Experience

Innovation Unit

• Australia
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant Project Lead

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  I provide research and analytical expertise to support innovation in Australian based education and health projects including new and innovative work practices, new models of service delivery that improve educational and community health outcomes and provide value for money to better meet the long-term needs of students, families and communities. About the IU: We are the innovation partner for public services. We are innovation experts - a collaborative of designers, researchers, public service leaders and practitioners. We work with ambitious people who lead, deliver and use public services. Together, we develop radically different, better, lower cost solutions to complex social challenges. We believe that public services are critical to everyone's well-being, but often they don’t meet people’s needs. Our skills, tools and planning create services and systems that help people lead better lives. We are an independent social enterprise, funded by the projects we undertake for clients across the public, private and charity sectors.



Department of Health (WA Health)

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

• Graduate Development Program Coordinator, Institute for Health Leadership

  • Apr 2014 - Dec 2015

  I coordinated the development and delivery of WA Health’s non-clinical Graduate Development Program (GDP) including annual project planning, project management, stakeholder engagement and management, and evaluation. Recruiting outstanding university graduate and managing a contemporary leadership development and training program to develop graduate attributes and competencies to lead change in the WA health system were critical components to the success of this program. I coordinated the development and delivery of WA Health’s non-clinical Graduate Development Program (GDP) including annual project planning, project management, stakeholder engagement and management, and evaluation. Recruiting outstanding university graduate and managing a contemporary leadership development and training program to develop graduate attributes and competencies to lead change in the WA health system were critical components to the success of this program.



Department of Health (WA Health)

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

• Publications Coordinator, Child and Adolescent Community Health

  • Jul 2013 - Dec 2013

  I provided strategic direction and statewide coordination of Child and Adolescent Community Health (CACH) publications including leading and coordinating the development of a three-year publications strategy and action plan, project planning, publication management and evaluation in consultation with internal and external stakeholders and consumers.

• Senior Project Officer, WA Clinical Training Network

  • Jan 2013 - Jun 2013

  My role was to develop state and national partnerships with key stakeholders to enable the planning, implementation and evaluation of clinical training programs across the health, and education and training sectors in WA. Specifically I coordinated the establishment of three Communities of Practice to increase the capacity for quality clinical training placements for students in a range of settings and locations across WA.

• Graduate Development Program Coordinator, Institute for Health Leadership

  • Jan 2011 - Jan 2013



The University of Western Australia

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Manager, Centre for the Built Environment and Health

  • Nov 2008 - Dec 2010

  I was responsible for the efficient management and operation of this multi-disciplinary Centre including coordination of national and state grant applications, drafting of research reports, liaison with research colleagues, funding bodies, stakeholders and industry partners, and supporting PhD students. I was responsible for the efficient management and operation of this multi-disciplinary Centre including coordination of national and state grant applications, drafting of research reports, liaison with research colleagues, funding bodies, stakeholders and industry partners, and supporting PhD students.



Department of Education, Western Australia

• Australia
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Manager, Physical Activity Strategy

  • Jun 2005 - Dec 2006

  I was seconded across to the WA Department of Education to coordinate and evaluate the Department of Education and Training's (DET) Physical Activity Strategy as part of an overall whole-of-government strategy to increase physical activity levels of WA children and adults including building the capacity of the DET workforce to sustain behavioural change. I was seconded across to the WA Department of Education to coordinate and evaluate the Department of Education and Training's (DET) Physical Activity Strategy as part of an overall whole-of-government strategy to increase physical activity levels of WA children and adults including building the capacity of the DET workforce to sustain behavioural change.



Department of Health (WA Health)

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

• Coordinator Health Promotion Research and Development, South Metropolitan Population Health Unit

  • Jan 2003 - Jun 2005

  I provided technical expertise, consultancy advice, research data and advice for the development of physical activity health promotion and other population health programs across the South Metropolitan Health Service area in Perth. Additionally, I analysed workforce development needs, coordinated the planning and delivery of training to build health promotion capacity in population health staff, other health service staff and key stakeholders in the same catchment area. I provided technical expertise, consultancy advice, research data and advice for the development of physical activity health promotion and other population health programs across the South Metropolitan Health Service area in Perth. Additionally, I analysed workforce development needs, coordinated the planning and delivery of training to build health promotion capacity in population health staff, other health service staff and key stakeholders in the same catchment area.