Liam Lenihan

Experience

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  The Heritage Council

  Sept 2009 - Sept 2010

  Graduate Planner
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  Salmat

  Oct 2010 - Apr 2011

  Customer Service Representative FOXTEL
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  Macedon Ranges Shire Council

  May 2011 - Jul 2011

  Statutory Planner

  •Processing a diverse range and large volume of planning permit applications, including a mix of residential, commercial and agricultural projects.•Liaison with developers, consultants, Councillors, members of resident groups and other members of the public.•Provision of a high level of customer service and planning advice, including pre-application meetings, phone enquiries and on-site consultations.

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  Moreland City Council

  Jul 2011 - Oct 2015

  Urban Planner

  •Processing a diverse range and large volume of planning permit applications, including a mix of residential, commercial and industrial projects.•Community engagement work on various different projects with multiple stakeholders including working on the delivery of the Wilson Avenue Public Space in Brunswick. •Enforcing the provisions and requirements of the Moreland Planning Scheme.•Liaison with developers, consultants, Councillors, members of resident groups and other members of the public.•Provision of a high level of customer service and planning advice, including pre-application meetings, phone enquiries and on-site consultations.•Representation of Council at VCAT hearings and mediations.•Liaison with Councillors, including provision of technical advice and information during public meetings and consultation sessions. Show less

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  Victorian Planning Authority

  Oct 2015 - Feb 2017

  •Preparing detailed community and stakeholder engagement strategies and activities relating to major planning projects in regional Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne.•Designing, developing and delivering on a range of innovative community engagement techniques that empower the community in decision making.•Leading, developing and managing the VPA’s online engagement platform “Shape Victoria”.•Coordinating staff training / capacity building to inform and empower VPA staff in relation to community engagement practices.•Monitoring the implementation of engagement plans and activities to ensure community engagement objectives are met, and contribute to demonstrating best practice. Show less

  • Senior Community Engagement Advisor

    Jul 2016 - Feb 2017

  • Community Engagement Advisor

    Oct 2015 - Jul 2016
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  City of Melbourne

  Feb 2017 - Jul 2018

  Team Leader and Community Engagement Partner

  • Supporting and advising Council business units on the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of community engagement programs.• Developing processes, systems and structures that gain and maintain cooperation amongst a range of stakeholders (internal and external) to enable the appropriate level of community engagement in Council.• Procuring and managing a range of consultants to meet the diverse needs of Council business units and ensuring Council’s impeccable reputation was also maintained.• Initiating and developing relationships and partnerships with Council business units and external agencies in order to provide information and advice to them on initiatives and activities that are aligned with the objective of engaging the community.• Designing and facilitating high profile and high risk community engagement events.• Designing and delivering internal community engagement training for Council business units.• Representing City of Melbourne on the Communications and Engagement Working Group for the inter-governmental project Arden Macaulay. Show less

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  West Gate Tunnel Authority

  Jul 2018 - Jul 2019

  Manager Community Engagement

  • Managing the State’s reputation in the communities affected by construction by ensuring the contractor is meeting their contractual requirements.• Briefing the Minister for Transport Infrastructure and senior people in government on emerging issues and providing innovative solutions to complex problems.•Procuring a cloud based stakeholder management system that is utilised by three separate project parties in a complex public private partnership arrangement. • Designing, developing and implementing a multi-million dollar community grants and partnerships program in collaboration with two of the largest local governments in Victoria.• Developing relationships across government departments and agencies to ensure the project is in a position to respond to change.• Representing the Authority on a number of cross-government working groups and ensuring we are constantly striving for best practice stakeholder engagement. Show less

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  KPMG Australia

  Aug 2019 - Nov 2022

  Associate Director - Victorian Government

  • Bringing best practice business development approaches to drive the creation, and lead the execution of, focused Client Account Plans to develop our relationships and optimize our opportunities in conjunction with the Account Leadership Group.• Identifying client reform priorities and developing and executing strategic pursuits for proactive demand generation.• Managing proposal processes for major pursuits, providing challenge and support. Ensuring that our client knowledge is best represented, and injecting the client perspective into the process. This includes developing clear value propositions.• Contributing to the business planning, target setting, pipeline and performance management activities for the Account. Show less

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  Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  Nov 2022 - now

  Strategic Account Manager - Irish Public Sector