and change management featured heavily in this role.Strategic Health and Safety Management, including a range of accreditation processes. Strategic Quality and ComplianceChange ManagementManagement of the Group's Customer ComplaintsAnnual reports and media

    • Western Bay of Plenty District Council

      Mar 2015 - Apr 2022

      I am an experienced authentic leader/project manager and strategic thinking professional who strives to motivate, inspire and engage others. I have excellent communications and engagement skills.In my current role I have a strategic focus on people leadership, workforce planning, project management and business development, planning, communications and engagement, change management, business operations. This role also included library and service centres, customer call centres and governance functions, including management of elections and other business improvement functions and emergency/pandemic planning and operations. I strongly believe in supporting other people to develop and reach their greatest potential. Show less

      • General Manager People and Customer Services

        Dec 2018 - Apr 2022

      • Director Organisational Development

        Mar 2015 - Dec 2018

    • National Transition Unit

      May 2022 - Apr 2023
      Workforce Lead (Entity B) - 3 Waters Transition

      Supporting the Three Waters National Transition Unit within the people and workforce workstream.

    • Tauranga City Council

      Apr 2023 - now
      Head of People, Performance and Culture

      Strategic workforce planning and development. Health, safety and well-being management.

  • Licenses & Certifications