IPRO has extensive experience in the Pacific health sector mainly in public health.

IPRO has supported many Pacific community health providers to:

• Establish new services (including recruitment of staff, developing strategic and business plans, workforce development plans)
• Undertake organisational reviews
• Stocktakes
• Gap/need analysis
• Write tenders to funders
• Senior management strategic advice and support
• Business management
• Undertake organisational development assessments (with the Ministry of Social Development assessment tool)
• Write implementation plans
• Writing workshops (including report writing)
• Project management
• Develop education and training tools
• Facilitate workshops
• Facilitate strategic team planning

 

Pacific Workforce Development

Along with developing the Pacific workforce.com website (www.pacificworkforce.com) IPRO has developed:

• Pacific workforce development plans
• Pacific workforce stocktake
• Project managed and evaluated the Bader Drive Pacific Clinical Training Support Programme (supporting Pacific GPs in their vocational training with RNZCGP)
• Project management “Feasibility of Pacific Workforce Bureau” in Auckland for TaPasefika PHO
• Staff, organisation, leave survey

IPRO staff have worked for:

• District Health Board Planning and Funding
• Ministry of Health
• National Health Board
• Health Workforce New Zealand
• Pacific community health providers

Specialising in specific areas like:

• Youth health
• Maternal health
• Infant health (SUDI prevention)
• Child health
• Immunisation
• Nutrition
• Workforce development
• Sexual health
• Violence prevention
• Mental health (including alcohol and drug)

Skill set includes:

• Policy development and advice
• Quality improvement
• Planning and funding for communities
• Contract management
• Stakeholder relationships
• Facilitation
• Project management
• Research
• Focus group
• Community engagement
• Evaluation
• Monitoring  and reporting