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Talia Raphaely

Perth,Australia

Summary

Accomplished educator and outreach manager with extensive experience at Murdoch University, specializing in inclusive teaching and collaborative outreach initiatives. Proven expertise in sustainability strategies, leading to successful development and implementation of programs that enhance student engagement and achievement. Demonstrated leadership and critical thinking skills in diverse educational settings, driving positive outcomes for students.

Overview

37
37
years of professional experience

Work History

Sessional Academic & Lecturer

Murdoch University
Perth, Australia
01.2023 - Current
  • Delivered engaging course lectures utilizing modern technology to enhance student comprehension.
  • Developed comprehensive syllabi and assessment materials addressing diverse learning needs.
  • Conducted assessments through assignments, tests, and examinations to evaluate student performance.
  • Fostered an inclusive classroom environment that encouraged respect and collaboration among students.

Outreach Manager

Maccabean Jewish Community Newspaper
05.2022 - 05.2024
  • Outreach Manager.

Public Relations Officer

Australian Friends of Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Perth, Australia
01.2021 - 01.2024
  • WA Public Relations Officer.

Unit Coordinator

Online Universities Australia (OUA)
01.2023 - 12.2023
  • Unit coordinator.

Freelance English Editor

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Basel, Switzerland
01.2020 - 12.2023
  • Freelance English Editor.

Principal

Sustainably Speaking
01.2020 - 01.2023
  • Consultancy for sustainable outcomes, including multi-stakeholder engagement, collaboration, partnership-building, consensus and conflict resolution, network and partnership building, education, awareness, training, facilitation, behavioral and attitudinal change interventions and strategies, communications, media, marketing, events management, research and report writing.

University Associate

Curtin University
01.2016 - 12.2021
  • PhD and master’s Thesis supervision (Level 1 supervisor), thesis examination, research, writing, editing and publication, exam marking, and guest lecturing.

Lecturer

Curtin University
01.2008 - 12.2016
  • Unit development, implementation and coordination, teaching, postgraduate thesis supervision (Level 1 supervisor), research and publication (50+ academic and related papers and numerous conference presentations - please see Addendum 1).

Environment, Sustainability & Communications Specialist

Otarian US Inc., Otarian London Ltd
01.2009 - 12.2014
  • Develop sustainability strategy and outreach for a world-first low-carbon fast-food restaurant chain.
  • Create and implement the organisation's social responsibility programme.
  • Conduct sustainability training courses in New York, London, and online.
  • Manage all marketing, public relations, communications, customer/community/stakeholder engagement initiatives and partnerships and social media.

Tutor

Murdoch University
Perth, Australia
01.2006 - 12.2008
  • Introductory unit tutorial (Developing Australia), marking and student support.

Committee Member

Minister for the Environment
Perth, Australia
01.2002 - 12.2004
  • Ministerial committee to facilitate public consultation and provide advice to Cabinet on containment, transport, management, and disposal of hazardous waste.
  • Researched current trends in the field of work associated with the committee's activities.
  • Gathered information from outside sources related to potential projects under consideration by the committee.
  • Conducted outreach activities aimed at increasing awareness about the organization's mission among external stakeholders.
  • Participated in educational sessions and workshops designed to increase knowledge of relevant topics.
  • Conducted reviews of concerns to identify root issues and possible solutions.
  • Provided input on policy decisions related to program implementation, budgeting and resource allocation.
  • Served as a liaison between committees and other organizations working towards similar goals.
  • Reviewed public comments on proposed projects and provided feedback to committee members.
  • Attended meetings, listened to presentations and discussed various topics with other committee members.
  • Collaborated with staff to develop recommendations on policy issues related to the committee's mission.
  • Facilitated communication between members of different committees regarding collaborative efforts.
  • Met with committee members to review and develop policies and business strategy.

Manager Outreach, Education & Communication

Southern Metropolitan Regional Council (SMRC)
, Australia
01.2000 - 12.2004
  • Successfully established and managed this new function within regional government that focused on ensuring state, local, member council and community support for the newly established Regional Resource Recovery Centre (RRRC) including establishing, implementing and managing: A Regional education strategy and facility (required the support and cooperation of, and collaboration of multiple and diverse industry, national, state, regional and local government authorities, and community stakeholders and groups).
  • Conducting ongoing attitudinal and behavioural surveys and interventions to improve waste management behaviours at source/households.
  • Creating and implementing a broad-based, widely encompassing region-wide community waste education and communication strategy, ensuring collaboration and streamlining between the SMRC's 7 member councils, working with state government, schools, community groups, NGOs and CBOs.
  • Various working groups and consultants.
  • Developing and building a Regional Education Centre.
  • Ensuring regular education tours for the community, schools and special interest group (Government, environmental, women, youth, etc.).
  • Creating and coordinating tours run by a group of volunteers (I coordinated the volunteer group).

