Experience

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  Brisbane North Phn

  • Australia
  • Hospitals and Health Care
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Executive Manager - Health System Improvement

    • Sep 2020 - Present

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  Australian Red Cross

  • Australia
  • Non-profit Organizations
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Executive Advisor

    • Mar 2020 - Sep 2020
    • Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Working closely with the Queensland Director, Local Board Chair and Senior Leadership team to maximise the strategic influence of their roles both internally and externally by providing advice and applying skills in strategy development, policy analysis and management for local implementation of strategy. The role contributes technical knowledge and expertise on matters like; government and strategic stakeholder engagement and relationship management; analysis and strategic policy advice, and has a strong project management focus. This role leads business improvement projects and provides significant contribution to strategic direction, program rigor and risk management and integration planning and resource management.

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  Heart Foundation

  • Australia
  • Wellness and Fitness Services
  • 400 - 500 Employee

  • National Director, Support and Care

    • Jul 2018 - Mar 2020

  • Health Director

    • Aug 2004 - Mar 2020

    I am part of the national health group developing strategy and planning, as well as managing a team of 15 to implement the strategy in Queensland.

  • Secondary Prevention Manager

    • Mar 2002 - Aug 2004

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  Queensland Health

  • Brisbane, Australia

  • Senior Health Promotion Officer

    • Nov 2001 - Mar 2002
    • Brisbane, Australia

    This secondment to backfill maternity leave entailed the coordination of health promotion activities within the Statewide Health Promotion Unit including: * Providing advice to the Manager, Statewide Health Promotion Unit, with regard to planning, implementation and evaluation of health promotion projects relating to physical activity; * Project management and the development of project proposals in line with the Nutrition, Physical Activity and Chronic Disease Outcome Area Plan; * Providing advice and resources to Zonal Public Health Units and District Health Services in relation to physical activity related health promotion activities; * Representing Queensland Health on relevant committees; * Providing information to the Minister, Director General, General Manager Public Health Services and State Manager Public Health Services as requested; * Liaising with the Health Information Centre to ensure the appropriate provision of physical activity data for report purposes; and providing input into the 6 year Omnibus population data collection plan.

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  Heart Foundation

  • Australia
  • Wellness and Fitness Services
  • 400 - 500 Employee

  • ‘Just Walk It’ State Coordinator

    • Oct 1998 - Nov 2001
    • Brisbane, Australia

    This job entailed coordinating all facets of ‘Just Walk It’, a physical activity program designed to provide social support and a safe environment. My responsibilities included: * Supervising several full-time Project Officers, one Honours student and one part-time staff member; * Developing the program resources and structure for the state-wide dissemination of the program; * Coordination of the evaluation framework of the program; * Identifying and engaging local Government Authorities, Community Health Centres, and ex-service organisations to adopt the ‘Just Walk It’ program and in-servicing and supporting organisations implementing the program; * Preparing operational planning and strategic planning documentation and six monthly reports to the funding body, Sport and Recreation Queensland; * Managing the budget and preparing a successful 3 year funding submission to Sport and Recreation Queensland and other funding submissions; * Disseminating information about ‘Just Walk It’ to the public (inc. media), to organisations that could potentially adopt the program, and to interstate organisations (including conference presentations).

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  Sport and Recreation Queensland

  • Brisbane, Australia

  • Senior Development Officer

    • Apr 2000 - Sep 2000
    • Brisbane, Australia

    This secondment entailed the development of the Queensland Physical Activity Strategy in conjunction with the Manager, Physical Activity Unit. This involved: * A thorough review of the literature; * In-depth interviews with members of the Physical Activity Taskforce to ascertain their organisation’s position with respect to physical activity; * Conducting the formative research which formed the basis for the Strategy; * Synthesis of the priorities from the literature and the workshop outcomes into a comprehensive Strategic Plan for physical activity; * Seeking endorsement from agencies for their identified strategies; and * Secretariat for the Physical Activity Taskforce and Physical Activity Reference Group.