James Lord

Experience

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  Work and Income Northland

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2010

  Case Manager/Work Broker/Industry Partnerships
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  Work and Income

  Aug 2005 - May 2010

  Key Account Manager
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  Ministry of Social Development (MSD)

  May 2010 - Sept 2010

  Programme Advisor
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  Learning State

  Sept 2010 - Mar 2012

  Business Development Manager

  Identifying and developing new business opportunities for Learning State, working with the wider organisation to translate these opportunities into solutions for client needs.Key result areas include:- supporting business planning and reviews;- generating significant business leads- translating leads into business- meeting agreed targetsThis is a senior role within Learning State, with a high level of responsibility and accountability. The role is central to the success of Learning State, and involves responsibility for generating external revenue and meeting critical KPIs. Show less

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  Health Workforce New Zealand

  Mar 2012 - Sept 2013

  Senior Business Advisor

  Health Workforce New Zealand provides leadership, co-ordination and oversight of planning and development of the workforce across the country’s health and disability sector. The Senior Business Advisor takes a strategic coordination role across the organisation to ensure that programmes fit business needs and providing advice to the Management and the Board.

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  Careerforce | Te Pūkenga

  Sept 2013 - Apr 2019

  Leading a team of Consultants, our goal is to provide innovative workforce development solutions to the whanau, social and community sector. Our relationships with government, social and community stakeholders allows us to take a system wide view of the complex network of service providers. Understanding not only the needs of providers, but being empathetic to the needs of service users allow us to understand our customers drivers. Utilising contemporary methods, I work to create a team environment which enables the team to focus on opportunities that contribute to our strategic direction, building Careerforce’s situational awareness and working with others, both within and outside of Careerforce, to validate and test ideas before creating workable models which can be scaled up to meet market needs.Recent innovations include working with the Family Violence, Sexual Violence and Violence within Whanau sector, including ISR, to provide a NZ Diploma programme for the sector, as well as the development of programmes for the foster care and community housing workforce. Show less Careerforce is New Zealand’s health and community support services Industry Training Organisation (ITO). Through workplace training, we help to improve the health and wellbeing of everyday New Zealanders. Our vision is to improve the health and wellbeing of all New Zealanders.Utilising my social value and business acumen, I worked with government agencies; industry groups; and employers to gain insight to the needs of the health and wellbeing sector. Taking an evidence-based approach, we developed training programmes to enable the health and wellbeing workforce to deliver exceptional service to New Zealanders. By focusing on social process as a driver of deprivation and negative health outcomes, particularly for tamariki/children and taiohi/young people and investigating how the wider workforce can contribute to breaking the deprivation cycle. Examples include workforce development for care experienced caregivers and family violence and sexual violence workers.The delivery of the Open Minds, Open Doors: Supporting people with early-stage dementia module to over 2100 home and community support workers has been a particular success. Show less

  • Manager Workforce Development

    Feb 2018 - Apr 2019

  • Business Development Consultant

    Sept 2013 - Feb 2018
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  Be Collective

  Apr 2019 - Feb 2021

  Director

  We're a friendly bunch us Kiwi's. If our neighbours are in trouble or one of our communities is in need of help or support, we will be there to lend a hand in a heartbeat. But people are not nearly as connected as they once were, despite the many social and environmental problems still to tackle. We know the capacity to change is there.Great things are happening in pockets. Can you imagine what would we achieve if we all worked together?At Be Collective, we are building the infrastructure to amplify the work being done in our community, locally and globally — to turn individual efforts into a collective force for positive change.Taking a person-centred approach, our work supports community action and social change to increase the wellbeing of all New Zealanders. Ko te whare tū ki te koraha he kai mā te ahi; ko te whare tū ki te pā tūwatawata he tohu nō te rangatira - A solitary house will succumb to fire; a house in a stockaded pā is a sign of a chief Show less

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  Taituarā — Local Government Professionals Aotearoa

  Feb 2021 - Jun 2022

  Taking a system view of the capability needs and makeup of local government professionals – now and into the future – I work with the Taituarā Workforce Committee and a number of other technical committees on our understanding of current and future workforce capability matters, developing strategies to ensure a fit-for-purpose future workforce, and creating professional development products which meet the needs of industry and provide a revenue stream for Taituarā.Local government is at the forefront of change in New Zealand – from supporting communities to respond to climate change through to enhancing community wellbeing. A workforce with the competencies and skills that is reflective of the communities they serve is key to proactively respond to the challenges that we face across Aotearoa New Zealand.I oversee the development and delivery of all Taituarā’s leadership and capability programmes, leading an amazing team to develop and deliver content that enables local government leaders and HR professionals to maximise impact and collaboration across the sector and grow their careers. Show less

  • General Manager, System Capability

    Jul 2021 - Jun 2022

  • Manager, Workforce Leadership

    Feb 2021 - Jul 2021
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  Ministry of Education New Zealand

  Jun 2022 - now

  Manager Business and Employer Liaison

  The Employer, Business and Industry team acts as the intersect between industry and the education and schooling system. We support a range of initiatives to support equitable outcomes and supporting our next generation of talent access high value and growth jobs and addressing skill shortages. Our inclusive practice ensures we support students, ākonga Māori, family and whānau to discover, connect and explore the world of work