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Grahame Searle | Heather Brown | Ian Hyde | Mark Woodcock | Gary Fenner | Andrew Burke | Executive Board Sub Committees | Advisory Groups | Risk Management | Performance Audit | National Competition Policy | Enabling Legislation | WALIS |
Grahame Searle has qualifications in business. He has a strong background in information technology and, in particular, integrating computer systems for customer service delivery. Grahame has extensive experience in managing information technology projects for Victoria’s Land Registry; Museum of Victoria; the Registry of Deaths, Births and Marriages; and Survey and Mapping Victoria. Prior to joining DOLA in January 1998 as Director Service Delivery, he was Director of Victoria’s Title Registration Services.
Heather Brown has a postgraduate qualification in psychology and 18 years’ experience in the public sector in a range of agencies including the Health Department, the Department of Local Government, the Ministry of Fair Trading and the Disability Services Commission. Her responsibilities have encompassed strategic planning; in particular developing the proposal for the future of DOLA, corporate communications, policy, legislative review, performance evaluation, intergovernmental relations and operational management. Heather joined DOLA in January 1998 as Director, Strategic Planning.
Ian Hyde has qualifications in surveying and computing. He has been actively involved in land administration and information management for over 21 years in both the public and private sectors and was Coordinator of the WA Land Information System. Ian has extensive experience in land information management, negotiation, service delivery provision, strategic and business planning, policy development and management of multi-disciplinary teams and complex projects.
Mark Woodcock has a BA honours degree in Economics. He has 25 years’ experience in various management roles including tertiary education, advertising and publishing, and more recently health care. He worked in the UK, Ireland, and the Middle East before migrating to Australia. He brings commercial and change management experience to DOLA. Mark was appointed from the private sector to his current position in September 2000.
Gary Fenner has tertiary qualifications in agriculture and valuation, and a Bachelor of Business degree. He has over 32 years experience in the property industry ranging from the positions of Chief Valuer Country, Chief Valuer Metropolitan and has held the position of Valuer General for the last three years. Gary has been an elected board member of the Australian Property Institute (API) for the past six years. He is also: Chairman of the API’s Legislation Review Committee; a member of the Curtin University Advisory Committee for Property Studies and a member of the Property Education Foundation.
Andrew Burke is an engineer with a varied background in both the public and private sectors including operational management and corporate planning roles. In 1990, Andrew led a taskforce to develop a strategy to integrate and improve access to the State’s land information. He was subsequently appointed Director, WA Land Information System in 1990, a position he held until taking up his current acting position in DOLA.
Two sub committees of the Executive Board were formed as part of the transitional structure, the Business Performance Committee and the Business Transformation Committee.
The Business Performance Committee focuses on operational matters. It is the forum for dialogue and discussion, raising of concerns and developing solutions to ensure delivery of the department’s ongoing services and products. Membership comprises:
Acting Director Business Support Services (Chair)
Acting Director Land Information and Administration Services
Acting Director Valuation Services
Acting Director Business Development
Manager Information Coordination
Managing change is the focus of the Business Transformation Committee. It provides advice to the Executive Board on policy, planning and resourcing matters that concern business change within the agency, including identifying strategic objectives, initiatives and critical success factors that substantially influence the agency’s future directions.
Membership comprises:
Acting Director Business Development (joint Chair)
Acting Director Organisational Transformation (joint Chair)
Manager Marketing and Product Development
Manager Business Planning and Information Management
Nominee of Acting Director Business Support Services
Nominee of Acting Director Land Information and Administration Services
Nominee of Acting Director Valuation Services
Manager Information Coordination Branch
Manager Business Commercialisation and Re-alignment
Manager Government Information Solutions
The Executive Board also receives advice from the following groups:
The Diversity Management Committee – advises responsibilities regarding DOLA’s diverse workforce and customer base.
The Peak Joint Consultative Committee – gives feedback from staff on human resource policy and industrial relations matters.
The Leadership Committee - oversees the implementation of DOLA’s Leadership Program.
The Workforce Planning Committee - advises on staffing in relation to maintaining alignment with DOLA’s strategic plan.
The Customer Service Council – provides the customers’ perspectives on service delivery issues.
The Tenders Committee - provides independent, impartial comment on contracting and procurement.
Risk management is central to good corporate governance and is directly linked to maintaining an effective control environment and ensuring achievement of DOLA’s strategic goals.
In October 2002, the Executive Board endorsed a revised Risk Management Policy. The revised policy builds on DOLA’s existing risk management framework, and confirms the agency’s commitment to embedding risk management into all aspects of the business to improve business performance, as well as meeting our compliance requirements. The Executive Board receives quarterly risk management reports that provide an overview of DOLA’s risk profile, the effectiveness of existing controls and progress on treatment plans. During the year, the agency’s electronic risk register has been re-developed to better assist monitoring and reporting of risks.
An effective internal audit function actively contributes to sound corporate governance by assessing and providing assurance on how well the internal controls operate. DOLA’s Performance Audit Branch provides the Chief Executive with independent assessments of DOLA’s control environment.
During 2002-2003, performance audit resources were allocated to reviewing the following business activities:
Data quality, information security, e-business projects, benefits realisation;
Contract management , legal compliance, motor vehicle management; and
Management reporting, corporate governance, business case development.
DOLA has completed reviews of its relevant legislation in accordance with the Competition Principles Agreement and is currently awaiting the introduction of the Acts Amendment and Repeal (Competition Policy) Bill 2002 to enact recommended amendments to the Licensed Surveyors Act 1909 and the Valuation of Land Act 1978. DOLA has developed a set of compliance guidelines for staff to ensure competitive neutrality principles and competition laws continue to be adhered to within the agency. These guidelines will form the basis of a staff awareness program, scheduled to commence October 2003.
The Department of Land Administration was established on 20 May 1986 and operations began on 1 July of that year. The Valuer General’s Office was established in 1979 by the Valuation of Land Act 1978. On 30 June 2001, in keeping with section 65 (2) of the Public Sector Management Act 1994, the Valuer General’s Office merged with DOLA.
DOLA administers numerous Acts of Parliament and is affected by more than 100 Acts administered by other agencies. The relevant legislation is listed in Appendix A.
DOLA maintains a Legislation Register which assists the agency to monitor legislation affecting DOLA’s operations and assigns responsibility for monitoring compliance with legislation, as well as the review and formulation of related policy.
WALIS is an alliance of State Government agencies, Local Government and an increasing number of private organisations. The coordinating body of WALIS – the WALIS Office – is situated within the DOLA administrative structure. Acting WALIS Director, Dr Jim Rhoads, reports directly to DOLA’s Acting Chief Executive Officer in his capacity as Chairman of the WALIS Executive Policy Committee (EPC).
The WALIS EPC is responsible for the strategic direction of WALIS and reports to the Minister. The members of EPC are the Chief Executive Officers of all WALIS State Government agencies, a representative from the WA Local Government Association, and the Chairman of the WALIS Advisory Committee.
After the decision by Cabinet on the future of DOLA, WALIS commenced an evaluation of the program’s effectiveness, in anticipation of a formal review to determine WALIS’s future.
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