Resilient

Attention to detail

Organised

Graphic design/ formatting etc

Quick learner

Bringing people together

Making people talk

Bring our confidence in people

Talking to people

Plans building

Positive attitude

Resilience

Sailing

Making time for myself

Order/ organisation

Folding clothes

Bachelor Economics

Cert 4 Workplace Training

Grad Cert & Grad Dip in Business

Worked in FMCG

Finance

Manufacturing

Marketing

Sales

Supply chain

Launching Coke Zero

Running manufacturing line to make NPD

Making chocolate

Capex’s

Project plans

Collaboration with diverse workforce

Knowledge of different operations eg manufacturing fridge

Trying new recipes

Adding value/ ??

Collaboration

BSci – Environmental Management

Masters – Environmental Economics and Policy

PM certification

Developing strategic plans to inform biodiversity, waterways, coastal, catchment + biosecurity

Partnership + grant panels

Strategic land use planning

Landscape scale transition projects

Strategic thinking

Interpersonal – leadership + teamwork

Networking/ engaging with others

Reviewing/ attention tod detail

Protecting 100’s of hectares of conservation land in perpetuity through Nature Refuges

Buying land for conservation purchases

Funding large scale rehabilitation projects

Coaching

Team management

IT

Renovations

PM Dip

Hogwarts Best in Class

Team management

Project management

Procurement

Contract management

Service delivery

Developing strategy and managing $300M+ of procurement in the last 2 years

Team management

Procurement

Project management

Communication

Life

Activity

Bringing people together

Doing things differently

Cert 4 in Business

Cert 1 in Workplace Skills

Hungry Jacks Whopper Graduate

Cert 3 in Customer Engagement

Terminating/ hiring staff

Getting punched in the face (conflict resolution)

Incident reports (employees in truck accidents)

Public speaking

Speaking to people you don’t know

Managing at multiple levels

Leading salesman @ Telstra

Part of Corp Strategy

Ability to bring people together

Sales

Jiu Jitsu (choking)

Speaking

Power BI

Business planning

Customer service

Empathy

Picking up non-verbal signals!

Listening and travel

Responsible Service of Alcohol Certificate

Boat Driving Licence

Bachelor of Arts

Grad Dip in Environmental Studies

Waitress

Deck Hand

Science Expedition Group leader

Parks Planner

Threatened Species Officer

Executive Assistant

Heritage Officer

Tourism Industry Liaison

Parks Planner (again)

Whatever I am now!

Helping close an old, unused fire trail in the Ettrema Wilderness Area in NSW used by rabid 4WDs.

Talking

Connections to and with other people - building collaboration and networks

Building a cohesive team - culture, dynamic and workplace

Bachelor of Commerce/Business

Worked as a grad in big accounting firm (PricewaterhouseCoopers)

Commonwealth and State Governments

Most recently being in high pressure/reactive roles dealing with matters of State significance (Covid and Commission of Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse)

Working in the Covid Coordination Centre - Writing the lockdown policy and the border opening policies

Leading the State Government’s Apology (in Parliament) to victim survivors (and their families) of child sexual abuse in Tasmania

Government connections

Connecting with people

Facilitating group workshops

1-1 coaching

Connecting with stakeholders

Writing

Developing change management plans

Perhaps it’s yet to come?!

Community Sector Victoria – various HR roles

TSS: Manager Diversity & Inclusion (DoJ)

Manager Organisational Development & Culture (TasTAFE)

Change Manager (NRE)

Change Management Practitioner certification

Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management)

Cert IV Workplace Training and Assessment

Coaching leaders to lead change

Shaping positive workplace cultures

Live acoustic music (classical and jazz)

Flight (untested)

Running between the wickets

Eating apricots

Getting up after 9am

Responsible Service of Alcohol Certificate

BA (Hons)

LLB (Hons)