Manager Environmental Education, Promotion & Communication

Cape Metropolitan Council (CMC)
Cape Town, South Africa
01.1997 - 12.2000
  • Successfully established and managed a metro-wide education, promotion, and communication function within a newly created, controversial metropolitan governance department, including broad-based, widely diverse and exceptionally collaborative stakeholder networks, partnerships and programmes for promoting and supporting metro-wide, inclusive environmental consciousness resulting in synergistic goals, actions and outcomes for sustainability.
  • Conceived and managed the world's first-ever, week-long, metropolitan-wide Cape Metropolitan Festival of the Environment (CMFE) that resulted in multiple conservation education and promotion events that continue more than 25 years on.
  • Created and managed/facilitated/chaired a 30-member strong Steering Committee and 9 special focus sub-committees comprising almost 100 volunteers to create and input into the CMFE.
  • Sub Committees included Youth & Schools, Media & Marketing, Finance, Music, Talks, Presentations & Debates.

Academic research consultancy

Namibian Programme to Combat Desertification (NAPCOD)
Namibia
01.1996 - 12.1997
  • To combat desertification in the Gam and Khorixas Areas of Namibia conducted a Retrospective Assessment of the Environmental Impacts of Emergency Borehole Supply - All recommendations regarding future emergency drought response and mitigation were adopted by the Namibian Ministry of Environment.

Director - Training (non-salaried)

Association for Micro-Business Activity (AMEBA)
Johannesburg, South Africa
01.1993 - 12.1995
  • Delivery of informal business training to marginalized women and youth to alleviate and empower those marginalised by poverty.
  • Worked closely with the Grameen Bank to emulate their model of upliftment through micro-credit, requiring no collateral throughout Southern Africa.

Director (1993 -1995), Training & Development manager (1992 -1995)

Trident Institute (PTY) LTD
Cape Town, South Africa
01.1991 - 12.1995
  • Developed and implemented grassroots training programmes for youth and women's empowerment, leadership, and entrepreneurship in disadvantaged communities throughout Southern Africa (up to and including Kenya) to mitigate unemployment.
  • Worked with over 70 organisations throughout Southern Africa including the British Organisation for Development Aid (British ODA), the United States Agency for International Development (US AID), the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), key policy developers, government organisations, non-government and community-based organisations and political leaders including in Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, Kenya, and Zimbabwe.
  • Achieved 73% success rate in realising self-employment amongst participants.

Sub-Editor

The Citizen Newspaper
Johannesburg, South Africa
01.1990 - 12.1991
  • Part of a small sub-editing team working the 'graveyard shift' on a daily national newspaper.

Freelance Writer and Editor

South Africa
01.1988 - 12.1991
  • Freelance writing and editing work including community and daily newspapers, bulletins, corporate publications, annual reports, and magazines (whilst completing MPhil).

Editor

Zionist Record
Johannesburg, South Africa
01.1988 - 12.1990
  • Responsible for all aspects of the production of South Africa's oldest, national Jewish community newspaper.

Education

Ph.D. - Sustainability

Curtin University of Technology
Western Australia
01.2012

M.Phil. - Environmental Science

University of Cape Town
South Africa
01.1997

Postgraduate School of Business Administration - Management

University of The Witwatersrand
South Africa
12-1989

Bachelor of Journalism & Media Studies - Journalism & Media Studies

Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
01.1987

Skills

  • Networking strategies
  • Partnership development
  • Collaborative outreach
  • Sustainability expertise
  • Higher education instruction
  • Creative outreach initiatives
  • Research methodologies
  • Academic writing
  • Reporting and communication skills
  • Assessment design
  • Research supervision
  • Lecture delivery and public speaking
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Mentorship programs
  • Inclusive teaching practices
  • Critical thinking skills
  • Feedback provision strategies
  • Course coordination
  • Time management techniques
  • Performance assessment methods
  • Administrative skills
  • Research and analysis capabilities
  • Learning management systems proficiency
  • Continuous improvement initiatives
  • Course development strategies
  • Graduate student mentorship
  • Organizational skills
  • Student achievement promotion strategies
  • Student advisement and assessment practices
  • Relationship building techniques
  • Cultural sensitivity training
  • Student research guidance techniques
  • Lecturing skills
  • Professionalism in education
  • Student feedback mechanisms

Projects

Pathways to achieve low carbon living outcomes through collaborative urban development planning in Australia., CRC research income ($154,761) for a preliminary project titled Pathways to achieve low carbon living outcomes through collaborative urban development planning in Australia.

