Experience

Wet Tropics Management Authority

• Australia
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Field Supervisor, Yellow Crazy Ant Monitoring Team

  • Jan 2017 - Present

  Supervision of a small team of field officers. Planning, coordination and implementation of scientific monitoring program to monitor the presence, activity and ecological and food preferences of invasive Yellow Crazy Ants (Anoplolepis gracilipes). Planning and implementation of Community Engagement strategies and activities to improve awareness of Yellow Crazy Ants by the agricultural, conservation and construction industries as well as the general public. Working with the wider Yellow Crazy Ant team to plan and implement both monitoring and operational activities to reach our program goal of eradication of this invasive species within the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area.



Conservation Volunteers Australia

• Australia
• Environmental Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Project Officer (Regional Green Army Coordinator)

  • Feb 2016 - Dec 2016

  • Project Management of 9 Green Army projects• Performance management of Green Army participants and staff• Creating and maintaining relationships with landholders, local government, federal government agencies and NRM industry

• Green Army Supervisor

  • Sep 2015 - Feb 2016

  • Providing classroom and on job training in Cert I in Conservation and Land Management units• Project Management of a water quality improvement project• Supervision of a Green Army team of 9 staff• Collaboration with community groups, NRM industry and local government



Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre

• Volunteer Team Leader

  • Jan 2015 - Sep 2015

  - training and supervising volunteers - animal husbandry duties including cleaning enclosures, cleaning animals, food preparation and feeding animals - training and supervising volunteers - animal husbandry duties including cleaning enclosures, cleaning animals, food preparation and feeding animals



MYER

• Australia
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Administrative Officer

  • Oct 2012 - Sep 2015

  • Generating and updating store deletions, unmatched orders and debtor reports • Assisting team members and management to ensure deadlines are met • Planning and creating rosters according to budget and demand constraints • Problem solving, dispute resolution and customer service • Record management of human resources, finance and store operations • Generating and updating store deletions, unmatched orders and debtor reports • Assisting team members and management to ensure deadlines are met • Planning and creating rosters according to budget and demand constraints • Problem solving, dispute resolution and customer service • Record management of human resources, finance and store operations



Cairns Regional Council

• Government Administration
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Freelance Project Officer

  • Mar 2014 - Nov 2014

  • Developing a natural disaster education program for Cairns school students • Liaising with local sustainable education experts on curriculum links • Linking climate change awareness with natural disaster awareness • Project management of staff and community support during a natural disaster • Developing a natural disaster education program for Cairns school students • Liaising with local sustainable education experts on curriculum links • Linking climate change awareness with natural disaster awareness • Project management of staff and community support during a natural disaster



Terrain Natural Resource Management

• Planning Volunteer

  • Mar 2014 - Nov 2014

  • Developing community planning process for regional NRM plan • Marketing Terrain NRM to the local community during local environmental fairs • Researching local landscapes to identify key social and environmental attributes • Developing, undertaking and analysing results of community consultations • Assisting planning team members in completion of daily tasks • General administration duties including spreadsheet input and data analysis • Developing community planning process for regional NRM plan • Marketing Terrain NRM to the local community during local environmental fairs • Researching local landscapes to identify key social and environmental attributes • Developing, undertaking and analysing results of community consultations • Assisting planning team members in completion of daily tasks • General administration duties including spreadsheet input and data analysis



Cairns Regional Council

• Government Administration
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Work Placement - Water and Waste Environment Department

  • Jun 2013 - Nov 2013

  • Lead assessor of Environmental Risk Assessments on Council waste water treatment plants in compliance with DEHP licence conditions • Lead auditor of Environmental Audit on all council infrastructure and activities within WTWHA sites in compliance with WTMA permit • Review and Update of Monitoring Plans for Council Water and Waste Facilities • Stakeholder consultation and dispute resolution • Vegetation mapping of weeds and protected species at council water intakes • Participating in Sediment and Erosion Control training



NRM North Tasmania

• Volunteer

  • Apr 2011 - Aug 2011

  • Vegetation mapping • Mapping and identifying weeds of national significance • Prioritising habitat restoration activities • Liaising with local government in restoration plans • Vegetation mapping • Mapping and identifying weeds of national significance • Prioritising habitat restoration activities • Liaising with local government in restoration plans



University of Tasmania

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• volunteer - School of Environmental Studies and Geography

  • Jul 2010 - Oct 2010

  • Liaising with Deloraine Rotary Club in restoration of Riverine parkland • Weed identification and mapping • Prioritising habitat restoration activities • Liaising with Deloraine Rotary Club in restoration of Riverine parkland • Weed identification and mapping • Prioritising habitat restoration activities