Jenna (Gunning) McGarr

Experience

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  Bridgwater College

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2008

  Project Officer

  Project Managed a 2 year government funded national project with the remit of up-skilling and reinforcing capabilities of employee's in independent Small Medium sized Enterprises. Wholly responsible for project delivery and success.Identification of potential project support receivers based project criteriaPreparation of college course on boarding, working across 11 industries Carrying out the training needs analysis to determine eligibilityBudget management and reportingInitiative awareness, including events and marketing material Project analysis, reporting and closurebidding for a second year of funding, which was approved Show less

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  MACE Group Dubai

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

  Project Manager

  Responsible for project managing the design, build, roll out and execution of MACE Middle East Learning and Development department across 4 states in the ME. Identified, on boarded and managed work and relationships with all departmental vendors as the single point of contact.Responsible for reporting to ME Directors fortnightly. Introduced a LMS & ERP system.Acting mentor to graduate recruitsLine manager to Administrative AssistantDesigned and presented all 'induction to ME' session for new staff members. Show less

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  NBN Co Limited

  Jan 2011 - Nov 2012

  Responsible for the management, development and execution the cross-functional data and service projects. Focusing project alignment on key business goals for customer connection, working by Waterfall methodologies. Acting as a mentor for Development Managers and Team Leads on relevant project management practices to promote, define, refine and enforce integral processes. Set up all projects with appropriate framework aligned to the specifics needs to the system/software delivery.Manage project teams, their expectations reporting and tracking on status whilst actively driving quality and testing checks points for a smooth and accurate deployment.I managed functional dependencies and handled risks and constraints facing business units, reporting on progress to the project budget owners. Also responsible for the successfully project managing the implementation of the OSS/BSS systems for Billing and Operations teams. Show less Based in the Learning and Development department. Responsible for the delivery of all corporate development projects that build new capabilities across cross functional business areas, championing delivery success throughout the team.I reviewed and recommend the best tenders for project wins and was the point of contact for all Corporate Development projects for external vendors.delivered 27 projects Introduced a curriculum of required training, certification and workshops as well as personnel development curriculum focusing on improving the skills of NBN employees in their roles.Upgraded NBN to a cloud based learning suit for national access to meet the demands of the growing business. Responsible for all project management tasks. I designed, developed and communicated project and program management best practices, helping shape and drive major programs of work throughout the business. Setting up a cloud based nationally accessed LMS system was among one of my bigger achievements in this role. Show less

  • Project Manager for Business Operations

    Dec 2011 - Nov 2012

  • Business Partner / Project Manager

    Jan 2011 - Dec 2011
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  NBN Co Limited

  Jan 2013 - May 2014

  Operations Manager / Specialist of Managed Services

  Responsible for the Activation Departments Operational performance. Improving the teams workflow and processes and introducing streamlined practices where possibleManaging and providing working solutions needed to any internal cross platform/team work Manage workload and flow to a team of x7 engineers, x4 IT experts and x5 external partners.Responsible for providing the business area and its partners with governance reporting and communications.Providing upstream reporting and presentation to steer-co and other senior leaders where neccessaryStakeholder management and relationship building with clients and internal teams to strengthen working practices and alignment.In AdditionActing Department Manager for New Developments Division: for 4 months, I was responsible for providing project management support to all areas of the Business, Network Operations and Retail/Wholesale Service Provider community that have a requirement for New Development Pre-Installs and New Development Site Acceptance. Show less

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  Ipsos Australia

  May 2014 - Nov 2015

  Project Manager

  Project Manager for EMMA (Enhanced Media Metrics Australia) program of work and the Media & Data Software Technical Department.Responsible for setting up the internal practices/processes and frameworks for delivering on clients data package requests to spec and deadline.Accountable for the management of all client project phases (initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling and closing) across 4 departments of different disciplines, assigning work packages accordingly.I identified and synchronized project inter-dependencies across multiple teams and navigate risks and change (inc documentation) for each phase. Developed and rolled out underlying processes and procedures to provide lasting streamlined efficient deliveries. Also introduced Salesforce based solutions for building upon our CRM proving IPSOS with cloud based applications. Show less

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  Jacobs

  Jan 2016 - Jul 2016

  Project Manager

  Project Managing a PaaS Asset Management project for Sydney Trains. I was brought on board to re-scope the project aligning it to business needs and contractual obligations and to roll out and deliver to newly agreed time frames.I established and managed project team workflow aligning conventions to the required ISO55000 standards, provided. I provided guidance and advice on all project matters, acting as the main point of contact and escalation. Responsible for training, hiring, reporting including RAID, cross communications, budget management, setting KPIs, deadlines and milestones ensuring they were met. I delivered the project with an agile methodology setting up daily stand ups, kanban, scrums and supporting the delivery of internal workshops.Scoping new project work for retained business for Jacobs and support for NSW Rail Show less

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  Nbn™ Australia

  Dec 2016 - Dec 2017

  Senior Project Manager

  Responsible for the set up, managing and delivery of projects and services covering business areas such as; Fixed Wireless Satellite, Products & IT software, CSSA, Business Improvement. Establishing cross company communications, hosting workshops, sprints, stand ups, scrums, driving deadlines, targets, milestones and schedules to senior internal and external stakeholders. Accountable for overall operational deliverable for the QANTAS Mobility project- enabling QANTAS flights with WIFI. Delivering reporting to Senior Directors, EGMs and corporate Vice Presidents Show less

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  TAFE NSW

  Jan 2018 - Jun 2018

  Program Director

  TAFE Meadowbank are exiting the Northern campus to hand over to DoE for re-purposing the site for two primary schools. The move of the Northern campus involves moving twelve faculties and their classrooms into the existing Southern campus and over to the Ultimo TAFE campus. This contract involved my setting up the TAFE Meadowbank & Ultimo program work flow delivery across its teams, i did this using an agile approach. I was accountable for identifying all educational delivery needs and presenting solutions to all issues and risk whilst suggesting best industry aligned educational delivery practices. I also established and managed an ICT Stakeholder Working Group, scoping and delivering in line with program roll-out. Weekly tasks involved my identifying and managing the programs stakeholder requirements for current and future state and guiding the program team accordingly. Facilitating workshops with stakeholders and external contractors such as the programs architects and construction teams to ensure a collective agreement and best solution was met. I also reported to TAFE steering committee identifying and scoping supporting projects of works for handover to team leaders at TAFE. In these 6 months I established, recruited and led the Educational Delivery team, handing over a structured framework of processes and staged tasks agreed by the wider program ensuring the continuation of the project in its next stages will roll out with success. Show less

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  NSW Department of Planning and Environment

  Jul 2018 - Dec 2018

  Senior Program Manager

  PMO Framework set up for NSW Government, Planning and Environment, Climate Change Fund. Implementing PMO practices & systems for reporting and project delivery for cross business alignment. Establish governance frameworks, a Steering Committee, and software for reporting and provide training for handover.

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  Antipodean Investments Ltd

  Jan 2019 - now

  Co-Owner
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  NSW State Insurance Regulatory Authority

  Jun 2022 - now

  Program Manager