Experience

Energy Consumers Australia

• Australia
• Consumer Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Policy Officer

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  Energy Consumers Australia is an evidenced based organisation, understanding the wants and needs of households and small business', and using this knowledge to shape the energy system. The Australian energy system is currently experiencing key transformations from carbon intensive to net zero emissions and from a centralised system to one that is largely distributed with individual and community assets (solar/batteries/EVs). Ensuring a consumer voice is central in these changes/debates is essential to ensure the transition is just and fair, that consumers who are made vulnerable by their circumstances are not left behind.



Green Connect Illawarra

• Australia
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Zero Waste Supervisor

  • Sep 2019 - Jun 2020

  Green Connect is a social enterprise that employs former refugees and young people to grow fair food and also reduce waste to landfill. My role as zero waste supervisor included leading waste management at medium-large festivals: This involved organisation and delegation of waste education, bin changing, waste sorting and litter picking. Data generated through waste sorting created a profile of what items are coming through the waste streams at various events. This not only reduces the amount of waste going to landfill, it was also be used to inform event planners of ways in which to mitigate their waste impact for greater ecological and environmental benefit.



University of Wollongong

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Qualitative Data Analyst

  • Nov 2019 - Dec 2019

  Employed under the Social Science Dean’s Scholar Project to analyse qualitative data. Presented the data to the Head of Students and also the School of Public Health.

• Global Communicators Program Facilitator

  • Jan 2017 - Dec 2019

  Global Communicators Program enables both international and domestic students at University of Wollongong to form intercultural friendships. The program also strengthens intercultural literacy and emphasises the importance of being a global citizen. In my role I facilitated three, one hour sessions of GCP a week involving initating and maintaining discussion about culture, travel and experience both overseas and in Australia at UOW.

• International Fieldwork

  • Jun 2018 - Jul 2018

  Completed an international fieldwork intensive program “Geographies of Change.” During the program we were hosted by a number of organisations including Friends of National Parks Foundations and Sea Communities. We participated in the monitoring of Bali Sterlings and local habitat restoration in the form of nest box building and bee box building. We were also involved in coral restoration efforts as well as a beach clean of the local area to document the areas of concern.

• Research Assistant

  • Mar 2018 - Mar 2018

  Travelled to Jindabyne with Professor Nicolas Gill to assist in gathering survey data for National Parks on hikers boot cleaning practices. This research is particularly important in the context of orange hawkweed which is currently localised in the park but could be spread to other areas through contaminated boots.

• Co Editor

  • Oct 2016 - May 2017

  Acted as a co-editor on Professor Noel Castree's book project 'Companion to Environmental Studies.' Handling communications between academics submitting their chapters,Professor Noel Castree and the publishing agency. I also performed preliminary formatting of the chapters based on the specifications of the publishing agency. This book has now been published by Routledge.



Population Wellbeing and Environment Research Lab (PowerLab), University of Wollongong

• Park Auditor

  • Oct 2019 - Dec 2019

  Assisted Population Wellbeing and Environment Research Lab (PowerLab) in park audits as part of larger research on parks and green spaces in the Illawarra in relation to health and wellbeing. Assisted Population Wellbeing and Environment Research Lab (PowerLab) in park audits as part of larger research on parks and green spaces in the Illawarra in relation to health and wellbeing.



Healthy Cities Illawarra

• Australia
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Web Content Developer

  • Feb 2018 - May 2018

  Through an internship with Food Fairness Illawarra (FFI) I was involved in local (Illawarra based) community focussed research on topics related to fair food and food sustainabilty. Specific topics include the problems related to industrial farming/supermarket chains and overfishing/selecting fish from sustainable sources. The research generated by the internship was used to update the FFI website. It included local solutions, initiatives and additional resources community members can use as a practical tool, to get involved in the food sustainability movement.



BoomerangAlliance

• Australia
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Community Engagement Officer and Behaviour Change Analyst

  • Sep 2017 - Nov 2017

  Through an internship with Boomerang Alliance I was involved in liaison with local business in the area (who are utilising alternatives to single use plastics) to produce in depth case studies. I also conducted personal engagement with members of the Wollongong community (survey) in order to understand knowledge, motivation and use of both single use plastic items and reusable items. This data was then analysed and used as an evidence-based insight into sustainable behaviour change and the community's susceptibility to Plastic Free Wollongong's proposed initiatives. Evidence from this project was used in a final report with a preliminary literature review on the knowledge action gap and was presented at the National ‘Beyond Plastic Pollution Conference’ in Darling Harbour (2017).