PhD

Grad Cert Leg Prac Utas

Pg Dip Th Oxon

Tasmanian Driver’s Licence

Fruit-picking

Purveying liquor

Umpiring indoor cricket

Coaching junior cricket

Teaching law at UTas

Working for the Tasmanian State Service

and a bunch of volunteering

Leaving UTas

Ground-fielding

Ability to stay calm and rational under pressure

Work life balance

Recycling/ sustainability

Being organised

Art galleries/ museums

History

Being healthy

Appetite for learning

Creative writing

Visual arts

Adventure sports/ long distance running

Supporting protection of wild places

Bachelor of Social Work

Bachelor of Philosophy

Program design

Research assistant

Health Service Designer

Community worker – events and humanitarian support

Organic farming

Part of National Youth Psychosis Design program

Research & lit reviews

Synthesis of knowledge from different disciplines

Writing of all kinds

Can do attitude, have a crack, work out a way

Fungi

BJJ

Roller derby/ park skating

Outdoor adventures

Food

Friends

Animals

New places

Really good calculation spreadsheet

Chemical Engineering (Honours)

Production manager of a flavour factory in Yorkshire (it was hell!)

Lots of food manufacturing engineering roles

Plant commissioning (China + Thailand)

Replacing large portion of capacity of Tassies last frozen veg factory ahead of time

MS Project

Clear goals/ efficiency, logic

BA - Majoring in Politics & Policy

Graduate Certificate – Communications

Property Representative license

Aboriginal Cultural Respect Training

Worked within local gov, TasWater and now state gov

Experience with high level admin + support to Mayor/ GM

Communicaitons/ media background

Emerging Leaders Program (Support for Women in Local Government Scholarship Recipient)

Running citizenship ceremonies

Working in a museum/ art gallery! (QVMAG)

Being involved in the CRS

Representing NMC at Employer of Choice Awards

Design/ graphics

Formatting/ review

Comms/ media

Event planning

Grant applications

Property management (hate)

Organised/ OCD

Range of software/ program skills

Procrastinating

Cake baking

Listening

Developing people

Creating vision

Dogs

BSc (Honours)

PhD Molecular Genetics

Grad Cert Applied Statistics

MBA

Lean/ Six sigma trained

2 patents

Raise $3M in external capital

Advocated for 10% increase in people resources

International business class travel and hefty pay increases, bonuses and stock options

Trained in Lean/Six sigma

Started in Government in 2020, worked in AgriGrowth, Threatened Species and SPP

Started own medicinal cannabis company

Developed genetic map for almonds

Worked on pea sex hormones

Worked with major multinational US pharmaceutical company

Worked in crop protection industry including formulation of new products

Risk management

Team culture development

Project management

Writing policy + Procedures

Raising capital

Business planning

Strategy development

Workforce planning

Empathy

Relationship building

Animal whisperer

Animals

Hiking

Mountain biking

PHD Animal Science – ethics, agriculture, research

BA Animal Science

Academic research + teaching

Science communication

Agrigrowth + forest policy teams (NRE)

Retail

Hospitality

Nanny

Plant specimen preparation for the digitisation of the National Herbarium record

Presenting my research at conferences in NZ, the Netherlands, UK and Ireland

Free holidays to NZ, the Netherlands, UK and Ireland

Research/ analysis

Adaptability/ learning

Pop culture/ music refs

Excel

Binging tv series in a night

Best life living

Bachelor of Laws

BCommerce

BFinancial Accounting

Legal – interpretation + drafting

Audit – financial + performance

Project management

Risk management

Strategic  planning

Work trips

Goal setting

Learning new things quickly

Organisation

Detail oriented

Communication

MS Office

Writing

Working w stakeholders

Improving things

Making a structural difference

Family and friends

BSc(Hons)

Grad Dip Public Health

PRINCE2

Scientific lab (research)

Demonstrating/ training

Project management (Vic, Tas) – diverse fields + projects

Policy

Tas Eating Disorders Service (TEDS)

Child safety project (Vic)

Travelling for work (intl)

