Senior Community Engagement Officer

• Dec 2019 - Present

Executive Councillor

• Nov 2019 - Nov 2020

Develop new strategic plan, major staffing restructure with the organisation. Executive board member responsible for governance, staffing decisions and managing investment portfolio. Supporting and advising elected councillors of the student union.

President

• Nov 2018 - Nov 2019

President of a multi-million dollar not-for-profit organisation employing over 40 staff supporting 82 thousand student members, including international campuses. Advisor to upper level university management on several projects.• Demonstrate a responsible and ethical approach to decision-making and budgeting in the interest of members.• Work collaboratively with a diverse range of students, staff and volunteers to achieve strategic goals for the organisation. • Utilise interpersonal and diplomacy skills to network and negotiate with external stakeholders. • Sit on 15+ boards and committees, including RMITs Academic Board, RMITs Reconciliation Action Plan: Dhumba Gorrowa, Vice-Chancellors Advisory Group on Preventing & Responding to Sexual Harm.Achievements:• Leading, supporting and working collaboratively with a diverse range of staff (40+) and volunteers (300+) to establish and achieve strategic goals and initiatives, including developing the first RUSU Volunteer Council.• Liaising with Property Services and Chaplaincy to develop and create inclusive and DDA compliant prayer spaces across campuses, particularly for Islamic students.• Undertaking a major organisational staffing restructure and managing EBA negotiations.• Large amounts of public speaking, including awards nights, summits, media pieces, conferences and opening nights. • Advocating for a new medical hub at RMIT, delivering a free service for both local and international students with multilingual staffing.• Advocating for and delivering free food banks and little libraries across all RMIT Melbourne campuses.• Significant work developing clear communications to students for positive wellbeing events and during distressing events.

General Secretary

• Nov 2017 - Oct 2018

2IC with a focus of financial administration and constitutional compliance of RUSU. Secretary to the President, forming the leadership team of the Union. • Supervising 10 staff within the Finance, Payroll and Administration space of RUSU while working as the personal Secretary of the elected Student Union President. • Ensuring that meetings run smoothly and in accordance with procedures outlined in the Regulations, including ensuring that debate occurs formally and that legally binding votes undertaken by the Council are conducted and recorded in a compliant manner. • The chairing of monthly meetings of the 26-member Student Union Council (board) and weekly meetings of the 7-member Secretariat (supervisory body of the board).• Authoring of agendas and minutes (including collation, archiving and referencing of papers) of meetings of the Council and Secretariat. • Responsible for releasing, authorising and signing off all financial payments (including payroll and external vendors). • Assisting the President with working on Union priorities and campaigns, attending meetings and closing feedback loops. Achievements:• Working alongside RMIT University to create a mental health campaign framed around holding positive attitudes towards anyone experiencing mental health issues, assisting them in feeling less alone and promoting belief in each students’ own unique academic success. • The delivery of student community gardens at RMIT Bundoora and City campuses, with the creation of a volunteer group to maintain and curate the gardens. • Advocating for the delivery of international vending machines to embrace cultural diversity and larger food options for students and staff.• Assisting the 2018 Activities Officer with facilitating the 2nd RUSU Rush Week competition, created during my tenure as Activities Officer the previous year.

Activities Officer

• Nov 2016 - Oct 2017

Managing the RUSU Activities and Events Department in conjunction with two staff members. • Designing and leading orientation activities, cultural events, competitions and weekly social events across three different campuses.• Advertising events, parties and activities through creative marketing practices to engage a diverse range of students appropriately within different times of the semester to maximise retention and authentic attendance. • Overseeing weekly campus-based ‘RUSU Chill n’ Grill’ lunchtime events with diverse food options, including working closely with the Sponsorship and Events staff member to meet budget. These events run on four campuses each week during the semester. Achievements:• Created and facilitated ‘RUSU Rush Week’, a 5 day long orientation competition for RMIT students with daytime and evening events. Over 250 students participated in each of the themed days largely from university clubs, volunteer associations and international students. • Working alongside the RUSU Welfare Officer to create mental health activations during stressful periods of the year focused on self-care and mindfulness, “Chill Out Zone”

National Executive (General Member)

• Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

The responsibilities of the National executive, as subscribed within the NUS constitution, include; setting the budget for the NUS; regularly monitoring of the finances of NUS; employing staff on behalf of NUS; authorising the publication of material on behalf of NUS; and implementing and interpreting the policy of the NUS. The responsibilities of the National executive, as subscribed within the NUS constitution, include; setting the budget for the NUS; regularly monitoring of the finances of NUS; employing staff on behalf of NUS; authorising the publication of material on behalf of NUS; and implementing and interpreting the policy of the NUS.

Tutor

• May 2011 - May 2013

Tutor to kindergarten and young primary school students. Teaching basics such as addition, subtraction, reading, writing and pronouncing words. Tutor to kindergarten and young primary school students. Teaching basics such as addition, subtraction, reading, writing and pronouncing words.