Ganesh Sen
Croydon South,VIC
Summary
A skilled individual with a passion for helping students reach academic goals, this candidate creates engaging learning experiences tailored to meet individual student needs and career goals. This progressive candidate also develops strategies to help students bolster academic performance and a better student experience.
I have an excellent record of success in developing, managing, and delivering strategic programs as the education program manager for Reach 4 Your Future Foundation (Foundation). I utilise my strategic program management, stakeholder engagement, and technical and integrated marketing communication skills to engage with academic, industry, and community stakeholders, advocating the Foundation’s service-learning programs.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Academic Tutor
Swinburne University Of Technology
04.2023 - Current
- Tutor diverse groups of students to strengthen subject comprehension in sense-making sessions, boost confidence, and increase student engagement in a collaborative, active learning environment.
- Enhanced student engagement and experience by utilizing active student-centred teaching methods and techniques.
- Evaluated student understanding through summative assessments, adjusting pedagogical strategies to deliver the most effective teaching and learning activities and assessments.
Director of Educational Services
Reach 4 Your Future Foundation
01.2016 - Current
- .Established Reach 4 Your Future Foundation (an Australian Charities and Not for Profit Education Foundation) to support, motivate and empower young learners on educational pathway programs with a strong emphasis on authentic learning initiatives, advocating project-based learning, and design thinking programs
- Developed “Safe Child Policy” under the Children, Youth, and Families Act 2005 (Vic.)
- Initiated a bridging service-learning initiative with Australian and Pacific Island schools and their communities
- Planning and hosting of education transformation workshop for the Ministry of Education (Fiji) in Suva, Fiji, in a collaborative partnership with Microsoft, Intel, Hewlett Packard, and DFAT
- Development of a Service-learning and Project Based learning framework for Victorian Schools
- Establish service learning program partnerships with schools and universities.
- Planning, developing, and coordinating project fundraising events with schools, community groups, and corporate sectors
- Development, planning, and delivery of COVID-19 PPE response initiative to Fiji, India, and Nepal in the height of COVID-19
- Inter-agency collaboration with DFAT, Medical Pantry, Australian Diaspora, university students, and community volunteers.
- Negotiated a donation proposal in partnership with The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne to acquire and manage logistical arrangements of clinical Microbiology equipment valued at $90,000.00 for the Ministry of Health – Solomon Islands.
- Restructure Reach 4 Your Future Foundation to implement a two-tier management structure, with the installation of a board of advisors.
- Establish a program partnership with Swinburne’s Life and Volunteering to engage Swinburne students in Project-Based Learning and Social Impact programs.
- Provide leadership and guidance in commissioning the clinical equipment for the Ministry of Health Solomon Islands.
- Research and development of a constructivism education model using service learning theory with Victorian schools and Universities to construct Solar Lanterns for isolated Pacific Island communities
Intern
Victorian Electoral Commission
10.2022 - 12.2022
- Telephone Assisted Voter Registration and Telephone Assisted Voting
- Recruitment Agency staff Identification Validation
- Central Ballot Counting Centre - Logistics support
International Program Ambassador - Student Recruitment
EDI Global Education
01.2018 - 01.2021
- Planning and delivery of further education workshops, seminars, and informational sessions in schools and universities for EDI Global’s Student recruitment programs.
Engineering Adviser/consultant
RMIT University
01.2013 - 01.2016
- Liaised with industry partners, NGOs, and government agencies to establish work-integrated learning initiatives for final-year engineering and science students
- Preparation of business cases for approval for project implementation funding in collaboration with the Australian government, Fijian government, and NGO funding partners
- Establish a collaborative partnership with a local Fijian engineering consulting firm for placement of RMIT Civil Engineering students for guidance, support, and peer-reviewing designs of pedestrian suspension bridge concepts and specifications for accurate estimation of the project budget
- After securing a $6,000 grant, he led the design and construction of 65m and 85m pedestrian suspension bridges in remote parts of Fiji.
- Guided and mentored students during the design and construction of the bridges to ensure practical project outcomes focused on work readiness and student well-being.
- Established a work-integrated learning program with Melbourne Airport for auditing the Airport’s Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) and overseeing the implementation of new HVAC technologies to improve system efficiency.
- Engaged RMIT’s School of Vocational Engineering, Health, and Science in developing an Information, Technology, and Communication (ITC) learning hub at one of Fiji’s largest schools
- Developed Healthy Learner, Healthy Fiji initiative for Fiji’s schools
- A collaborative effort with RMIT University’s Vocational Health Science (Allied Health), Ministry of Health (Fiji), and Ministry of Education (Fiji) to deliver a preventative educational awareness program to combat the prevalence of diabetes in Fiji.
