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Mentone, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

I am the Team Leader Health and Safety at the City of Kingston, a local government entity in metropolitan Melbourne, Australia.I lead a team of health and safety specialists and advisors who serve all areas of our organisation. We are a large complex organisation of 1,500 staff and a community of 160,000 residents. Together we are responsible for supporting the teams who deliver community services including festivals and events, parking enforcement, gardening, child care and kindergarten, in-home aged care, libraries, community centres, arts centres, sport and recreation, waste management and many more.My role enables me to regularly and proactively engage with managers and executives on health and safety matters providing them leadership support on their strategic and compliance obligations. I have implemented programs focused on early intervention and preventive efforts to focused on the health and welling of all our team members.In 2023 we embark on the next phase of our journey with the launch of our Workplace Health and Safety Strategy.

I lead a team six in our Procurement & Contracts department for a few months whilst the organisation recruited for a new Manager.Together with the team, I was responsible for providing information and specialist advice in procurement and contracting across the organisation. The team oversees tendering and contract compliance, reporting organisational activity and driving best value outcomes from procurement.In addition to the tradition procurement functions, I was also responsible Councils vehicle fleet and insurance programs and oversee contractor occupational health and safety.Highlights I was able to achieve during this opportunity:1) Creating Council's first annual Insurance Report. The report detailed the coverage we have as an organisation, premium and excess changes for the new financial year, historical claims analysis and identification of key risk areas.2) Establishing a strategic partnership with the Kinaway Chamber of Commerce and achieving key deliverables as part of Council's Reconciliation Action Plan.3) Creating a draft of Council's first Fleet Strategy and Annual Action Plan to guide the fleet activities over the next year to allow the new Manager to review and update it ready to align with our new Council Plan in June 2025.4) Contributing to Council's NetZero 2030 strategy by achieving a 5% reduction in our internal combustion engine passenger vehicle fleet and working with our Libraries leadership team to transition to electric vehicles.5) Building a really collaborative working relationship with our Legal team and setting up a model to integrate our insurance claims review process in conjunction with the legal and governance teams, aligning it with our enterprise risk management framework.

Melbourne, Australia

I lead the media team at South Melbourne FC guiding and directing the marketing and media strategies of the club. We have an amazing media team with a wealth of experience across sport and football specifically who work collaboratively to deliver the internal and external presentation of the club's brand and activities. In 2018 I also took on the role of Football Director - All Abilities Football supporting our football diversity and inclusion programs. We have a powerchair (electric wheelchair) team, a blind team and a vision impaired team.

Melbourne, Australia

I served as the Safety and Risk Management Officer at the City of Kingston, a local government entity in metropolitan Melbourne, Australia, supporting a workforce of 1,200 staff and a community of 160,000 residents. I was responsible for the delivery and promotion of Kingston’s corporate safety and risk management systems and business continuity framework. Our team provides support and guidance in relation to health, safety and risk across the organisation to support compliance with Council’s applicable regulatory and statutory responsibilities and more importantly to look after the health safety and wellbeing of our staff.In March 2020 I assumed responsibility as Pandemic Response Officer leading and directing Kingston Councils management of the COVID-19 pandemic response. I facilitated the Crisis Management Team (Business Recovery Team) for over two years proving health, safety, risk and legal advice on the pandemic response to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our staff the continuity of Council services to support our community.

Brisbane, Australia

I lead a team of seven WHS Specialists and Advisors who deliver pro-active engagement with operational and corporate leaders within Virgin Australia to facilitate the application of our WHS Management System into day-to-day business activities. The Virgin Australia Group a large complex organisation of nine thousand team members and over one hundred workplaces in Australia and internationally.My role enables me to regularly and proactively engage with managers and executives on health and safety matters providing them leadership support on their strategic and compliance obligations.I have implemented programs focused on the health and welling of team members and achieving organisational objectives. I prepare health and safety performance and briefing reports to the Executive and Board.In the last two years, I have lead my team to achieve a number of success stories including a reduction in workplace and lost time injuries, increased hazard and safety reporting, an increase in workplace inspections, on-time completion of the audit program and increased knowledge and awareness of health and safety through the delivery of training programs to front-line team members, leaders, managers and executives.

Melbourne, Australia

I was responsible for managing a team performing WHS audits, workplace inspections and safety investigations for the Virgin Australia Group. I was accountable for maintaining certification to Australian Standard 4801, compliance with legislative requirements. I was accountable for and lead the project for an organisation-wide cultural change program to achieve Comcare national self-insurance licencing. I implemented and delivered an enhanced audit and workplace inspection program throughout the business to foster a pro-active and continuous improvement for workplace health and safety.

