Initiating a dedicated, collaborative New Economics policy arena and organising network to challenge Neoliberalism and make a stand for Economics "as if people and the planet mattered".I have been instrumental in introducing the vocabulary "New Economics" to Australia, and while I have handed over and supported continuation of the growth of this "movement" in Australia- to the likes of the New Economic Network Australia (NENA) and the Next Economy Australia, I continue to moderate the Facebook page "New Economics Australia"

as Retail Salesperson with the Bower Repair and Reuse Centre:➢ I present waste education to groups of/ individual customers on a daily basis,➢ I have educated small (tour) groups organised by City of Parramatta Waste/ Community Development at The Bower’s Parramatta shop,➢ On a daily basis (seven day rostered shifts), I provide friendly, courteous, helpful, professional customer service and point of sales transactions, including engaging dispute resolution pathways (customer dissatisfaction, refunds, store credit)➢ I induct our “Volunteers”- mandated Work for the Dole participants, and NSW Dept Corrections Community Service Order participants- on The Bower’s Ethos, OHS &IM, diverting Landfill waste, Residential and Community Recycling on a weekly to monthly basis➢ I am responsible for daily shop Operations, including Financial management, operations admin, stocktaking, accepting donations, sales, answering customer and community member inquiries.The Bower has attracted National Media coverage, including through ABC’s War On Waste. Additionally I have featured on set of ABC’s Play School in my capacity as Retail Salesperson with The Bower. I have been able to successfully demonstrate my competence in conceptual, analytical and problem solving skills in the challenge of negotiations with a wide variety of customers, members, and staff.

My position Co-operative Development Officer with CENSW incorporates daily Tenant support (for Housing Co-op and Direct Managed tenants) and Operations support for Housing Co-operatives. I deliver regular training and facilitating groups in Co-operative Business Development.My role as Co-operative Development worker with Common Equity NSW requires of me to have knowledge and weekly referral to Residential Tenancies Act (NSW) 2010, as well as Co-operative National Law and other relevant legislation in my role.I have been responsible for co-facilitating and delivering Co-operative Business Development support, and Education, both by myself or in small teams of 2-3 with my Co-operative Development Team Colleagues, for a variety of 33 Housing Co-operatives of urban and regional New South Wales, on Co-operative Legislation, Co-operative Governance, Co-operative Operations and Community Development initiatives.As Co-operative Development Officer with Common Equity NSW Ltd., I have co-facilitated full and half-day Co-operative Development Planning sessions with urban and regional Co-operatives, I have supported Sector Training across the Co-operative Housing sector regions in Sydney metro, and for regional groups.I have been involved in the organisational overhaul to migrate all our Customer Relationship Management, Tenancy, Financial and Physical (Housing) Asset Management to a bespoke CRM database. This has required extensive hours of analysing and correcting data and variations from the initial data upload of 1675 tenant records, including under time constraints of compliance reporting requirements to NSW state government.

I have been working to establish and launch (regional Peak Body) the Co-operative Development Network of Greater Western Sydney (CDN GWS). In my position as both Secretary and Operations Coordinator, I was closely working with my fellow Committee members across the region, by phone, email and in person to pilot this enterprise establishment to promote, educate and advocate for Co-operative model proliferation in the third-biggest Regional Economy in Australia. I have been responsible for Community Education, Committee facilitation (including workshops and presentation), implementing strategy to attract seed/ startup capital, working within an interdisciplinary working committee of six individuals. Both through my own initiative, with supervision and collaboration, with strong collective strategic vision I have developed from scratch, edited, engaged or supported:➢ Solo representation and national conference presentation, slideshow and subsequently represented CDN GWS at a Melbourne conference (23 May 2016: Civil Society.org.au: Reviving the Co-operative Movement in Australia);➢ Business Plan & Organisational Budget development, revisions; in consultation with fellow Committee;➢ Outreach to and liaison with key state, National and International Organisations;➢ Event Management timelines, budget, Project Plan; Budget development, revisions;➢ Strategic Planning: member organisations contact strategy development and deployment;➢ Marketing and Promotional needs establishment, including liaison with International Co-operative Alliance for website and logo/brandingOne of our visions has been to develop multiple curricula for a shopfront Co-ops (practical learning) Academy, in addition to bespoke consultation and transition business advice. I have been working to develop curricula with resources adopted from International Co-op Alliance, International Labour Organisation and the International organisation of industrial and service cooperatives (CICOPA).

