Lani Cutuli

Experience

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  Stella Maris College, Manly

  Feb 2008 - Nov 2008

  Library Assistant

  Once a week paid role helping to clean the library after school and to sort books and process returns and other basic library duties

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  Mall Coffee Corner

  Oct 2012 - Jul 2015

  Senior Waitress

  Casual non licensed coffee shop with have here and take away, serving both hot and cold drinks and food including breakfast and lunch and some dinner. Located in a busy shopping center.Over 2 1/2 years, senior waitress in charge of junior staff and liaisons with the manager, learned to make coffee on two different machines, making drinks and some food.I have been handling money, taking orders from customers, taking plates and drinks to tables, cleaning tables, clearing plates, making drinks and limited food. Handling training and teaching new employees how to take orders and make drinks and food. Talking to a vast number of customers including non english speaking people, customising orders and dealing with complaints. Buying and ordering food, drinks and supplies for the week and teaching others to do this. Show less

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  Ryde Town Council

  Jul 2015 - Nov 2015

  Land Use Planning Intern

  Group internship with Ryde Council organised through Macquarie University to look at the changes over time to a section of Ryde Council land. This is an ongoing project in which Macquarie University students participate every year. We compare the changes to map the progress of the area over time. We had to visit a site to log all the shops and land there, record the information as consistent with Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) and digitising and map this information onto ArcGIS for presentation to the council. Show less

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  Smiggle

  Oct 2015 - Feb 2016

  Retail Sales Assistant

  Busy retail position at a stationery shop. My main duties include processing sales, assisting customers, using eftpos and registers, general cleaning and restocking of shelves. As a Christmas Casual my main job is to assist the main staff and take an excess of customers making their time more pleasurable in the store and speed up customer service.

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  Macquarie University Law School

  Mar 2016 - Jun 2016

  Research Intern

  Internship with the Macquarie University Law Faculty who are working on developing the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services or IPBES, which is a UN aided governmental investigation to collate the best ways to help raise and preserve biodiversity around the world. This encompasses over 100 countries and the Australian group from Macquarie University was involved in Asia Pacific region and biodiversity in both Australia and surrounding countries. I worked with a group of 3 other students as well as 3 supervisors to compile 8 short documents which will be inserted into the draft documents for consideration into the final report. I worked on the link between traditional cultural preservation in Fiji and Vanuatu and modern methods of preservation and how they can work together to combat current and future biodiversity issues. Show less

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  Officeworks

  May 2016 - Sept 2021

  Retail position at a large technology and stationery store. I primarily handle the front desk duties which include serving customers, helping with stock information, answering the phone and directing calls, processing sales and returns, replenishing stock and generally helping and interacting with customers. These duties also involved opening and closing the store and counting the registers. I have also assisted in the storeroom sorting and refilling stock I have also worked in the Print Department where I have been responsible for scanning, printing, laminating, binding and slicing documents as well as using the photo printing machines and fixing documents for processing Show less

  • Coordinator

    Jun 2021 - Sept 2021

  • Keyholder

    Nov 2020 - Jun 2021

  • Retail Associate

    May 2016 - Nov 2020
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  Waverly Council

  Jul 2016 - Dec 2016

  Site Development Research Intern

  This involved a group project with 4 participants which designed a survey for North Sydney Council's coal loader about people's use and how it could be improved and then surveyed people for 1 month at the coal loader site. We then collated the data and analysed the results and composed a report for North Sydney Council which upon review and editing will be published. We also prepared a presentation for them about the main findings and the implications this can have for the future of the coal loader and how to improve it for future use. Show less

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  Oaktree

  Mar 2018 - Oct 2021

  Following the departure of our State Director I have assumed the role first as acting and then as permanent state director. This role has included overseeing a transition of the team and making it as smooth as possible while getting to know our team on a new level and in a new role. I have been involved in promoting our organisation at various events and giving presentations and speeches. I have also been involved in liaising with our most prominent fundraisers and donors inside NSW. I have worked on the end of the major Live Below the Line fundraiser overseeing the crucial challenge week and homestretch period since taking over as State Director. I am confident managing people and working out schedules and events as they evolve and then planning our team around those events. As Director I continued being involved in completing the projects I was involved in during my previous role through the end of 2019 and am still working at the grassroots level with students and contacts to finish out our relationships with those I had been responsible for before assuming my new role. Show less As a community engagement officer at Oaktree I focused onboth a fundraising and recruitment. I was the point of contact for over three dozen high schools and a further 20+ university societies for recruitment and fundraising for 2019. Our strategy involves training students in each school and university group to give them the knowledge and skills to recruit other members and volunteers for Oaktree events and fundraisers in their communities themselves. I also helped to run workshops for both high school and university students to empower them to become more involved active participants in the world around them. Show less During this role I was the lead on the campaigns team helping to coordinate the team with the projects team on joint fundraisers and programs as well as the NSW campaigns liaison to the Oaktree headquarters in Melbourne. My team and I helped to recruit new members for Oaktree fundraisers and campaigns as well as run leadership skills workshops in approval with Macquarie universities leadership program. We have also overseen the transition and expansion of the campaigns team into a more open and welcoming focus with less of a specific focus on university students and more on all young members of the community. Show less I focused on engaging university and tafe students in becoming involved in politics and in encouraging them to speak to their local members to discuss what they find important as current voters and future leaders. I promote Oaktree fundraising and activities as well as to reach out to students to make them politically aware and politically engaged. I have helped to run training sessions for university students to inform them how to become politically active and effective in their communications with politics and campaigning. They have then gone on to run a campaign to garner signatures and increase local awareness about the aid budget to speak to their local MPs across two different campaigning strategies and projects. Show less

  • Director of National Teams

    Mar 2021 - Oct 2021

  • NSW State Director

    Apr 2019 - Mar 2021

  • Community Engagement Officer

    Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

  • Campaign Coordinator

    Aug 2018 - Jan 2019

  • Campaign Officer

    Mar 2018 - Aug 2018
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  Cerebral Palsy Alliance

  Oct 2021 - Apr 2022

  Advocacy Campaign Officer
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  Stroke Recovery Association NSW

  May 2022 - now

  Community Liaison Officer