Experience

Boab Metals Limited

• Australia
• Mining
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Community and Stakeholder Engagement Manager

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  Brad's key roles and responsibilities include: •Establishing and implementing company wide policy and planning frameworks and commitments that enable local communities to benefit through access to local content/procurement, employment and sponsorship opportunities. •Liaising with Traditional Owner representative groups and community members to develop agreements related to the allocation and distribution of resources that support the delivery of a range of Community Benefits initiatives. •Consulting with Traditional Owners on matters related to current, future and prospective mining operations. •Promoting strategies that raise the cultural awareness and competencies of company personnel in their acknowledgement and engagement with First Nations peoples and communities. •Developing and implementing cultural heritage management practices and working respectfully with Traditional Owners to promote positive working relationships. •Ensuring that practices which are implemented reflect contemporary practice and are compliant with relevant legislation and agreements.



360 Connect Pty Ltd

• Australia
• Civic and Social Organizations

• Founding Director. Stakeholder Relations/Community Engagement Facilitator and Advisor

  • Mar 2007 - Present

  As the founder of 360 Connect, Brad's collective consultancy and leadership experience has included: •Supporting organisations to develop effective relationships with the communities in which they have interests and leading groups to identify responses that are relevant to their circumstances and needs. • Applying communication skills that are adaptable, sensitive and appropriate to diverse contexts and audiences. • Employing engagement approaches that promote positive outcomes in the following areas: - Community Development - Stakeholder Relations - Strategic Planning - Project Coordination - Organisational Development - Funding Proposals Clients include: Boab Metals Limited Nacap Anglogold Ashanti Australia Limited BHP Iron Ore Panoramic Resources Savannah Nickel Mine Woodside Petroleum Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Karnetewarranginy Kurrumuluny Trust Committee Kalumburu Aboriginal Corporation Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council (NPYWC) Wangka Maya Aboriginal Language Centre Newman Womens Shelter North West Mental Health Service Regional Development Australia City of Karratha City of Wanneroo Skills DMC Commonwealth Department of Education & Employment LWP Property Group - Banksia Grove Development PRM Property Group



Polly Farmer Foundation

• Australia
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Manager - Operations

  • Jan 2018 - Apr 2022

  The Polly Farmer Foundation is a leading not for profit service provider of 57 programs across Australia that supports over 3300 primary and secondary aged Indigenous students. The Foundation promotes academic success and provides students with access to opportunities and networks to enable them to pursue their aspirations and post-school pathways. Key responsibilities include: • Overseeing development and implementation of systems and procedures to ensure the effective, efficient and consistent delivery of primary and secondary education programs • Developing data collection, monitoring, reporting and evaluation frameworks that measure the impact of programs, enable reflection on performance and respond to the expectations of funding partners and stakeholders. • Negotiating significant multi-year sponsorship agreements with corporate partners to support the ongoing delivery of programs. • Liaising with partners, stakeholders, education systems, schools, community organisations and supporters to secure experiences for students that enrich their learning and provide opportunities that informs potential post school career options. • Promoting and celebrating the successes of students or program alumni, the contributions of the Foundation and its partners and the opportunities that students experience through participating in programs. • Enhancing existing program offerings and innovating to develop new learning opportunities that respond to emerging student needs and which promote the acquisitions of skills, knowledge and capabilities required in current and future workplaces. • Problem solving and collaborating with team members and stakeholders to respond to challenges and circumstances that may impact on individual programs or delivery across the organisation.



Various Clients

• Australia

• Education Consultant

  • Feb 2010 - Dec 2018

  Using experience and understandings of leading schools with diverse community profiles including significant cohorts of students from Aboriginal backgrounds. This includes: • Collecting and collating information to contribute to research that highlights successful practices in relation to Indigenous education, • Engaging with school leaders and staff to map current practice in their schools to identify factors that enable, or are barriers to, successful outcomes for Indigenous students and developing strategic plans to improve student performance. • Facilitating a process of consultation and negotiation with school staff and parents in the development of school/community partnerships • Reviewing program delivery and resource allocations on behalf of educational systems or funding providers to inform decisions on program effect and improvement strategies • Supporting over 60 Government, Catholic and Independent schools and communities in urban, regional and remote areas including the Goldfields, Pilbara and Kimberley regions of Western Australia, the Top End and Central Australia regions of the Northern Territory and South Australia. For specific locations see: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Vy3MMwJ1O9Up25Xvau2VWPodJ9M&usp=sharing



Good to Great Schools Australia

• Australia
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Manager / Coaching Principal

  • Apr 2016 - Sep 2018

  Program Management oversight for the roll out of the Australian Government funded Flexible Literacy In Remote Schools initiative for Good To Great Schools Australia (GGSA)an organization led by eminent Indigenous Australian leader Noel Pearson. Key responsibilities included leading a team of 12 remotely based coaches in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of a strategy for the delivery of Explicit Instruction literacy teaching approaches in 34 very remote Indigenous communities and schools in WA, NT and Qld.



Western Australian Department of Education

• Beeliar, Mindarie, Poseidon, Broome, Cassia (South Hedland) Primary Schools

• School Principal

  • Oct 1993 - Mar 2007



Western Australian Dept of Education

• WA Dept of Education Central Office

• Senior Policy Officer / Manager

  • Feb 1996 - Dec 1997

  Managed implementation and operation of Remote Teaching Service (RTS) incentives package for teachers at 34 locations including negotiation with employees, budgeting, liaison with schools and central office, staff recruitment, development of policy and programme monitoring Facilitated development and implementation of a Code of Conduct for all Dept of Education employees. Managed implementation and operation of Remote Teaching Service (RTS) incentives package for teachers at 34 locations including negotiation with employees, budgeting, liaison with schools and central office, staff recruitment, development of policy and programme monitoring Facilitated development and implementation of a Code of Conduct for all Dept of Education employees.