Asia Pacific Co-operative Research Partnership.As Research Assistant with APCRP (though the University of Newcastle, Australia), I have been working specifically to develop curricula for an intensive week long "Social Entrepreneurship", in partnership with GIAN- Global Initiative for Academic Networks, and colleagues at Mysore University, India.I was instrumental in researching and developing curriculum content, including liaising with APCRP colleagues, and consulting with UK based academic colleagues, including based at Sheffield-Hallam University, Schumacher College, and consultant academics in the UK.The direct curriculum delivery has been undertaken for 3 years in a row now, by my colleague and mentor, Dr Anthony Jensen, at Mysore University, Karnataka, at the repeating invitation of GIAN and Mysore University colleagues.https://www.newcastle.edu.au/research-and-innovation/centre/business-law/workshop-on-institutions-and-socio-economic-development-wised/research/asia-pacific-co-operative-research-partnership

I was invited to be Secretary of Transition Parramatta, including because of my background living and studying in Transition Town Totnes, and involvements in Transition Albany (WA), Transition South West Western Australia, Transition Newcastle (NSW).The notion of "Transition," in the global Transition Towns Network, as envisaged by Rob Hopkins, is to transition post-peak-oil, climate change, and global financial instability. (This vision informed my Masters studies in Economics for Transition Schumacher College 2012-2013)"Unfortunate" is not necessarily the operative word, but describes the state that Transition Parramatta wound up shortly after my appointment because of low community participation in this community group.➢ I am, and have been an active member of the Transition Network: an international community engagement program, since 2001. The Transition Network exists to implement voluntary community/residential-scale participation and engage local solutions to the complex interrelated problems of climate change, peak oil, global financial instability. In 2001, I was an active member of Transition Albany (WA), before moving to the town of Totnes in the UK (where the Transition model was born) to undertake my MA studies in Economics for Transition. On my rearrival in Australia I was an active participant and contributer to Transition Newcastle for five months. I was involved in “nationalising” the resources (developed in Newcastle) for the local program “Transition Streets Challenge”, which is specifically targeted at domestic awareness and behaviour change in relation to water, energy consumption, food procurement, waste and other environmental concerns;

From March 2014 to March 2017, I advised across all facets of strategic, governance and operational/program development, for the Australian Helping Hands Association (AHHA; www.helping.org.au); a Community Development organisation based in Maroubra. In its initial phase, AHHA was a “drop in” shopfront promoting psycho-social development and community wellbeing through engagement with the arts, environmental education (i.e. permaculture, aquaculture) and enterprise. Target participant groups include marginalised community members particularly those surviving challenges of social deprivation, across the social spectrum. I am supporting AHHA in development of all facets of strategic, governance and operational development of the organisation, including program development.

In my position as Community Cultural Development Coordinator at Springwood Neighbourhood Centre Co-operative Ltd, I was responsible for management and oversight of 28 ongoing community workshop projects in addition to events management, projects development and community consultation processes incorporating interagency partnerships in a 0.8FTE capacity. I was responsible for, community Events management, project and program coordination, opening and closing Public Neighbourhood Centre (9.15 am to 4.15pm, with one hour closure for Volunteer lunch break). If I was not able to open the shopfront, as rostered, I was responsible to coordinate with my fellow work colleagues to ensure that the Centre was open at 9.15am, as also we reciprocated and shared support within our team. I was also responsible to coordinate with a neighbouring Neighbourhood Centre to collect perishable food donations once a week. Imperatively, central to my role as Community Development Coordinator I was responsible for the staffing, volunteer rostering and coordination of weekend and evenings event management.As part of my work requirements as Community Development Coordinator with Springwood Neighbourhood Centre Co-operative, it was a requirement of my role to undertake Risk Audit and Assessments of all community facilities (new and existing/ established) we used for projects, events and activities, compliant with public liability, local council, public health and organisational protocol. I had to immediately report any workplace or on-site injuries or incidents, as required under law.

Responsible for promoting and organising Events and Activities, Communications and Outreach of the Community Access Service- a disability and mental health support service of Blackheath Area Neighbourhood Centre, incorporating organisational change management through NDIS- National Disability Insurance Scheme- implementation and integration.In my position as Communications, Events and Programs Officer with Community Access Service at Blackheath Area Neighbourhood Centre- a core requirement of my role in Communications, Marketing and Events Management is in demonstrating my capacity to utilise social media on a weekly basis for organisational outreach and events promotion. This includes website and blog updates, uploading video, co- and cross-promotion of relevant sector information, Facebook and Twitter.

I supported communications and outreach with community organisations across Australia. I compiled a database of national networks of media and community contacts for strategic partnerships development for targeted waste collection campaigns.

