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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Key Responsibilities: ● Design and development of evidence-informed practices resources, frameworks and guides● Project management of implementation for evidence-informed programs, practices and interventions

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Key Responsibilities: ● Led the strategic direction of all preventative mental health programs, through expert oversight, leadership of a cross-functional team, and generating a shared vision. ● Led the translation of science and evidence-based practice into accessible digital products and programs that have high impact and high engagement across audiences. ● Led and provided day-to-day management of a diverse interdisciplinary team and developed cross-functional processes to achieve optimal program outcomes. ● Worked closely with other function leads to ensure collaboration and quality assurance, leveraging behaviour change and human-centred design principles. ● Worked alongside the product, marketing and research teams to deliver a content strategy that ensures ongoing future development of evidence-based program material in line with global best practice and innovation. Key Achievements: ● Led the implementation of Smiling Mind’s “Mental Fitness Model” to expanding program content with a preventative mental health approach to deliver accessible and holistic mental health and wellbeing tools, reaching millions of diverse users globally. ● Co-created Smiling Mind’s Impact Strategy which included a theory of social change for improving the mental health and wellbeing of program users, measuring our impact and communicating research insights to contribute to policy and discourse. ● Led the redevelopment of Smiling Mind’s app, demonstrating my project management of app content against tight timeframes, effective resource management to meet deliverables and ability to deliver a large-scale project at pace, while supporting and motivating a high-performing team.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Key Responsibilities: ● Partnered with stakeholders across the university to design and implement strategic wellbeing initiatives, ensuring equity, diversity and inclusion were prioritised to drive positive social change. ● Provided evidence-based clinical psychosocial risk assessment and advice to staff and leaders on the management of wellbeing-related concerns. ● Developed sustainable learning pathways to build the mental wellbeing capability of staff and students, empowering collaborative and inclusive communities. ● Proactively managed strategic wellbeing projects, demonstrating expertise in critical thinking and analytical problem-solving to develop practical organisational strategies and solutions for students, staff, and leaders.● Balanced creative growth with short-term performance and long-term goals, successfully implementing programs in a complex higher education environment.Key Achievements: ● Design and implementation of the “Peer Support Program” a staff wellbeing contact, support and referral service focused on building the mental wellbeing capability of the RMIT community to support the wellbeing of others and create an inclusive culture of prevention and early intervention. ● Implementation of the “Mental Wellbeing and Respect Capability Framework” through best practice learning design to deliver sustainable pathways for staff and students to develop the core skills and capabilities of the framework leading to positive engagement and evaluation responses.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Promoted to the consulting role of Digital Mental Health Stream Lead, in charge of projects to deliver innovative content creation on digitally led platforms.Responsible for design, delivery and evaluation of evidence-based online learning tools, including e-learning and training programs.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Key Responsibilities: ● Responsible for the development and facilitation of leadership capability training sessions, focusing on giving leaders the practical strategies and tools to lead psychologically safe workplaces.● Project management of a range of integrated strategic wellbeing solutions across all levels of organisations from policy to people leaders and the workforce. ● Designed quality assurance measures and performance assessments to ensure psychological safety standards were met and workplaces had plans in place to mitigate psychosocial risks.Key Achievements: ● Strategy and execution of the Healthy Heads in Trucks and Sheds Project - a published industry level Mental Health Strategy and Mental Health Guidelines for the Road Transport, Warehousing and Logistics industries.

Melbourne, Australia

● Established strong rapport with clients through empathetic listening and genuine engagement, fostering safe and trusting environments conducive to therapeutic exploration and growth.● Applied evidence-based assessment techniques to comprehensively evaluate clients' clinical needs and complex comorbid presentations, informing accurate diagnosis and tailored treatment and intervention planning for optimal outcomes.

The Melbourne Clinic

● Collaborated with a multidisciplinary team, conducting literature reviews, collecting and analysing data, and assisting in the preparation of research reports and publications. ●Managed multiple research projects simultaneously, coordinating timelines, resources, and stakeholders to ensure timely completion and adherence to project objectives.

Melbourne, Australia

● Proven track record of exceeding sales targets through proactive client engagement, product knowledge, and effective closing techniques.● Exceptional communication skills demonstrated in building rapport with customers, understanding their needs, and offering tailored solutions to drive sales and enhance customer satisfaction.

Master Of Psychology (Clinical), Clinical Psychology

Graduate Diploma Of Psychology, Psychology

Bachelor’S Degree, Bachelor Of Arts (Psychology Major)