Experience

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  Hastings District Council - Te Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Heretaunga

  • Hastings, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand

  • Policy Analyst

    • Oct 2023 - Present
    • Hastings, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand

    Policy development & revision

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  Ministry of Health New Zealand

  • New Zealand

  • Senior Policy Analyst

    • Mar 2022 - Dec 2022
    • New Zealand

    Policy work in the dynamic fast paced COVID-19 Policy Response environment. Work included:▪︎Drafting amendments to COVID-19 Orders▪︎Replying to Ministerial correspondence ▪︎Official Information Act (OIA) responses▪︎Secretariat for the Outrbreak Strategy Governance Group (OSGG) led by the Director General of Public Health

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  Victorian Department of Education & Training

  • Australia

  • Senior Policy Officer

    • Aug 2021 - Nov 2021
    • Australia

    Policy work in the Early Learning Participation Branch, Early Learning Division. Work on the implementation of 3 year old kindergarten enrollment, school readiness & engaging CALD, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities.

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  Child Information Sharing Scheme, Early Childhood Education, Victorian Dept of Education and Train

  • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  • Policy Officer

    • Oct 2020 - Jun 2021
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Policy review and reform in the Victorian Child Information Sharing Scheme (CISS) space. Assisting with design/implementation of Monitoring and Reporting Frameworks based on existing Frameworks.

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  Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning

  • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  • Policy Officer

    • Aug 2020 - Oct 2020
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Duties included correspondence and brief writing, drafting replies to public email enquiries. Undertook a governance review for processing correspondence and email enquiries to a shared email inbox. Established a Microsoft Teams project sharing platform across the Energy Efficiency Branch.

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  Victorian Cladding Taskforce, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Senior Policy Officer

    • Mar 2018 - Sep 2019
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Policy development on regulatory reforms for building cladding product compliance in Victoria. Other duties involve Taskforce secretariat support and stakeholder liaison with key building industry groups.Key achievements: Drafting an escalation protocol for building repair work or evacuation of residents.Drafting an evacuation protocol for relocating residents when a building must be evacuated due to fire safety risks posed by non-compliant cladding.

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  Department of Education and Training

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Program Manager

    • Nov 2017 - Dec 2017
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Manage the TAFE Boost funding for 12 institutes in Victoria. Key duties include stakeholder relations, monitoring financial obligations and contract management.

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  Family Safety Victoria

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Senior Project Officer

    • Aug 2017 - Aug 2017
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Drafting policy documents and operational guidelines, liaising with stakeholders to develop service delivery reforms in the Systems Policy and Reform branch. Core duties require critical thinking, research and analysis, working strategically with and effectively with stakeholders.

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  Department of Education and Training

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Senior Project Officer

    • Apr 2017 - Jun 2017
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Assisted with updating governance records as reviewing policy and best practice in the School of Governance and Policy unit.

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  Department of Justice and Regulation, Victoria, Australia

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Senior Evaluation and Review Officer - Inspector-General for Emergency Management

    • Jun 2016 - Apr 2017
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Evaluation and review of best practice in the Emergency Management sector. Core duties require critical thinking, research and analysis, to develop working papers, analysis papers and draft a report for review by key sector stakeholders.

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  Department of Education and Training, Victoria

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Senior Project Officer - Health Advice and Policy Unit

    • May 2016 - Jun 2016
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Duties included:- Coordinating an Expert Advisory Committee - preparing briefs and correspondence for meetings - consulting with Victoria’s Primary Health and Networks on developing an adolescent health training program for GPs.

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  Department of Premier and Cabinet (Vic)

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Policy Officer - Education and Justice Branch

    • Mar 2016 - May 2016
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Research and analysis on various justice sector topics for example firearms control in Australia, family violence, and parole conditions in Victoria.Writing briefing papers and correspondence for the Premier and Cabinet Ministers.

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  Department of Health and Human Services

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Senior Project Officer - Out of Home Care Unit

    • Feb 2016 - Mar 2016
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Coordinated a series of sector consultations for foster and kinship carers across Victoria, liaising with regional Department staff on organising the consults.