My 20 years experience in project and events management in Community Engagement and Sustainability Education have tested and challenged my time management skills- as well as the need to deliver programs on budget. My Masters dissertation is perhaps a good example of this; a 16 week ethnographic research assignment, I moved into a rural English community, understand the complexity of challenges related to the local economy affected by globalised business- particularly the threats and opportunities of supermarket development with proposed custom built complex adjacent to the retail high street. In a turnaround time of sixteen weeks, I was able to research, organise and submit a full academic 20 000 word dissertation. The research outcome is entitled: Social Innovation as a design solution for consolidating rural British High Street economies and is available at: http://www.academia.edu/5605530/Social_Innovation_as_a_design_solution_for_consolidating_rural_British_High_Street_economies.

As Project Officer with headspace Great Southern in 2012, I was responsible for Strategic Management and Governance Support for the Consortia of eight different agencies who deliver the local headspace service in the Great Southern Region (focused on Mount Barker and Albany). I liaised with consortia agencies delivering services across primary healthcare, allied health, Vocational Education and Training, AOD and youth outreach. I was able to demonstrate my aptitude in negotiation, diplomacy and exercising discretion in a cross-sectoral and collaborative partnership setting.Part of my core responsibility was to organise the monthly Consortia (i.e. Board/ Committee) meeting of eight partner agency representatives. This included preparation and distribution of agenda, minute taking, distribution of minutes, and event organisation of the monthly meeting itself.I helped devise, develop and deliver communications to address general health, sexual health, alcohol, drug and substance use awareness & education, mental health, vocational education & training opportunities for young people. I worked with and advised team members and colleagues to develop social media outreach strategies, inline with local centre objectives within national protocol. We undertook targeted local campaigns after identifying localised social & behavioural issues with youth, as well as promoting national headspace campaigns such as RUOK? Day, and other national Youth and Mental Health promotional events.I was involved in different tiers of professional relationships, and it was a requirement to adapt my diplomacy, liaison, presentation and negotiation skills to particular audiences. This position required liaison with regional agencies and established local networks. My leadership, community capacity building, and effective communication skills informed and enabled my ability to work co-operatively in a team; to be self-directed, and/or work with minimal supervision.

I was Event Organiser, Facilitator & Wheatbelt Liaison Officer for a ten week, 1 250km peace walk from Wiluna to Perth with Footprints for Peace.I liaised directly with eight Local Governments and local community along an 850km section of the walk route to organise accommodation, water provision, speaking engagements, food procurement, health and medical supports access.We ended the walk arriving into Perth in late October: The “Walk Away from Uranium Mining: towards Aboriginal Sovereignty” has been an Internationally-profiled Peace Walk to raise awareness of the issue of Uranium Mining in Regional Western Australia, and the economic and cultural implications on non-urban communities, including Traditional Owners in the Goldfields and Wheatbelt regions. In this role, I was personally responsible for Liaison with communities from Coolgardie to Mundaring, to organise events, media, and accommodation hosting within eight municipal jurisdictions, as well as to deliver workshops and presentations about our project on a weekly basis. I liaised with Local Government personnel, Non-government Organisations, private businesses and community members in nine municipalities along our walk route along the Great Eastern Highway. At the commencement of the walk organisation and planning, I devised and implemented organisational systems and procedures. I worked with a core team of five people to organise this walk which raised the profile of the issue including through participation of walkers from Greece, Germany, France, Italy, the United States, and New Zealand. During the Walk project itself, as a Coordinating Team member, I was responsible for overseeing logistical requirements of servicing the needs for a minimum of thirty walkers at any one time, including International and interstate participants, and participants with diverse and complex needs.

I was placed with three different not-for-profit organisations within the Perth metropolitan area to assist and support them to address policy, governance and compliance issues (Community Housing Coalition of WA; Claisebrook Lotteries House; WestAus Crisis Inc). In these placements, I updated (or developed from scratch) organisational policy and procedure manuals, as a legal compliance and benchmark for organisational best practice.

