Conor Smith Email & Phone Number

Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

Frate Branch of transport New South Wales. Supporting the engagement of internal and external stakeholders within Transport Nsw and liaising with freight industry Bodies throughout the state.

Work From Home

In this role I was hired mid project as there was a staffing change. This involved me needing to hit the ground running with customers who had been waiting while my position was filled.I was given a project brief and loose structure to deliver connectivity and capacity building skills during the pandemic. I had a deadline that I needed to deliver a certain number of events in time for.The project I inherited saw me organise a group of members into interest groups based on mutual mentoring principals. My role was to organise the groups to be self-sustaining with as little input and steering from me as possible. This challenged my skills in dealing with different personalities and trying to structure group agreements to keep things on track with a light touch from myself.The goal was to connect people who may otherwise be isolated during the pandemic while providing a space for them to capacity build around an interest of theirs.I was also asked upon commencing in this organisation to take over another open-ended project of peer connection and set it up as a self-sustaining system. This also included marketing and promotion as well as facilitation training to peers.This was a unique challenge to balance both projects at the same time, one with deadlines and another without.When these projects ended or were handed over at the end of the year, I was asked to move into a project to improve the outcomes of blind or vision impaired job seekers. Our project team aims to capacity build with job seekers and with businesses who may have perceptions about hiring disabled workers that are not based in current reality. The goal of this program is to provide education and to place job seekers in paid work so they and the business can gain experience on what is possible.

Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

In this role I participated in internal and external consultation. This took the form of organisational departments wishing to survey or conduct research with clients. They would come to me with their goal. I would then recommend the best method of engagement based on their needs and the specific qualities of the intended demographic. For example, online surveys are useful for people who are on computers or phones but not for people more elderly or people who require capacity building.I would then in conjunction with the instigating team develop questions or events to procure this information as best as possible. This also included providing incentives to increase engagement outcomes from traditionally disconnected groups.At times I may be required to facilitate focus groups and direct discussion toward evidence finding. In some cases, the instigating team would require the raw data and in other situations I would compile, analyse, and then recommend to the team based on the evidence compiled. They will then choose what to do.I also like to close the loop with who I have engaged with to ensure that they know what their information was used for and that it was not disappearing into a black hole.I would also provide the same service to outside organisations who wished to use our clients feedback to change service provision. In this case this would also include issuing project paperwork and agreements between my organisation and the other before we move on to the implementation stage of the project.

Parramatta, Sydney, Australia

Within several months of commencing in my graduate position I was made project lead ahead of more experienced peers regarding encouraging more engagement and participation with the organisation with youth clients. This eight-month project developed my leadership, budgeting, delegation, and people skills particularly when faced with working group members from within the organisation who took my lack of experience with apprehension. Project was completed on time resulting in an online platform designed and administrated with consultation of our youth cohort.I also undertook work experience and research of related and unrelated departments within the organisation to understand where my team and department contributed to the overall mission of the organisation. This allowed me to identify inefficiencies and raise them where necessary.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Cultural And Social Analysis

Activities and Societies: The Atheist community of UWS• Critical analysis based on wide range of references and research methodologies. •.

Bachellor Of Arts, Cultural And Social Analysis, Credit Average

Advanced Diploma Of Music, Music Composition, Performance, Business, Marketing, Promotion, Publicity And Events Coordination

Activities and Societies: Midnight Horizon [drummer, song writer, singer]Undertook 2 years of music performance, composition and business.