Harpreet Chhabra
Australia
Summary
Proactive and goal-oriented professional with excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Known for reliability and adaptability, with swift capacity to learn and apply new skills. Committed to leveraging these qualities to drive team success and contribute to organizational growth.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Acting APS 6 Policy Officer
Housing and Homelessness Program Delivery
11.2024 - Current
- Conduct Quality Assurance of assessments done by Community Grants Hub assessors and provide feedback
- Liaise with assessors to ensure the assessments meet the grant round goals and policies
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather valuable input, ensuring policies were well-informed and comprehensive.
- Provide administrative support to ensure the smooth delivery of events such as stakeholder meetings.
- Maintain a strong understanding of relevant legislation, ensuring compliance within all drafted policies.
- Draft responses to Ministerial correspondence, Senate Estimate Briefs, and other Ministerial Briefs.
APS5 Housing and Homelessness Program Delivery and Engagement
Department of Social Services
09.2024 - Current
- Draft written products including Ministerial Brief, Senate Estimates Questions on Notice, Terms of Reference
- Collaborated with internal and external stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables that aligned with section goals.
- Implemented quality assurance procedures to maintain high standards in grants assessments
- Facilitated workshops to provide grant round information to potential applicants and Senior Executive Staff
- Managed cross-functional teams for successful project completion
- Consulted with the team on various tasks to gather their views and feedback
APS5 Redress Legislation and Policy
Department of Social Services
01.2024 - 09.2024
- Developed policy briefs that summarized key findings from research activities, highlighting implications for future action and providing actionable recommendations for decisionmakers.
- Drafted clear and concise reports, memos, and presentations to communicate complex policy issues to diverse audiences.
- Presented findings to senior leadership, informing strategic planning and decision-making processes.
Graduate Development Program
Department of Social Services
02.2023 - 12.2023
- Conducted Child Safe Reporting assessments to identify child safety triggers
- Drafted Child Safety Reports for relevant jurisdictions
- Managed Institutional Internal Investigations requests
- Prepared Outbound Acknowledgement Call documents
- Drafted responses for Ministerial Correspondences and engaged with external and internal contributors where required
- Assisted the National Housing and Homelessness Plan (the Plan) team by providing evidence based content on housing through research summaries
- Analysed the work conducted by key research organisations to align with the priorities of the Plan
- Played a lead role in contributing content to a key Section document 'National Aligned Strategies- Housing needs for vulnerable people'
- Engaged in Sydney Stakeholder Consultation for the Plan
- Grant assessment for Safe Places Inclusion Round
NDIS Support Coordinator
One Door Mental Health
11.2019 - 04.2021
Education
Master of Social Work -
Australian Catholic University
01.2018
Bachelor of Social Science -
Guru Nanak Dev University
01.2015
Skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Research and analytical skills
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Attention to detail
- Critical thinking
- Active listening
Timeline
Acting APS 6 Policy Officer
Housing and Homelessness Program Delivery
11.2024 - Current
APS5 Housing and Homelessness Program Delivery and Engagement
Department of Social Services
09.2024 - Current
APS5 Redress Legislation and Policy
Department of Social Services
01.2024 - 09.2024
Graduate Development Program
Department of Social Services
02.2023 - 12.2023
NDIS Support Coordinator
One Door Mental Health
11.2019 - 04.2021
Bachelor of Social Science -
Guru Nanak Dev University
Master of Social Work -
Australian Catholic University
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