Paul Penumala

Experience

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  Adonai Ministries

  Sept 2013 - Jan 2016

  Manager (Property & Creative)

  The roles and responsibilities:- Provide supervision for overall planning, maintenance and management of all organisational properties across the service region.- Develop presentations, graphs, infographics weekly for ministers/pastors/leaders presentations at church events, forums and conferences.

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  Bangalore Baptist Hospital

  Jul 2017 - Oct 2017

  Business Development Officer-Trainee

  Got a tremendous opportunity to work in a 340 bedded mission hospital with NABL accreditation. Worked directly under the Deputy Director and had an opportunity to attend executive level stakeholder meetings. Involved actively in developing strategies, policy planning, primary care program planning, health promotion management.End of the contract, I received a standing job offer to join the organization which I painfully denied due to my higher education plans.

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  Cypress - wholesale distribution company

  Jan 2018 - Dec 2018

  Business Development Manager

  Working (0.5 FTE) at Cypress Pty Ltd provided me with an excellent exposure to the Australian business market. - Establish & maintain positive relationship with clients and relevant stakeholders to boost organisational portfolio.- Lead and manage teams across the organisation to set and meet KPI's monthly.- Handle complex and rising issues through problem solving ability, develop strategies and innovative solutions to tackle all organisational complaints and feedback.- Ensure to meet reporting compliance on tight time-frames, develop budgets and manage funds as per allocation.- Develop presentations and graphs to present to clients, build strong clientele relationship, demonstrate excellent interpersonal and management skills to contribute to the successful sales. Show less

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  CheckUP Australia

  Feb 2019 - Apr 2019

  Project Officer-Intern

  Project officer-intern at CheckUP.Undertaking Activity planning for 2019/20:Key tasks: - conducting situation analysis of various needs assessment reports.- identifying needs and service priority areas.- developing strategies.- stakeholder engagement activities.

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  Goondir Health Services

  May 2019 - Sept 2021

  - Lead & manage Primary Healthcare Services including GP services, Allied health, Virtual health, Chronic disease management, Program activities and Community wellbeing activities.- To identify data trends and service gaps in the health service region to improve Goondirservice delivery and introduce new and innovative services to fill service gaps. Where applicable, engage with government commissioned organisations to fill services in the community.- Responsible to implement, monitor, manage and review performance of all organisational service plans across the Goondir Health Services region.- Liaise, engage and negotiate with key external stakeholders as a part of decision-making process such as government and funding bodies, PHNs, HHS, community organisations, serviceproviders and Indigenous community elders.- Evaluate and manage Goondir's performance against the 24 National Key Performance Indicators (nKPI), targets set by funding bodies, RACGP standards, Quality Objectives set out in the Quality Management System, Goondir's set targets, and other key parameters through theorganisation’s dashboard.- Increase capacity and capability of the organisation through integration, innovation and information sharing. Additionally, using innovative solutions to address gaps/barriers enabling engagement with relevant stakeholders such as Darling Downs HHS, Darling Downs & West Moreton PHN, Western Queensland PHN, Telstra Health and Medicare.- Responsible for managing funding agreements, budgets and meeting organisational reporting compliance.- Provide Strategic direction in accordance with the Goondir Strategic Plan 2016-2021 and provide quarterly performance Executive Team report to the board.- Develop business plans, risk management plans, business continuity plans, organisational activity plans, project briefs and business case/s for submissions. Show less This role involved developing a business plan for St George Community Wellbeing Centre that addresses various social and cultural determinants of health. The role required me to plan a community consultation meeting within the region, conduct needs assessment,develop needs analysis,strategic partnerships to meet those needs by meeting with partners and discuss the opportunity and bring them on board,develop business plans, develop activity plans for 17 different activities under the one roof at the Wellbeing centre (including risk assessment, strategic alignment planning and action plans) present the business plan to various funding bodies alongside the CEO. Show less

  • Executive for Strategy and Planning

    Aug 2019 - Sept 2021

  • Business Grant Writer (Project Officer)

    May 2019 - Aug 2019
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  North Coast Aboriginal Corporation for Community Health

  Sept 2021 - now

  Portfolio: Funding, Research & Development, Partnerships, Planning, Risk and Community projects In the current executive role, I get an opportunity to provide leadership and advice across program delivery, quality, ICT and administration. Furthermore, direct; the effective operation of primary health care service delivery across the NCACCH service area; support the implementation and coordination of a comprehensive range of programs, initiatives and an active member of the Executive Team in leading and driving NCACCHs strategic direction.

  • General Manager - Strategy & Service Development

    Nov 2023 - now

  • Operations Manager

    Sept 2021 - Nov 2023
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  Griffith University

  Jun 2023 - now

  Health Service Management Industry Advisory Board

  Appointed as a member of the Advisory Board. This is a link between Health Services Management (HSM) programs and industry/community; offering advice and support to the HSM programs offered guided by contemporary industry knowledge and ensuring needs of the industry are met to promote the employability of graduates.