Brian Riley Email & Phone Number

Queensland, Australia

provides practical and contextually relevant strategic policy, planning, programming and project management assistance in building organisational systems and capacity with a particular interest in sustainable development.

Australia - Papua New Guinea

• Housing & Major Environmental Health Infrastructure• Transport Infrastructure (Marine, Road, Air)• Public Health Policy (Australia – Papua New Guinea)• Indigenous Community Social & Legal Services• Community Safety; Disaster and Emergency Management• Culture, Art & Heritage Programmes.(See overview of responsibilities below)

Australia - Papua New Guinea

( Major Infrastructure, Housing, Community safety & services, Culture, Art & Heritage)• Responsible for the design, delivery and implementation of complex environmental health, housing and infrastructure programs across the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Region with budgets in excess of $120m• High level procurement and commercial contract negotiation and management skills across a range of domains including infrastructure, housing, service delivery and grants management• Prepare complex briefings, business papers and ministerial and senate estimates briefs to support TSRA Board and Minister Indigenous Affairs including development of ‘intervention papers’ for the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.• Provide leadership and management to multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural teams (engineers, design consultants, community development practitioners etc.)• Coordinate Arts and cultural sector activities in the Torres Strait region including a $4.2m upgrade to Gab Titui Culture Centre on Thursday Island.

Philippines

• Seconded via UNDP Office of the Presidential Assistant Rehabilitation and Recovery – Key role in production of the Typhoon Yolanda Post Disaster Comprehensive Rehabilitation/Recovery Master plan ($4 billion USD).• Provided high Level technical advice on National and Sub-national Post-disaster recovery plans for key sectors including Social Services, Livelihoods, Resettlement and Infrastructure.• Obtained Presidential approval of Yolanda disaster recovery plan October 2014 (8000 pages, 8 volumes, 20,000 projects).

• Provided high level strategic policy, planning and project technical advice to support the PNG/Australia ‘Joint understanding on health, education and law and Order’ ($420million AUD)• Lead joint DFAT/PNG Government procurement team to develop Lae ANGAU Hospital Masterplan Project $207 million AUD Australian Government investment (total investment $500 AUD (PNG).• Developed and gained approval terms of reference and procurement strategy for $25 million (AUD) multidisciplinary Technical Engineering Enabling Unit.• Provided key strategic planning and policy advice on Joint Understanding projects (PNG University essential infrastructure ($40m AUD), Port Moresby Magistrates Court Complex Masterplan ($19m AUD), Ramu-Madang Highway Scoping and Design (8.5mAUD)

Responsibilities as outlined above.

• Leadership, management and oversight of large infrastructure and housing construction contracts ($1.2 billion AUD)• Directed Indigenous Employment and Workforce Development Strategies across Northern Territory• Responsible for monitoring, evaluating and reporting on performance of a large Alliance construction consortia (Earth Connect Alliance) contract value $110 million AUD• Addressed performance management concerns and advised Government on the termination anddemobilisation of the Federal Government contract. Served as General Manager (Earth Connect Alliance)after government cancelled contracts $ 37 million AUD• Provided high level policy advice to support joint Northern Territory and Australian Government - Joint Steering Committee on Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure and provided wide range of detailed high-level ministerial and senate estimates briefs

Australia

• Managed a team to provide high-level corporate and operational advice for Australian Government Personnel deployed across the Asia/Pacific• Contract management for in-country logistics service providers throughout Asia/Pacific• Designed and drafted procurement strategies and documentation for Australian Civilian Corps• Developed, negotiated and coordinated AusAID's interagency Strategic Partnership Agreements (SPA) and Records of Understanding (RoU) grant mechanism• Represented AusAID in national and international forums and events

• Led complex quantitative Indigenous population research and Census analysis projects• Developed, drafted and negotiated ABS Northern Australia Region Strategy (implemented for 2011 population Census across Northern Australia)• Coordination of corporate and HR functions of the Northern Territory ABS Office• Represented ABS in national forums regarding Indigenous statistical collection designs, field operations and analysis.

• At the request of the Australian Statistician General - coordinated and managed all international, regional and national procurement and logistics activity• Worked with Sudan National Statistical Agency in order to build operational, planning and management capability and capacity (80,000 national field staff)• Managed multi-donor trust fund and reporting requirements $100million USD (EU, DFID, World Bank, Danida)• Provided leadership and management to large multi national teams.

• Executive level direction and management of the 2006 Population Census in the Northern Territory• Responsible for leadership and management of 1500 census field staff (28 Direct reports). Activities included intergovernmental laision, Territory wide operational planning, all recruitment processes and training including large Indigenous workforce• Developed and implemented a range of targeted strategies for diverse population groups (Indigenous, Migrants, Homeless)• Managed media and communications strategies (crisis media spokesperson Northern Territory)

• Developed wide range of Indigenous housing policies for the Northern Territory• Provided detailed written ministerial correspondence, briefs, reports, IHANT Board papers• Drafted and produced 2004 IHANT Annual reports and 2004/05 Strategic Plan ($40 million)• Represented agency in wide range of forums; Managed teams of Indigenous liaison officers

• Management of multi-disciplinary teams delivering community and school based services programs, youth ,juvenile diversion, early mental health intervention, community and public health• High level written support for 24 member Indigenous Board (Tiwi Health Board)• Developed a range of successful funding submissions (DoHA, FaHCSIA, NT Health)• Responsible for all staff recruitment, supervision and training• Designed and implemented Tiwi Intervention Programmes - Then Indigenous Affairs Minister (Kaye Patterson) announced as 'Best Practise Indigenous Family Support Services’.

• City of Cockburn WA – Youth Development Officer• City of Melville WA – Youth and Community Development Officer• Mercy Community Services WA – Residential Care Provider• St Vincent DePaul – NSW – Youth Worker• Burnside NSW – St Andrews Adolescent Centre – Youth Worker

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Sustainable Development

Master Of Law, International Law/International Relations, Winner Dean’S Choice Awards 2014 -Top Law Student

Masters, Community Development & Management

Certificate Iv, Workplace Assessment And Training

Bachelor, Psychology/Social Sciences, Part Complete – 2 Years 14 Units

Certificate Iv, Music (Jazz Performance)

Associate Diploma, Performing Arts