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Techy

Training/ teaching

Communication

Research

Policy

Learning new things

Resilience

Positivity

Passion

Leadership

Operations

People

Environmental Science

Health & safety

Black Belt SixSigma

Project Management

ISO14001, 9001 and AS4801 Lead Auditor

TapRoot Investigations

iCAM Investigation

Frontline Leadership Development

Mining and Mineral Processing

Manufacturing

Renewable Energy

Operations

Health, Safety and Environmental Management

Strategic and Operational Planning

Working in remote communities with Traditional Owners

My time in Weipa

Secondments to sites in UK and France

Operational leadership

Environmental Management

Health and Safety

LEAN / SixSigma and Continuous Improvement

Strategic and Operational Planning

HSEQ Management Systems

Auditing and Investigations

Believing anything is possible

Resilience

Can do attitude

Organiser

MS Products

Relationship Management

Empathy 

Helping/Supporting others to make a difference

Fur Children/animals

Shiatsu Massage Therapist

Wu Tao Dance Instructor (Dance based exercise program)

Living life

Fishing/boating

Cooking - eating

Health and Wellbeing

APMG Change Management Certification (Foundations)

Project Management 

Train the Trainer

Diploma of Shiatsu Massage

Accredited Wu Tao Dance Instructor Training Program

Boat Licence

Worked in Government for 25+ years in Tas and WA in various areas

Human Resources (Recruitment, Organisational Development, Employee and Industrial Relations)

Project Management/Policy - various roles (Health - CAMHS Reform, Health HR, Aged Care Assessment Program)

Disability Services - Tas & WA

Dept of Transport

Brain Injury Assoc. of Tasmania

Live Tasmania

Hospitality Management

Retail Management

Worked in different sectors (health, transport, aged care, disability services, Govt/non-government sector)

HR

PM

Change Management

Setting up programs for people with disability and people with brain injury

Project Management

Change Management

Stakeholder engagement

Business Improvement

Problem Solving/Solution Focused

Relationship Management

Connecting and collaborating

Bringing the woo and positivity

Activating and arranging

Listening and learning

Cutting through and managing up

Live music

Fine food & wine

Marine life

Dogs

Travel

Gardening

BSci – Marine Conservation

BA – Public Policy (Honours 1st Class)

Masters – Integrated Water Management

Enabling science on the Great Barrier Reef and around the world

Crewing private yachts

Making travel dreams come true

Managing projects and people

Delivering legislative reform

Water policy and planning

Wine, food and snorkel guide

Teaching English

Delivering a global coral reef research and engagement program

Crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a sailboat

Joining SPP yew!

Stakeholder management + project management

Writing, review, analysis

Marine science

Advocacy – personal/ team

Legislation + policy

People

Leadership

Water expertise

Strategic influencer

Empathetic communicator

Building capability

Collaboration

Graduate Certificate, Change Management - UNSW

Change Management Practitioner - AMPG

Learning to Lead - UNSW

Managers Essentials Program - TTC

Project Management Essentials - TTC

Facilitation Training – Suzanne West

Presenting With Confidence – Colin Boyd

HSR Training – WorkSafe Tas RTO

Certificate IV Train the Trainer – TasTAFE

Diploma of Beauty Therapy

Development of (NRE Tas) 5-year Strategic Plan

Change Management projects

• Machinery of Govt. transitions (Forestry, Aboriginal Heritage Tasmania, Racing Reform)

• Government Radio Network (DPFEM Emergency Services)

• Centre Led Procurement UTAS

• SAP implementation/s electricity utilities

• IT Outsourcing

• SharePoint Intranet/s and Document Management

Training Program Management

Business Systems Trainer

Volunteer and Chapter Lead, Change Management Institute

• Running F2F and on-line events across Aus. and NZ

Facilitating strategic planning workshops and learning so much, so quickly, about our extraordinary diverse Department!

