Jodi Thrun Email & Phone Number

Geelong, Vic, Au

Geelong, Victoria, Australia

As the Executive Officer (EO) to the General Counsel I provided high level advice, support and assistance WorkSafe’s General Counsel and Executive Director of the Legal & Governance Business Unit. I coordinated activities across the Business Unit on behalf of the General Counsel and the Senior Leadership Team and provided oversight and governance to those activities. Key responsibilities included:• managing the day to day operations of the Office of the General Counsel, including the management and oversight of the General Counsel’s internal and external communications with key business partners and stakeholders. • providing leadership, direct management and support to the Business Unit in relation to business planning, risk management activities, budgeting, internal audit, change management, stakeholder groups and other relevant projects• ensuring that the General Counsel and members of the Senior Leadership Team were appropriately briefed and prepared for internal and external meetings, including preparing presentations and reports and advising on emerging or topical issues. • supporting the General Counsel in meetings and stakeholder engagement, including chairing meetings as required, providing secretariat support and/or attending other meetings as required on behalf of the General Counsel. • liaising with the Chief Executive’s Office, External Affairs, Health &Safety and Insurance Business Units and other business areas for media and other high profile issues and briefing the General Counsel accordingly• developing and implementing initiatives and infrastructure solutions and systems to improve the efficiency and effectiveness within the Division.

Geelong, Victoria, Australia

As a Senior Legislation Services Advisor I am responsible for the preparation of legislative amendments and subordinate instruments administered by WorkSafe Victoria. I provide legal advice in relation to legislative process and policy and other matters to support WorkSafe’s deliver on the Minister's statement of expectations and legislative and regulatory reform agenda by focusing on agreed priorities to ensure our responses are flexible and adaptive and align to WorkSafe’s 2021-2024 Strategy.During my time in this role work included leading the implementation of a number of recommendations arising from the independent review into the management of complex claims, transitioning WorkSafe’s name-based authorisations system to position based, supporting the national forums team respond to national policy issues and assisting WorkSafe’s self-insurer team respond to the Victorian Ombudsman’s investigation into WorkSafe Self-insurers as well as responding to various request internally and from DJCS, DPC and the Ministers office on a diverse range of topics.

Geelong, Victoria, Australia

The Dangerous Goods Secretariat Group (DGSG) was a specialist team established in March 2020 to support an independent Reviewer (appointed by the Minister for Workplace Safety) to undertake an Independent Review of the Dangerous Goods Act and associated regulations. As a Senior Policy & Legislation Officer in this team I was responsible for undertaking policy and legislative analysis work, supporting stakeholder consultations, understanding and responding to stakeholder comments and assisting in the preparation of review’s consultation paper and final report.

Geelong, Australia

As per current role.During this time I worked on two key projects being the Ombudsman’s investigation into the management of complex workers compensation claims and WorkSafe’s oversight and the establishment of WorkSafe’s Workers’ Compensation Independent Review Service.

Geelong, Australia

Roles/responsibilitiesAs a Senior Policy & Legislation Officer I was responsible for the preparation of legislative amendments and subordinate instruments administered by WorkSafe and providing advice as required by the division in relation to legislative process and policy and other matters as required.Key projects included:• the sunset review and rewrite of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017, the Dangerous Goods (Transport by Road or Rail) 2018 and Dangerous Goods (explosives) Regulations, and• scoping regulatory change opportunities for the proposed AGL floating storage and regasification unitI provided advice on informal release of information, Compliance Codes, automated vehicles, Gig economy, High Risk Work licences and mutual recognition, waste management, indexation, OHS and WHS Model law comparisons, drafted Ministerial correspondence and acted as the strategic advisor on a number MHF licensing panels.

Melbourne, Australia

Roles/responsibilitiesAs a Policy and Strategy Analyst in the Policy and Strategic Services Branch of the Legislation, Policy and Information Services Division I provided policy analysis and advice on day to day, key priority, urgent and critical occupational health and safety issues as they emerged.The role included the development of policy papers, steering committee papers, drafting regulatory reform drafting briefs and drafting instructions and providing assistance in the development of the Regulatory Impact Statement as part of the OHS Regulatory Review project.It also included the preparation of briefings which provide strategic advice for WorkSafe representatives attending Victorian or National meetings as required and consulting, developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders – usually unions and employer representatives.

Melbourne, Australia

Role/responsibilitiesAs a Senior Legislative Guidance Officer in the Information and Guidance (I&G) Branch of the Legislation, Policy and Information Services Division I worked collaboratively with a wide range of experts across WorkSafe, predominantly within the Health and Safety and External Affairs Business Unit and with external stakeholders such as unions and employer representatives.I managed the development and production of guidance material, including writing, editing and incorporating technical, legal and policy advice. I was also involved in strategic projects related to statutory and non-statutory guidance, including some national work.I was predominantly responsible for developing associated Compliance Codes and being the project lead for the review of the Construction chapter of the OHS RegulationsI developed and produced the “Guide to the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013’ (WIRC Act) to coincide with the commencement of the WIRC Act on 1 July 2014 and developed the new Plant, Excavation and Facilities in Construction Compliance Codes.

