Experience

Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE)

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director/ Senior Economist

  • Oct 2013 - Present

  • Management of strategic policy direction in relation to Structural Adjustment issues.• Oversight and programme management of Structural Adjustment Programmes.• Management of the Department’s response to the automotive manufacturing closure.• Management of fifteen employment facilitators across Australia• Development and ongoing management of the What’s Next website which provide practical assistance to help retrenched workers to find new employment.• Management of the Retrenchment to Re-employment response for all reported retrenchments including development of promotional material for retrenched workers



Department of Education, Employment, and Workplace Relations

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Economist

  • 2011 - Oct 2013

  • Strategic direction of ten staff (mixture of technical and non-technical).• Oversight and management of the Childcare Data Reporting System (CCDARS) which provides administrative, financial, payment and programme data. • Management and ongoing refinement of the Forward Estimates micro simulation Model (FEM), which forecasts the Child Care Benefit (CCB) and Child Care Rebate (CCR) payments.• Provision of financial forecasts in line with budget cycle updates • Provision of policy costings and policy analysis for the preparation of new policy proposals.



DEWR

• Senior Economic Analyst

  • Feb 2006 - Sep 2011

  • Oversight of employment growth projections for industries, occupations and regions.• Management of the SkillsInfo, Job Outlook and Labour Market Information Portal websites.• Management of the monthly production of the Vacancy Report.• Providing in-depth analysis on the structural change of Australian industries and projected job opportunities.• Development of a new online vacancy index in partnership with the New Zealand, Department of Labour. • Oversight of employment growth projections for industries, occupations and regions.• Management of the SkillsInfo, Job Outlook and Labour Market Information Portal websites.• Management of the monthly production of the Vacancy Report.• Providing in-depth analysis on the structural change of Australian industries and projected job opportunities.• Development of a new online vacancy index in partnership with the New Zealand, Department of Labour.