Awards

  • 2019 International Book Awards, Finalist in the Business Category, Bogueva, D., Marinova, D, Raphaely, T., and Schmidinger, K. (Eds.) (2019): Environmental Health and Business Opportunities in the New Meat Alternatives Market, IGI Global, Hershey, PA
  • Gourmand World Book Awards, Best in the World 2020, and Best Australian Book 2019 (Vegetarian Categories), Competed in China with winners from other countries in the same category.
  • 2017 Gourmand World Book Awards, Best in the World 2017 (Sustainability Category), and Best Australian Book 2017 (Sustainability and Vegetarian Categories), Raphaely, T., and Marinova, D. (eds) (2016): Impact of Meat Consumption on Health and Environmental Sustainability, IGI Global, Hershey, PA

Certifications And Memberships

  • Past committee member of the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand, the professional association for environmental practitioners
  • Certified Wildlife Carer; Department of Conservation and Land Management, and Perth Zoo
  • Practitioner's Certificate in Mediation and Conciliation, Institute of Australian Mediators and Arbitrators (2004), AIAMA (Associate Member)
  • State Committee Member, Animal Justice Party, WA
  • Political Candidate for the Eastern Metropolitan Region, Animal Justice Party (Federal Election 2017)

Affiliations

Past committee member of the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand, the professional association for environmental practitioners

Certified Wildlife Carer; Department of Conservation and Land Management, and Perth Zoo

Practitioner's Certificate in Mediation and Conciliation, Institute of Australian Mediators and Arbitrators (2004), AIAMA (Associate Member)

State Committee Member, Animal Justice Party, WA

Political Candidate for the Eastern Metropolitan Region, Animal Justice Party (Federal Election 2017)

Frequent Foster carer and rescuer of dogs, cats and birds working with a number of rescues, CBOs and NGO's

Accomplishments

· 2019 International Book Awards: Finalist in the Business Category

(Marketing and Advertising)Bogueva, D., Marinova, D, Raphaely, T., and Schmidinger, K. (Eds.) (2019): Environmental Health and Business Opportunities in the New Meat Alternatives Market, IGI Global, Hershey, PA

· Gourmand World Book Awards - Best in the World 2020, and Best Australian Book 2019 (Vegetarian Categories)

Competed in China with winners from other countries in the same category

Bogueva, D., Raphaely, T., Marinova, D. (eds) (2018): Handbook of Research on Social Marketing and Its Influence on Animal-Origin Food Product Consumption - IGI Global, Hershey, PA

· 2017 Gourmand World Book Awards: Best in the World 2017 (Sustainability Category), and Best Australian Book 2017 (Sustainability and Vegetarian Categories)

Raphaely, T., and Marinova, D. (eds) (2016): Impact of Meat Consumption on Health and Environmental Sustainability, IGI Global, Hershey, PA http://www.igi-global.com/book/impact-meat-consumption-health-environmental/134810411 p.

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Sessional Academic & Lecturer

Murdoch University
01.2023 - Current

Unit Coordinator

Online Universities Australia (OUA)
01.2023 - 12.2023

Outreach Manager

Maccabean Jewish Community Newspaper
05.2022 - 05.2024

Public Relations Officer

Australian Friends of Hebrew University of Jerusalem
01.2021 - 01.2024

Freelance English Editor

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
01.2020 - 12.2023

Principal

Sustainably Speaking
01.2020 - 01.2023

University Associate

Curtin University
01.2016 - 12.2021

Environment, Sustainability & Communications Specialist

Otarian US Inc., Otarian London Ltd
01.2009 - 12.2014

Lecturer

Curtin University
01.2008 - 12.2016

Tutor

Murdoch University
01.2006 - 12.2008

Committee Member

Minister for the Environment
01.2002 - 12.2004

Manager Outreach, Education & Communication

Southern Metropolitan Regional Council (SMRC)
01.2000 - 12.2004

Manager Environmental Education, Promotion & Communication

Cape Metropolitan Council (CMC)
01.1997 - 12.2000

Academic research consultancy

Namibian Programme to Combat Desertification (NAPCOD)
01.1996 - 12.1997

Director - Training (non-salaried)

Association for Micro-Business Activity (AMEBA)
01.1993 - 12.1995

Director (1993 -1995), Training & Development manager (1992 -1995)

Trident Institute (PTY) LTD
01.1991 - 12.1995

Sub-Editor

The Citizen Newspaper
01.1990 - 12.1991

Freelance Writer and Editor

01.1988 - 12.1991

Editor

Zionist Record
01.1988 - 12.1990

Ph.D. - Sustainability

Curtin University of Technology

M.Phil. - Environmental Science

University of Cape Town

Postgraduate School of Business Administration - Management

University of The Witwatersrand

Bachelor of Journalism & Media Studies - Journalism & Media Studies

Rhodes University
Talia Raphaely