Auckland University of Technology Debuts Staff Ombuds Program

Wayne F. Marriott has been hired to lead the new Employee Advisory and Resolution Service at AUT for an initial 12-month pilot period. The new service, "EARS", offers confidential, impartial and informal support for nearly 3,000 AUT staff across four campuses. EARS will operate in compliance with the IOA Code of Ethics. 

Marriott has worked as a mediator and conflict coach in New Zealand for twenty years. He has also been active with IOA and, among other volunteer activities, is currently the Associate Editor of the Journal of IOA. He was a nominated to the IOA Board of Directors earlier this year (but the election is still pending). Marriott earned his MA in Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding from Eastern Mennonite University. (EARSAUT; LinkedIn.)

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