National office

The national association office distributes government funding to English Language Partners New Zealand's centres.

National office staff produce training and teaching resources, provide training to managers
and committees, and support English Language Partners New Zealand's centres.

National office staff

Claire Scabo CEO
Claire Szabó
Chief Executive Officer
claire.szabo@englishlanguage.org.nz

Claire leads the association's strategic development. She is responsible for securing national funding and represents the organisation at sector level; to government and with other external stakeholders. Claire  convenes the Ethnic Advisory Group and supports the Board.

 

Nicola Sutton Operations Manager
Nicola Sutton
Operations Manager
nicola.sutton@englishlanguage.org.nz

Nicola's work supports governance and management functions in centres. She leads the quality standards programme and provides strategic planning, funding and policy support to the national office and Board.

 

 

Deidre Stallinger Finance Manager
Deidre Stallinger
Finance Manager
deidre.stallinger@englishlanguage.org.nz

Deidre manages the association and national office financial activity, and supports centre treasurers in their work.

 

         

Dorothy Thwaite Programmes Manager
Dorothy Thwaite
ESOL Programmes Manager
dorothy.thwaite@englishlanguage.org.nz

Dorothy leads the ESOL Programmes team. She manages the support and development of the various ESOL programmes delivered by centres. Dorothy also manages associated research and curriculum development for the organisation.  

 

 

Victoria Ussher ELP Programmes Coordinator
Victoria Ussher
ESOL Programmes Coordinator
victoria.ussher@englishlanguage.org.nz

Victoria works with the ESOL Programmes team, providing support for centres. She is involved with volunteer ESOL home tutor training, social English groups and the English for Employees programme. Victoria provides resource support and oversees the database holding information on participating volunteers and learners.

 

Grace Bassett Profile and Publications
Grace Bassett
Profile and Publications Coordinator
grace.bassett@englishlanguage.org.nz

Grace manages publications and profiling activities for the association. She produces the association journal, Connecting Cultures, the Annual Report and other external and internal publications. Grace also manages the website.

         

LaiChing Tan
Lai Ching Tan
Administration Assistant
laiching.tan@englishlanguage.org.nz

Lai Ching is our receptionist and manages filing, mail and resource orders. She assists the ESOL Programmes team with their workload and organises training events.

 

 

Arunesh Singh Office Manager
Arunesh Singh
Office Manager
arunesh.singh@englishlanguage.org.nz

Arunesh is responsible for office administration and daily accounting activities. She arranges the 'English for Migrants' contracts, administers our data for the TEC and manages database service statistics. Arunesh also assists with the website and supports the national office staff.

   

Address

English Language Partners New Zealand
192 Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington, New Zealand  

P O Box 12 114, Wellington 6144
Phone:  +64 4 471 2382        Fax:  +64 4 471 2383
natoffice@englishlanguage.org.nz