Melbourne, Australia

Duties/ResponsibilitiesAs the senior legal manager at Xchanging I was responsible for the management of the dispute resolution and the initial eligibility teams. I provided technical and strategic claims management advice to the team and the business more broadly and assisted Xchanging’s learning and development team in the development of education and training to materials to ensure that such materials met legislative requirements and were consistent with WorkSafe guidelines and strategies. During my time as senior legal manager both the dispute resolution and eligibility teams at Xchanging were considered to be one of the better performing teams compared to similar teams at other WorkSafe Agents.

Melbourne, Australia

Duties/responsibilitiesAs the Agent Contracts Specialist I was responsible for, under the direction of the Agent Contract and Audit Manager, managing the contracts between WorkSafe and its authorised Agents. This included providing legal advice and support, ensuring Agent adherence to obligations and maintenance of appropriate risk management standards as well as overseeing the annual Agent remuneration review and KPI design and implementation process.In 2010/2011 I was a key member of the Agent tender project in which I assisted in the development of the project plan, was responsible for tender documentation development and ensuring that the claims management model, remuneration model and the legal requirements surrounding the tender itself were accurately reflected in the documentation through consultation with various internal stakeholders and external legal and probity advisor and assisted the project team develop the tender evaluation documentation and evaluation processI was received a WorkSafe award for Collaboration for my work on the Agent Tender and was nominated for an annual WorkSafe award for Collaboration in 2010.

Melbourne, Australia

Duties/ResponsibilitiesIn this role I was responsible for ensuring that Agents were implementing the policies and procedure developed following new changes in legislation to ensure employers lodged claims within the 10 day legislative timeframe. This required monitoring of Agent compliance with the required processes and procedures, conducting file reviews and attending case conferences within Agents to identify trends to assist in ongoing policy and procedure development and to ensure compliance.I also assisted the Suitable Employment Project (SEP) project team by providing advice on project development and implementation improvements including the refinement of processes and procedures to improve compliance by employers with their suitable employment obligations in accordance with the Accident Compensation Act 1985.

Melbourne, Australia

Duties/ResponsibilitiesIn this secondment role I assisted the project manager develop the project objectives and resource requirements for presentation and approval by the WorkSafe Board. I was involved in the recruitment of staff and the development of policies, procedures and processes to ensure that Victorian employers met their obligations pursuant to the Accident Compensation Act 1985.This project involved the development of a new project team which ultimately led to the development of the return to work division within WorkSafe and my appointment to the role outlined above.

Melbourne, Australia

Duties/ResponsibilitiesAs a policy & operational Analyst I was responsible for the development, implementation and refinement of guidelines and operational procedures in relation to medical and like expenses arising from section 99 of the Accident Compensation Act, particularly in relation personal & household help and reporting achievements, risks and opportunities to the project steering committee as well as responding to stakeholder concerns both directly and through Ministerial correspondence. During my time on this project the scheme spend on personal & household help services went from a yearly increase of 13% to a decrease of 6%.

Melbourne, Australia

Duties/ResponsibilitiesProvide advice on policy implemented by the Federal Government to assist claimants insured by HIH Insurance following the ‘HIH Collapse’.Provide advice and suggestions to HCSL scheme on policy changes and improvement of business processes.Determine claimants entitlements to claim and arrange reimbursementLiaise with Body Corporate Managers as to management of claims relating to Strata Title claims.Maintain improve business processes surrounding management of claims and databases.

Melbourne, Australia

Duties/ResponsibilitiesProvide oral and written legal and strategic/commercial advice to various insurance companies with managing litigated claimsNegotiate suitable outcomes and represent clients at court and at court mandated case conferencesMaintain and develop relevant expertise through legal research and insurance industry resources in order to provide ‘up to date’ advice and to present at industry forums.Draft routine and complex legal documents.

Adelaide, Australia

Duties/ResponsibilitiesProvide oral and written legal and strategic/commercial advice to various insurance companies with managing litigated claimsNegotiate suitable outcomes and represent clients at court and at court mandated case conferencesMaintain and develop relevant expertise through legal research and insurance industry resources in order to provide ‘up to date’ advice and to present at industry forums.Draft routine and complex legal documents.

Adelaide, Australia

Duties/ResponsibilitiesProvide oral and written legal and strategic/commercial advice to various insurance companies with managing litigated claimsNegotiate suitable outcomes and represent clients at court and at court mandated case conferencesMaintain and develop relevant expertise through legal research and insurance industry resources in order to provide ‘up to date’ advice and to present at industry forums.Draft routine and complex legal documents.

Adelaide, Australia

Duties/ResponsibilitiesActing as a liaison between His Honour, court staff, legal profession and the publicCarrying out legal research and assisting in court preparation and judgment writingAssisting His Honour prior to and during court proceedings

Adelaide, Australia

Adelaide, Australia

Master Of Business, Personal Injury And Social Insurance Schemes

Diploma Of Business, Frontline Management

Practical Legal Training

Graduate Certicate In Legal Practice, Legal Practice

Bachelor Of Laws (Llb), Law

Bachelor Of Nursing Practice, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse

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