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• Teacher quality and teaching practice are the factors that have the biggest impact on student outcomes.
• Managing Initial Teacher Education Feedback Survey (budget $400k over 3 years)- Quality control of reports from pilot year – providing difficult feedback to supplier- Rescheduling work to accommodate unforeseen.
• Managing evaluation of 4 year Excellence in Teacher Education Program- Creating policy narrative for the $13m program- Joining up narrative across teams and setting in wider Education State context- Developing.
• Sponsorship of the Teach for Australia program in Victoria
• Feb 2018: Acting Director - Professional Practice and Workforce Reform Branch
• Leadership of team comprising 1 VPS5, 1 VPS4, 1 Graduate Recruit

Melbourne, Australia

• The Education State has been the flagship policy reform initiative of the Victorian Government since November 2014.Identified need for strategic framework to underpin schools reform agenda
• Brokered agreement across three Groups to develop strategy
• Aim to link past, present and potential future actions
• Aim to make multiple existing strategic reviews cohere within Education State context
• Aim to identify future reform actions across multiple years
• Aim to create common sense of ownership of change process, breaking down silosCoordinating Policy and Reform Group 2017 budget bids Developed revised structure for school reform governanceLed formation of new team

Melbourne, Australia

• Developed and implemented Business Continuity and Emergency Management Frameworks
• Consistent across all sites and court jurisdictions
• Consistent with International Standard ISO 22301 and AS 3745
• Piloted complete business continuity annual cycle including test exercise in VCATDeveloped and implemented best practice for Board packsReviewed transcription services
• Reviewed business models across Australia and New Zealand
• Developed costing methodology

Melbourne, Australia

• I led Consumer Affairs Victoria's implementation of the COAG initiative to set up national licensing for property occupations. My project budget was $2.9m over 2.5 years. The project was on time and within budget when.
• Led business process mapping and redesign – extended to all licensing functions in CAV
• Data systems redevelopment and procurement
• Negotiated changes to policy and legislative proposalsDelivering for best value
• Procurement of ten contracts from six different suppliers using four central services panels
• Performance managed contracts - terminated two contracts early for non-performance

Melbourne, Australia

• I led Consumer Affairs Victoria’s policy development on residential tenancy, sex work regulation, motor car traders, retirement villages, funerals and owners’ corporations. I initiated an outward focus, engaging with.
• Established regular meetings with Office of Housing
• Built new relationship with Owners Corporations Victoria and attended their conference
• Built trust with Tenants Union of Victoria to work together on amendments to Residential Tenancies ActDelivering on the strategic vision
• Amended legislative proposals on residential tenancy in response to stakeholder concerns
• Steered production of public guidance on new rights given by the legislation

Edinburgh, Scotland

• Dec 2008 - Mar 2010: Manager, Climate Change Adaptation Team
• Responsible for 2 staff and program budget of £200k
• Developed and published Climate Change Adaptation Framework
• Negotiated with UK Government to develop a shared research and information agenda
• Secured slot for adaptation on Strategic Board risk register
• Presented on adaptation throughout Scotland and at European seminar in DüsseldorfNov 2007 - Dec 2008: Manager, Commonwealth Games Bill Team.

London, United Kingdom

• Responsible for policy on machinery of government – smoothing relations between devolved administration and UK Government. Responsible for promoting concept of devolution within Whitehall and ensuring devolution.
• persuaded Treasury to rework aggregates levy to avoid disadvantaging quarries near land border
• brokered agreement for the Export Credit Guarantees Department to underwrite Bombardier contracts for regional jets post 9/11, safeguarding 1000 jobs in Belfast
• smoothed relations between UK Government, Irish and Northern Ireland administration over proposals to build offshore windfarm in undelimited waters
• built and maintained network of contacts in Northern Ireland departments and UK government

London, United Kingdom

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Belfast, Northern Ireland

London, United Kingdom

Executive Master Of Public Administration (Empa)

Ma (Oxon)

Ba (Hons), Experimental Psychology