Karina Glennie

Employed with the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water in the Nature Strategy Branch. This branch is responsible for developing the Nature Strategy and Biodiversity Conservation Act of 2016 reforms.

Key responsibilities

• Regularly undertake research, policy, and legal analysis, evaluation, and writing to support the development of policy and legislative reforms.
• Prepare high-quality and fit-for-purpose reports, briefing notes, and other written material to contribute to the evidence base for the development of policy advice and initiatives.
• Prepare detailed, accurate and timely responses to correspondence from external stakeholders and advice to internal stakeholders.
• Served as Secretariat to the Biodiversity Conservation Advisory Panel (BCAP).
• Coordinate meetings and stakeholder consultations to support policy development.

Key achievements:

• Contributed to the reform of the Biodiversity Conservation Act of 2016 and the development of the NSW Nature Strategy.
• Led a project with the Science Division, articulating key concepts integral to the proposed targets in the Nature Strategy.
• I acted as a Senior Policy Officer in the Biodiversity Offset Schemes (BOS) branch for six weeks (May - June). During my time, I had to distill complex information on the mechanics of environmental markets within a short timeframe, and I contributed to recommendations in response to the IPART review on the NSW Biodiversity Credit Market.
• Developed policy papers on complex policy issues such as natural capital and nature markets, landscape-scale restoration, and ecologically sustainable development.

This was a contract role in the Major Projects branch which developed policies to support carbon abatement and circular economy to reduce carbon emissions.

Key responsibilities

• Prepared briefs, reports correspondence and advice for senior team members.
• Liaised on environmental policy matters with senior management and different teams across EPA.
• Contributed to development of projects and programs of a cross-jurisdictional/ cross-portfolio nature on matters such as regulation review and policy development.
• Supported the work of the Head of Unit and/or Section Manager.
• Advised on strategies to ensure a consistent best practice approach to environmental policy development across NSW, and to initiate and manage projects to develop and review relevant policy initiatives, as well as regulatory procedures and processes of a cross-government nature.

Key achievements.

• Produced high quality briefs and correspondence in relation to policy initiatives.
• Developed internal resources to create efficiency within the team.

This was a contract role in Heritage NSW to review the Heritage Act 1977 and relevant policies and guidelines.

Key responsibilities

• Undertook research in assigned areas and scan the external operating context, including the values and interests of customers and stakeholders.
• Prepared reports on research findings and other written material to contribute to the evidence base for the development of policy advice.
• Contributed to the review and evaluation of policies.
• Contributed to project work to facilitate the timely delivery of project outcomes.
• Supported the coordination of working groups, committees, and stakeholder consultations to support stakeholder engagement in policy development.

Key achievements

• Developed an issues paper on the compliance and enforcement section of the Heritage Act 1977. The recommendations were included in the final issues paper which went to the Legislative Assembly.
• Managed two projects which focused on improving internal processes

Serco supports governments around the world in the delivery of essential public services. In this role I supported the General Counsel and six lawyers in the legal team.

Key responsibilities

• Supported the General Counsel and the Legal team, managing legal conferences, drafting reports, and handling legal billing.
• Planned and coordinated annual legal conferences which include managing itineraries and travel arrangements for international delegates.
• Collated data and drafting the General Counsel report for the quarterly board pack.
• Regularly developed the board pack for the quarterly AsPac Board meetings.
• Developed quarterly AsPac Board agendas.
• Developed quarterly Ethics and Privacy meeting agenda and recorded minutes.
• Developed monthly forecasting spreadsheet for external legal spend.
• Managed the legal billing system and reconciling monthly invoices through Legal Tracker.
• Produced monthly finance reports for external legal spend.
• Completed monthly team expenses.
• Managed the contract management system (CMA) and assisting in the implementation and migration of the updated CMA.