Kim Sullivan (She/Her) Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Establishing and managing the AusNet Energy Resilience Community Fund

Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

I led stakeholder and policy communications and engagement for the launch and implementation of the Fair Jobs Code, a new Victorian grants and procurement policy that enables the Victorian Government to use its purchasing power to promote secure employment and fair labour standards, and ensure compliance with employment, workplace and industrial laws.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Heading up the strategic engagement and operations function, I led a team of engagement and policy advisers to develop and implement COVID industry response and recovery cross-channel engagement initiatives and reporting across a broad range of sectors and key departmental and cross-government stakeholders for the Industry Recovery Engagement branch, the conduit for COVID response and recovery between the Victorian government and key sector peak bodies and leading industry organisations and businesses.My role also involved managing engagement grants with peaks and sector bodies

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Management and redevelopment of employee wellbeing and engagement program, change communications, and strategic communications and marketing for consumer/practitioner/education plans.

As part of the executive team, I led strategic communications, member engagement, media and digital function managing developing and implementing plans and campaigns for the policy, emergency management and business units. A key focus of this role was developing and managing COVID-related communications and engagement activities with local and state government stakeholders, the 2020 Stand for Council campaign to encourage gender diversity in local government, and developing an organisational media and digital communications strategy.

Melbourne, Australia

In this contract role I worked closely with policy to develop rapid response ministerial briefs, strategic communications messaging, and stakeholder engagement plans for the Office of the Deputy Secretary.

Melbourne, Australia

I led the marketing, communications, digital, media, branding, change and customer experience functions, managing a team of communications and content specialists to deliver for internal and external clients across the Victorian Government.

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

I led a team of high-performing communications and engagement advisers to identify opportunities and develop and deliver impactful communications and engagement strategies and content for the portfolios of Planning, Building and Heritage, Local Government Victoria and the Office for Suburban Development. Working closely with ministerial advisers, policy clients and department executives I translated complex and technical concepts into meaningful and engaging multi-platform content targeted to the broader community and stakeholder groups.

Melbourne, Australia

Managing the Youth in Philanthropy program, I grew it from a small grants-focussed program engaging 60 students to a signature program for the Foundation involving several hundred students and teachers, mentors, and sector stakeholders. Through specialist events, forums, mentoring and resources, the program connected young people to philanthropy, social awareness and community leadership to help inspire them to become social changemakers. From this grew the Alumni and Next Generation programs, that provided tailored philanthropy experiences and engagement for students and young Foundation donors. I also managed grants programs for a range of initiative areas including the Arts. Working closely with key foundation donors, I created tailored events, initiatives, specialist resources and targeted philanthropy experiences matching the interests of donors and their families with areas and charitable initiatives that they deeply connected with; and developed and implemented the first “In our Community’ program for primary schools.

Melbourne, Australia

My role developed strategic and tailored partnership programs and proposals aligned with the Foundations mission and values and support its long-term viability and growth, and partners’ social investment, cause-related marketing and/or organisational objectives. This included developing the Corporate Community Partnership Plan and procurement and management of Foundation sponsors, and the development of ‘ideas bank’ of creative projects to engage the corporate sector.

Communications plans, writing of media releases, ministerial briefing notes, media kits and other communication material; stakeholder and divisional management; sponsorship and event management including media launches; provide strategic and operational marketing and communications advice and support to division and stakeholders; and, leading a team of two marketing and communications officers. I was also Special Projects Manager for 1000 Cities 1000 Lives Melbourne – World Health Day Global Campaign and Clean Up Australia Day 2010.

Neighbourhood Energy was a start up electricity retailer. I developed and implemented the marketing and communications strategy including a new Community Partner Program; a new customer website and CMS and the development of the customer loyalty program.

Master'S Degree, Communication And Media

Essentials Of Engagement

Advanced Level Of Engagement Practice, Community And Stakeholder Engagement

Women Leading Now

Diploma Of Counselling, Counselling

Certified Change Management Practitioner

Master Of Marketing (Incomplete), Marketing/Marketing Management

Education record

Faciliated by the City of Port Philip and online community and stakeholder engagement specialists OurSay, the Sustainable Leadership.

Psychological First Aid

Itil. Foundation Certificate In It Service Management, Information Technology

The Science Of Wellbeing - Short Course

Diploma Of Digital Marketing And Online Reputation Management, Digital Marketing

Community Leadership And Engagement

The Community Leadership Training Course was an intensive 12 week course focussed on building leadership and group facilitation skills.

Certificate In Direct Marketing

Front Line Adaptive Communication