Experience

Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand

• Australia
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Head of Research and Advisory

  • Mar 2020 - Present



Intergage

• Australia
• Professional Training and Coaching

• Co-Founder and Director

  • Sep 2017 - Present

  Co-Founder and Director at Intergage, a social change consultancy for change makers. We provide costed and pro bono services. Responsible for managing business and providing leadership and change maker development; stakeholder collaboration and management; organisational development and alignment; and social impact measurement services. Co-Founder and Director at Intergage, a social change consultancy for change makers. We provide costed and pro bono services. Responsible for managing business and providing leadership and change maker development; stakeholder collaboration and management; organisational development and alignment; and social impact measurement services.



Good Shepherd Microfinance

• Head of Program Design and Advisory Services

  • Jul 2018 - Mar 2020

  Manage and support Program Design and Advisory Services team that includes researchers, analysts and advisors working across sectors to provide advice on building the financial resilience and financial wellbeing of individuals and businesses. Conduct research, evaluation and co-design workshops.Explore business development and expand awareness of microfinance.

• Program Design and Evaluation Analyst

  • Jun 2018 - Jun 2018

  Responsible for conducting research, program design and evaluation for internal and external clients.



Synergistiq

• Australia
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Consultant

  • Oct 2017 - Jun 2018

  Conducting evaluation, research, and facilitation. Projects included: Learning Places Pulse Check (DET) 2018 Evaluation of Doctors in Secondary Schools (DET) 2017-18 Conducting evaluation, research, and facilitation. Projects included: Learning Places Pulse Check (DET) 2018 Evaluation of Doctors in Secondary Schools (DET) 2017-18



Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne

• Research Fellow (contract and casual)

  • Mar 2015 - Feb 2018

  Contract position from February 2016 to February 2017 and casual contract work in 2015, 2017 and 2018. Responsible for project management and conducting research and evaluation across a range of social impact projects including: -Social Traders Connect Evaluation: Stage One (2017) and Stage 2 (2018), Social Traders -Map for Impact - the Victorian Social Enterprise Mapping Project (2017), Op Shops and Co-working Spaces, Centre for Social Impact Swinburne -Literature Review on Homelessness (2017), Centre for Social Impact UNSW -Evaluation of Social Enterprise Development & Investment Funds (SEDIF) (2016), Department of Employment, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra -Giving Australia 2016, Centre for Social Impact Swinburne -Mapping and Market Research of the Sustainability Focused Social Enterprise Sector in New South Wales (2015), Office of the Environment and Heritage (NSW)



Swinburne University of Technology

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer

  • Feb 2016 - Aug 2017

  Lecturer at Swinburne University for Personal and Family Philanthropy, Social Impact: Entrepreneurs and Social Innovation, and Leadership for Social Impact Lecturer at Swinburne University for Personal and Family Philanthropy, Social Impact: Entrepreneurs and Social Innovation, and Leadership for Social Impact



University of Melbourne

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Casual Lecturer and Internship Assessor

  • Mar 2004 - Dec 2016

  Lecturer Social Research Design and Evaluation Semester 2 2015 Lecturer Social Research Design and Evaluation Semester 2 2014 Internship Assessor July 2014-December 2015 Lecturer Comparative Social Policy Semester 2 2013 Lecturer Comparative Social Policy Semester 2 2005 Teaching Assistant: March 2004-2012 for Advanced Policy Design, Australian Indigenous Politics, Governance and Civil Society, Public Sector Management, Media/Society/Politics, Approaches to Political and Social Inquiry, Public Policy Methods and Public Research Methods



RMIT University

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Casual Lecturer

  • Jul 2015 - Dec 2015

  Lecturer Policy Futures: Social Innovation and Human Centred Design Semester 2 2015 Lecturer Policy Futures: Social Innovation and Human Centred Design Semester 2 2015



Zara Lasater Consultancy

• Founder and Principal Consultant

  • Oct 2003 - Jul 2014

  Founder and Principal Consultant of boutique consultancy focusing on social policy research and evaluation Founder and Principal Consultant of boutique consultancy focusing on social policy research and evaluation



Bayside City Council

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Community Engagement Coordinator

  • Feb 2012 - Oct 2012

  Responsible for coordinating community engagement across local government council, advising on community engagement, and liaising with the community through forums and area based visioning and planning Responsible for coordinating community engagement across local government council, advising on community engagement, and liaising with the community through forums and area based visioning and planning



Success Works

• Principal Consultant

  • Aug 2000 - Oct 2003

  Responsible for project management of multiple projects and consultancy delivery to a range of Australian local, state, and federal government clients and community sector clients to include proposal writing, methodology development, project management, qualitative and quantitative research, facilitation, consultation, evaluation, planning and report writing with policy recommendations Responsible for project management of multiple projects and consultancy delivery to a range of Australian local, state, and federal government clients and community sector clients to include proposal writing, methodology development, project management, qualitative and quantitative research, facilitation, consultation, evaluation, planning and report writing with policy recommendations



Peterborough City Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal Policy Officer

  • Jan 1999 - Jun 2000

  Responsible for producing the first Best Value Performance Plan which included area based visioning and planning, corporate strategic planning and developing a performance management culture and responsible for corporate consultation co-ordination, consultation guidance, policy development and servicing the Council's Corporate and Service Planning Group

• Community Development Officer

  • Jun 1998 - Jan 1999

  Responsible for area based community development work including community profiling and local community planning