Erin Henshaw-Hill

As an Associate Director in the Social Strategy team at Ethos Urban I work with developers, government and not for profit organisations to undertake social and cultural infrastructure assessments, prepare social impact assessments and develop policy and strategies to support positive social outcomes.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing an expert range of services including advice relating to social infrastructure planning, social impact analysis and social strategy development.
• Nurturing client relationships and identifying opportunities to generate new work.
• Contributing to the strategic direction and development of a growing business area for the company.
• Fostering key relationships across the business and working collaboratively on a range of projects, tender submissions and thought leadership activities.
• Co-leading a team of 8 personnel, overseeing performance as well as professional development

As a Senior Manager in the NSW Department of Planning's Place, Design and Public Spaces team, I was responsible for leading and managing several major programs and projects including the $250 million Public Spaces Legacy Program, the $20 million Everyone Can Play Program, and the Places to Swim and Places to Play Programs. Contributed to research for first NSW open space strategy.

Key responsibilities included:

• Development of open space programs, including obtaining Ministerial approvals, launching the programs, overseeing the administration of the grants and monitoring progress.
• Development of evidence-based strategies and plans to address complex issues relating to open space in collaboration with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Managing a range of projects involving internal and consultant teams to deliver evidence based studies to support NSW Government’s policies and commitments around open space.
• Managing delivery of technical advice in response to Ministerial and Executive requests in a timely manner.
• Leading a team of five personnel, overseeing performance and professional development.

As an Associate Director at Urbis I worked within a multidisciplinary team of urban planners, designers and economists, leading projects and providing advice to public, private and not-for-profit sector clients on a range of social policy and social strategy issues.

Key responsibilities included:

• Providing an expert range of services including social impact analysis and social strategy development, social and cultural infrastructure strategies and plans, community needs assessments and service reviews.
• Nurturing client relationships and identifying opportunities to generate new work.
• Contributing to the strategic direction and development of a growing business area for the company.
• Fostering key relationships across the business and working collaboratively on a range of projects, tender submissions and thought leadership activities.
• Assisted senior leadership in managing all day to day aspects of the business including ensuring financial targets were achieved and projects effectively resourced.
• Leading a team of 4 personnel, supervising daily performance as well as training and improvement plans.

As a Project Manager at Elton Consulting I was responsible for leading a range of social sustainability strategies and policies, and program reviews as well as preparing social infrastructure assessments to inform large urban renewal and masterplanned developments. I was also involved in significant community and stakeholder engagement projects, including Sydney's CBD and South East Light Rail project and the stakeholder engagement to inform the development of the Social Housing Reform Discussion Paper for NSW Family and Community Services.

Key responsibilities included:

• Leading project teams on various projects with competing timeframes and staff resources to ensure timely delivery and high-quality results.
• Developing targeted methodologies to address complex problems and to suit specific client needs.
• Preparing comprehensive project plans with clear timelines, milestones, and budget requirements.
• Building strong client relationships across different sectors including local and state government, not for profit and private developers.
• Undertaking best practice research on social sustainability issues to inform a range of reports, plans and assessments.
• Preparing concise, easy to read, well researched reports for a range of clients.