Sarah Wilcox Email & Phone Number

Mount Stuart, TAS, AU

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Helping organisations to lead quality conversations and meaningful engagement with their people, communities and stakeholders. With a successful communications and engagement career across commercial, public sector and not-for-profit organisations, my strengths are:- Facilitating quality and respectful conversations to understand your people and gain.

Australia

Supporting the great team at the Office of Safeguarding Children and Young People.

Nipaluna /Hobart

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Tasmania, Australia

Kingston, Tasmania

Hobart

Contracted to liaise with stakeholders and manage communications for the Montpelier Project in Salamanca for Sultan Holdings.

Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania

• Recruited to manage the Stakeholder Engagement and Communications activities on the SLIMS Program, a new student academic and administration system that is transforming systems and processes for both students and staff.
• Created a Stakeholder Engagement and Communications Strategy and Plan, which included the development of a thorough Stakeholder Analysis. This provided the framework to establish a change network across the University.
• Designed and produced key messages for staff and students utilising existing networks using new and creative methods including printed materials, online articles and newsletters, promotional and instructional.
• Designed and delivered information and training presentations across the University for academic and professional staff and students. This included introducing key changes and concepts, highlighting new terminology.
• Recruited and managed student champions across Hobart, Launceston, Cradle Coast, Rozelle and Darlinghurst. Designed and delivered training for students in the principles of effective communications and delivering.

Manchester, United Kingdom

• Appointed to raise the profile of recognition for outstanding work and bravery internally and externally at Greater Manchester Police (GMP) as well as manage all events and contribute to public relations campaigns.
• Designed and managed a range of events and ceremonies with audiences ranging from 10 to over 1,000 across the 10 boroughs of Greater Manchester and with internal and external stakeholders, including local councillors.
• Produced content and copy within the Corporate Communications Team for internal and external publication including: press releases to media, internal and external web updates, electronic newsletter, national award.
• Negotiated the involvement of key business partners in sponsoring events and ceremonies for the organisation following budget restrictions in policing.
• Successfully submitted nominations for national awards in policing including: Community Police Officer of the Year, Lifetime Achievement Award, High Sheriff of London Community Awards and Bravery awards (for both.
• Managed social media content for awards and ceremonies, using Twitter and Facebook to engage sponsors and members of the public.

Rochdale Division

• Engaged to improve the service and introduce administration efficiencies at four police public enquiry counters on the Rochdale Division in Greater Manchester.
• Managed 13 members of staff for 24-hour cover. Introduced new electronic roster and scheduling for more effective cover and resilience during peak times of illness or holiday requests.
• Created electronic leave requests and balances, increasing transparency and reducing confusion on leave balances.
• Arranged customer service and dealing with aggressive behaviour training for staff. Improved onsite training by increasing managerial attendance and visibility at all stations, employing frequent one-to-one interviews.

Bury Division

• Recruited into a police intelligence unit to give a fresh perspective on administrative procedures and information sharing methods.
• Managed stakeholder partnerships and information sharing with partner agencies including the Housing Association, Bury Court and Bury Council. Attended partnership meetings and created a tasking schedule from issues.
• Created a new procedures and databases for the administration of home alarms and criminal compensation applications, replacing paper-based systems.
• Viewed and rated intelligence to then create and deliver electronic briefing summaries to be presented to police officers.

Salford Quays, Manchester, UK

• Initially recruited as a casual technician to assist in implementing gallery exhibitions and recruited full-time within a month to coordinate all aspects of touring and in-house exhibitions.
• Coordinated all touring and in-house art exhibitions including national and international tours (arranging transport, accommodation, technicians, insurance and travel documentation for art). Assisted in the collation.
• Organised opening nights and specialist events and coordinated media operations with artists and curators. This included catering, lighting for photographic and television interviews, invitations and guest lists, staff.
• Curated the touring exhibition Jerwood Drawing Prize and assisted in curating various other touring and in-house exhibitions.
• Produced written content for within the gallery exhibition, programmes, brochures and media releases.
• Managed all aspects of each gallery, including lighting and climate control systems appropriate to each exhibition, including production of reports for managers and insurers. Introduced design efficiencies to support.

Ramsbottom, Bury, Greater Manchester, UK

• Appointed to lead the transformation of the high school library into a fully equipped resource centre.
• Introduced a new electronic library stock control system and efficiencies, which saw the dispensing of manual card logs. This database was a fully online system and included a new barcode system for efficient tracking.
• Created alternative learning techniques for remedial English classes. This included providing graphic novels for Shakespeare plays to help promote understanding and engagement.
• Published the school newsletter by organising students to interview each other, teachers and external role models. Introduced a regular column for book reviews and the top ten reads at school.

Australia, Ireland And UK

After graduating from the University of Tasmania, Launceston in 1992, Sarah worked in Melbourne, Perth and Sydney on touring and in-house theatrical productions. She worked as a Stage and Touring Manager, Communications Officer and Lighting Designer/Technician with various venues and companies including the Victorian Arts Centre, The Princess Theatre.

Associate Diploma Of Arts In Drama, Theatre/Theatre Arts Management

Education record