Debbie Richardson Email and Phone Number

Paddock to plate farming operation delivering farm fresh beef directly to consumers and hospitality partners.

Providing consultation services to Australia's largest Sahiwal cattle stud with the purpose of developing new income streams and expanding existing domestic and international market share. This is an ongoing part-time consultancy role.Achievements to-date:Created and implemented 2 new income streams taking the farm into the Agri-tourism sector, Running Creek Beef and Running Creek Cottage. Implemented a complete Livestock management system including database that allows for live… Show more Providing consultation services to Australia's largest Sahiwal cattle stud with the purpose of developing new income streams and expanding existing domestic and international market share. This is an ongoing part-time consultancy role.Achievements to-date:Created and implemented 2 new income streams taking the farm into the Agri-tourism sector, Running Creek Beef and Running Creek Cottage. Implemented a complete Livestock management system including database that allows for live weight reading, NLS tag scanning. The commercially available database is Stockbook. Show less

Reporting directly to the Managing Director.Duties include:• Manage daily operations of Australian Paramedical College across student services, learning support and training staff.• Ensure the RTO’s operations are in accordance with The 2015 Standards for Registration.• Perform the Human Resource management functions for the business including selecting, recruiting, inducting and performance managing all staff.• Provide leadership to all staff resulting in a high performing… Show more Reporting directly to the Managing Director.Duties include:• Manage daily operations of Australian Paramedical College across student services, learning support and training staff.• Ensure the RTO’s operations are in accordance with The 2015 Standards for Registration.• Perform the Human Resource management functions for the business including selecting, recruiting, inducting and performance managing all staff.• Provide leadership to all staff resulting in a high performing integrated staff.• Implementing and maintaining all WH&S requirements and procedures including emergency evacuation procedures for staff and students including the fulfilling of ongoing statutory requirements across two sites.• Establish consistent business financial reporting that is underpinned with accurate data reporting.• Establish business budget and forecasting reporting and business planning to ensure fiscal responsibility is maintained and positively geared. • Ensure timely identification of negative trends and then subsequent implementation of changes or improvements. • Establish regular staff meetings to establish communication, feedback, and development and/or maintenance of productive work processes that assists to ensure timely communication between all departments including Marketing & Sales, Accounts, Student administration and Training Staff. • Implement a schedule of staff recognition and professional development activities through creating a process that identifies skill gaps for staff according to organisational needs and implement professional development to bridge the gaps. • Build a culture of continuous improvement with underpinning processes across the business. Show less

The manager responsible for the business centre/campus including financial forecasting and business planning, daily operations, student engagement, staff recruitment and performance management, local area marketing strategy and campus WHS procedures. The campus daily operations focussed on student centered functions from the initial sales approach to on boarding and retaining of students with a staff of approx 12 including administration, training and learning advisors executing these… Show more The manager responsible for the business centre/campus including financial forecasting and business planning, daily operations, student engagement, staff recruitment and performance management, local area marketing strategy and campus WHS procedures. The campus daily operations focussed on student centered functions from the initial sales approach to on boarding and retaining of students with a staff of approx 12 including administration, training and learning advisors executing these functions. In the 2+years the campus net profit and student retention and completion results grew from a low starting base to exceed industry and company benchmarks. Show less

Senior team member, administration manager for all admissions and registrar departments. Responsible for all funding reporting to the various government departments including AVETMISS and VET-FEE Help. Responsible for compliance in all student related areas for admissions, current enrolment and completing students. Managing directly a staff of 7.

• Strategic development and Project Management, from concept to delivery of monthly fundraising and marketing communications for a range of not-for-profit organisations. • Development and implementation of: o Social media communications o Direct Mail communication programs including Fundraising Appeal letters & Full Colour newsletters o Monthly e-communications appeals• Copywriting for newsletters and radio scripts.• Video producing for various… Show more • Strategic development and Project Management, from concept to delivery of monthly fundraising and marketing communications for a range of not-for-profit organisations. • Development and implementation of: o Social media communications o Direct Mail communication programs including Fundraising Appeal letters & Full Colour newsletters o Monthly e-communications appeals• Copywriting for newsletters and radio scripts.• Video producing for various clients. Show less

• Oversight of the daily administrative, academic, pastoral, training, assessing and operational functions required to support the trainers and student body.• Project manager of the college database and student portal, working directly with the database developer. Created new automated assessment and marking processes and managed the implementation of these changes to ensure government accreditation compliance across all training and assessing across 2 campuses.• Key member of the… Show more • Oversight of the daily administrative, academic, pastoral, training, assessing and operational functions required to support the trainers and student body.• Project manager of the college database and student portal, working directly with the database developer. Created new automated assessment and marking processes and managed the implementation of these changes to ensure government accreditation compliance across all training and assessing across 2 campuses.• Key member of the executive team achieving reaccreditation with VETAB twice. Show less

• Producer & Interviewer: ‘Hillsong Today’ – ‘Rachel’s Tears’ – pre-recorded interview with the father of the Columbine martyr Rachel Scott• Floor Manager – Live-to-air – ‘Hillsong Today’ breakfast show – 3 seasons• Grew the TV stream enrolments over a 6 year period by 300% through development of a web based marketing strategy which included the production of online video content.•Wrote and produced various promotional TVC’s for the College Marketing department with the purpose of… Show more • Producer & Interviewer: ‘Hillsong Today’ – ‘Rachel’s Tears’ – pre-recorded interview with the father of the Columbine martyr Rachel Scott• Floor Manager – Live-to-air – ‘Hillsong Today’ breakfast show – 3 seasons• Grew the TV stream enrolments over a 6 year period by 300% through development of a web based marketing strategy which included the production of online video content.•Wrote and produced various promotional TVC’s for the College Marketing department with the purpose of increasing enrolments. Show less