Eliya Acone

• Streamline State Manager communication by managing emails, phone calls, and scheduling appointments.
• Enhance productivity by organising travel arrangements and coordinating accommodations for State Manager.
• Maintain confidentiality with sensitive documents, ensuring proper storage and distribution as needed.
• Improve inbox efficiency by implementing new filing systems and document management processes.
• Greet arriving visitors, determined nature and purpose of visit and directed individuals to appropriate destinations.
• Support State Manager in the creation and presentation of Microsoft PowerPoints.

I manage funded programs with a total amount of over $36 million dollars, through grant management activities, to over 3,000 individuals.

• Engage regularly and proportionally with grant recipients in a polite and professional manner. Including supporting and advising grant recipients in improving service delivery.
• Monitor performance report milestones, financial performance and other compliance requirements. Including ensuring grant recipients are paid on time.
• Review and assess performance reports in accordance with the Standard Operating Procedures. Including providing comprehensive feedback.
• Develop and maintain a grant recipient risk assessment on the Microsoft Excel template.
• Monitor risks relating to grant recipients and and escalate time-critical incidents and high or extreme risk issues.
• Ensure all interactions, documentation and information is recorded and filed within the relevant platforms (GPS, ARC etc.).
• Remain informed on developments to Funding Agreements, Program Guidelines, and Standard Operating Procedures

I was previously, an experienced geotechnician and acting Construction Quality Assurance. I worked within the Ravenhall laboratory, and on residential and commercial construction sites around Victoria with a group of other geotechnians and civil engineers.

• Operated testing equipment correctly to consistently obtain accurate results.
• Tested and analysed samples to determine content and characteristics using laboratory apparatus or testing equipment.
• Oversaw work of field personnel collecting geological samples.
• Photographed site images and compiled images with reporting documentation for submission to the Geotester platform.
• Supervised earthworks including the removal of topsoil, the placement and compaction of fill material, trenching, backfilling, proof rolling and testing.
• Acted as Construction Quality Assurance (CQA) for geosynthetic material such as geotextile, geomembrane and geosynthetic clay liner (GCL).
• Maintained organised documentation of daily reports via file hosting service (Dropbox).