Acting Manager, Health Prevention Promotion and Advice

• Apr 2022 - Present

Senior Project Officer- Physical Activity

• Jun 2017 - Jun 2022

Responsible for policy design, strategic planning and project management related to physical activity interventions and health and physical education initiatives within the Victorian education system, and sport and recreation industry.

Project Officer

• Apr 2017 - Jun 2017

Region Coordinator and Community Wellbeing Officer

• Nov 2015 - Apr 2017

In this role I:• Coordinate service delivery in the Northern Metropolitan region• Present and facilitate drug and health education programs for school aged students, their parents and teachers• Work with key stakeholders to plan and organize school visits• Work in a range of different educational settings, including government, independent and catholic schools• Collaborate with colleagues to project manage roll out of new Life Education programs (2016-2017)• Plan and develop learning activities and sessions in line with the Australian and Victorian Curriculum, which also meet Life Education’s project objectives• Conduct administrative and organizational duties related to school visits• Engage in professional development in a range of health-based areas including basic health needs, nutrition, drug education, physiology, physical education, respectful relationships education, sexuality education, childhood development, educational technology and theory, and cybersafety.

Relief Teacher

• Jan 2015 - Nov 2015

Health and Physical Education Coordinator

• Jan 2014 - Jan 2015

• Planning and implementation of health and physical education curriculum.• Development of school community health through the planning, organisation and implementation of social, health and wellbeing programs.• Coordination of interschool sport program; including weekly sport, district athletics, swimming, cross country carnivals and Hoop Time basketball days. - Sat on School Sport Victoria District committee and worked with other coordinators to implement school sports programs• Coordination of house sports carnivals such as athletics days and cross-country events.• Classroom teaching 1 day per week, including delivery and planning of literacy, numeracy and inquiry lessons.• Participation in professional development regarding visible learning, data analysis and the explicit teaching of writing.

Health and Physical Education Teacher

• Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

• Teaching of physical education and health education to junior and senior year levels.• Coordination of a Victorian Youth Development Program which involved first aid training, community work, the Duke of Edinburgh Award and outdoor education.• Planning and implementation of excursions and camps.• Participation in professional development opportunities focusing on the development of graduate teachers, report writing, learning intentions, data analysis and integration students. • Organisation of school sports teams on intra and interschool sports days.