Timothy Smith Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Responsible for providing high-level strategic and operational advice to the Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor Learning, Teaching and Quality and leading special projects and strategic initiatives, particularly managing the implementation and reporting of the College Learning & Teaching Plan. In addition, I am responsible for the provision of strategic and academic leadership and management of the College Learning and Teaching (L&T) area, and accountable for the provision of quality academic… Show more Responsible for providing high-level strategic and operational advice to the Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor Learning, Teaching and Quality and leading special projects and strategic initiatives, particularly managing the implementation and reporting of the College Learning & Teaching Plan. In addition, I am responsible for the provision of strategic and academic leadership and management of the College Learning and Teaching (L&T) area, and accountable for the provision of quality academic development leadership, advice, and support to enable the realisation of business and educational outcomes and a quality student experience. I am accountable for representing the Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor and the Portfolio on select College and University committees and advocating for the interests of the College. Show less

Australia

Responsible for providing program management expertise to support the design and delivery of a suite of projects to drive transformational change, maximise potential benefits and embed cultural change across the Faculty. Major initiatives I was responsible for included integrating practice-based education units into the core STEM courses; developing guidance and training for academic staff to ensure a common user experience across units within the LMS; and establishing best practices to improve… Show more Responsible for providing program management expertise to support the design and delivery of a suite of projects to drive transformational change, maximise potential benefits and embed cultural change across the Faculty. Major initiatives I was responsible for included integrating practice-based education units into the core STEM courses; developing guidance and training for academic staff to ensure a common user experience across units within the LMS; and establishing best practices to improve the academic integrity of online quantitative assessment. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

Bringing a revolutionary teaching model to a new engineering degree: Bachelor of Engineering Practice (Honours).As a member of the Department’s Leadership Group, I lead the development of an agile and responsive strategic and operational planning process that aligned the Department behind a common set of clear objective and performance indicators. My position is the senior departmental professional staff member in the Department with a wide-ranging portfolio, including the strategic and… Show more Bringing a revolutionary teaching model to a new engineering degree: Bachelor of Engineering Practice (Honours).As a member of the Department’s Leadership Group, I lead the development of an agile and responsive strategic and operational planning process that aligned the Department behind a common set of clear objective and performance indicators. My position is the senior departmental professional staff member in the Department with a wide-ranging portfolio, including the strategic and business planning, financial control, IT systems, facilities, risk management, broader University compliance, administrative, and reporting and business analytics functions. Show less

Directly managed the paid and volunteer staff of the Human Variome Project Secretariat to ensure ongoing effective development, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of research and policy projects. Established enduring and effective strategic partnerships with external stakeholders including national, international and intergovernmental partners, to progress the Project’s mission of effecting change within national health systems.Built the Project Management Office function… Show more Directly managed the paid and volunteer staff of the Human Variome Project Secretariat to ensure ongoing effective development, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of research and policy projects. Established enduring and effective strategic partnerships with external stakeholders including national, international and intergovernmental partners, to progress the Project’s mission of effecting change within national health systems.Built the Project Management Office function within the Human Variome Project Secretariat from scratch and vastly improved project management capability within the broader Consortium as a result.Contributed to the development of the Human Variome Project's strategic plans for three consecutive periods and lead the implementation of these through annual operating plans.Crafted the corporate strategy and organisational design for Global Variome Limited; prepared financial projections to secure financing; drafted the organisation’s Articles of Association and shepherded the organisation through registration with the Charities Commission; and developed new governance frameworks, policies, and processes when the Project Secretariat moved from Melbourne to Newcastle, United Kingdom.Delivered a joint project with UNESCO that mapped the regulation of genomic testing for health and research purposes around the world and developed policy guidance for member states.Invited to represent the Human Variome Project at numerous international conferences and on expert panels. Show less

Managed the establishment of the European regional office of the Human Variome Project

Responsible for outreach, recruitment and engagement with diagnostic laboratories across Australia.Key Achievements- Won two federal grants for the Project with a combined value of $1 million- Successfully delivered the Project’s pilot phase on time and on budget- Improved the number of laboratories supplying data to the Node from 3 to 15 in 2013-2014- Established the Node’s communications capacity including full web-presence

