Jo Fox Email & Phone Number

Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Hobart Tasmania

Manage, recruit & train staff; payroll & superannuation; occupational health & safety; public safety. Select and order stock & record using MYOB Retail. Prepare BAS; account receivable & payable using MYOB Accounting Plus. Ensured compliance with all employment, company & taxation legislation. Also operated jewellery retail outlet. Sourced stock from overseas, including inspecting factories for health & safety protocols and wages & conditions of employees. Spent several hours daily working in the stores.

Hobart Tasmania

Operated single person office. Dual signatory on union's bank accounts. Prepared monthly financial report for National Office. Ordered supplies & controlled asset maintenance. Performed accounting functions such as payments & preparation of accounts for annual audit as required by the Industrial legislation for registered organisations Process membership applications & maintain records; recruit members; part of negotiating team for Enterprise Agreements; assist members with contract matters, redundancy proposals, alleged bullying, classification matters and attending meeting to represent members in such matters. Organise industrial campaigns, meetings of members & member functions at Hobart, Launceston & Burnie Campuses. Media spokesperson, including radio & TV interviews, write & distribute media releases. Prepare communications with members. Represented NTEU on Unions Tasmania Council. Vice President of Unions Tasmania September 2003. Represented Unions Tasmania on The Working Women's Management Committee & the State Training Authority.Acted as executive officer to the Tasmanian Council, preparing agendas & minutes. Attended meetings at National office including National Council.

Melbourne Victoria

Develop & maintain relationships with Trustees appointed by Minister of Health represent department as member of allied industry companies. Work with Parliamentary Counsel to develop new legislation. Prepare speeches, briefings, correspondence & Questions & Answers for the Minister & Parliamentary Secretary. Attend meetings with Minister & PS to advise. Monitor cemeteries legislation & advice management/ trustees of responsibilities & breaches. Assist public with problems/queries regarding the industry.

Melbourne Area, Australia

Public Health Division, Health Protection various projects. Develop a proposed structure to bring the then seperate Food & Water Sections together as one Unit. Research advisory system to medical professionals on food/water borne diseases following the 1995 South Australian contamination & poisoning from comminuted meats. Co-ordinate the Victorian whole of Government implementation of the Food & Nutrition Policy. Edit reports, create & maintain data base. Executive officer to Committee comprised of allied medical & health organizations. Organized conferences, launches & publicity.

Melbourne Vict

Manage reporting staff. Advocacy. Negotiation.

Brunswick Victoria

Newly created position tasked with developing HR unit bringing together current employees performing HR functions in different reporting positions. Apply new Victorian Local Government Award by reviewing all position descriptions & translating employees to new award descriptors. Advocacy in various employment related tribunals. Advice top management & Council on relevant HR and IR matters. Attended Council & Budget meetings to push policy proposals & support reports. Negotiated and advocated registration of various agreements to deal with redundancies & changed employment practices due to Victorian Government mandated Local Government amalgamations. Acted as Interim HR Manager for six months following amalgamation.

Parkville Victoria

Negotiation with unions (23 at the time). Advocacy in then AIRC (Fair Work Australia). Advice to managers on employment conditions; counselling; Award interpretation. Monitor & ensure compliance with legislation. From 1986 responsible for Personel Services which included payroll, workfare and human resource records

Political Science And Government

Southern Cross University

Social Sciences

Activities and Societies: Stotts Business CollegeSociology, Labour Law