Senior Consultant – Engagement and Social Impact

• Aug 2022 - Present

Senior Consultant

• Jul 2020 - Jun 2022

Consultant

• Nov 2017 - Jul 2020

ARTD Consultants is a leading public policy consulting firm. Its core business is to work with government agencies and non-government organisations to make evidence-informed policy decisions; co-design service models and delivery strategies; plan for, track and evaluate outcomes; and continuously improve performance. Since 1989, it has successfully delivered over 2,600 consultancy projects —large and small—across a range of policy sectors.ARTD Consultants works in the human services, education, health, disability and environment sectors. Because social policy problems are complex and interconnected it often works with stakeholders across the sectors to develop and review cross-agency, whole-of-government and integrated policies and programs. ARTD Consultants can help you and your organisation:- Decide: by providing a range of services to help leaders identify and piece together the available evidence to decide on the best policy option.- Design: by working with our clients to engage their communities and stakeholders to inform policy and program design.- Deliver: by providing advice, guidelines, monitoring systems and mentoring to help organisations implement policies and programs.- Evaluate: by conducting evaluations and reviews that are rigorous, ethical and focused on real-world outcomes and support clients to build their capacity for evaluation.- Discover: by offering a suite of practice-based workshops to support organisations to plan for and deliver on their intended outcomes, supported by follow-up mentoring options.- Describe: by gathering credible evidence on what your stakeholders and clients are thinking and map service systems and sector contexts. For more information visit: https://artd.com.au/

Declaration Vote Issuing Officer

• Dec 2021 - Dec 2021

For the NSW Local Government Election held on Saturday 4 December 2021, I worked as a Declaration Vote Issuing Officer at a local polling station in Potts Point, Sydney. My responsibilities included: - distributing and processing Vote Declaration forms for electors not on the NSW Electoral Commission's voter role or newly registered in their electorate - checking the electoral role status of electors and advising them of the correct ward in which they could cast their vote - assisting electors who were unable to vote complete 'Failure to Vote' forms - sorting and counting ballot papers after the 6pm closing time for voting

Management Consultant

• Aug 2017 - Oct 2017

Established in 1996, Nexus Management Consulting is based in Sydney, Australia with specialist expertise in public sector organisational dynamics, strategic planning, policy development, program evaluation and group facilitation. Nexus Management Consulting has strategic partnerships with a number of other leading consulting firms to manage larger scale assignments and has also collaborated with eminent academics to augment its consulting capacity. It offers the following management consulting services: - Planning - Evaluation - Mark Friedman's Results-Based Accountability (RBA) - Policy and Program Development - Group Facilitation - Training For more information visit: http://nexusmc.com.au/

Project Officer - Financial Inclusion

• Jan 2017 - Jun 2017

Positive Planet is an international non-profit organisation with a mission to help men and women across the world create the conditions for a better life for future generations. Positive Planet was created out of the evolution of PlaNet Finance, whose initial mandate since 1998, was to fight poverty through the development of microfinance. Over the last 20 years, financial inclusion has evolved considerably. From a series of small initiatives, it has become a large-scale movement offering both financial and non-financial services, improving the lives of hundreds of millions of people. As the Project Officer for Financial Inclusion at Positive Planet Southern Africa's office in Johannesburg, South Africa my mission was to contribute to the development and smooth implementation of sustainable development related projects. I was responsible for conducting market research and participating in related studies and for providing administrative and logistical support to other consultants (internal and external) and to the Project Manager(s). As the 'Project Officer for Financial Inclusion' my tasks included, but were not limited to, the following: - Working with partner Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) and banks to strengthen their capacity and systems - Coaching and assisting staff of the partner financial institutions - Providing technical support in line with the priorities of the partner MFIs - Developing relationships with other potential partners for new projects - Contributing to development efforts to ensure acquisition of new projects - Disseminating project findings and lessons - Contributing towards the effective administration of projects by supporting the project teams with their logistics, travel plans and other needs and ensuring that admin procedures are adhered to - Contributing to Positive Planet's knowledge management efforts. More information: http://www.positiveplanet.ngo/en/

Ambassador

• May 2017 - May 2017

In May 2017 I was selected to represent South Africa as one of 100 Young Global Changers (YGC) at the Think20 (T20) Summit held in Berlin, Germany. The Summit was organised as part of Germany's rotating presidency of the G20 event held in Hamburg in July 2017. While at the T20 Summit I was part of the 'Climate Change and Finance' Task Force which focused on carbon pricing and/or regulation of carbon, sustainable infrastructure and green finance. More info at: http://www.t20germany.org/

Intern

• Mar 2016 - Jul 2016

While studying a Master of Public Management (MPM) degree full-time at the University of Potsdam in Germany I also completed an internship at Kompetus Management Consulting. Kompetus Management Consulting GmbH is an internationally active, independent management consulting firm.It offers strategy development and organisational design for organisations and organisational networks (such as regional cooperation, value chains etc.). As Kompetus provides consulting services in different sectors and fields (companies, authorities, international cooperation), its widespread experience enables it to transfer structural innovations. Kompetus also provides cross-sectoral impulses for companies and authorities which utilise, for example innovative ideas for event management, models of cooperation or sales strategies. It offer its customers consulting services on a transnational scale in Germany and across Europe and can provide its services, not only in German, but also in English, French and Spanish. For more information visit: http://www.kompetus.de/en/home

Consultant

• May 2011 - Sep 2015

Positive Planet is an international non-profit organisation with a mission to help men and women across the world create the conditions for a better life for future generations. Positive Planet was created out of the evolution of PlaNet Finance, whose initial mandate since 1998, was to fight poverty through the development of microfinance. Over the last 20 years, financial inclusion has evolved considerably. From a series of small initiatives, it has become a large-scale movement offering both financial and non-financial services, improving the lives of hundreds of millions of people. Today, the challenge facing us is not so much in pursuing development for the sake of development, but to ensure its quality and long-term orientation. It must be fair, promote a healthy environment, make water and abundant sustainable energy readily available, ensure access to education and health for everyone, and procure housing for all. When development achieves these objectives, it allows everyone, and particularly the poorest, to fulfil their potential for the benefit of future generations, which is the very definition of the positive economy. For more information visit: http://www.positiveplanet.ngo/en/

Intern

• Nov 2010 - Feb 2011

Reciprocity is a South African-based consultancy, aiming to optimize the contribution of the private sector to social and economic development. Its core activity is to offer strategic consulting services for corporations aiming to understand low-income segments, develop links and expand their presence in these markets, often referred to as the “Base of the Pyramid” (BoP). Since its establishment in 2007, Reciprocity has acquired significant field experience, running pilot projects, conducting qualitative and quantitative studies, as well as offering direct immersion in low-income communities. For more information visit: www.reciprocity.co.za