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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• RedR Australia is a member of the United Nations Standby Partnership, providing specialist staff on temporary assignments to humanitarian organisations worldwide.
• Led the delivery of the Australian Government’s seven-year, $94M, Australia Assists program on behalf of DFAT.
• Responded to areas of improvement highlighted in end of program reporting and made changes leading to the highest graded partner assessment of the Program to date.
• Delivered deployments above targets in FY23… Show more RedR Australia is a member of the United Nations Standby Partnership, providing specialist staff on temporary assignments to humanitarian organisations worldwide.
• Delivered deployments above targets in FY23 and on track to deliver above in FY24.
• Operationalised a new rapid deployment capability at the request of DFAT. Show less

Carlton, Victoria, Australia

• Lead for all organisational risk management including organisational risk register and Board reporting.
• Strategic risk identification, advice and mitigation.
• Partner liaison, assessment and security review.
• Regulatory compliance with DFAT and ACFID.
• Incident and Crisis Management lead.
• Conducted successful retender of insurance brokerage in 2020.

Melbourne, Australia

• Following an internal re-structure my previous role and that of Head of Operations were merged. With Program Delivery now being overseen by the National Sales Manager, I resumed responsibilities for the Operational.
• Delivery of the Operations Centre in Asia Pacific during peak expedition season Nov… Show more Following an internal re-structure my previous role and that of Head of Operations were merged. With Program Delivery now.
• Delivery of the Operations Centre in Asia Pacific during peak expedition season Nov – Jan every year.
• Organisation of the annual pre-departure conferences held to provide risk management information to all travelling adults.
• Lead for all Risk Management in Asia Pacific. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

• Following an internal re-focus on customer experience this newly created role focused on the delivery of a superlative experience throughout all aspects of the pre-departure programme.
• Lead for Program Delivery and Customer Service excellence.
• Reorganised Credit Control process to increase payments on time, reduce outstanding debtors and provide greater insight to actual financial position.
• Drove the reorganisation of the Program Delivery team to improve quality of customer… Show more Following an internal re-focus on customer experience this newly created role focused on the delivery of a superlative.
• Drove the reorganisation of the Program Delivery team to improve quality of customer experience.
• Engaged with State and Territory Departments of Education to ensure program adherence to government policy and risk management.

Melbourne, Australia

• In December 2014 my previous role was expanded to take on responsibility for the team delivering pre-departure training across Asia Pacific and the logistics team supporting all operations.
• Management of Customer Training Team: delivering training events to over 250 teams per annum across Australia, New Zealand and SE Asia.
• Management of Logistics team supporting all Australasian operations.
• Manage relationships with strategic partners.
• Senior Duty Manager role in Operations… Show more In December 2014 my previous role was expanded to take on responsibility for the team delivering pre-departure training across Asia Pacific and the logistics team.
• Senior Duty Manager role in Operations Centre. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

• Following my time in the World Challenge Operations Centre I was employed as a full time member of staff to manage the pool of casual staff that run the expeditions. The priority was to increase the leader pool to.
• Responsible for the overall recruitment, training, assigning and retention of suitably qualified and experienced Expedition Leaders and Assistants for overseas and training expeditions.
• Reviewed and… Show more Following my time in the World Challenge Operations Centre I was employed as a full time member of staff to manage the pool of casual staff that run the expeditions. The priority was to increase.
• Reviewed and developed the overall value proposition for Expedition Leaders, Assistants and Instructors, to encourage them to become genuine World Challenge promoters and enjoy a long-term relationship with the company.
• Built a solid foundation of casual staffing to enable World Challenge to remain innovative with the current programs in the face of increasing competition. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

• I was employed on a casual basis to provide initial triage and response to World Challenge teams on expedition in countries worldwide. This included working with in country staff, International medical providers and.
• First point of contact for all teams deployed worldwide (up to 150+ at any time).
• Incident triage, support and agency… Show more I was employed on a casual basis to provide initial triage and response to World Challenge teams on expedition in countries worldwide. This included working with in.
• Incident triage, support and agency coordination.
• Incident management: ensuring all issues dealt with in a timely manner, all stakeholders kept informed and achieving closeout as soon as appropriate.
• Direct liaison with schools and parents of challengers. Show less

MOD Abbey Wood, Bristol, England

• Developed project experimentation and analysis with a £1.5M budget to inform Ministry of Defence scrutiny processes.
• Identified risk and supported risk mitigation including the researching and coordination of papers that in turn led to a decision brief to key decision makers.
• Managed cross-departmental feed back to industry partners to inform the project development in-line with current requirements.
• Lead and coordinated subject matter advice to industrial partners.
• Wrote… Show more
• Wrote decision briefs to inform executive policy. Conducted verbal briefs to stakeholders. Show less

Shropshire, England

• Promoted early to fill the role.
• Re-wrote unit business continuity plan. Subsequently used as example of best practice within the higher formation.
• Compiled monthly and annual reports on unit performance.
• Held day to day delegation of senior officer’s powers for organisational operation.
• Worked with local emergency services, local government and utilities providers as part of ongoing contingency planning.
• Responsibility for budget planning in excess of £1… Show more

Germany, Afghanistan

• Executive tactical officer to Regimental Commander.
• Organised and ran a complex training programme featuring many concurrent and geographically diverse elements with finite resources prior to operational deployment.
• Running of day-to-day routine of a complex tactical area and planning for future operations during a six-month deployment in Afghanistan.
• Managed critical situations decisively, wrote learning reports and introduced systematic changes when required.
• Deputy Unit… Show more
• Deputy Unit security Officer responsible for overseeing security procedures and compliance with Conventional Forces Europe Treaty.

Norway, UK, Afghanistan

• Organised and ran training events including assessment and feedback.
• Operational tour of Afghanistan coordinating reconnaissance assets for Task Force Helmand.
• Working with small to medium sized teams.
• Completed Winter Warfare Course.

UK, Iraq, Germany

• Junior leadership and command roles, including team mentoring and career management.
• Organised and ran training events including assessment and feedback.
• Operational tours of Iraq and Afghanistan. Roles in Iraq included deputy commander of remote operating base liaising with contractors and overseeing running of camp facilities.
• Working with small to medium sized teams.

Icsc(L)

Activities and Societies: • Completed the course in the top quartile of students. • Management and Leadership Training. • Problem solving.

Regular Army Commissioning Course, Managment, Leadership

Ma, History Of Art

Education record