Project Officer
CurrentAs a Project Officer in the Workforce Capability team, I identified employment, skills and education trends across the primary industries, and utilised findings to strategically address workforce challenges such as skills shortages, barriers to retaining employees and industry misrepresentation. My team and I worked collaboratively to solve workforce shortfalls using a combination of targeted interventions including; marketing campaigns, contributing to policy amendments, engaging with high… Show more As a Project Officer in the Workforce Capability team, I identified employment, skills and education trends across the primary industries, and utilised findings to strategically address workforce challenges such as skills shortages, barriers to retaining employees and industry misrepresentation. My team and I worked collaboratively to solve workforce shortfalls using a combination of targeted interventions including; marketing campaigns, contributing to policy amendments, engaging with high school career programs, running agTech events, making recommendations for the WA curriculum, and engaging with identified stakeholders for pragmatic and meaningful solutions. Projects worked on include managing PRIMED (in partnership with Department of Education and Department of Training and Workforce Development), the WA Robotics Playoffs (in partnership with Curtin University and Murdoch University), and developing Primary Industry Futures as the project branding for primary industry career promotion. Show less