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Rachel Penny

Armstrong Creek,VIC

Summary

  • Excellence in building quality stakeholder engagement
  • Methodical approach, producing accurate and timely outcomes
  • Proficiency in interpreting and applying legislation, policy and procedures
  • Highly developed analytic and decision making skills
  • Independent and efficient workflow prioritisation
  • Consistent accuracy of compliance in the Public Sector

Overview

2021
2021
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

APS5 Internal Review Officer (ongoing)

National Disability Insurance Agency

Responsibilities and achievements:

  • Analysing and categorising requests for reviews
  • Prioritising workflow in response to legislative timeframes
  • Undertaking objective, systematic analysis to form evidence based decisions
  • Multiple stakeholder education and engagement
  • Applying legislation and policy to develop comprehensive reports
  • Recruited to specialists teams in view of reducing A.R.T. submissions



APS4 Planner (ongoing)

National Disability Insurance Agency

Responsibilities and achievements:

  • Interpret and apply policy, principles and procedures
  • Research and collate information to make informed decisions
  • Resolve complaints regarding participant plan funding
  • Actively contribute to consistently high performing team
  • Setting goals and exceeding KPI's


Victorian Vaccine Control Centre Coordinator

Victorian Department of Health

Responsibilities and Achievements:

  • Coordinate the central contact point for COVID-19 vaccine related service requests and incidents
  • Triage and allocate work items to state and federal health service stakeholders
  • Monitor and respond to operational activities
  • Provide data and reporting
  • Assist the Director to ensure COVID-19 vaccine hubs receive appropriate support from the Victorian Department of Health


Service Officer

Services Australia

Responsibilities and achievements:

  • Assess customer payments, evidence, obligations and entitlements using multiple I.T. platforms
  • Research and implement Operational Blueprint
  • Advise customers on legislation, policy, procedures,
    payments and services
  • Resolve customer complaints
  • Liaise with stakeholders
  • Actively identify and contribute to I.T. system errors

Health Club Assistant Manager

Peppers Sands Resort
12.2019 - 04.2020
  • Identified and transformed Health Management programs into Health Prevention programs
  • Identified and developed administrative systems and procedures to ensure accurate data management and recording
  • Improved and renegotiated commercial agreements with external stakeholders
  • Resolved conflicts and negotiated mutually beneficial agreements between parties
  • Developed team communications platforms

Founder, Head Trainer. Balance Studio

Self Employed
07.2014 - 10.2019
  • Founded a successful, dynamic & reputable health and fitness facility
  • Provided high-volume, quality support and planning to assist program participants identify and obtain their needs and goals
  • Built and strengthened valuable industry partnerships to drive collaboration, engagement and revenue stream development
  • Developed key operational assessment tools to facilitate positive client outcomes
  • Cultivated forward-thinking, inclusive and performance-oriented culture
  • Implemented staff recruitment, training & management

Education

Certificate 3 - Business Administration

Open Colleges

Certificate 3 & 4 - Fitness

Deakin University
Waurn Ponds, VIC
2004

Certificate 4 in Older Adults Training -

VFA Learning
Geelong

Cerification -

No Falls Program
Geelong

Diploma - Pilates

The Pilates Company
Melbourne
06.2004

Skills

  • Goals driven
  • Solution focuses
  • Emotionally aware and resilient
  • Strong sense of justice and fairness
  • Thoroughly enjoys a team environment
  • Critical thinker
  • Positive, grateful and engaging

Certification

Work Health and Safety Officer

First Aid Level 2 & CPR

Working With Children's Check

GDFL AFL Coach of the Year

Referees

Richard McCoy
Branch Manager (acting)
NDIA
E: richard.mccoy@ndis.gov.au


Fiona Mathers –

Team Leader

Services Australia

E: fiona.mathers@ndis.gov.au



Timeline

Health Club Assistant Manager

Peppers Sands Resort
12.2019 - 04.2020

Founder, Head Trainer. Balance Studio

Self Employed
07.2014 - 10.2019

APS5 Internal Review Officer (ongoing)

National Disability Insurance Agency

APS4 Planner (ongoing)

National Disability Insurance Agency

Victorian Vaccine Control Centre Coordinator

Victorian Department of Health

Service Officer

Services Australia

Certificate 3 - Business Administration

Open Colleges

Certificate 3 & 4 - Fitness

Deakin University

Certificate 4 in Older Adults Training -

VFA Learning

Cerification -

No Falls Program

Diploma - Pilates

The Pilates Company
Rachel Penny