Steve Austin

Experience

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  Australian Bureau of Statistics

  Nov 2011 - Jan 2012

  Survey Manager

  Survey Manager of the Research and Experimental Development, Government and Private Non-Profit Organisations Survey 2011-12 • Designed and tested the paper form and eform for the survey.• Created the Sample frame for all Government and Private Non-Profit Organisations conducting research and experimental development in Australia. • Recorded all Engagement activities into relevant databases as part of knowledge management and ensuring relevant stakeholders were kept updated.• Worked collaboratively with systems team to develop and test data collection and processing systems. Show less

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  Perth North Metro Medicare Local

  Jan 2012 - Oct 2012

  HEALTH PROJECT OFFICER AND CARE COORDINATION

  As a Indigenous Health Project Officers with Perth North Medicare Local work on a number of initiatives;to increase the capacity of mainstream primary care providers to deliver culturally sensitive services (through cultural awareness training, quality improvement, health promotion and education); help the community, mainstream primary care providers and Aboriginal Community Controlled health sectors to work together; and support Outreach Workers.

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  Australian Bureau of Statistics

  Oct 2012 - May 2018

  • Worked remotely in a multidisciplinary team on finalising 2016 reviews and 2021 Census Workforce priority setting. • Extracted over 100,000 recruitment records from legacy system. Data was then geocoded and analysed using SAS to create and analyse a dataset of the applicants (and specific demographics) over all national local council boundaries to identify potential recruitment short-falls for the 2021 Census.• Development of the workforce targeted engagement strategy for the 2021 Census. Focusing on areas where it is difficult to attract and retain field staff.• Analyzed 2011 and 2016 recruitment data to identify hard to recruit areas and assigned appropriate modes of engagement. • Worked with the Centre of Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Statistics (CoEATSIS) including presenting Census TableBuilder and other Statistical packages as part of the return of Census Data program to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community groups Show less • Successfully developed the 2018 Survey of Employees Earnings and Hours including the submission to Parliament for Tabling the Survey under the Census and Statistics Act.• Conducted Data Stocktake and Data Profiling in preparation migration of data assets to new Linux server. Process included consultation with key data users (internal and external) regarding priorities for migration and archiving.• Critically reviewed the 2016 Survey cycle and delivered recommendations through the end of cycle report. All recommendations were accepted and incorporated into the 2018 cycle.• Developed Online, Paper and electronic forms used in the surveying of over 55,000 employees nationally for the 2018 survey. This included the incorporation of VBA coded macros for the first time to streamline the electronic form delivery and processing. • Negotiation and delivered data requests for sophisticated statistical clients. This required extraction from multiple databases and analysis of data to ensure fit for purpose. • Creation of accounts and invoices for clients to be processed by the ABS Accounts team. Show less • Lead a team of Enumeration Support Managers in the day to day operations of the 2016 Census.• Ensured recruitment of field staff conformed to national process.• As the Digital Change Champion for WA RMU, assisted team in the migration to the next generation digital platform and systems upgrades. Included training and mentoring in new digital systems to all staff with in the RMU. • Supported the WA RMU management team to identify opportunities with both internal and external stakeholders to address ongoing operational tasks and increase the efficiency of the 2016 Census• Provide leadership to the Regional Management Unit in regards to Special Dwellings as the Targeted Strategy Manager.• As Targeted Strategy Manager I was responsible for the enumeration of Major Hospitals, Defence and Juvenile Detention Centre. Show less • Applying best practice communication principles when delivering and demonstrating individually developed and demonstration of the 2011 Census TableBuilder and Products & Services. • Develop the Census Stakeholder Analysis for 2013/14 being utilized to accurately plan and meet targeted engagement priority on 2016 Census priorities. This included identifying key stakeholders and the influence they may or may not have.• Incorporated the successful engagement strategies utilized in the WA Indigenous Community Engagement Strategy to ensure consistent approach in engagement. Within the provided advice on engagement operations using prior knowledge of Engagement and Enumeration during the 2011 Census. • Reporting progress to relevant internal and external stakeholders. Ensuring any of the interactions and intelligence gathered is incorporated into the relevant strategy or knowledge document (e.g. Special Strategy Engagement Strategy) for future planning and as part of 2016 Census priorities.• Establishing relationships with internal and external stakeholders and building on previous networks I have from my roles as the Indigenous Engagement Officer and my different roles as part of the 2011 Census and incorporating information into • Effectively liaise and positively participating in all team and cross program activities to ensure desired outputs. • Through engagement activities with strategic stakeholders, informed and promoted the statistical outputs available for use, the application of underlying concepts, sources and methods, and the fitness for purpose of our statistics as part of both 2016 Census and ABS priorities. Show less

  • Government Engagement Officer

    Nov 2016 - May 2018

  • Senior Survey Manager

    Dec 2016 - Dec 2017

  • Census Enumeration Manager

    Nov 2015 - Nov 2016

  • Census Engagement Manager

    Jan 2013 - Nov 2015

  • Indigenous Engagement Officer

    Oct 2012 - Jan 2013
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  Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

  May 2018 - Jun 2019

  Adviser
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  National Indigenous Australians Agency

  Jul 2019 - now

  • Liaise with other sections, external agencies and external stakeholders and facilitate cross-agency or multi-agency planning of program delivery. This has included successfully working with Indigenous providers to convene meetings with regional stakeholders like the Department of Communities and Police as part Safe and Resilient Families projects to facilitate referral pathways for Indigenous clients. • Managed contracts across multiple IAS funded programme areas. Worked with IAS funded organisations to develop capacity and addressing provider’s performance issues where identified. • Regularly work with a wide range of providers to analyse local issues, build capacity in regards to data extraction and co-design submission of project proposals through IAS Community Led Grant Funding. Ensured evidence based approach was followed and process evaluation measures identified early in the design phase. • Prepared reports, briefing papers, Ministerial correspondence and proof of concept papers for review by Executive staff relating to regional issues. This also includes extraction of data from grant management systems to provide accurate and timely information about expenditure and programs being delivered in specific locations. • Coordinated the Regional Managers Discretionary Fund for the 2019/2020 Financial year ensuring allocation of funds fully committed. • Working in a virtual team developed Power BI dashboards to demonstrate current capabilities available at regional level to extract data from common systems, analyse data and visualise outputs both by geography and ontology of IAS projects. This proof of concept allowed for Regional Manager to provide on the ground information to State Government counter parts in preparation for COVID-19 response plans for Aboriginal Communities in WA. • Developed and delivered FUSION and CRM training to staff using Microsoft Dynamic 365 software. Show less

  • Director

    Feb 2025 - now

  • A/g Director

    Mar 2024 - now

  • Adviser

    Jul 2019 - now
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  North Metropolitan Health Service

  Jul 2020 - Feb 2021

  Aboriginal Health Promotion Coordinator (Secondment)

  Working with the Public Health team focussing on population level changes seeking to prevent chronic disease and injury with in the community.