Using a person centred approach, I was responsible for:• Assist in the day to day running of five sites (depending where I was placed: Spearwood and Armadale crisis youth accommodation, as well as off-site Transitional accommodation facilities)• Engage with the young people to develop positive mentoring relationships• Effectively supervise the young people• Assist each client to effectively manage their behaviour through establishing positive relationships• Assist and encourage the development of each young person’s interpersonal and social skills• Be involved in the development, implementation and participation in leisure and recreational activities• Develop each young person’s life skills through role modelling and group work• Complete administrative tasks such as daily case notes, communication book, petty cash, updating data into CIMS and timesheets• Complete accurate and timely reports on critical incidences• Participate in case reviews with the case worker or other relevant persons as required• Follow behaviour management plans• Supervise and assist residents with daily chores, living competencies, appointments• Closely monitor and assist clients in activities within and outside the program facility, in accordance with program policies and procedures.• Participate in Life Space Interviews and reporting/recording incidents• Maintain records on provision of resident's medication• Complete WHS and other Q A compliance log books• Orientation of new residents into the houseI took on additional responsibilities during this employment period, incorporating a locum position with Supported Housing Assistance Program, 'SHAP'- based based in Coolbellup for three months; and placement to Anglicare NT as Service Manager, Children and Youth Residential Support Service.

Managing a 24/7 Crisis Accommodation Facility for Children and Young People.I was responsible for all facets of CYRSS Management and Operations includingstaffing, including recruitment, leadership, and support to team of Youth Workersbudgeting and scheduling for day to day operations of 8 bed facilityThis position entailed the operation and management of a 7-bed crisis house to operate 24/7. I was responsible for;➢ the recruitment and retention of staff,➢ day to day staff supervision, direction and leadership,➢ operational budget,➢ weekly reporting to Operations Manager,➢ six-monthly reporting to funding body/ NT Families & Children,➢ enduring service adherence to contractual obligations,➢ maintaining contracts for trades and maintenance to premises,➢ daily administration of the centre,➢ admission to and discharge of clients from the facility,➢ liaison with Departmental staff about the wellbeing and case management of clients.➢ demonstrating knowledge of Child Protection Legislation in NT and mandatory reporting requirements, supporting program design and delivery, including daily bespoke care plan design for individual clients, based on their particular care needs.

Maternity leave placement.I worked with local community members on several community cultural development programs. Events included an annual “mums and bubs” picnic in the park in the suburb of Samson, and a community mosaic program for the playground outside the Fremantle Library. I designed, coordinated, delivered and evaluated the mosaic project, and supported resourcing for the annual picnic in the park event.

As both Arts Festival Coordinator, and then Committee Member for City Farm Perth/ Planetary Action Network 2006-2008, my initial project management was particularly for the Kamberang Festival- a celebration of the Noongar season of Spring. This project delivery incorporated grant applications writing and acquittal, event, performers and stalls organisation and management incorporating internal and external stakeholder liaison. My latter involvement was integral to implementing a formal governance structure above the operations of City Farm: an organisational process to enable increased autonomy and independence from it's parent organisation, Men of the Trees Inc. I was also able to bring my prior experience as a staff member (“Arts Festival Coordinator”) of City Farm to this committee appointment. I served in the initial board establishment position of 6 months, and was reappointed for a further year term.This experience in both Operations and Governance with City Farm Perth/ Planetary Action Network Inc., gave me the experience and breadth to develop my organisational, research and information collation skills in a local and National context. It required me to prioritise tasks and manage time effectively in order to liaise with international agencies, local and international networks to source required information.

as LiveworX Youth Project Officer with CAN WA (Community Arts Network WA) in 2006, I worked with 'at risk' young people in the Armadale-Gosnells region on photojournalism projects. From 2010-2012, I supported CAN WA's ongoing 'Voices of the Wheatbelt' community engagement program from both the Kellerberrin and Perth offices. In both of these projects, I was responsible for supporting delivery particularly through evaluation, reporting and acquittal of the projects.

In my role as Member Support Officer with Youth Affairs Council of WA- the Youth sector peak body in Western Australia- 2005-2006, I was the front of house admin and reception in this small NGO. It was expected of me to maintain and increase our relationships and rapport with existing and new member or affiliate organisations and individuals. My position entailed Personal Assistance and support to the Executive Officer, as well as monthly board meeting minute taking, dissemination of agendas and minutes. My position was integral to supporting the small office staff team of five individuals; as well as Event Organisation of the annual state Youth Affairs Conference.

As Promotions Manager, I was one of three paid staff members, liaising with up to forty four different language groups and nationalities (and hundreds of volunteers) at Governance and operational levels that accessed the radio station through programming, audience and wider participation.I was involved in Events Management, internal and external promotions to increase Audience participation in the wider Canberra community.

My professional experience in the health sector has primarily been in Mental Health and Psychiatric health settings. From 1994-2001 in a Private Psychiatric Hospital in Perth, Western Australia, where I undertook Executive Support, Reception and Administrative support and Medical Records Officer functions.