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  Department of Health and Human Services Victoria

  • Melbourne

  • Senior Policy Officer - Out of Home Care Unit

    • Aug 2015 - Sep 2015
    • Melbourne

    Developed scoping paper on international reform in residential and foster care sectorDrafted project plan for optimal use of therapeutic Residential Care funding

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  Department of Premier and Cabinet (Vic)

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Policy Officer - Family Violence Response Branch

    • Jul 2015 - Aug 2015
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Role involved analysis of submissions to the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence.Required critical thinking to analyse submmissions for themes and key content relevant to the Royal Commission's objectives.

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  Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Policy and Projects Officer

    • Feb 2011 - Jun 2015
    • Melbourne, Australia

    - Compile Government submissions, project proposals and reports- Contribute writing, research and administration skills to projects with Government and sector groups- Apply knowledge of current Australian mental health policy and law in Victoria utilising strong analytical, research and writing skills- Provide administration for projects, managing working groups and liaison with membersKey achievements:• Family Violence working group - established relationship with State Government (Minister for Prevention of Family Violence, Royal Commission)• Re-established liaison committee with Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) - this group is now running joint workshops, collaborating on mental/health issues to better support patients and educate practitioners• Facilitated a Working group that created a series of dual disability eLearning modules, plus a group of experts on camera explaining and discussing how to address the needs of this (often neglected) group

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  Office of Women's Policy - Dept of Human Services

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Project Officer

    • Sep 2010 - Dec 2010
    • Melbourne, Australia

    - Family Violence Reform Coordination Unit - Department of Planning and Community Development (short term contract)- Support staff in scoping and development of detailed tender documents- Apply knowledge of family violence policy and reform across whole of government- Produce project plans to manage and meet deadlines- Use of e-Docs (electronic data management system)- Key achievements• Completed complex tender documents in time (running to a tight deadline)• Coordinated and facilitated the tenderer interview process• Worked in an area to improve training of practitioners and ultimately better outcomes for victims of Family Violence

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  Dept of Education and Training

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Project Officer - Partnerships Victoria in Schools

    • Feb 2010 - Jun 2010
    • Melbourne, Australia

    - Partnerships Victoria in Schools (short term contract) involving Database administration (Microsoft Excel) for project building new schools in Melbourne- Responsible for stakeholder liaison, data analysis and managing a 250 item worksheet of repairs and maintenance in the newly built schools- Minute taking, use of Edutrack (electronic data management system), Microsoft Word and OutlookKey achievements:• Built a strong relationship with building contractors to rectify problems on various sites and working with them to fix outstanding issues• Reduced the list of outstanding items from over 250 to well under 100. The work should have been completed before the new school year started (contractors reluctant)

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  Victorian Department of Justice

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Project Administrator - Justice Health

    • Aug 2009 - Dec 2009
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Specialist note transcription (forensic mental health material)Use of TRIM (electronic data management system), Microsoft Word and Excel, Lotus NotesAdministrative support on a tender process for providing health care services to Victorian prison system

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  Victoria University of Wellington

  • Wellington, New Zealand

  • Project Officer

    • Feb 2009 - Jun 2009
    • Wellington, New Zealand

    Literature review on supporting youth to exit sex industryIndependent research and analysisEnvironmental scan Use of Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel March - June 2007

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  Department of Education and Early Childhood Learning, Victoria, Australia

  • Research Analyst

    • Sep 2008 - Dec 2008

    Research Division Environmental scan on curriculum advances Data Analysis Autonomous research Use of Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel

  • Enrolment Officer

    • Jun 2008 - Sep 2008

    International Student Division Processing international student applications/direction Teamwork Organisational skills to manage workload and meet deadlines Use of Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel

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  University of Melbourne Graduate School of Psychology

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Personal Assistant

    • Mar 2008 - Apr 2008
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Administrative support for the director and lecturers within the post graduate psychology programmeDiary management for School Director Organisational and Time management skillsUse of Microsoft Word and Excel, Lotus

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  Victoria University of Wellington

  • Wellington, New Zealand

  • Criminology Tutor

    • Jul 2007 - Feb 2008
    • Wellington, New Zealand

    Time management preparation of class materialIndependent thinkingCommunication and teaching

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  New Zealand Ministry of Education

  • Wellington, New Zealand

  • Researcher

    • Dec 2006 - Feb 2007
    • Wellington, New Zealand

    Through Victoria University's Future Graduate ProgramEnvironmental scan on pro social behaviour in schoolsReport written for Ministerial Working GroupTime management and organisational skills Use of Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel