Experience

MetService

• New Zealand
• Information Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• General Meteorologist

  • Aug 2019 - Present

  Aviation Forecasting Unit Aviation Forecasting Unit



Australian Bureau of Meteorology

• Meteorologist

  • Jan 2015 - Aug 2019



Bureau of Meteorology

• Australia
• Environmental Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Supervising Meteorologist, National Operations Centre

  • May 2018 - Oct 2018

  Managed 25 shift-working meteorologists, including performance management and roster management. Reformed the performance management structure of the team. Maintained interpersonal relationships and ensured continuity of forecasting services during a period of intense industrial action. Managed 25 shift-working meteorologists, including performance management and roster management. Reformed the performance management structure of the team. Maintained interpersonal relationships and ensured continuity of forecasting services during a period of intense industrial action.



Department of Treasury and Finance, Victoria

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Policy Analyst, Climate Change, Environment and Water Policy

  • Dec 2010 - Jan 2015

  Led DTF input into the first Victorian Climate Change Adaptation Plan.DTF representative on Project Committee of Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research (VCCCAR).DTF representative on the working group for the Samuel Review of the Victorian Water sector. Managed a fractious relationship between DTF and the Office of Living Victoria by ensuring open and honest communication. Also managed competing priorities within DTF as shareholder of the water authorities trying to managed sunk costs through fixed pricing versus economic policy favouring proper price signals to consumers.DTF representative on Steering Committee for Smart Meter installation project. Also had a significant role in the DTF Review of the Smart Meter Project, which was significantly over budget.Briefed senior executives weekly on Cabinet submissions regarding energy, water, climate change, forestry as they arose.Led DTF input into the rewrite of the Victorian Water Act.Provided expert advice on regulation of the Opium Poppy industry into Victoria to ensure appropriate regulation without unnecessary costs to the industry. Show less

• Senior Policy Officer, Tax and Intergovernmental Financial Relations

  • Jan 2005 - Dec 2010

  Advised the Treasurer on taxation reforms in the 2005-06 Budget.Led a team of 6 drafting Victorian input into the 2010 Commonwealth Grants Commission review of GST distribution methodology.Developed a strategy and itinerary for the CGC's week-long visit to Victoria in 2008 to ensure the Commissioner's heard and saw first hand why Victoria was taking certain positions in written submissions.Liaised extensively with other departments to draft submissions to the Review.Represented Victoria in negotiations with other States at the CGC.Briefed the Treasurer and Secretary in preparation for Treasurer's Conferences and Heads of Treasuries meetings where GST distribution methods were debated. Show less

• (Snr) Superannuation Policy Officer

  • Jul 2001 - Jan 2005

  Managed the Victorian Government's unfunded superannuation liability.Advised the Minister for Finance on closing the Victorian Parliamentary Superannuation Scheme to new members.

• Graduate Economist

  • Jan 1998 - Jul 2001