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Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Gold Coast

Nerang, Queensland, Australia

• My role as the Coordinator Business Optimisation is to lead a team of professionals to complete service and branch reviews for the Transport and Infrastructure directorate. The goal is to ensure services and teams are.
• Lead and project manage large department reviews, including analysing strategic alignment, department structure, operating models, resource needs and continuous improvement opportunities.
• Develop and facilitate strategic planning programs linking the City’s vision and strategies to team actions.
• Provide advice and expertise to directors and managers during organisational change initiatives and implementation activities.
• Connect various stakeholders and facilitate collaboration to meet strategic outcomes.
• Implement project recommendations across the directorate.

Lilydale

• My role as the Business Excellence Coordinator was to lead a high performing Business Excellence team in delivering the Council’s strategic business planning program, service reviews and process improvements. Overview.
• Develop and facilitate the annual strategic business planning program linking teams to the strategic outcomes.
• Lead and coach four team members to deliver business planning, service reviews and process improvements.
• Manage a team in a flexible working environment including recruitment, staff scheduling, financial management, workload prioritisation, training, performance management and team communications.
• Lead directors and managers during organisational restructures, change initiatives and implementation activities.
• Develop and prioritise the four year Business Excellence program in consultation with three council directorates.

Lilydale, Victoria, Australia

• My role was to lead business planning activities, service reviews and process improvements, supporting Yarra Ranges Council's implementation of the High Performing Organisation Strategy.Overview of job:
• Plan, facilitate and deliver strategic business planning activities to all council teams.
• Review and improve Council services, including completing detailed current state analysis, understanding customer needs, and developing and implementing improvement recommendations.
• Deliver process improvement projects to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of council’s service delivery.
• Coach other employees to deliver process improvements in their work teams.
• Lead a culture of business excellence by implementing the Business Excellence Framework.

Brisbane, Australia

• As a Continuous Improvement Project Officer, I was tasked with delivering projects that aimed to eliminate waste and standardise processes, helping the business become effective and efficient. Overview of job:
• Using 6 sigma (DMAIC) and project management (PMBOK) methodologies to deliver a variety of projects aiming to solve critical business problems.
• Communicating with a wide range of multi-national stakeholders to ensure their needs are understood and met.
• Facilitating and coaching culture changing workshops aiming to improve Continuous Improvement culture and project implementation.
• Facilitating brainstorming sessions with a wide range of stakeholders, focusing on root cause analyses and effective solutions.
• Implement the Cat Production System, a worldwide Continuous Improvement framework that is used by all employees for day to day improvement.

Brisbane, Australia

• My role as curriculum developer allowed me to develop learning packages for semi-skilled and skilled workers with the aim of increasing their effectiveness to the business. Overview of job:
• Analysing the needs of the business for training requirements.
• Developing curriculum packages for a wide range of skill sets.
• Developing assessment packages to ensure understanding of training materials.
• Developing online management systems and mobile technology for training use.
• Delivering training to a range of stakeholders.

Cairns, Australia

• Working on-board a professional tourist catamaran, my role as the on-board marine biologist allowed me to develop high quality communication skills and a passion for our Great Barrier Reef environment.Overview of job:
• Presenting informative and live reef presentations, to English and semi-English speaking people.
• Providing guided reef snorkeling tours and presentations to people with varying Marine Biology backgrounds.
• Present safety demonstrations and instructional communications.
• Increasing people’s knowledge of the threats to the Great Barrier Reef and how people can help mitigate these threats.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba (Sustainable Business), Business Administration And Management, General

Graduate Certificate, Environmental Management

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Marine Biology

Foundations Of Directorship, Business Administration And Management, General