Experience

Keep Australia Beautiful VIC

• Australia
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Developer

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  Since 1968, Keep Australia Beautiful Victoria (KABV) has been the peak non-profit organisation dedicated to protecting and enhancing our environment through community action. Our success comes from a suite of programs that deliver impactful action and collaboration with communities, governments, and corporate partners. These include the Tidy Towns and Sustainable Cities awards, Stationeers, Adopt a Roadside and community and corporate clean-up and planting events. KABV are now mobilising in response to the recent devastating floods across Victoria, and re-imagining the Stationeers program.



Australian Business Volunteers (ABV)

• Australia
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Director Disaster Recovery

  • Nov 2021 - Aug 2022

  Australia Business Volunteers (ABV) have been working alongside bushfire affected communities in southern NSW for over a year now through a unique community-led approach to recovery and resilience building. We have recently been funded through our strategic partnership with National Australia Bank to further expand our program, to support recovery alongside disaster affected communities. ABV Profile: https://www.abv.org.au/about/leadership/ben-walta/ ABV DR&R in the community 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzAlUra3-HI&t=2s



Taungurung Land & Waters Council

• Australia
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VGO Coordinator

  • Jan 2021 - Oct 2021

  Working with DELWP and the roll out of the $105million Victoria's Great Outdoors program, Ben was the conduit between DELWP and the Taungurung Land and Waters Council representing Taungurung Traditional Owner aspirations. Operating under recently established legal agreements with the State: the Recognition and Settlement Agreement and Land Use Activity Agreement, it was an exciting time to be working with Taungurung mob. Working with DELWP and the roll out of the $105million Victoria's Great Outdoors program, Ben was the conduit between DELWP and the Taungurung Land and Waters Council representing Taungurung Traditional Owner aspirations. Operating under recently established legal agreements with the State: the Recognition and Settlement Agreement and Land Use Activity Agreement, it was an exciting time to be working with Taungurung mob.



CERES Community Environment Park

• CERES Global Manager

  • 2012 - Jan 2021

  CERES GLOBAL travel on unique participatory, cross cultural, educational and skill sharing programs. Each year we visit, learn from and work with our international partner organisations doing exceptional work in sustainability, the environment, community development, social equity and education. The trips are open to people of any age or background wanting to travel with meaning and purpose and willing to open their hearts and minds to another culture and way of life. CERES GLOBAL travel on unique participatory, cross cultural, educational and skill sharing programs. Each year we visit, learn from and work with our international partner organisations doing exceptional work in sustainability, the environment, community development, social equity and education. The trips are open to people of any age or background wanting to travel with meaning and purpose and willing to open their hearts and minds to another culture and way of life.



Lattitude Global Volunteering

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Volunteer Coordinator

  • Nov 2010 - Jan 2012

  As part of the Young People Without Borders (www.ypwb.org.au) program we successfully placed over 250 young volunteers in India, China, and Vietnam in 2012. As part of the Young People Without Borders (www.ypwb.org.au) program we successfully placed over 250 young volunteers in India, China, and Vietnam in 2012.



SEED Social Enterprise Enabling Development

• Founder

  • 2009 - 2010

  Established SEED (www.seed09.wordpress.org) as a social enterprise distributing handicrafts from women's and community groups in Asia. Established SEED (www.seed09.wordpress.org) as a social enterprise distributing handicrafts from women's and community groups in Asia.



Australian Volunteers International

• Australia
• International Trade and Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Business Advisor

  • 2008 - 2009

  Working with Ventures in Development on development projects such as Shokay (www.shokay.com) and Meixiang Cheese Farm (www.meixiangcheese.com), 2008 was an amazing year which won't be forgotten. Working with Ventures in Development on development projects such as Shokay (www.shokay.com) and Meixiang Cheese Farm (www.meixiangcheese.com), 2008 was an amazing year which won't be forgotten.