Organisational Structure

The governance structure of the Federation is known as the National Board. The Board currently comprises seven representatives from the seven Federation regions, two Maori representatives representing New Zealand Maori, a Treasurer, Patron and a secretary. Various co-opted representatives and advisers may sit on the board from time to time. The Board has appointed a Kaumatua.

There are also currently two sub-committees, the training committee and the quality management review team that create and monitor policy directives relating to training.

The Federation is managed by staff in the Federation national office. There are currently six permanent staff managing various Federation functions and the administration of the national network.

Field Officer positions are currently being introduced to support services.

As well as the volunteer Board representatives, the Federation also utilises 22 volunteer district representatives, who are democratically voted in each year, that represent the views of geographically clustered budget services. This very successful participatory model ensures the views of grass roots services are heard in the national decision making forum.

A network of accredited tutors is contracted each year by the Federation to deliver the Budget Adviser Basic Training course and Federation ongoing training. The tutor network is constantly monitored to ensure there is adequate availability of training for every member service in New Zealand.

At the grass roots level affiliated budget services deliver free budget advice to clients. Every budget service is a separate organisation in its own right, governed by its own management committee. All services are managed by a budget service Coordinator/Manager.

Most importantly, each service is staffed by predominantly volunteer budget advisers and support staff. Federation budget advisers are professionally trained, committed, and well supported.

The Federation organisational structure can be viewed here:

Federation Organisational Structure 2006.pdf

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