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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

 Developed and managed the Reconciliation Action Plan for Mater. Engagement with internal and external stakeholders in seven locations across Queensland. Written Business Standards and Frameworks for Mater including Welcome to Country, Use of Language, First Nations Governance etc. High level written reports, proposals, briefs and correspondence. Managed Budget and prepared budget forecast. Facilitated workshops about the Reconciliation Action Plan. Written and prepared information for the First Nations Business intranet page. Written Project Management Plan for RAP. Written and Prepared first draft of Reflect RAP. Attended conferences hosted by Reconciliation Australia. Facilitated the establishment of the RAP Steering Committee, RAP Reference Group and RAP Working Groups. Written and prepared reporting briefs, and proposed RAP initiatives templates for RAP Reference Group and RAP Working Groups. Coordinated contract for Mater Artwork (GIlimbaa). Prepared Agenda, minutes and papers for RAP Steering Committee and RAP Reference Group. Developed database systems to track, measure and report on RAP activities.

 Managed budgets and distributed fund to Professional Service Units (PSU) and Faculties who applied for funding to implement Indigenous initiatives. Managed Service Learning budgets. Distributed cabcharges, travel and incidental allowances for staff and students. Liaised with internal and external stakeholders to facilitate logistics for Service Learning Hubs. Prepared information packs for staff and students including risk management procedures. Coordinated preparatory cultural competency workshops prior for staff and students travelling to rural and remote Aboriginal communities. Managed teams to develop and maintain projects, progress reports of area level implementation plans. Facilitate workshops, communicate, negotiate and advise with Faculties and PSUs to ensure area level implementation plans of the Wingara Mura Strategy are achieved. Develop appropriate methodologies and templates to achieve aims of project, verify, analyse, justify and report on the data collected. Involvement in change process and apply project management principles from the development of the implementation plans through to completion. Liaise with all stakeholders.

Sydney, Australia

Review and update the Aboriginal Employment Framework in consultation with key stakeholders, Develop and implement a targeted Career Development Strategy/Plan in consultation with Talent and Organisational Development (TOD), Review Cultural Competence Framework, Manage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander data reporting and compliance on behalf of HR, continued development of university wide Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Action Plan as part of implementing the Diversity and Inclusion Strategy/framework.

Sydney, Australia

Prepare and write reports, proposals and background papers, coordinate events, travel and meetings, prepare and write strategic plan for trust and engagement, compiled the key initiatives from the Integrated Strategy in relation to the Indigenous Staff Recruitment and developed a strategic plan, project coordination, prepare a calendar of events, liaise and engage with various stakeholders, prepare reports for management, develop a suite of administrative templates as required, high level written correspondence as required.

Sydney, Australia

Analysis and reporting customer focus and relationship building, provide network support in assisting team members to resolve basic human resource and employment related enquiries, assist and drive continuous improvement that supports roles and operations to achieve high performance outcomes, compose and distribute processes and procedure for the intranet in alignment with our service standards, maintain general quality control and access of HR forms, systems, procedural manuals and policies, current professional development in coaching to create and deliver programs, create online forms, management of stationery, provide executive assistance to CEO as required, prepare reports for management as required, manage personnel files compliance for audit purposes, general office and phone duties.

Sydney, Australia

Projects - Managed six concurrent projects with high priority for two projects, one being procurement and the other with developing a RAP (Reconciliation Action Plan) and integrating it into the current values of the company. The other projects included Events, Communication, Merchandising and Welcome to Country. Prioritised tasks to meet concurrent deadline. Responsible for the increase in Indigenous spend initiative across the business. In 2012, our KPI for procurement was $300,000 and we were successful in reaching our forecast. Based on our procurement spend trend, the KPI for 2013 was $400,000 and we reached our target in February.Events - Integrated 5 key Indigenous Events into the Company’s calendar of events, prepared marketing collateral for corporate and community events, liaised with Stakeholders.Strategic Business - Prepared an annual budget forecast, wrote proposals for events and innovative ideas to achieve KPI’s, Created templates for Monthly and Quarterly reports. Compiled and prepared all reports including financial report on Indigenous spend for executive members. Wrote the business standard for Welcome to Country for the Intranet.

Sydney, Australia

Student Support - Liaise with Associate Deans for Teaching and Learning and faculty representatives in relation to student progress and implement success and retention strategies to ensure success rates. Provide verbal and written letters of support for students in relation to special consideration matters such as withdrawal without penalty after the census date. Created a student feedback sheet, a questionnaire and a model to get the students to view University in a lifestyle context and developed a Success and Retention Tracking System.Recruitment/Events - coordinated events such as student awards, Indigenous Literacy Day, yarning circles, social events for students, attended career expos and manned stalls at recruitment events. Administration – Coordinated 7 Governance committees, prepared meeting notes; including minutes, notes of discussion and initial and final draft reports for team meetings. Wrote various admin procedures, responsible for records management, processed invoices, performed reception duties.

Diploma, Conservation & Land Management

Certificate Iv, Small Business Administration/Management