Andrew Jones Email & Phone Number

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

As the General Manager of Agriculture and Water, I steward the 50-strong agriculture and water team in creating impact and value for agriculture and water sector participants and stakeholders, drawing on relationships that foster a broader and deeper capacity to understand and meet customer needs. Under the Meteorology 1955, the Bureau is required to provide observations, forecasts, warnings and advice to assist primary production. Our services are relied on by the agriculture sector to inform decisions that manage 25% of national water extractions and 55% of Australia's land mass, for a sector that directly employs 2.5% of the national workforce, and accounts for more than 10% of Australia's exports.Under the Water Act 2007, the Bureau is responsible for: gathering and disseminating Australia's water information; giving regular assessments and forecasts of Australia's water resources; producing the National Water Account; issuing standards and; giving advice on water matters. The Bureau supports government and the public by providing comprehensive data and information on Australia's water and climate conditions. This informs decisions critical to water trade of around $6 billion annually and management of urban water infrastructure that is worth approximately $170 billion.

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

The General Manager International Development is a newly created senior leadership role in theBureau. As a member of the Bureau’s Senior Leadership Team, the General Manager will enable theBureau to identify, coordinate and deliver meteorological, hydrological and climatological products andservices that materially advance Australia's national interest in the Indo-Pacific.

Suva, Fiji

The Pacific Community (SPC) is an international scientific and technical organisation owned and governed by 26 country and territory members. The Geoscience, Energy and Maritime (GEM) Division supports policy development and project implementation across areas including: maritime governance, ocean science, disaster & climate resilience, water security, built environment, energy security, natural resource management, risk & hazard assessment, geoinformatics and earth observation.DIVISIONAL LEADERSHIP AND OVERSIGHT:● Managing a diverse team of multisectoral technical specialists:o ~120 staff based across 2 main campuses and multiple countrieso Approx. 52% Female/48% Male; 81% Pacific Islanders/19% Expatriate o Includes a management team with finance, monitoring and evaluation, and communications capacity ● Managing an average annual budget of ~AUD 36 Million, across a portfolio of 45 projects in 2020: o Excellent implementation rates: actuals to budget spend of >97% for 2018 and >94% for 2019o Highly leveraged external funding: 90% project funded/10% core and programme funded

Mongolia

As an organisational governance expert I provided technical advice to the program’s key stakeholders, through strategically engaging with government, donor, civil society and private sector partners in Mongolia. The focus of this engagement is to facilitate the strengthening of government systems and processes in Mongolia, focussing on the development of Mongolia's national earth science entity and the establishment of a national technical database.

Canberra, Australia

I led multidisciplinary teams of up to 25 staff from acrossGeoscience Australia in a matrix management approach. I had direct supervision of 10 staff including multiple staff at EL2. As highly specialised analysts, almost all of the staff I managed were technical experts outside my field of expertise.I delivered >12 integrated multi- million dollar projects on time and within budget. In some cases these required rapid synthesis and interpretation of data for decision making during disasters.

Canberra, Australia

The Marine and Energy Systems Section within GA focussed on integrated studies of Australia’s offshore environments, collecting baseline data and providing integrated interpretations to improve decision making by governments and communities.

Canberra, Australia

Technical work on marine systems and natural hazards