Experience

Queensland Revenue Office

• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Policy and Procedures Office

  • May 2018 - Present

  • Developing, reviewing and implementing operational policies, processes and procedures, forms and correspondence to align with the department’s legislative requirements, effecting business improvements and implementing changes and initiatives. • Undertaking analysis and providing advice to internal stakeholders regarding policy issues that relate to the effective administration of the Office of State Revenue and compliance with legislative requirements. • Preparing appropriate and timely responses to Ministerial correspondence, Right to Information requests and other information requests from government agencies. • Preparing briefs, reports and submissions. • Undertaking research and assisting in the development of policy proposals in relation to the Office of State Revenue’s business. • Liaising with stakeholders to develop and implement policy changes and business improvements. • Prepared and presented two policy options paper on current Government priorities to be implemented for consideration.



Department of Health (WA Health)

• Australia
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Policy Officer Freedom of Information

  • Feb 2017 - Present

  • Managing the Freedom of Information (FOI) process in line with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 1992 (the Act). This requires an in-depth knowledge of the Act, privacy laws, Policies and Regulations.• Negotiating appropriate outcomes for applicants and Department of Health custodians to build relationships with stakeholders and increase the Department of Health’s reputation within the community.• Duties include:o Liaising with FOI applicants regarding the scope of information requested, expected outcomes and determining adequate responses to requests. o Performing comprehensive research and analysis of requested documents and expected outcomes to exercise decision making under the Act.o Providing specialist advice to the document custodians on options, risks of document release and facilitating the understanding of the legislative requirements and ramifications.o Concluding and making recommendations on the release of documents according to the FOI Act.o Developing and maintaining comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the FOI issues across the department and maintaining an awareness of recent government developments and trends regarding freedom of information.• Facilitating the board appointments, specifically the nominations and continuing membership under the scope of the Minister for Health’s portfolio. • Responsible for a wide range of subsidiary legislation (determination and regulation amendments).• Drafting of Ministerial Briefing Notes and letters on behalf of the Minister, as well as Cabinet Submissions and preparing Explanatory Memoranda in support of legislative amendments.

• Policy Support Officer, Ministerials

  • Jun 2013 - Present

  • Coordinating, controlling and reviewing content of responses to Briefing Notes, Parliamentary Questions, Ministerial Responses, Contentious Issues, Cabinet Comments, Cabinet Submissions prior to being sent to the Director General and the Health Minister.• Overseeing the nominations and continuing membership of the Members of the Animal Resources Authority Board.• Drafting Ministerial Briefing Note responses in relation to the Animal Resources Authority issues.• Assisting Senior Legal Advisers with Cabinet Submissions for the Health Board appointments and committees.• Liaising with other Directorate Staff, the Ministerial Liaison Unit, other agencies within and outside of the Department of Health.• Undertaking detailed research for the Department on projects, policies, reports and pieces of Legislation as well as providing administrative and policy support to the Department’s Senior Legislative Advisers.• Providing administrative support to the Director of Legal and Legislative Services.• Providing supervision and assistance to the administrative staff.• Monitoring the databases used by the Directorate to track in-coming and out-going documents to maintain quality of information captured and to ensure that documents leaving the Directorate are faultless.• Developing new databases and streamlining current databases to assist the Directorate in capturing and recording all in-coming and out-going documents.• Assisted in implementing our new Records Management, whereby a group from the Directorate implemented new databases, new filing systems, new processes within the Department.• Assisting the Directorate in the management of Staffing and personnel issues. This includes issuing of new staff contracts for the department, liaising with recruitment agencies for the recruitment of temporary staff.



Department of Health

• Senior Policy Officer

  • Dec 2015 - Present

  • Facilitating the board appointments, specifically the nominations and continuing membership under the scope of the Minister for Health’s portfolio • Responsible for a wide range of subsidiary legislation (determination and regulation amendments) • Frequent dealings with the Regulatory Gatekeeping Unit, State Law Publisher, Parliamentary Counsel’s Office, the State Solicitor’s Office and the Joint Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation. • Drafting of Ministerial Briefing Notes and letters on behalf of the Minister, as well as Cabinet Submissions and preparing Explanatory Memoranda in support of legislative amendments. • Coordinating, controlling and reviewing content of responses to Briefing Notes, Parliamentary Questions, Ministerial Responses, Contentious Issues, Cabinet Comments, Cabinet Submissions prior to being sent to the Director General and the Health Minister.



MullenLowe Group

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Account Coordination Manager

  • Jun 2006 - Feb 2013

  Account Co-Ordinator on Unilever Signal (Oral Care) - Editing, translation of scripts and narratives into French and Spanish and vice versa, Client liaison, Network liaison globally, Research, Client meetings, Client presentations Account Co-Ordinator for Lowe Central and Eastern European Agencies - Organising and attending the Lowe yearly conference in Slovenia during the Golden Drum Advertising Festival, building and updating the portal, helping with new business research across the network for all upcoming pitches Assisting the Global Business Director on Unilever Signal as well as Assisting the Unilever Global Executive Creative Director and two Executive Creative Directors working on Unilever - High level PA work – diary management, setting up of meetings, extensive travel arrangements Prior to my current role at Lowe and Partners, I worked for Lowe London, which is now DLKW Lowe as: - Account Executive on Stella Artois UK - Account Co-Ordinator on Stella Artois Global, Beck’s Global and Twinings Tea - Blog building for the Stella Artois World Draught Master Event - Planning offsite international Client / Agency meetings - Events Co-Ordinator at Queen’s Tennis Club sponsored by Stella Artois for the Lowe hospitality marquee in 2007 - Assistant in the Events office at the 2008 Queen’s tennis tournament



Daily Mail

• Newspaper Publishing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• News Desk and Specialist Reporter Research Assistant

  • Aug 2005 - Jun 2006

  - Editorial Assistant for the News Department working closely with fourteen Reporters and three Editors - Production of the news list twice daily for the next day’s paper - Researcher on the wires for news stories - First port of call for PR Agencies - Assisted in other departments: Foreign news, Sports News, Features and Femail - Editorial Assistant for the News Department working closely with fourteen Reporters and three Editors - Production of the news list twice daily for the next day’s paper - Researcher on the wires for news stories - First port of call for PR Agencies - Assisted in other departments: Foreign news, Sports News, Features and Femail



BBC Nairobi

• Intern Reporter

  • Aug 2004 - Aug 2004

  - Intern Reporter covering Kenyan and International news stories such as the Sudan Mining Mission, AIDS awareness, the Somali Peace Talks, the Somali riots in Nairobi - Carried out high level interviews - Researcher - Working closely with the Reporters and the Editor - Intern Reporter covering Kenyan and International news stories such as the Sudan Mining Mission, AIDS awareness, the Somali Peace Talks, the Somali riots in Nairobi - Carried out high level interviews - Researcher - Working closely with the Reporters and the Editor



United Nations

• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern Translator

  • Jun 2003 - Jun 2004

  Based in the Division of Conference Services, Translation and Editorial Section of the English Language Unit. I was assigned editorial and translation texts for revision and translation respectively. Proofreading and referencing were also part of my duties. Liaised with different offices within the UN for research and information Based in the Division of Conference Services, Translation and Editorial Section of the English Language Unit. I was assigned editorial and translation texts for revision and translation respectively. Proofreading and referencing were also part of my duties. Liaised with different offices within the UN for research and information