Facilitating leadership action planning workshops with Tasmania Fire Service and State Emergency Services and influencing positive strategic and operational outcomes

Learning from extraordinary consultants on SAP projects

Being selected for change agents programs and sponsored for university qualifications by Hydro Tasmania

Flying in helicopters and small planes over Tassie’s NW and S/W with Forestry Tasmania and seeing so much of our remote areas

Making close friendships in each work place that I have carried forward with me and become part of my inner tribe

Communicating

Stakeholder engagement

Difficult conversations

Coaching/ mentoring

Strategic documentation

Training materials

Editing/ document design + writing

Technology 

Dogs

Technology

Nature

PROSCI Change Management

APMG Change Management Certification

PRINCE 2 Cert

Business Analysis

Master of Education (Adult Ed)

Grad Dip Clinical Nursing

Grad Cert Intensive Care Nursing

Organisational Change management

T+L Adviser

Policy/ projects

Nursing

Educational design

Senior management @ 3 unis – web, learning technology, IT, teaching + learning

Cardiac Transplant team at St Vincent’s in Sydney

Technology

Business process improvement

Web design/ writing

Change management

Editing/ proof reading

Strategic planning

Workforce planning + recruitment

Business analysis

Stakeholder ID + engagement

Comms

Honesty

Grammar

Cake making

Fit for purpose/ evidence based policy

Efficiency

My dog

Learning to sew

MBA – Professional (Policy Management)

SH Policy - Environment

SH NVA

SH

Conservation assessment + wildlife services

Managing sectors through significant change

Office of Valuer General

Business management

Aboriginal space permits

Environmental policy 

Education Dept – Policy

Environment projects

Still waiting

Project management

Policy

Legislative interpretation

Parliamentary process

Written documentation

Quickly adaptor/ learner

Surfing Tasmania's West Coast

PhD in Philosophy

Bachelor of Applied Science in Environmental Management

Practical exp in environmental management

Research funding

Farming policy – welfare + traceability

Working with volunteers and the community

Knowledge of tassies environment – plants, animals, problems/ solutions

Representing the UK in an European Union Commission Expert Group meeting

Analysing large amounts of information 

Strategic thinking

Problem solving

People connection

Humour

Self-reflection

Laughter

Arts/ law degree (political science)

White water rafting

English as a Second Language

Policy (Fed, NSW, Tas)

Project (NSW OHMR, NSW TSY FMT)

Land Management & Biodiversity Reforms

Aboriginal Heritage Management Reforms

CRS

Working with smart, high performing teams

New + diverse experiences

Bit of a generalist

Raft guiding

Giving people time

Fiction

Community spirit

Despising Rupert Murdoch et al

Responsible Service of Alcohol Certificate

B.Health (International)

B.Environmental Management (Hons)

GradDip Environmental Planning

As a town planner, making developers consider the social and the environmental.

As a waiter, dropping a pumpkin soup on a customer’s head.

Scruffiness

Writing

Editing

Ducati Monster….

None for 30 years…. just 30 years of trial and error…

20 years public service, 10 years private industry….

The variety of roles that are attainable in NRE Tas

Judgement and experience in public sector processes

Cooking for 20

Sharing mountain adventures

Mycorrhizal fungi

Avalanche resuce

Translator

Solicitor (Acc Spec), Notary, Barrister

Climbing guide

Government law, Criminal law, Litigation

Business strategy and consulting

4 Tours de France (support)

Guiding Mont Blanc

Barrister in superior courts on novel points of law

Managing a team of multilingual lawyers – $800m claim

Oversee long term strategic plans for ski resort

Can tie clove hitch in 0.2 seconds

Law – interpretation, drafting, legal strategy

Investigations and prosecution

Business analysis and strategy

Bach – Well Tempered Clavier

Interest in people

Attention to detail

My garden

Art and story-telling

Nature

Gaming

Bachelor of Media (Arts)

Project Management Essentials

Aboriginal Cultural Awareness

First Aid

Film industry (Assistant Editor, Editor, Postproduction Coordinator)

Project Officer within Aboriginal Heritage Tasmania

Working on a human rights documentary that premiered at Sundance Film Festival, including interviews with Kamala Harris.

Editing/proofreading

Video editing

Problem solving

Graphic design