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• Leading a creative, hardworking and innovative communications team responsible for a range of communications activities including media, internal communications, corporate writing, strategy, website and social media• Providing advice to the CEO, President and Executive Team on communications strategy and public affairs• Supporting significant projects including a digital transformation and the relocation of our headquarters• Refreshing the VCAT brand, including website, signage and templates• Building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including government and other jurisdictions• Managing issues including delays in hearing times and changes in government policy and legislation• Improving user experience, through more detailed website reporting, using existing user data and insights to better target our content and creating new processes for engaging and sharing information with the operational parts of the business

• Leading the change and communications on State Trustees’ transformation program, Client First• Creating and implementing change and communications strategies• Working closely with the Program Director and leadership team to translate the program’s objectives, strategy and delivery into compelling communications for internal and external stakeholders, including executive team and the board• Leading and developing a team

• Writing and implementing an organisation wide communications strategy• Working in the Office of the CEO, providing strategic advice to the executive and senior leadership teams • Leading and developing a team• Guiding the organisation through significant media crises including the release of a report by the Victorian Ombudsman• Gaining significant positive media attention for the work of our genealogy team, including national radio, television and print stories and approaches from book publishers and production companies• Building and maintaining relationships with a range of government agencies, including DTF, VCAT, OPA and the Treasurer’s office

Melbourne, Australia

Working with the media to promote the work of the organisation and respond to enquiries as they ariseManaging social media channels including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedInWriting and implementing communications and stakeholder engagement plans for major projects and behaviour change programsBuilding and maintaining relationships with a range of government agencies, including DELWP, EPA and the State Water Ministers officeWorking with stakeholders including media, government, community groups and other water providers Managing direct reports

Footscray

Managing communications and stakeholder engagement on the West Wyndham recycled water projectProviding assistance with media, social media, website and stakeholder engagement.

Wyndham City

Working as part of the Get Wyndham Moving campaign on communications and community engagement, including:*Communications strategies*Media liaison*Promotion*Writing newsletters*Media releases*Issues management*Social media*Writing website content

Writing media releases, arranging photo opportunities and creating positive press opportunities for WyndhamWriting, vetting and monitoring social media postsCollaborating with a wide range of internal departments to find and promote valuable work being undertaken within the organisationFinding new and creative ways of promoting the work being undertaken at Wyndham CityForming partnerships and working relationships with journalistsResponding to media enquiries as they ariseLeading the team that won the Government Communications Award for Advocacy for the work done on the Get Wyndham Moving campaignCreating and implementing comprehensive PR and Communications strategies

Community engagement on the Lighting the West projectProject nominated for a KABV awardRegional project across Wyndham, Maribyrnong, Hobsons Bay and Moonee ValleyIncludes energy efficiency workshops, events, marketing and promotions

Tullamarine/Werribee/Northcote/Newport

• Journalist for the Brimbank and Hume Leader and becoming the first journalist to write for the Wyndham Leader• Conducting interviews with people from a range of backgrounds, including politicians, entertainers, sports people, business representatives and community members• Work to an extremely strict deadline• Liaise with editors, photographers and sales representatives to ensure the publication was appropriately written and laid out each week

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Writing media releases• Publicising the Prince of Wales visit to Parliament and the International Press Institute, Edinburgh convention and dealing with the relevant media• Preparing speech notes

Airport West/Melbourne

• Sole journalist for the Altona-Laverton Mail and regular contributor to the Melton and Bacchus Marsh Telegraph, Footscray Mail, Williamstown Advertiser and occasional contributor to The Age.• Conducting interviews with people from a range of backgrounds, including politicians, entertainers, sports people, business representatives and community members• Work to an extremely strict deadline• Liaise with editors, photographers and sales representatives to ensure the publication was appropriately written and laid out each week

Bachelor'S Degree, Communication And Media Studies

Yoga

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