Karen Leithboro

• Administer and promote Community Development Grant Program to eligible community members and organisations
• Build relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Create and maintain Community Development Grant Policy, Procedures and Guidelines
• Undertake periodic reviews of the Community Development Grant Program
• Provide efficient response to enquiries and requests from internal and external stakeholders

• Provide Personal Assistant support to Community Services Manager
• Provide efficient and comprehensive administrative services to Community teams and associated programs
• Oversee Community Development Grant Program and ensure that it is promoted to the community
• Coordinate projects where applicable
• Prepare meeting materials, set up meeting rooms and take notes
• Assist in recruitment when required
• Maintain smooth back-office functions to promote efficient business operations
• Provide IT support to staff (ePathway, ECM, OneCouncil, Microsoft etc)
• Coordinate projects where applicable
• Provide efficient service in response to enquiries and requests from the public

From time to time I have provided additional support and/or backfill in a range of teams within Council as listed below:

• Provide support to HR team during staff extended periods of leave (2014)
• Backfill for the Assets Project Officer during periods of leave, focussing on maintaining the MS Project reporting requirements (2017)

• Negotiate timeframes and deadlines with Management
• Ensure efficient processes in place to guarantee timely delivery of services to the Governance Team
• Provide support to internal and external customers
• Clear communication of deadlines and timeframes in relation to Council and Committee agendas

• Provide general administration support to Human Resources
• Ensure enquiries are dealt with in a timely and efficient manner
• Provide clerical and filing support as directed
• Other duties as required