- Facilitated the New Colombo mobility grant for fifteen RMIT vocational health science students for their engagement and participation in a fourteen days study investigation trip to Fiji
Business Development Manager, Energy Efficiency Programs
Eco Refurbishment Pty Ltd
01.2006 - 01.2012
Marketing, Sales, and Engineering Manager of Industrial Hydraulics Equipment
Shinn Fu Australia Pty Ltd
01.2001 - 01.2005
Senior Technical Officer Mechanical Testing and Product Validation
Engineering Testing and Research Services
01.1996 - 01.2004
Education
Graduate Certificate of Teaching And Learning - Education
Swinburne University of Tech
Melbourne, VIC02.2025
Master of Business Information Technology Systems – Digital Marketing Major -
Swinburne University of Technology
Australia, Victoria01.2023
Graduate Diploma of Business Information Systems - Information Technology
Swinburne University
Australia, Vic01.2021
Graduate Certificate of Information Technology –Project Management -
Swinburne University
Australia, Vic01.2020
Associate Diploma in Engineering - Manufacturing -
Box Hill Institute of Technology
Australia, Vic01.1993
Skills
- Activity-Based Learning
- Student Mentoring
- Critical analysis
- Problem-solving skills
- Student Motivation
- Teacher Assistance
- Student Advocacy
- Individual Tutoring
- Team Collaboration
- Creative Thinking
- Technical Writing
- Peer Tutoring
- Career Guidance
Key Areas Of Expertise
- Student Engagement
- Project Based Learning
- Business Analysis
- Business Process Management
- Project Management
- Collaborative Problem Solving
- Decision Making
- People management
- Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
- Team Leadership
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Change Management
- Cross-Functional Supervision
- Team Building
- Student Mentoring
- Career Counselling
- Group Facilitation
- Public Speaking
- Presentation
- Reporting
- Networking & Volunteering
- Digital Marketing
- Integrated Marketing and Communication
- Strategy Development
References
- Dr. Jason Sargent, Senior Lecturer and Professional Capabilities for ITC Professional Unit Convenor, jpsargent@swin.edu.au, +614 431 662 775
- Carlo Vinaccia, Chartered Accountant; Vinco Accounting Group Pty Ltd, +613 8672 8299, +614 414 672 011, carlo@vincoaccountants.com.au
- Professor Peter Coloe, Retired Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Global Development and Vice-President (2023), RMIT University; Melbourne, Australia, +614 419 100 765
- Professor Chun-Qing Li, Professor of Civil Engineering, RMIT University; Melbourne, Australia, +61 419 326 715, chunqing.li@rmit.edu.au
- Dr. Martin Nguyen, Specialist Anaesthetist and Founder: |WeRoster|Medical Pantry|Medrun|, Senior Lecturer -The University of Melbourne, Australia, +614 427 727 475, martin@medicalpantry.org
- Kevin Roux, Principal Advisor, Elections Operations, Victorian Electoral Commission, +614 481 270 226, Kevin.roux@vec.vic.gov.au
Timeline
Academic Tutor
Swinburne University Of Technology
04.2023 - Current
Intern
Victorian Electoral Commission
10.2022 - 12.2022
International Program Ambassador - Student Recruitment
EDI Global Education
01.2018 - 01.2021
Director of Educational Services
Reach 4 Your Future Foundation
01.2016 - Current
Engineering Adviser/consultant
RMIT University
01.2013 - 01.2016
Business Development Manager, Energy Efficiency Programs
Eco Refurbishment Pty Ltd
01.2006 - 01.2012
Marketing, Sales, and Engineering Manager of Industrial Hydraulics Equipment
Shinn Fu Australia Pty Ltd
01.2001 - 01.2005
Senior Technical Officer Mechanical Testing and Product Validation
Engineering Testing and Research Services
01.1996 - 01.2004
Graduate Certificate of Teaching And Learning - Education
Swinburne University of Tech
Master of Business Information Technology Systems – Digital Marketing Major -
Swinburne University of Technology
Graduate Diploma of Business Information Systems - Information Technology
Swinburne University
Graduate Certificate of Information Technology –Project Management -
Swinburne University
Associate Diploma in Engineering - Manufacturing -
Box Hill Institute of Technology
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