Experience

Flinders University Student Association (FUSA)

• Australia
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Student Advocacy Officer

  • Jun 2022 - Present



Flinders University

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Finance and Scholarships Officer

  • Sep 2019 - Present

  - Successfully completed a remission of fees improvement process including benchmarking, collaboration with other TechOne universities, indepth process mapping and analysis, engaging with key stakeholders. This also included implementation plan, developing improved comms, as well as earmarking steps for future iterations due to legislative changes. - Remission of fees casework under Higher Education Support Act - Indepth student support including complex historical queries - Scholarship assessment - Archiving student records as per the General Disposal Schedule - Designing and implementing new sanction to reduce financial risk to the University - Appointed to Reconciliation Working Group within Student Administration Services - Implementation of federal legislation - Interpreting and applying University, state and federal policy - Constructing complex correspondence timelines - Remaining student centred in approach



Flinders University

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Portfolio Support Officer/Project Officer

  • Feb 2019 - Jun 2019

  Business and process improvement projects within Student Administration Services.

• Portfolio Support Officer

  • Apr 2018 - Feb 2019

  Supporting both Student Recruitment and Student Administration Services within the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Students) Portfolio at a HEO5 level. In addition to supporting business operations, I have been innovative in approaching business requirements for project management and collaboration across several platforms. I have also contributed to several business improvement projects across the University.



Adelaide Insurance Builders

• Australia
• Insurance
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Lead

  • Jan 2017 - Apr 2018

  Liaising with key stakeholders to run point on an innovative project within the company. Working to a tight timeline to develop better processes, streamline workflow for numerous departments and increase productivity. Managing multiple areas at once and consulting heavily with staff on preferred work patterns and procedures. Requires creative thinking and an ability to imagine hypothetical issues that may arise. Writing and submitting several tender documents to major national companies, winning these resulted in high workflow directed to AIB and required business expansion.



Flinders University

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Casual Academic in International Relations

  • Jul 2015 - Sep 2016

  Requested to write, research and present an annual lecture as part of the third year International Relations Topic African Interventions. My lecture was one of the introductory sessions for the semester and provided an overview of the Responsibility to Protect framework, as well as context for its relationship to African thinkers, philosophies and political structures. This also included holding a question and answer session post-lecture to discuss and debate with third year international relations, and double degree students.



Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Government of South Australia

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Research Internship

  • Jul 2014 - Nov 2014

  I wrote a report on progressive social policy and where SA ranks in particular issues. The political issues which I examined and benchmarked were same-sex couple access to parenting (ART, adoption and surrogacy), sex workers, medicinal marijuana, child protection and housing. This required in-depth analysis of legislation, parliamentary debates, academic articles and books, reports by advocacy groups and non-government organisations, as well as policy platforms by outspoken members of state and federal parliaments on these issues. I also had to investigate other policy models used overseas to ascertain if some aspects would be applicable in the political context in South Australia.



U.S. House of Representatives

• United States
• Legislative Offices
• 700 & Above Employee

• Congressional Internship

  • Jan 2014 - Mar 2014

  I was selected, along with only five other Flinders University students to intern in a congressional office for eight weeks. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA03) was the member whom I was fortunate enough to intern for. My role included conversing with constituents via telephone conversations, faxes, and letter correspondence. This required quick thinking under pressure, maintaining decorum, and representing the Congressman and his views appropriately to his constituents. I was also assigned a number of briefings and hearings to attend and take notes, which gave me insight to a vast area of different political issues during my time in Washington. The output was a 12,000 word experiential, academic and professional piece on human trafficking within the United States, particularly on the increasingly partisan and polarised lens through which this issue is constructed in public life. This required indepth policy analysis of acts and bills, the application of legislation in society, Presidential speeches and executive action and advocacy and NGO materials.



Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect

• Internship

  • Jul 2013 - Nov 2013

  Researching and writing a report on whether arming opposition and rebel groups is an effective atrocity and genocide prevention strategy. I worked independently for the semester with guidance from Deputy Director Sarah Teitt. Output was a literature review on the subject matter, a policy brief, and a report recommending Flinders University's School of International Studies include more R2P in the course content. Researching and writing a report on whether arming opposition and rebel groups is an effective atrocity and genocide prevention strategy. I worked independently for the semester with guidance from Deputy Director Sarah Teitt. Output was a literature review on the subject matter, a policy brief, and a report recommending Flinders University's School of International Studies include more R2P in the course content.