Renee - 2011 Graduate Program
Universities
- Bachelor of Business (International Business)
- Bachelor of Arts (International Studies)
- achelor of Business (Honours) Economics
Graduate Experience
Project Manager- Group C Graduate Field Trip, Planning Phase
Placements
First Rotation: Water Strategies Section, International Team
Responsibilities:
- Review of the water entitlements trading (WET) project in China
- Desk top research to fully understand the project
- Interview key stakeholders including one Australian and one Chinese team member
- Develop a comprehensive and succinct report outlining findings
- Develop potential new website text for public information
- Develop a potential flyer for distribution to visitors to the department
- Develop key documents including ministerial briefs and ministerial correspondence
- Assist in the organisation of foreign delegations to the department
- Attend meetings of foreign delegations to the department
- Participate in preliminary organisation of a US EPA delegation to the department
- Assist in preliminary research with regards to water at the Rio+20 conference
- Respond to ad hoc requests
Second Rotation: EPBC Review Task Force
Responsibilities
- Development of the Wildlife Chapter of the Cost Recovery Consultation paper involving;
- Extensive consultation with the wildlife regulation branches and DAIMS
- Regular meetings and consultations with the SEWPaC finance team
- Regular communication and meetings with the Department of Finance and Deregulation Cost Recovery team
- Identification and calculation of the costs of the various wildlife regulation functions
- Development of a comprehensive and readable chapter regarding potential cost recovery options for wildlife regulation functions
- Development of key written documents including ministerial briefs, ministerial correspondence and QTBs as requested
- Participation in the sections annual planning day
- Acting as the APS 200 major infrastructure project secretariat o Regular meetings with other secretariat members at the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
- Regular meetings with Deputy Secretary Kimberly Dripps to discuss her requirements and expectations from the secretariat
- Research and development of briefings on the infrastructure projects involved in the overall project
- Arrange a series of Videoconferences with SEWPaCs Canadian counterparts working directly to First Assistant Secretary, Peter Burnett o Liaise regularly with my Canadian counterpart
- Arrange appropriate videoconferencing requirements through communication with voice services
- Ensure all appropriate senior staff members are invited with sufficient notice through cooperation with Peter's EA
- Arrange necessary pre-videoconference documents to be sent via email prior to the meetings
- Manage Cabinet-in-Confidence documents appropriately
Third Placement: International Section
Responsibilities:
- Arranging the meeting of the 8th Australia-Indonesia Joint Working Group on Environment and Climate Change
- Developing the draft agenda
- Liaising with the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and the Indonesian Embassy
- Drafting Coord requests and formal correspondence for co-chair
- Developing budget
- Managing relationships with DCCEE, RET, AusAID and DFAT
- Drafting cables
- Arranging catering
- Arranging formal dinner, including development of guest list and invitations
- Arranging and coordinating field trip
- Develop and publish the International Bulletin
- Preparation of briefing papers for international meetings
- Development of travel minutes
- Attendance and minute taking at inter-departmental meetings
- Drafting of correspondence to international delegations
- Research and analysis of country positions for international meetings
- Preparation of Ministerials
- Cable drafting and distribution
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