Sophie Rosser
Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant at CHASE | Community Health Advancement and Student Engagement- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Co-Design Training
Equal EdNov, 2022- Oct, 2024 -
Working With Children Check
State Government VictoriaOct, 2021- Oct, 2024 -
Working With Children Check
Department of Human Services SAOct, 2019- Oct, 2024
Experience
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CHASE | Community Health Advancement and Student Engagement
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Australia
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant
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Nov 2021 - Present
Involved in the development, implementation and analysis of in-school education programs for a not-for-profit organisation focused on improving health literacy and empowering Victoria’s young people.Key responsibilities:✔️Developing data collection instruments suitable to our target audiences. These have included feedback and health literacy surveys, focus group interview questions, co-design workshop activities and teacher interview questions.✔️Developing frameworks for analysis, including methods to reduce bias and survey analysis pipelines in Stata and Microsoft Excel.✔️Conducting data analysis and using results to inform recommendations for program changes.✔️Collating and effectively communicating program evaluation findings to a variety of stakeholders, including the CHASE programs team, chief executives and external educational organisations. Show less
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Team Leader
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Mar 2021 - Oct 2021
Managed a team of volunteer mentors and taught fortnightly health literacy workshops to year 11 students.Key responsibilities:✔️Effectively communicated with my team and demonstrated adaptability to ensure workshops ran smoothly.✔️Developed and taught workshop material in an engaging manner involving small-group activities, ice-breakers, and collaborative mind-maps. ✔️Fostered a safe and approachable environment with my team to ensure students were comfortable when learning about sensitive health topics.Key Highlights:⭐Skills development: Developed excellent adaptability and communication skills and am confident when handling tricky situations and difficult questions. ⭐Award: Recipient of the 2021 ‘Extra Mile’ mentor excellence award for my contributions to facilitation of the CHASE program.⭐Presentations: Opening spokesperson at the 2021 CHASE conference, speaking about the mentor experience and impact we have in the classroom. Show less
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University of Melbourne
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Australia
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Academic Support Worker, Student Equity and Disability Services
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Aug 2022 - Dec 2022
Providing equitable access to the university learning experience for students living with disability. Key responsibilities: ✔️Assisting students in online and in-person classroom environments. This may include assisting with class activities that require manual handling, preparation of classroom materials, notetaking, or converting materials into accessible formats. ✔️Communicating with students and team members in effective and accessible styles, including through digital formats, such as Microsoft teams. Show less
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Apollo Music Society
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Australia
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Music
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1 - 100 Employee
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Performance Officer
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Aug 2019 - Sep 2022
Managing the development and production of music events for a youth-led organisation with a charity fundraising focus. Key responsibilities: ✔️Planning and directing in-person and online concerts, gigs and charity performances for a volunteer-run music organisation including 10 ensembles and multiple solo artists. ✔️Liaising with venues, charities, student groups and equipment technicians to ensure smooth running of events. ✔️Fostering a welcoming and collaborative environment for my stage-management and performance teams. ✔️Designing performance opportunities and events in conjunction with university student musicians. Key Highlights: ⭐Fundraising for charity: Re-designed our fundraising methods to ensure we continuously beat our fundraising goals. We were successful in raising over $2000 for our charity of choice at our last concert event with over 150 audience members. ⭐Show production: Managed a set of fundraising tour shows for Apollo Music artists across Fitzroy and inner-city Melbourne, generating significant publicity for our not-for-profit organisation. Show less
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Max Brenner Australia
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Australia
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Hospitality
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1 - 100 Employee
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Team Member
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Jul 2021 - Mar 2022
Effectively performed a variety of hospitality roles, including front-of-house, point of sale, and desserts and drinks making. Commended by management for excellent customer service and teamwork skills. Effectively performed a variety of hospitality roles, including front-of-house, point of sale, and desserts and drinks making. Commended by management for excellent customer service and teamwork skills.
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Supervisor at Santaland, Myer
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Nov 2020 - Dec 2021
Supervised a team of Christmas casuals and directed activities for children and families visiting Santa.Key responsibilities:✔️Overseeing day-to-day operations of the department, conducting decision making to ensure visitors had an enjoyable Christmas experience.✔️Liaising with photography, sales teams and higher management to ensure smooth running of events.✔️Conducting yearly onsite training for new team members, involving teaching of skills to effectively interact with a variety of audiences, especially children and young people. Show less
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Children's Entertainer at Santaland, Myer
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Nov 2017 - Dec 2021
Key responsibilities:✔️Engaging children in a variety of Christmas-themed activities, encouraging them to explore creative thinking.✔️Acting in a friendly, solutions-focused manner to effectively interact with a variety of audiences, especially children.✔️Providing excellent customer service while assisting families or working at point of sale.
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Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Experience, Bioinformatics Department
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Aug 2020 - Nov 2020
Conducted a single-cell analysis of intra-patient transcriptional heterogeneity in metastatic prostate cancer. Key responsibilities: ✔️Reviewing scientific literature to identify gaps in cancer knowledge and areas for further research. ✔️Conducting and presenting bioinformatics analysis to identify distinct tumour populations within, and to compare the transcriptional diversity between, metastatic prostate cancer samples of a single tissue donor. ✔️Communicating progress and findings at team meetings to a variety of stakeholders, including supervisors, research students and clinical staff members. ✔️Contributing to the broader research of the bioinformatics team through assisting in data processing, analysis, literature reviews and constructive feedback sessions. Key Highlights: ⭐Results presentations: Confidently presented research methods and findings to the Peter MacCallum bioinformatics team and members of the wider single-cell research community. ⭐Coding skills: Proficient in the R programming language and Seurat pipeline for single-cell transcriptomics data. Show less
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Education
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2023 - 2026
University of Melbourne
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Medicine, Dentistry and Health Science -
2021 - 2022
University of Melbourne
Master of Science (Epidemiology) -
2018 - 2020
University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Biomedicine, Pathology/Experimental Pathology -
2013 - 2017
Wilderness School
South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE)
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