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Lavender Bay, Nsw, Au

Taking on expanded role to oversee all of Camp Quality’s Major Event and Community Fundraising programs and campaigns. Leading a team of 7 spread across NSW, VIC and WA.

North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Leading a team of dedicated Fundraisers and Event Operations Managers, in the last two years at Camp Quality have re-launched our Major Outdoor Events Program post pandemic. Launched all new event websites with supporter engagement front and centre. Increased event fundraising income to record levels across events such as Camp Quality Convoy Geelong, Camp Quality Motocyc, Camp Quality FunX4. Increasing participation levels across flagship events Camp Quality esCarpade and Camp Quality… Show more Leading a team of dedicated Fundraisers and Event Operations Managers, in the last two years at Camp Quality have re-launched our Major Outdoor Events Program post pandemic. Launched all new event websites with supporter engagement front and centre. Increased event fundraising income to record levels across events such as Camp Quality Convoy Geelong, Camp Quality Motocyc, Camp Quality FunX4. Increasing participation levels across flagship events Camp Quality esCarpade and Camp Quality wesCarpade, again with a view to beating income records in 2023.Accountability for P&L across Major Outdoor Events Portfolio. At the same time across all of this, we put safety at the heart of everything we do in CQ events, and within my tenure I have strengthened both our Risk Framework and Incident Management Procedures.2023 - 2025 will see growth in our events portfolio across Australia. Show less

North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

The National Motoring Events Manager leads a small team, spread geographically, to deliver Camp Quality’s portfolio of vehicle-related events. The role influences teams and communities to work collaboratively to drive ever improving fundraising and event experience outcomes for all involved. One of the key measures of success for this role is to continually increase supporter engagement and net revenue year on year.Managing and leading both the logistical requirements of events and the… Show more The National Motoring Events Manager leads a small team, spread geographically, to deliver Camp Quality’s portfolio of vehicle-related events. The role influences teams and communities to work collaboratively to drive ever improving fundraising and event experience outcomes for all involved. One of the key measures of success for this role is to continually increase supporter engagement and net revenue year on year.Managing and leading both the logistical requirements of events and the marketing & partnerships requirements of the activation, this role ensures Camp Quality benefits from efficiently executed fundraising that consistently achieves or exceeds agreed ROI. Show less

Sydney, Australia

Senior Events Officer/Producer primarily responsible for delivering NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service New Years Eve Portfolio of events across Sydney Harbour. End to end event production, ticketing, marketing and management of portfolio of 8 event venues/11K PAX. Engagement and inter-agency planning with all major government and industry stakeholders in the wider delivery of Sydney NYE event. In parallel supporting other internally delivered NPWS major events.

Sydney, Australia

Facilitate and build consistency in the management of third party events and venue hire. Coordinate,evaluate and report on diverse events and related activities that support increased visitation andrecreational use of national parks and reserves.

Sydney, Australia

Held National Event Operations Manager at Oxfam Australia, delivering all aspects of mass participation events portfolio including Oxfam Trailwalker events held annually in Victoria, Queensland, NSW and WA. Responsible for all facets of event delivery, safety, risk, stakeholder engagement I managed a $1M+ expenditure budget.Oversaw implementation of 50km event variants in NSW and Victoria leading to increased event participation and increased Fundraising Income.

Sydney, Australia

In my 19 month tenure of Event Manager position I stabilised event fundraising income decline and increased fundraising income by 33% from $2.1M in 2013 to $2.8M in 2015.I was responsible for managing all aspects of this large, complex flagship fundraising event, including managing a small team of staff and recruitment of 700+ volunteers, acquiring and building corporate and stakeholder relationships, developing and managing budgets, financial planning and risk… Show more In my 19 month tenure of Event Manager position I stabilised event fundraising income decline and increased fundraising income by 33% from $2.1M in 2013 to $2.8M in 2015.I was responsible for managing all aspects of this large, complex flagship fundraising event, including managing a small team of staff and recruitment of 700+ volunteers, acquiring and building corporate and stakeholder relationships, developing and managing budgets, financial planning and risk management.During my tenure Oxfam Trailwalker Sydney was the original event in a series of four National Events across Australia (the others being Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth) which jointly raised over $9M annually towards Oxfams work. Subsequently the events now only operate in NSW and VIC in 2022 Show less

Sydney, Australia

Relocated to Sydney at short notice to backfill the operations position for Oxfam Trailwaker Sydney. Undertook delivery of major operational aspects of events with only 10 weeks lead time.Event was delivered without incident and all operational aspects of Oxfam Trailwalker Sydney can be considered succesful.

