Experience

Neighbourhood Centres Queensland

• Australia
• Non-profit Organizations

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Jun 2020 - Present



Community Praxis Cooperative

• Consultant and Facilitator

  • Jul 2013 - Jun 2020

  Growing the Community Development sector in Queensland through hosting events, workshops and communities of practice. Growing the Community Development sector in Queensland through hosting events, workshops and communities of practice.



QCOSS

• Australia
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Community Capacity Officer

  • Aug 2018 - Jul 2019

  Supporting Queensland's community sector through; (1) stakeholder engagement and research on fostering adaptive resilience in rural and remote communities; (2) place-based initiatives and resource development; and (3) redesigning and facilitating grant-writing workshops across Queensland. Supporting Queensland's community sector through; (1) stakeholder engagement and research on fostering adaptive resilience in rural and remote communities; (2) place-based initiatives and resource development; and (3) redesigning and facilitating grant-writing workshops across Queensland.



Griffith University

• Australia
• Education Management
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sessional Facilitator and Researcher

  • Jan 2018 - Nov 2018

  Facilitated participatory workshops in Community Development and Group Facilitation, alongside an applied research project on better preparing social work students for placement through experiential classroom learning. Facilitated participatory workshops in Community Development and Group Facilitation, alongside an applied research project on better preparing social work students for placement through experiential classroom learning.



Volunteering Queensland

• Australia
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager, Safe By The Bay Collaborative

  • Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

  Collaborated with people experiencing homelessness, and the local organisations and government agencies that support them, to together develop a more creative, coordinated and effective response to homelessness on the Bayside. This included; leading the colocation of services in Wynnum; brokering diverse partnerships to advocate for a funded homelessness hub; and hosting community events and co-developing resources. Collaborated with people experiencing homelessness, and the local organisations and government agencies that support them, to together develop a more creative, coordinated and effective response to homelessness on the Bayside. This included; leading the colocation of services in Wynnum; brokering diverse partnerships to advocate for a funded homelessness hub; and hosting community events and co-developing resources.



Community Plus Queensland

• Australia
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Coordinator and Community Development Practitioner

  • Nov 2012 - Aug 2016

  Initiated a highly successful Community Development project in Annerley, and led staff across multiple sites through a period of significant change. This included the rapid design, implementation and evaluation of a new mobile tenant advocate service. Initiated a highly successful Community Development project in Annerley, and led staff across multiple sites through a period of significant change. This included the rapid design, implementation and evaluation of a new mobile tenant advocate service.



QUT (Queensland University of Technology)

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher at Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofits

  • Jul 2012 - Dec 2012

  Co-authored a literature review, telephone interviews and final report for an Australian Research Council grant examining the role of spontaneous volunteering in the Brisbane 2010-11 floods. Co-authored a literature review, telephone interviews and final report for an Australian Research Council grant examining the role of spontaneous volunteering in the Brisbane 2010-11 floods.



New Farm Neighbourhood Centre

• Australia
• Non-profit Organizations

• Green Square Pilot Project Officer

  • Feb 2012 - Sep 2012

  Led a community development project at the newly-established Maida Lilley Community Centre. Authored an in-depth community profile that included stakeholder consultation, service mapping and public forums. Led a community development project at the newly-established Maida Lilley Community Centre. Authored an in-depth community profile that included stakeholder consultation, service mapping and public forums.



Communify

• United States
• Technology, Information and Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Community Development Worker

  • Jan 2010 - Dec 2010

  Applied a community development approach to establish a new community centre. It successfully engaged diverse residents to identify and co-develop projects such as a community garden, multicultural homework club, women’s English classes & parent support group. Applied a community development approach to establish a new community centre. It successfully engaged diverse residents to identify and co-develop projects such as a community garden, multicultural homework club, women’s English classes & parent support group.