Allison Dinan

Experience

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  University of South Australia

  Jan 1994 - Jul 2014

  As School Manager of IGSB, I provided high level support and advice to Head of School and academic staff regarding offshore teaching in China and Hong Kong. In 2013 the school's MBA achieved a five star rating from GMAA and 4th in Australian Financial Review ‘BOSS’ Magazine ranking. My achievements include:• Successful management of structural change.• Student exchange agreements with Tsukuba and IPADE• Meticulous and successful enhancement of School OHSW documentation and reporting requirementsResponsibilities• All operations to do with running a graduate school including $9.7 million budget • Manager of thirteen professional staff administering Masters, Doctoral programs and the Australian Centre for Asian Business Research Centre.• Executive Officer to Head of School and School Executive Committee meetings. Show less Selected Achievements* Building a high-performing team of student administration staff, including recruitment, selection, performance development and improvement* Project managing sharepoint implementation to four offshore stakeholders in three countries and internal staff, including design and buy-in* Project managing new learn on line system implementation to 2000 offshore students and academics• Implemented academic review of student progress to over 3000 offshore students • Negotiating $300-$400K accommodation agreements with Singapore and Hong Kong hotels.* Managing three office movesResponsibilities• Staff management and restructuring of teams to adapt to changing service requirements.• Project management.• Liaison with existing and new offshore partners to ensure quality service delivery.• Stakeholder management Show less Selected Achievements• Marketing Presentations at Offshore Student Promotions and Orientations in Hong Kong and Singapore, to over 1000 students.• Negotiating 1000 room night accommodation agreements with Singapore and Hong Kong hotels.Responsibilities• Consulting and liaising with Head of School and International Program Director about strategic administrative matters.• Managing a team of administrative staff.• Coordination of offshore student events including orientation and graduation.• Coordination of offshore travel, accommodation and financial processes and provision of management reports. Show less

  • School Manager: International Graduate School of Business

    Jun 2012 - Jul 2014

  • Coordinator: Transnational Support Services

    Jan 2000 - Jun 2012

  • Program Executive

    Jan 1994 - Jan 2000
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  Flinders University

  Jul 2015 - Mar 2017

  Student Selection and Professional Behaviour Officer

  High level professional support for medical school student selection; and student wellbeing and professionalism committee• Personal interface between medical students, Student Wellbeing and Professionalism Committee and various medical professionals • Facilitation of Student interviews and selection workshops • Ensure medical student selection and admissions activities are in accordance with University policy• Effective communication between School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences and Flinders University Rural Clinical School• Advice on risk management of change implementation• Data gathering, data cleaning and analysis• Policy advice, analysis and reform Show less

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  University of Adelaide

  Apr 2017 - Mar 2022

  School Business Manager

  University administrative management of operations, budgets, internal and external committees, whs, academic new starter orientation, data analysis and regulatory reporting

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  Pearson

  Jul 2022 - Sept 2022

  Exam Invigilator

  Exam invigilation in Schools for ACARA Item Trial - for determining NAPLAN questions

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  A Dinan Consulting for Higher Ed Services Pty Ltd

  Nov 2022 - Mar 2023

  Independent Consultant

  Analysis of Agtech courses in Australia, researching trends and potential openings in the market

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  AHPRA (Australia Health Practitioner Regulation Agency)

  Mar 2023 - Feb 2024

  Regulatory Coordinator - Notifications

  Managing the team that provides administrative support to the AHPRA clinical input team.My team facilitate health and performance assessments of health practitioners, process high volumes of endorsement applications for masters graduates and organise clinical advice from external providers.

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  University of South Australia

  Jun 2024 - now

  Executive Officer

  High level executive and project management services to Education Futures leadership and managing the Executive Support Team.