Robert Heyes Email & Phone Number

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

I have joined the team at Infometrics to provide client support to regional clients such as district councils and sector clients such as tertiary education providers, and to work on ad hoc consultancy projects. I bring my expertise in regional economic and labour market analysis. My key project to date is an analysis of the impact of Airbnb on a regional long-term rental market.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Analysing immigration trends, pulling together the Migration Domain Plan and thinking of new ways to make migration data more accessible and easier to understand

Melbourne, Australia

Working closely with the Health Workforce Branch I am modelling nursing and midwifery supply and demand, administering the Branch's Hospital Medical Workforce Survey and supporting it's Area-based Workforce Planning initiative.

Melbourne, Australia

Responsible for:Developing and overseeing an intelligence gathering framework to identify signals that require a training market response in regions and sectors in economic transition, thin and niche markets and emerging industries.Managing an applied research methodology to direct the activities of the Market Facilitation and Information Division and provide advice to the Skills Victoria Executive as required.Providing technical support to ensure Market Facilitation… Show more Responsible for:Developing and overseeing an intelligence gathering framework to identify signals that require a training market response in regions and sectors in economic transition, thin and niche markets and emerging industries.Managing an applied research methodology to direct the activities of the Market Facilitation and Information Division and provide advice to the Skills Victoria Executive as required.Providing technical support to ensure Market Facilitation Managers can contribute to and utilise regional economic development planning and associated training market responses.Collaborating with stakeholders across the Victorian Government to ensure Skills Victoria contributes to and utilises research outputs pertaining to Victoria's economic and associated workforce development requirements. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

• I lead the Market Analysis team’s provision of analysis and advice on the performance of the Victorian Vocational Education and Training system; my responsibilities include line-managing ten staff, leading team strategic planning, contributing to divisional strategic planning, thought leadership and project leadership• Oversaw development and now manage the ongoing production of a suite of regular reports including: quarterly reports to Ministers and Senior Executives on the VET system’s… Show more • I lead the Market Analysis team’s provision of analysis and advice on the performance of the Victorian Vocational Education and Training system; my responsibilities include line-managing ten staff, leading team strategic planning, contributing to divisional strategic planning, thought leadership and project leadership• Oversaw development and now manage the ongoing production of a suite of regular reports including: quarterly reports to Ministers and Senior Executives on the VET system’s responsiveness to labour market skill needs, quarterly reports on TAFE institute performance, web-based regional and industry profiles and other market intelligence for participants in the VET system• Manage the team’s data analysis function which responds to over 300 ad hoc requests per year• Advise senior managers on the economic concepts underpinning the markets for labour and education/training, and the analytical frameworks developed by the Market Analysis team to monitor market performance and potential market failures• Provided thought leadership for, and led the development of a prioritisation framework for Skills Victoria’s Market Facilitation function• Created a research function within the team to better meet the expectations of key stakeholders. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

• Analysed hospitals' capacity to absorb future growth within existing sites to the development of the Department's Ten Year Capital Plan• Assisted in the development of area-based health service plans for joint health service planning• Contract managed development of a health patient demand model based on the Department of Transport's state-wide transport model.

Wellington, New Zealand

• Provided advice to senior managers on the strategic direction of health workforce modelling and forecasting• Contributed modelling of the workforce implications of building twenty new elective surgery operating theatres to Ministerial advice on policy implementation options• Developed a supply chain analysis of medical staff to support workforce policy planning and analysis.

Wellington, New Zealand

• Provided strategic direction, project oversight and HR/budget management to a team of eight people• Led change in the strategic direction of the Skills Research Programme and the Labour Market Forecasting Programme towards more closely meeting stakeholder needs; this included development of new research projects and engagements with a range of stakeholders including Department of Labour Immigration Policy, the Institute of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) and New Zealand Career… Show more • Provided strategic direction, project oversight and HR/budget management to a team of eight people• Led change in the strategic direction of the Skills Research Programme and the Labour Market Forecasting Programme towards more closely meeting stakeholder needs; this included development of new research projects and engagements with a range of stakeholders including Department of Labour Immigration Policy, the Institute of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) and New Zealand Career Services • Led development of the SkillsInsight tool, an Excel-based user interface that provides access to occupation and industry skills information • Led an evaluation and restructuring of the Job Vacancy Monitoring Programme in response to shifting employer recruitment practices• Oversaw development and delivery of the Jobs and Tertiary Education Indicator, an Excel-based user interface that gave planners at the Tertiary Education Commission access to information about occupational and industry labour market trends, and related fields of study. Show less

Wellington, New Zealand

• Contributed quantitative and qualitative economic research and analysis of occupational trends, regional labour market performance, macro labour market performance, skill shortages and a range of other labour market issues to development of national and regional labour market policy• Developed, project managed, and contributed quantitative and qualitative analysis and reporting to a series of In-depth Regional Labour Market Reports for the twelve New Zealand regions• Developed a… Show more • Contributed quantitative and qualitative economic research and analysis of occupational trends, regional labour market performance, macro labour market performance, skill shortages and a range of other labour market issues to development of national and regional labour market policy• Developed, project managed, and contributed quantitative and qualitative analysis and reporting to a series of In-depth Regional Labour Market Reports for the twelve New Zealand regions• Developed a spatial labour market analysis of the Auckland region to support a central government agency's decision to relocate its offices• Researched, wrote, edited and oversaw printing and dissemination of six issues of the workINSIGHT publication, which raised understanding of current labour market issues and policy responses to a broad audience including Ministers, CEOs, teachers and career advisors. Show less

London, United Kingdom

Provided economic analysis and advice to clients in the public and private sectors on a broad range of topics including UK and European regional economic growth.

London, United Kingdom

Contributed economic analysis and advice to decisions on proposed mergers and competition issues in a range of industries including public transport.

London, United Kingdom

Contributed analysis of research findings to an evaluation of special education policy; modelled financial impacts of changes to the tax and benefit system, analysed findings and provided advice on potential budget measures.

Masters, Economics

Ba(Hons), 1St Class, Economics