Nick Parker

Experience

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  SA Housing Authority

  Nov 2004 - Jan 2012

  • Project management of the introduction of fixed term leases policy for new public housing tenants, including development of operational policies, changes to ICT systems and business processes, staff training and stakeholder communications. • Research, analysis and evaluation of policy initiatives to reform eligibility, housing needs assessment, waiting list and tenure policy across the social housing system.• Team leader duties for five staff members and mentoring of graduate officers. • Coordination and preparation of South Australia’s Commonwealth State Housing Agreement Bilateral Performance Report 2005-06.• Ministerial and Departmental briefings and reports, speech notes and responses to Parliamentary questions on public, community and Aboriginal housing issues. • Coordination of strategic policy advice to support the Minister and department executives on the Housing Ministers’ Conference and Community & Disability Services Ministers’ Conference.• Research, analysis and evaluation of national and interstate affordable housing policy and program initiatives, including synthesising information into high level reports.

  • Senior Policy Officer, Housing Policy Reform

    Jan 2007 - Jan 2012

  • Policy Officer, Housing Policy and Strategy

    Nov 2005 - Jan 2007

  • Project Officer, Affordable Housing Innovations Unit

    Nov 2004 - Nov 2005
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  London Borough of Lambeth

  Jul 2008 - Oct 2008

  Policy and Planning Officer, Children and Young People's Service

  • Project management for the Joint Area Review investigation into the Children and Adolescents Mental Health Service, liaising with officers across the council and partners including the Primary Care Trust and South London and Maudsley National Health Service Trust.• Drafting of a young people’s friendly version of the Children and Adolescents Mental Health Strategy, including representing the Council at stakeholder forums with community and youth groups.

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  London Borough of Hackney

  Nov 2008 - Jan 2009

  Policy and Performance Officer, Children and Young People's Service

  • Drafting of the Integrated Capital Strategy for Improving Places for Young People to Go, in collaboration with officers across the council and partners including the Learning Trust, Hackney Homes and the voluntary and community sector.• Drafting of the Integrated Youth Support Services Strategy, focussing on the creation and promotion of positive activities, targeted youth support, and the funding of information and advice services.

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  SA Health

  Jan 2012 - Dec 2021

  • Management of an inter-professional team of five staff members with expertise in health infrastructure, infection control and nursing, responsible for the regulation of private hospitals, day procedure centres and ambulance service licence holders.• Oversight of the team’s action plan to implement key recommendations from a review of the licensing function, including addressing resource gaps, developing internal policies and procedures, establishing a central records management system, reviewing legislation and implementing periodic site inspections.• Leadership of a project to develop and implement a substantial increase in licensing fees, effective 1 July 2021. This included development of the fee methodology, Cabinet submission preparation, stakeholder consultation and media and communications. Show less • Leadership of the legislative reform process to amend the Health Care Act 2008 to introduce the licensing of private day procedure centres in SA, effective 1 May 2018. This included policy development, stakeholder consultation, Cabinet submission preparation, draft instructions to the Office of Parliamentary Counsel, support to the Minister in Parliament and all aspects of implementation.• Program management of the private hospital and day procedure centre regulatory system, including assessment of new licence applications and major redevelopments involving engagement with hospital executives, clinicians, project managers, architects, engineers and infection control consultants. • Team leader duties for four staff members responsible for Coronial responses, quality improvement declarations and private ambulance licensing. Show less

  • A/Manager, Health Licensing Unit

    Jul 2020 - Dec 2021

  • Principal Project Officer, Health Regulation and Protection

    Dec 2016 - Jul 2020

  • Senior Project Officer, Safety and Quality Unit

    Feb 2013 - Dec 2016

  • Principal Policy Officer, Intergovernmental Relations

    Jan 2012 - Feb 2013
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  Hexagone, language solutions

  Apr 2014 - Jun 2014

  English Second Language Teacher

  • Planning and delivery of intermediate and advanced English language lessons to employees of companies including MTV España and Novotel Hotel Centre Madrid.

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  Deakin University

  Sept 2022 - Apr 2023

  Regulatory Policy Analyst, Deakin Research

  • Design, drafting and delivery of a revised research governance and policy framework underpinning the Streamline Program workflow and process improvement initiatives.• Provision of advice on legislation, regulation, professional standards and external policy frameworks and the potential impact of current and emerging issues on the design of policy, procedure, guidelines, workflow, and standard operating procedures.

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  Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission

  Mar 2024 - now

  Senior Policy Officer, Regulatory Strategy and Policy

  • Provision of strategic policy advice and regulatory policy operationalisation expertise to support the implementation of the aged care legislative reform agenda.• Researching and drafting high-level communications, including briefing documents, for a range of audiences about complex policy, procedural and legal topics.• Development of policy and operational guidance documents in liaison with subject matter experts to implement improvements to Commission regulatory functions, such as compliance, risk-based monitoring, and Home Care Services regulation. Show less