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Lauren Pitman

Adelaide,SA

Summary

I am a forward-thinking business change specialist confident in leading team members, managing schedules and coordinating resources. My projects remain on-track with effective forecasting, decisive supervision and quick problem-solving. I have a proven to be persuasive in communicating and negotiating with internal team members, vendors and other stakeholders.

Colleagues continusouly seek and value my advice in variety of projects as I hold a balanced critical thinking mindset, excel in identifying and mitigating risks, reaching milestones and managing deliverables. I am a highly organised leader who successfully cultivates strong relationships both internally and externally to the organisation.

Work History

Project Officer, Business Change Branch

South Australia Police
Adelaide, SA
30/09/01 - Current
  • I am a current serving Police Officer and have been employed by SA Police for over 20 years. At the beginning of 2010 I attained a position at the rank of Sergeant which is of management level.
  • Throughout my career I have gained a diverse range of experience in Emergency Management, implementation of community based operations, recruitment, training personnel in Promotions & Leadership and asset management.
  • Over the past three years, I have specifically focused on Business Change practices for IS&Ts major projects, which has included stakeholder identification, analysis and management; as well as strategic input into its measurable outcomes.
  • These roles have required my assistance with Business Case development for project funding, facilitation of project team meetings, workshops, regular review of progress against objectives, risk identification and risk mitigation strategies.
  • I have actively led cross-functional working groups that focused on improving key processes across SAPOL and within other supporting agencies.

Education

Cert III & Cert IV - Fitness

Fit College
South Australia
05.2024

Business Change Practitioner - Management: Business Change

APMG
South Australia
12.2021

Certificate of Authority - Disaster Victim Identification

Federal Police
SA Police
2019

Bachelor of Management - Management: Policing

University of South Australia
Adelaide, SA
2018

Cert IV - Training & Assessment

TAFE
South Australia
2011

Certificate of Authority - Proven Applicant Profiling: Pre-Employment

Australian Institute of Forensic Psychology
South Australia
2011

Advanced Diploma - Public Safety : Emergency Management

Australian College of Community Safety
Victoria
2010

Certificate of Authority - Business Continuity & Multi-Agency Coordination

Emergency Management Australia
Victoria
2009

Advanced Diploma - Management: Human Resources

TAFE
South Australia
2006

Skills

  • Expert in Emergency Management
  • Stakeholder Relationship Management
  • Risk Assessment
  • Project Scoping and Deliverables
  • Resource Allocation

Accomplishments

  • Frontline Police Officer for 5 years
  • Emergency management role in managing large scale events / emergencies requiring oversight, resource allocation, funding, risk assessments and inter-agency relationships.
  • Police Recruitment and overseas deployment
  • Training, curriculum and assessment creation for Police Cadets
  • Training, curriculum and assessment creation for Leadership & Management (Sergeant, Senior Sergeant and Inspector Qualifications)

Major Projects include:

  • Volunteer Coordination Program
  • Asset management during COVID deployments
  • Digitization of Expiation Notices
  • Mobile Workforce (current project for one device to replace all current technology in SAPOL)

Timeline

Project Officer, Business Change Branch

South Australia Police
30/09/01 - Current

Cert III & Cert IV - Fitness

Fit College

Business Change Practitioner - Management: Business Change

APMG

Certificate of Authority - Disaster Victim Identification

Federal Police

Bachelor of Management - Management: Policing

University of South Australia

Cert IV - Training & Assessment

TAFE

Certificate of Authority - Proven Applicant Profiling: Pre-Employment

Australian Institute of Forensic Psychology

Advanced Diploma - Public Safety : Emergency Management

Australian College of Community Safety

Certificate of Authority - Business Continuity & Multi-Agency Coordination

Emergency Management Australia

Advanced Diploma - Management: Human Resources

TAFE
Lauren Pitman