I am a regular radio broadcaster with Arrow FM, the Wairarapa's Community Access Radio Station. Our show, ReCooper8 focusses mainly on the arts, both locally and further afield. I enjoy the excitement of live broadcasting and interviewing, hearing from a range of interesting people doing fascinating things makes me happy to be human.

Content creator, editor, and researcher for business documents, dossiers, and reports.Analysis and information gathering.Customer relationship management for business clients across various sectors.

Customer service and relationship managementBusiness operations and budget managementTeam leadershipHealth and safetyPolicy setting and compliance

Provide project and event development and management for food safety consumer awareness events and promotions ( one per ¼) focussing on specific stakeholder groups including FoodSmart Week, Be FoodSmart This Summer celebrity recipe series, Lunchbox Day schools campaign, NZFSA 2010 conference. Demonstrating superior organisation, time management, planning and evaluation skills.Relationship management with key sponsors and partners for food safety consumer awareness events, developed and maintained successful relationships with LG, Initial Hygiene, Foodstuffs NZ Ltd.Support for NZFSA media and issues management related to consumer education programmes e.g.: PR for various campaigns, media releases, positive media coverage etcPreparing clear, readable and accurate content/copy for various communication channels: internal and external publications, web and social media, e-newsletters and media releases. E.g.: Food For Thought, FoodSmart website, Starters and Strategies magazineProject manage marketing collateral to support consumer awareness campaigns, give direction to the graphic design agency and other external suppliers. Project managing development of curriculum levelled school resources with Learning Media.Customer engagement: Create communication and marketing strategy documents to support consumer campaigns, influence consumer behaviour, and cover approaches and tactics to raise awareness.Develop and implement a social media strategy and manage a Twitter trial to support the launch of the revised consumer focussed FoodSmart website. Includes resourcing, copy writing, scheduling and evaluation. Member of MAF/NZFSA social media forum.Support for the 0800 consumer enquiries line – engaging with a range of consumer stakeholder groups (immune impaired, elderly, pregnant, Pacific Island/Maori) providing advice and guidance for food safety issues.

Created, developed and delivered event and sponsorship programmes: Dairy Trainee of the Year, national field days Farming to Succeed programme – resulted in 43% increase in funding and application rate. Developed tool kit for the field for use when staging an event or considering supporting an event.Direct marketing, social marketing and advertising activities that support the promotion of training and development opportunities for agriculture. – advertising and editorial content. Communications and PR planning and support for events, leadership programmes and activities- internal and external- media releases, radio, press advertising, internal promotion and briefing to field staff, key accounts team, researched for DVD presentations and conference AV presentations.Liaise with existing and new regional/national stakeholders; NZ young Farmers, NZ Dairy Industry Awards, FIL, maintaining sponsorship relations.Merchandise, branded items - management of sourcing and productionContribute to national and regional marketing activity plans, long term planning and objective setting for events, sponsorships.Evaluate and report on all event and activity results – instituted the ‘Triple O’ event assessment criteria, and templates for event reporting.

Working with and facilitating industry groups and stakeholders to develop qualifications – 3 day workshops with industry groups from sectors: wool harvesting, agrichemical supply, dairy effluent management. Seeking opinion, collating and assessing information to inform existing reviews and quals being developed from scratch. Blue sky research, using focus groups, surveying and interviews.Relationship building and mangement with industry groups and peer assessors – developed a reputation as a good listener to industry concerns.Develop and maintain NZQA Unit Standards and Qualifications –developing qualifications to a high standard, using supporting evidence and industry approved information.Project champion for the development and maintenance of accompanying resources eg: effluent, agrichemical supply resources for different audiences; trainees, tutors, farm employers.

Account reconciliation accounts payableRecord keeping of property and personnel filesPersonal assistant to the congregational leader, diary management, travel bookingsDesign and content creation of newsletter and calendarLending library coordinator

Account reconciliation, invoicing, petty cash, and lodgementsSupplier management- seeking quotes, assessing and maintaining suppliesConference and event management – AV conference 2004, training courses for academic staff and students in Blackboard and AV technologyEducational Technology course coordinatorMember of Production Team for live television broadcast – on-air telephone operator and VT operatorExecutive Assistant duties, dairy management, correspondence

Effective grants management/monitoring of acquittals according to statutory requirements– reporting results of fundingNZ Authors’ Fund management – coordinating the reimbursement of royalties to NZ Authors for library books.Co-coordinating funding meetings & grants workflow for 3 committees, over 1000 applications usuallySupervision of temporary staff during the funding roundMember of funding CRM software re-development project teamCustomer liaison – funding inquiries and funding decisions/complaints

Account reconciliation, monthly budget projectionsRecruitment of General Practices for research trialAssisting Co-ordinator with research and reference material creationCustomer service: First point of contact for trial patients via the 0800 help line

• Promotional material content creation• Account reconciliation and Payroll, Invoices, Accounts Payable, Rent collection• Staff conference and tenant event co-coordinator

NZ Authors Fund Management, grants management and monitoring of acquittals, funding meeting administration, admin and scheduling support to three funding committees.