In this role I was primarily responsible for all external and internal communication and member engagement activities for 1,300+ members spread across 81 countries. This included the development of a Project-wide communications strategy, executing the strategy through multiple communications channels, and monitoring and reporting on its effectiveness. Key Achievements- Built the strategic communications capability for the organisation from scratch- Leveraged the resources of the… Show more In this role I was primarily responsible for all external and internal communication and member engagement activities for 1,300+ members spread across 81 countries. This included the development of a Project-wide communications strategy, executing the strategy through multiple communications channels, and monitoring and reporting on its effectiveness. Key Achievements- Built the strategic communications capability for the organisation from scratch- Leveraged the resources of the Human Variome Project Consortium to create a local communications apparatus in the 22 countries hosting an HVP Country Node- Grew the Human Variome Project Consortium to over 1,100 individual members and 60 infrastructure members- Led a major project to overhaul the Project website, leading to greatly improved usability, functionality and micro- and macro-conversion rates- Implemented the use of new technologies, services and industry tools within the organisation including Google Apps for Business, Insightly (CRM), Trello (Project Management), Mailchimp (eDM), Joomla! (CMS), SurveyMonkey (Market Research), Buffer (Social Media scheduling and analytics), Open Site Explorer (SEO), Moz Analytics (SEO), Adwords Keyword Planner (Keyword Research), and Google Analytics (Website Performance)- Consistently achieved open and click-through rates for EDM campaigns that are twice the industry average- Developed and presented a number of professional-development workshops at major international conferences including the 2013 European Society of Human Genetics meeting and the 2013 Latin American Society of Human Genetics Meeting- Successfully applied for grants worth approx. $50k+ and assisted the Board of Directors and Scientific Directors prepare numerous other successful grant and funding applications- Influenced strategic planning for the Project as a whole including lead authorship of both editions of the Human Variome Project’s Project Roadmap Show less

- Responsible for all technical and logistical requirements for the Festival- Liaison between the festival, artists and venue management, production and technical representatives- In conjunction with the Festival Director, contribute to the creation and implementation of all logistic risk management plans for EWF programs & events

Melbourne, Australia

The VCE Summer School is a unique VCE program run by the University of Melbourne Student Union. Since its first edition in 1971, VCESS has provided affordable and equitable education access for students who are from schools that are disadvantaged or under-represented in the Victorian tertiary system. The program aims to assist these students in their learning during their final years of high school. - Recruitment, interviewing and selection of tutors- Acquisition of sufficient… Show more The VCE Summer School is a unique VCE program run by the University of Melbourne Student Union. Since its first edition in 1971, VCESS has provided affordable and equitable education access for students who are from schools that are disadvantaged or under-represented in the Victorian tertiary system. The program aims to assist these students in their learning during their final years of high school. - Recruitment, interviewing and selection of tutors- Acquisition of sufficient funding, from internal University sources, charitable organisations and corporate sponsors.- Promoting and advertising the program, both externally to VCE students and internally to potential tutors.- Administration duties, including enrolling students, maintaining the student and tutor databases, timetabling and logistics planning.- Organising volunteer subject coordinators to develop academic materials suited to each VCE subject.- Liaising with Student Union staff, parents and potential students and tutors.- Running training for the tutor cohort.- Working with the special role teams in advance of the program to prepare for their roles, particularly with the residential and activities teams.- Acting as facilitators between the University, the tutors and the students.- Ensure the smooth operation of the program during the two weeks, including leadership, swift response to unexpected logistical challenges, and the ability to sensitively and effectively manage interpersonal and emotional welfare issues within the tutor and student cohort.- Establishing and encouraging a supportive and friendly environment.- Monitoring expenditure and managing a budget. Show less

Phd, Medicine And Information Systems

Activities and Societies: Ormond College Choir, University of Melbourne Original Theatre Society Thesis title "Digital Curation of Genetic.

Education record

Bsc. (Hons), Biochemistry And Molecular Biology, First Class Honours

Majored in Biochemistry and Moleculare Biology with a biotechnology submajor. My Honours project was through the Department of Pathology..

Education record