Bridget Madar

• Lead the internal and external engagement programme for the Kotahitanga Service Change within the Te Pae Tawhiti Transformation programme.
• Designed and managed engagement processes, including the schedule and engagement timelines to raise awareness of the programme.
• Planned, developed, and implemented strategies to convey information with key decision makers.
• Improved processes by recommending operational changes.
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• Managed the Youth work stream of the Access and Choice program. This includes the expansion of

current services as well as the procurement and establishment of new services.

• Established and leads the Youth Primary Mental Health provider collective.

• Managed the Tertiary Student wellbeing initiative across all Universities. This included working with

all Tertiary Institutes to develop new, and build on existing, mental health and wellbeing services as

well as the roll out, planning and development of the initiative.

• Established and led the Tertiary Student Primary Mental Health provider collective.

• Directed changes to project scope and cost and implemented appropriate change management processes to keep project on track.
• Monitored contracts and service level agreements to identify potential risks and implement mitigation actions to protect development process from unforeseen delays and costs.
• Maintained schedules to meet key milestones at every project phase.

• Led the ‘model of care’ work stream within the Well Child Tamariki Ora Review.

• Co-led the sector engagement hui throughout Aotearoa for the Well Child Tamariki Ora review

(primarily Māori and Pasifika providers).

• Provided consistent high-quality advice on the Well Child Tamariki Ora work programme.

• Identified strategic implementation opportunities in the health and wider social sector and

recommend actions for improvement.

• Monitored and evaluated work programme implementation.

• Contract establishment and management as well as led provider relationships with the sector.

• Provided clearly written complex advice that is clear, succinct and audience appropriate.

• Supported the initiation and implementation and monitoring of the Raising Healthy Kids Health

target.

• Supported the management of the B4SC (Before school check) contracts.

• Assisted the implementation of the Community Primary Midwifery Co-design Project.

• Provided consistent high-quality advice on the work programme.

• Supported Senior colleagues by providing clearly written complex advice and briefings that was

clear, succinct and audience appropriate.

• Responded promptly to requests from the Ministers office (Ministerials, OIAs etc).

• Collaborated efficiently within a team, business unit, wider Ministry and with external stake

holders.

• Provided an effective gateway of communication between the Minister and the Ministry of Health.

• Triaged and responded to the Minister’s emails and letters on his behalf.

• Worked efficiently in a high-pressure environment.

• Ensured appropriate and timely responses to OIA’s, parliamentary questions and ministerial letters.

• Provided oversight and analysis of research, briefings and ministerials from the Ministry before

they were presented to the Minister as well as managed any reputational risk.

• Provided succinct and informed objective advice to the Minister and other Ministers offices.

• Attended meetings and accompanied the Minister as needed, providing on the spot advice as was

required.