Simon Scrase Email & Phone Number

Doncaster, Victoria, Australia

Economic Development role with a focus on businesses in key neighbourhood activity centres to support the development of vibrant villages. Contribute to an employment plan to support businesses, as well develop inclusive employment initiatives & social enterprises.

South Morang, Victoria, Australia

https://www.whittlesea.vic.gov.au/media/10973/economic-participation-plan.pdfThe role of the Economic Participation Officer is to develop local strategies and actions that will support local residents thatface barriers to employment, with a particular focus on people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women and young people

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, Australia

I am excited to announce that I have been employed (15 October) by NDS as the NSW Business Manager for BuyAbility Procurement. It is an exciting opportunity to work with a dedicated team whose role is to contract management and directly influence social procurement with disability enterprises to maximise job opportunities for people with a disability. https://buyability.org.au/business/This role builds on my 16 years senior management experience in State Government to develop and implement labour market programs and implement social procurement and enterprise strategies to generate job & training opportunities for disadvantaged Victorians. More recently, I was also involved in an innovative project to create a virtual reality work experience game to engage young people to consider a career in the disability sector.BuyAbility Procurement is an NDS Service that has been operating since 2011. This service aims to increase employment opportunities for people with disability through the promotion, connection and management of socially responsible procurement opportunities for Disability Enterprises with public and private sector buyers. There are over 170 Disability Enterprises with more than 600 locations across Australia offering an array of quality products and services employing over 20,500 people with disability (supported employees), which is expected to quadruple with the full roll out of the NDIS. To date Buyability has secured over $33M in contracts and engaged over 60 Disability Enterprises and over 1500 supported employees. NDS is now expanding this successful approach nationally, with a team of business managers whose role is to provide Buyability contract management services. I am looking forward to working with the team to build and develop the reach of BuyAbility Procurement as a critical and effective approach to maximise social procurement opportunities for Disability Enterprises to deliver great social outcomes for people with disabilities.

Broadmeadow And Colac

20Squared Project is a ‘Virtual Reality Work Experience’ (VRWE) project. 20Squared was one of four projects in Victoria to be funded under the Federal Government’s Empowering Youth Initiative. 20Squared, which commenced in June 2016, will, over a two year period, develop, test and evaluate a Virtual Reality Work Experience Game prototype and work with the participating young people to move them into work. The majority of these funds resource the effective training and support of young people to become work ready and to secure employment, with the balance for engaging film and multimedia industry professionals to design and build the prototype, including the core aspects of filming, game design and development. 20Squared involves 40 young people from Broadmeadows and Colac as co-creators in the design and development of the VRWE prototype. The young people developing the prototype will gain valuable work readiness skills to work in the disability services sector, while at the same time being involved in the creation a VRWE game that will provide insights and confidence for other young people to consider their options to work in this sector.In the second year (2017/18) the VRWE will be vigorously evaluated with 380 young people testing and playing it and assessing whether the VRWE was influential in whether or not they make a decision to work in the disability services sector including reasons for making this decision.

Currently working along-side MGA’s Executive Director to assist in project managing a range of initiatives including the Workforce Plus Empowering Youth 20Squared initiative, as well as recently supporting the development of strategic business plans for the Association for Children with a Disability and their Changing Places initiative.- Developed and implemented comprehensive employment and learning strategies for the State Government of Victoria – including targeted training, labour market assistance, and enterprise development resulting in over 7,300 people assisted into employment and the unemployment rate decreasing from 17% to 13%.- Developed and implemented an Employment and Learning Coordinator Network initiative to deliver place based economic development initiatives in each of the 21 Neighbourhood Renewal communities, including conducting an evaluation and review of this Network to inform future delivery arrangements;-Designed, conducted and evaluated the Victorian Government’s first Social Procurement pilot project. Based on the success of this pilot, a Public Tenant Employment Program was established to implement social procurement clauses into the Department’s housing contracts and support public tenants into vacancies arising from this clause.- A consultancy project with the Brimbank/Melton LLEN to consult with local businesses to scope potential school business partnerships, this involved securing in-principle support with local businesses, including a comprehensive report and marketing materials to assist the LLEN support the formation of school-business partnerships in 2015- A consultancy project to work with a large employment and training agency to assist in the preparation and documentation of a state-wide Work for the Dole Tender - A consultancy project with the Melbourne City Council to provide expert advice in the assessment of potential African Employment projects.

2012 (Nov) – Present Managing Director Sky Fit Life an on-line fitness & lifestyle retail business selling sportswear to Australian and international marketsDeliverables to date include:• Established an online business selling fitness and sportswear products (www.skyfitlife.com)• Developed business and marketing plans• Research and development of viable product niches• Built and maintained national and international supplier relationships• Documented standards and procedures• Product photography and copywriting• Customer service

Melbourne, Australia

Simon was the inaugural state-wide economic participation manager for the State Government’s Neighbourhood Renewal program responsible for the implementing a range of innovative state-wide strategies to narrow the gap between the most disadvantaged communities and the rest of the State. As a result of these strategies, over 7,300 people were assisted into employment; the unemployment rate in Neighbourhood Renewal areas decreased from 17% to 13%, over 40 community enterprises were established and the Department of Human Service’s implemented a social procurement clause into the delivery of capital projects & asset services.Find link to the review of the Employment & Learning Coordinator Network:http://dhs.cecc.com.au/report/ch02s03.php

Melbourne, Australia

Co-designed, developed and implemented the State Government’s $50 million Community Jobs Program to provide over 7,000 jobs over four years for the Community Jobs Program (CJP) which provides employment and training opportunities for long term unemployed people and other disadvantaged jobseekers with locally based community projectsThis involved funding non-profit community organisations or government agencies to undertake vital community projects, while offering skill development and job opportunities to local job seekers. These projects were funded up to 13 weeks full-time, or 16 weeks part-time.Projects could include:• IT administration• community services• hospitality/retail services• government infrastructure services.

Melbourne, Australia

Strategic Facility Planning

Masters Of Urban Planning And Environment (Part Time), Masters Of Urban Planning & Environmentalism

The Master in Urban Planning and Environment program has been designed to develop the specialised knowledge and skills required.

Master'S Degree, Planning And Design

Master for Planning and Design focussed on the broad range of professional skills for delivering effetive facility planning & management.

Graduate Diploma Facility Planning And Management, Building/Property Maintenance

Two-year Graduate Diploma Course preparing individuals for the facility planning and management industry - including social science.

Higher School Certificate, Hsc