Melbourne, Australia

For all Virgin Australia airport operations in Melbourne, responsible for conduct of quality audits, safety investigation, hazard identification, workplace risk assessments and organisational oversight programs for third party providers. Provision of support to operational leaders on regulatory guidance and risks analysis. Trend data analysis and reporting on safety and quality performance through the Safety Management System

Perth & Brisbane

Responsible for the oversight of and the activities of the Safety Management System for east coast operations of ATR aircraft. Leading the airport induction safety program for Melbourne and Narrabri for ATR operations. Leading a team of three performing audits, investigations and risk assessments including internal operational departments and third party contractors. Project managing the regulatory compliance program with CASA including managing and coordinating responses to regulatory activity.

Melbourne, Australia

Lead a team of over forty permanent and relief team members responsible for planning and directing all Virgin Australia aircraft movements (including allocation of team members) at Melbourne Airport. This team serves as a central point for all information and communications in the effective coordination of flight operaitons. The position is responsible for liaising with stakeholers to effetively manage airport works projects and deliver corporate and operational visiblity and reporting on key deliverables. Accountable for analysis of airline schedules, infrastructure and facility capability, resource planning and allocation.

Brisbane, Australia

Accountable for leading the team responsible for the management of operational and workplace health and safety data across the Virgin Australia Group. This team maintains the systems (AQD and CURA) responsible for data collation, analysis and reporting across three airlines and transforms accurate data into meaningful information for presentation to operational management at divisional, group, executive and board levels. Personally responsible for safety and risk analysis and commentary on airline performance in reporting packs provided to the Virgin Australia Executive Management and to the Board.

Brisbane, Australia

Responsible for the system-wide review of data analysis and reporting within the Virgin Australia Safety Management Systems. Lead a transition to align Safety Management System reporting and analysis with ICAO standards including the implementation of a new safety governance structure. Developed and implemented systems and processes supporting the operational and workplace safety data, risk analysis and reporting frameworks for the Board and Executive Management.

Brisbane, Australia

Responsible for conduct of quality audits, safety investigation, hazard identification, workplace risk assessments and organisational oversight programs for third party providers. Provision of support to operational divisions on regulatory guidance and risks analysis. Trend data analysis and reporting on safety and quality performance through the Safety Management System

Brisbane, Australia

Responsible for implementation of Virgin Australia International operations and the coordination of the Air Operators Certificate application to CASA and the FAA including planning and oversight of manual preparation, inspections, demonstrations, evacuation demonstration and proving flight. Responsible for the establishment and documentation of the Safety Management System including core functions of safety reporting, safety promotion and awareness, quality audit programs, document control, accident investigation and safety reporting

Brisbane, Australia

Responsible for providing operational and strategic support to the operational management team in the application of safety, quality and regulatory standards. Coordination external audit programs through CASA and IOSA. Development and monitoring implementation of corrective and preventive actions.

Brisbane, Australia

Lead a team ten staff responsible for the management of the Controlled Document System and development of procedures to support the Airline Technical Library. Development and implementation of an internal quality program, control measures increasing efficiency and improve performance monitoring and oversight.

Brisbane, Australia

Responsible for the maintenance and control of the Quality Compliance System, assessment of operational procedures, project and risk management, AOC management and coordination with regulatory authorities. Experience in managing the implementation of and providing safety oversight of organisational change.

Moorabbin, Australia

Responsible for terminal operations, freight management, passenger service, documentation and records, internal audits and regulatory compliance.

Moorabbin, Australia

Responsible for training documentation, pilot records, internal quality reviews, management of the operations manual and liaison with regulatory authorities.

Bachelor Of Technology, Aviation Transportation Management

Including Industry Based Learning with Virgin Blue Airlines

Bachelor Of Business, Management, Information Systems

Including Industry Based Learning with Virgin Blue Airlines

Certificate Iv : Training And Assessment

Certificate Iv In Work Health And Safety

This vocational training provided me with the knowledge and skills in the practical application of a WHS Management system in a large.

Human Factors For Transport Safety Investigators, Safety Investigation

Fire Safety Advisor

This training provided me the qualification to assume the role and responsibilities of a Fire Safety Adviser in accordance.

Quality/Safety Lead Auditor, Quality Management Systems

Activities and Societies: RABQSA-AU 782: Management systems auditing RABQSA-TL 784 Leading management system audit teams

Health And Safety Representative (Victoria)

This training provided the skills to serve as a Health and Safety Representative (HSR) in the state of Victoria, and more importantly.

Aviation Safety Investigation, Safety Investigation

Aviation Emergency & Disaster Management, Family Assistance

Activities and Societies: Accident Investigation Orientation for Aviation Professionals, Transportation Disaster Response - Family.