Jeanette Griffiths
Programme Advisor
Jeanette has worked in local government for 15 years and relishes the challenge of the CSI Programme Advisor role. She came to the CSI from the Customer and Community Directorate where she was a Business Analyst and then Commercial Advisor for four years. Previous council roles have included: Business Advisor for the Community Development and Safety Unit from 2012-2015 and before that from 2008, roles in business management for Manukau City Council and Auckland City Council.
She has worked across departments, units and operational teams, developing flexible and mobile skills and a wide range of commercial knowledge. Strategic and analytical with a planning and organisational strength, she likes to know how the organisation ‘ticks’, the relevant policies, best practice delivery, technology and information required to achieve above expected outcomes for the business. Problem solving is her happy place and she is mostly patient, but on occasion her Irish heritage can get the better of her! Her major focus, however, is working alongside good people – especially people passionate about making a difference for community and families.
Prior to employment in Auckland Council, she had a varied career history which included: teaching for ten years with a specialist role in reading recovery in south Auckland; Chief Executive of Judo New Zealand for 14 years; international event and project management; and leadership and management of teams across a diverse range of portfolios.
Her personal life is enriched by two wonderful sons, both of whom are physical education teachers in Auckland. Shaun and Bryce have partnered with strong, independent and intelligent women who she adores and admires (one from Australia and one from Japan). She has three amazing grandsons (Noah, Joel and Touma) that she spoils rotten and they dominate her weekends with their sports, sleepovers etc.
Jeanette’s favourite saying is, “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift - that is why it is called the present” – Eleanor Roosevelt.