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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Working as part of the Institute Leadership Team to establish the strategic direction for the Institute in relation to external partnerships, philanthropic funding, building institutional resilience and engaging with external stakeholders.Managing and building relationships with key stakeholders, partners and funding organisations.Developing and facilitating cross-university collaborations to develop multi-disciplinary teams for large scale research opportunities.Managing the Institute's Governance processes (External Advisory Board and Executive Committee) and providing financial stewardship.

Adelaide, Australia

Partnered with 32 Australian Universities to boost participation of PhD researchers in the workforce through industry-based projects and a $28.2 million rebate program.Assisted industry (SMEs, not-for-profits, government and large organisations) to identify challenges within their businesses and to connect them with world leading researchers and their doctoral students in order to find solutions.Led the program in South Australia, Northern Territory and Western Australia.

Provided support to researchers across the Division of Business in terms of identifying appropriate external funding opportunities (ARC, NHMRC and others) providing strategic advice to increase their research profile and impact beyond the academy and facilitated and contributed to the grant writing process from conceptual development to crafting the final submission.

Sydney, Australia

Contributed to the development of the Federal Government funded Perpetrator Interventions Research prioritiesConducted in-house research that led to the production of the 'State of Knowledge Perpetrator Interventions in Australia' publicationProvided expertise, analysis and critical assessment of current state and territory policy and legislation on violence against women to senior policy makers and other stakeholdersBuilt working relationships with senior government officials, practitioners and policy makers from across Australia in order to refine strategic research objectives to facilitate the Federal Government's strategic policy regarding domestic/family violence and sexual assaultLiaised with the National Outcome Standards for Perpetrator Interventions Working Group to facilitate the development and implementation of the Federal Governments' domestic violence policy.

Adelaide, South Australia

Led evaluations of Government programs in Housing and Youth JusticeSenior Ethics Advisor for the Families and Communities Human Research Ethics CommitteeProvided executive assistance to the CommitteeSupported internal and external researchers with their ethics applications and research proposalsAcademic Member of the South Australian Chapter of the Social Impact Measurement Network

Coventry, United Kingdom

Establishing and maintaining project steering committeesWriting project plans and updates – based on review and evaluation of current progressProducing biannual progress reports for external fundersConducting the administrative aspects associated with pre and post award grant managementConceptualising and writing grants/tendersDeveloping collaborative partnerships with stakeholders for research opportunitiesPresenting research findings and policy recommendations to local, national and European level governmental departments and policy makersLeading the organisation of international conferences and other knowledge transfer activitiesFacilitating methodological training and Nvivo workshops across EuropeMaintaining a high level of visibility and increasing the impact of projects via websites and social mediaWriting of academic and non-academic publications

Governance Foundations For Not-For-Profit Directors, Business Administration And Management, General

The Governance Foundations for Not-for-Profit Directors program provides a toolkit for executives, directors, and those who aspire.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Sociology

Master’S Degree, Social Sciences

Activities and Societies: Member of Warwick Photographic Society. Provided dark room training to junior members of the group.I.

Bachelor’S Degree, Business/Managerial Economics, 1St Class Honours