Brisbane, Australia

Operations and Logistics Coordinator for the very first Oxfam Trailwalker event to be held in Brisbane Australia in June 2011. Responsible for all event logistics, operations and delivery of a safe event. Responsible for design of 100km walking course, event site selection, plannning of sites, event sceduling, landholder management, contractor selection and engagement, emergency service support, end to end event logisitics.Built on success of year 1 event and delivered the 2nd event in… Show more Operations and Logistics Coordinator for the very first Oxfam Trailwalker event to be held in Brisbane Australia in June 2011. Responsible for all event logistics, operations and delivery of a safe event. Responsible for design of 100km walking course, event site selection, plannning of sites, event sceduling, landholder management, contractor selection and engagement, emergency service support, end to end event logisitics.Built on success of year 1 event and delivered the 2nd event in June 2012 succesfully with increased fundraising revenue. Show less

Responsible for recruitment, management of 600+ volunteers as well as delivery of all aspects of volunteer program for Oxfam Sydney Trailwalker Event in August 2010.http://www2.oxfam.org.au/trailwalker/sydney/

Supporting various events such as Project Compassion, Jazz for Justice etc

Managing Event Logistics in Melbourne for Oxfam Australia Change programmes on a contract basis.

After Nokia acquired Symbian Software Limited I continued within Professional Services division supporting internal departments within Nokia in a Symbian OS Smartphone Senior Technical Consulting Project Manager role.I also commenced pre sales activities with European Operators such as Orange, Vodafone, Telefonica etc

In summary my role was to lead varying teams of consultants who would provide professional services consultancy to Nokia and alike (prior to Nokia buying Symbian), the role was part project management, part account/client management and part line management. Effectively the role plugged a gap between our in house Software suppliers, PMO organisation and the customer both at a project level and a higher business unit wide level.Ownership of Professional Services relationship towards Nokia… Show more In summary my role was to lead varying teams of consultants who would provide professional services consultancy to Nokia and alike (prior to Nokia buying Symbian), the role was part project management, part account/client management and part line management. Effectively the role plugged a gap between our in house Software suppliers, PMO organisation and the customer both at a project level and a higher business unit wide level.Ownership of Professional Services relationship towards Nokia Multimedia Business Unit. Overall accountability for consultancy services towards business unit delivering N-Series devices to market.Responsible for £10M+ of consultancy/service provision between 2005-2009.Led team of consultants assisting Nokia deliver world's leading N-series smart phones to market (examples N70, N73, N96, N96, N97)Owned lifecycle of consultancy engagements - from initial pre sales activity, order cover negotiation, project reporting, risk management, interfacing between Symbian Software developments teams, PMO function, Nokia customer and third party contractors.Risk tracking and management (dashboard reporting etc)Leadership of special taskforces, reporting to board level on progress etc.Commercial aspects such as billing and invoice requisition.People management, both at a project level. Managing resource allocation, utilisation rates and time recording activities. Also line management of 10 direct reports, career management, and performance appraisals.Project closure and review activities.Use of Miller Heiman sales techniques (gold and blue sheets)Prior to taking voluntary resignation as part of company wide cost reduction exercise I was tasked with building business with Tier 1 mobile operators. Deep engagement with Orange, Vodafone, Telefonica and other leading European operators Show less

Diploma, Event Management

Activities and Societies: Event Management Training Intensive Training to back up my experience in Events Sector prior to moving.

Bsc 2:2, Product Design, Innovation & Marketing

Education record