Maria Eliepa
Summary
Over a decade of experience working in both public and private sectors, with the most recent three years career dedicated to serving as a Senior Project Officer. Over the years, worked in diverse environments and gain valuable experience in several industries. Successfully led cross-functional teams and delivered projects that align with the goals of the organisation.
Experienced in fast-paced environments and adapts well to changing situations. Industrious Project Officer versed in project development and schedule management. Highly effective at resolving technical issues, improving communication and maximising productivity.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Project Officer
Department of Education
07.2021 - Current
- $123Mil (including 100 Metro schools)
- $92Mil (SDIF/MLD/ E-waste)
- Efficiently coordinated project efforts, managing a team to distribute over 40,000 end-user devices to 1004 rural NSW schools while staying within budget and schedule constraints
- Over 18,000 learning spaces received new devices, and ten vendors were deployed for jobs
- Develop and monitor project plans, coordinate resources, and track budgets to ensure successful milestones are met
- Manage and communicate regularly with internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective program, development, and planning interface
- Producing weekly progress reports via Salesforce Managing and coordinating staff for onsite project installs
- Producing risk management reports Managing QA documentation from onsite installations Raising (BOM - Bill of Materials) and QA reports
- Coordinating and liaising with vendor and onsite teams for live installs
- Organised and coordinated efforts for efficient project collaborating to ensure team effort and working with IT team leads and making sure that worked efficiently together and project team supporting team leads on the ground that lined with project documentation that was within scope.
- Worked with stakeholders to implement project artifacts such as vendor performance reports, lessons learned, and risk management strategies
- Measuring vendor performance based on delivery and quality is crucial to comply with the NSW Whole of government multimedia solutions contract 278.
Project Coordinator
Sydney Metro
12.2019 - 07.2021
- $939Mil on infrastructure for both projects (Pitt Street and Victoria Cross Station).
- Project lead fibre installation for offsite office (Pitt Street)
- To ensure proper document control, anelectronic record filing system via Objective will be used in addition to ad hoc procedures for record manageme
- Reports were run via Salesforce End of Month Accruals for skill hire and projects
- Liaising with external stakeholders, and support services will be provided, including documentation, meeting, and event coordination, and driving actions to support effective operation
- Running reports via Salesforce End of Month Accruals for skill hire and projects Liaising with external stakeholders Provided support services, including documentation, meeting and event Coordination, driving actions to support effective operation
- Finance and HR monthly forecasting and resource management
- Monthly forecasting and resource management for both finance and HR would be conducted
- Aiding Project managers in meeting deliverables, and payments and invoices will be processed through SAP
- Coordination of Industry Work Group Workshops and leading Steer Committee meetings will be handled
- Presentations for project managers were created, and stakeholder engagement documents were prepared
- Visio Presentations will be produced, and documents will be uploaded, and reports updated on SharePoint (MS Teams)
- Purchase orders and variations were raised, and steering committee and industry working group meetings organised (including preparing packs
- Raising purchase orders and variations
- Preparing and organisation of steering committee and industry working group meetings (including preparing packs)
- CIS Software Cisco Jabber will be used, and purchase orders and variations will be raised.
Project Coordinator
Roads and Maritime Services
05.2019 - 12.2019
- Process mapping and streamlined processes Document control using electronic record filing system via Objective and ad hoc procedures for record management
- End-of-month accruals for skill hire and projects Liaising with external stakeholders provided support services, including documentation, meeting and event coordination, and driving actions to support effective operation Finance and HR monthly forecasting and resource management
- Assisting Project Managers in meeting deliverables
- Processing payments and invoices through SAP
- Coordinating industry work group workshops, leading steering committee meetings, and creating presentations for Project Managers and Delivery Directors
- Preparing stakeholder engagement documents, producing Visio presentations, uploading documents, and updating reports on SharePoint (Microsoft Teams)
- Raising purchase orders and variations
- Preparing and organisation of steering committee and industry working group meetings (including preparing packs)
- Collating portfolio reports for Project Managers and Delivery Directors (status reports)
Administrator
Buzzacott Financial Planning – London
07.2017 - 04.2019
Administration Assistant
University of New South Wales (Student Accommodation)
12.2013 - 05.2017
Customer Service Officer
University of New South Wales (Foundation Studies)
07.2012 - 12.2013
Student /Finance Officer
CQ University Brisbane
02.2008 - 07.2012
Education
Masters of Project Management - Information Technology Project Management
RMIT
02.2026
Bachelor of Events Management - (Business & Marketing)
Fitzwilliam Institute Group
11.2012
No Degree - Certificate III in Business Administration
Brisbane Commercial College
Brisbane, QLD07.2006
No Degree - Senior First Aid Certificate
South Bank Tafe
Brisbane01.2006
Skills
- CRM
- Cisco Jabber
- PeopleSoft
- Objective
- Salesforce
- SAP
- Jira
- Microsoft Office 365
- SharePoint
- Confluence
- Visio
- Adobe Design
Awards
- 2011, Nominated for Staff Awards Participation
- 2010, Nominated for Staff Awards Participation
- 2009, CQ University (C Management Services Pty Ltd) Staff Award – Bronze Award
Volunteer Experience
- 2010, Canteen Bandana Day 2010 (Brisbane)
- 2013, Mardi Gra (Sydney)
- 2014, Mardi Gra (Sydney)
- 2015, Pacific Runway Fashion Show (Sydney)
- 2017, Blogging and Fashion Network London (London)
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Senior Project Officer
Department of Education
07.2021 - Current
Project Coordinator
Sydney Metro
12.2019 - 07.2021
Project Coordinator
Roads and Maritime Services
05.2019 - 12.2019
Administrator
Buzzacott Financial Planning – London
07.2017 - 04.2019
Administration Assistant
University of New South Wales (Student Accommodation)
12.2013 - 05.2017
Customer Service Officer
University of New South Wales (Foundation Studies)
07.2012 - 12.2013
Student /Finance Officer
CQ University Brisbane
02.2008 - 07.2012
Masters of Project Management - Information Technology Project Management
RMIT
Bachelor of Events Management - (Business & Marketing)
Fitzwilliam Institute Group
No Degree - Certificate III in Business Administration
Brisbane Commercial College
No Degree - Senior First Aid Certificate
South Bank Tafe
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