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Melissa Garvin

Edensor Park,NSW

Summary

Experienced leader committed to facilitating access to essential services for disadvantaged communities, enhancing their health and well-being. Skilled in optimizing therapeutic service delivery through employee motivation and policy adherence. Proficient in fostering relationships with clients and stakeholders to ensure outstanding service outcomes. Possessing over 8 years of diverse experience in customer service, administration, and management roles.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Administration Partner (Participant Experience)

Everyday Independence
11.2021 - Current
  • Led customer service and relationship management at a hub level by taking personal responsibility for client satisfaction by consistently meeting or exceeding needs and expectations.
  • Effectively managed the hub environment and CRM platform (Salesforce/Lumary) to ensure that all client inquiries were responded to promptly and their therapeutic needs were fulfilled with minimum wait periods.
  • Coached both practitioners and administration team members on transferring to a new company-wide scheduling system (Skedulo) in order for them to utilize system to its potential.
  • Increased practitioner productivity by working collaboratively with a clinical Team Leader to implement strategies and capacity build them to both reach KPI's constantly and to take care of their wellbeing.
  • Undertook strategic business development by attending disability expos and one community events as well as other initiatives and activities to build strong partnerships with potential referrers which increased referrals significantly (20+ referrals on average per week).

Administration Area Lead

Everyday Independence
11.2022 - 09.2023
  • Provided strong leadership to my area administration team of 10 staff members, training, and supporting them so they can support and retain participants.
  • Monitored the performance of all direct reports on a regular basis and increased productivity of employees by 25% through effective management of time and resources.
  • Guaranteed that all participants in my area, were correctly onboarded and supported to access services through planning and delivering service agreements schedules of supports, person-centered plans and assessments tools.
  • Diligently collected feedback from participants, their supports, stakeholders, and staff members, particularly their views on current service delivery to improve processes and ultimately customer experience.
  • Developed local area marketing plans and ensured that each hub activated their activities on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis.

Administration Assistant (Participant Scheduler)

Everyday Independence
07.2019 - 11.2021
  • Served as a friendly and helpful first point of contact in the hub.
  • Completed on-boarding processes for new clients ensuring all aspects and steps for a successful on-boarding were meet within agreed time frames using various platforms including Salesforce/Lumary and Microsoft Office.
  • Successfully scheduled appointments in alignment with therapy plans created by practitioners following initials to ensure a smooth experience with the organization.
  • Efficiently worked alongside an Administration Partner to support clients access our services, grow strong local referral networks, and build/provide a vibrant hub environment that ensured our practitioners were engaged and equipped.

Membership Sales Consultant

Fitness First
04.2018 - 03.2019

Membership Consultant


  • Contributed to the operation of a clean, friendly and well maintained health club.
  • Provided prompt, efficient, friendly and quality services at all times.
  • Accountable for driving lead generation, sign-ups (KPI monitored) and guaranteeing a personal individualized experience after joining to ensure retention.
  • Achieved KPI targets for membership enrolment and sales targets for PT packages ranging between $210- $510.)

Personal Trainer

Fitness First
04.2018 - 03.2019
  • Designed specific physical training plans for 30+ individual clients based on performance ability.
  • Implemented nutritional guidance alongside physical training plans, yielding more comprehensive results for clients overall wellbeing.
  • Adapted classes to meet needs of participants with varying fitness levels.
  • Trained clients on a variety of strength training, cardiovascular exercises and stretching techniques.

Education

Bachelor of Health Science -

University of South Australia
Online
12.2025

Certificate III & IV in Fitness -

Australian Institute of Fitness
Parramatta, NSW
01.2018

Certificate III in Business Administration (Medical) -

TAFE NSW
Liverpool, NSW
01.2017

Skills

  • Service Coordination
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Discretion and Confidentiality
  • Documentation And Reporting
  • Process Improvement
  • Business development and planning
  • Operations Management

Certification

  • NSW WWC Check
  • NDIS Worker Screening Check
  • NSW Drivers Licence
  • Mental Health First Aid
  • First Aid & CPR


Timeline

Administration Area Lead

Everyday Independence
11.2022 - 09.2023

Administration Partner (Participant Experience)

Everyday Independence
11.2021 - Current

Administration Assistant (Participant Scheduler)

Everyday Independence
07.2019 - 11.2021

Membership Sales Consultant

Fitness First
04.2018 - 03.2019

Personal Trainer

Fitness First
04.2018 - 03.2019

Bachelor of Health Science -

University of South Australia

Certificate III & IV in Fitness -

Australian Institute of Fitness

Certificate III in Business Administration (Medical) -

TAFE NSW
Melissa Garvin