Vanessa Parker

Experience

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  Department of Justice and Community Safety

  May 2007 - Aug 2007

  Communications Team

  Responsible for communication, marketing, media and events for various business units under the umbrella Department of Justice and Community Safety. Business units included: * Corrective Services* Courts/Tribunals* Emergency Services Agency* Government Solicitor* Legislation and Policy* Parliamentary Counsel's Office* Police* Security and Protection* Victim Support; and * Various Statutory Agencies.

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  Canberra Institute of Technology

  Nov 2007 - Jul 2011

  Human Resources Advisor

  All facets of Human Resources, including but not limited to Learning and Development, Employment Relations, Workforce Planning, Occupational Health and Safety and Equity and Diversity Management.Also worked in the Marketing Centre of the Organisation while on rotation as part of the ACT Graduate Program.

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  Drake International - Australia & New Zealand

  Aug 2011 - Oct 2013

  Team Leader

  - Managed Recruitment Consultants, daily operations and strategic planning for the Melbourne division. - Executed all facets of the recruitment process, from advertising of positions, to hiring, orientation, development and transitioning employees.- Managed relationships with key stakeholders and clients.- Coordinated rosters. Filled clinical shifts at various hospitals and medical facilities across VIC.- Interpreted industrial relations Awards, Enterprise Agreements and legislative determinations, pay rates, incremental increases, allowances and conditions. - Tendered for new business contracts.- Reported on key monthly statistical information, including staff KPIs, client meetings and advertising responses.- Managed departmental finances, including Profit and Loss statements, divisional expenditure, overheads and debtors.- Completed health and safety site inspections in order to meet compliance with Safety Audits.- Coordinated rosters and filled shifts at various locations for a wide variety of prominent healthcare and early childhood education clients across Auckland.- Coordinated marketing and advertising efforts for two divisions, including print media (e.g. ‘Family Care Magazine'), radio (such as through the ‘Radio Network' Auckland) and online (such as management of the Drake Medox website, Facebook pages and on other websites).- Drafted and implemented a new Drake Medox Quality Assurance system, in conjunction with professional writers. Trained internal stakeholders in the newly devised Standard Operating Procedures. Successfully passed the organisation through a series of quality compliance Audits, gaining quality certification. - Coordinated the training of 209 home care employees in the National Certificate Levels 2 and 3 in Health, Disability and Aged Support. Show less

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  Drake International - Australia & New Zealand

  Aug 2014 - Aug 2015

  National Tender Writer

  Responsible for drafting, submitting, presenting and negotiating all tenders, bids and contracts on behalf of Drake Australia. - Planned, organised, controlled and executed the completion of articulate, compliant, winning tender submissions which included well designed value offerings and commercial models. - Refined compliance and capability assessment matrices and procedures to inform the ‘Bid/No Bid’ decision process. - Supervised an internal Tender/Proposal Writer, external resources (such as Technical Writers, Bid Consultants and Printers) and internal Graphic Designer through the design and drafting of submissions.- Coordinated internal stakeholders (including Senior Managers, Client Relationship Managers, Executive Committee members, Directors and Finance team members) nationally to facilitate bid development. - Delivered tender and technical writing training to internal employees.- Undertook market research and completed competitive analysis to identify emerging markets/opportunities and client prospects and strengthen bid submissions.- Completed complex legislative instrument/award and industrial relations interpretation, contract and Service Level Agreement reviews. - Showcased tendered offerings at high level client presentations.- Where necessary - managed the implementation of services, following a successful submission. Show less

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  Drake International - Australia & New Zealand

  Oct 2015 - Jul 2017

  National Manager Strategic Communications

  Responsible for the development and execution of cross category communications strategies internally and for all Drake products and service lines across Australia. A nominated Power of Attorney, member of the Drake Australia Leadership Committee, with demonstrated experience working across the global conglomerate. - Lead national team including a Graphic Designer, Tender & Proposal Writer, Marketing & Events Coordinator, Marketing Account Manager, Web Developers, Receptionists and the Executive Assistant to the Global Chairman.- Develop and implement all end-to-end internal and external marketing campaigns, tenders, bids, proposals, events, media relations and company communication.- Plan and execute national communications strategy. Deliver key milestones to increase sales. Build a positive company brand and culture. - Implement multifaceted marketing strategies including advertising, internal newsletters, events, social media, seminars, memberships/networks, editorials, digital, print, radio and web campaigns and public relations initiatives.- Full budget and P&L, contract negotiation and partnership management responsibility.- Direct cross-functional teams in preparing responses to RFPs, RFTs and RFQs, for both commercial and government clients. Evaluate and draft proposal content requirements and manage deliverables. Utilise formal processes for preparing bids and proposals, to ensure all deliverables are compliant to bidding specifications, completed in a timely manner, and are aligned to Drake’s organisational direction.- Manage internal and external stakeholders, team leadership, employee coaching, training and performance management.- Provide executive advice to the Global Chairman, pertaining to global and national organisational direction, sales strategy, business process improvements, quality and contract management, industrial relations, acquisitions, marketing activity and human resources initiatives. Show less

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  Worley

  Jun 2017 - now

  We turn concepts into realities, blueprints into assets and ideas into energy.Our ideas have switched on the lights in a million Kenyan homes. They’ve provided fresh drinking water to local communities and transformed waste products into clean energy. We deliver projects and provide engineering, procurement and construction expertise to the upstream, midstream, chemicals, power, and mining and minerals sectors. My role is to develop and implement the integrated marketing strategies to communicate our messages to the market. Show less

  • Brand Manager

    Jul 2022 - now

  • Senior Marketing Advisor

    Jun 2017 - now