Trevor Puckering
Moorebank,NSW
Summary
Trevor is a passionate, commercial and versatile senior leader with more than 15 years’ experience in New South Wales government line, central and ‘watchdog’ agencies. Trevor has managed teams and is able to inspire direct reports and peers to achieve personal goals and deliver projects. Trevor is achievement-orientated with the drive to deliver milestones in the face of challenges. Trevor is a strategic thinker that applies best practice to consider potential issues and develops remedial plans to achieve the desired outcome. Trevor demonstrates success in building strong partnerships with diverse senior executives and leaders, the ability to communicate confidently and embraces difficult conversations.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director
Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network
03.2017 - Current
- Lead a team of eight clinical and non-clinical staff
- Contract management, interpretation and variation
- Monitoring and regulation of private correctional centre health services
- Coordination of transitions from one provider to another
- Establishment and maintenance of health service specifications
- Tendering and transactions of private correctional centre health services
- Operational commissioning of new correctional health centres
- Transition of John Morony Correctional centre to the in-house contestant
- Transition of Parklea and Clarence correctional centre health services
- Monitoring of centres responsible for 3,000+ patients
- Design and delivery of over 12 new correctional health centres
Acting Executive Director
Justice Health, Forensic Mental Health Network
12.2021 - 10.2022
- Drafting, delivery and reporting against ten year strategic plan
- Provide leadership and support to Directors and Managers
- Lead a team of 40+ direct and indirect reports
- Representation and advocacy at executive leadership meetings
- 24-hour availability to respond to urgent matters such as media queries
- Set organisational goals and objectives to guide and direct company focus and achieve mission fulfillment.
- Built relationships with donors, government officials and other organisations to secure funding.
Contracts and Performance Manager
NSW Ambulance
10.2020 - 04.2021
- Contract management, interpretation and variation
- Management of tenders for fixed wing and helicopter emergency services
- Engage aviation, commercial and legal advice
- Commercial close for two new PC-24 aeromedical jet aircraft
Acting Director/Program Manager
Department of Justice, Aboriginal Services Unit
02.2016 - 03.2017
- Management reoffending programs such as ‘What’s Your Plan?’
- Leadership of 31 court liaison staff across New South Wales
- Delivery of the Aboriginal Overrepresentation Plan (AOP)
- Ministerial and executive briefings
- Successful pilot of ‘What’s Your Plan?’ project resulting in state expansion
- Robust governance structures to support AOP
- Improved service delivery to Aboriginal offenders
Senior Analyst, Performance Audit Branch
Audit Office of NSW
09.2012 - 02.2016
- Writing, conduct and leading performance audit reports
- Consult and negotiate audit findings with senior departmental officials
- Engagement of consultants to develop a best practice framework
- Led Improving legal and safe driving among Aboriginal audit
- Led Identifying productivity in the public sector audit
- Led Performance frameworks in custodial centre operations audit
- Led Red tape reduction audit
Acting Senior Financial Analyst
NSW Treasury
02.2011 - 09.2012
- Research savings options to support savings strategies
- Manage projects, including consultants, to deliver expenditure reviews
- Build strong external relationships with key stakeholders and agencies
- Financial and economic analysis
- Key Projects/Achievements
- Management of the ICT Re-investment Pool
- Consultation on Corporate Shared Services Reform
- Drafting of Budget Paper 2012-13
- Benchmarking analysis and report writing for Fleet Efficiency Review
Analyst
RAIL CORPORATION, RAILCORP
01.2008 - 02.2011
- Economic and Finance Analysis Unit
Education
Master of Economics - Econometrics
Macquarie University
Sydney, NSW2015
Bachelor of Economics - Economics and Finance
University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW2007
Skills
- Financial Management
- Strategic Planning
- Regulatory and Legal Compliance
- Rules and Regulations
- Risk Management
- Internal Audit
- People Management
- Contract Bid Proposals
Certification
Health Leadership Program – Health Education and Training Institute
Gallup – Strength Finders Leadership Program
Executive Central Aboriginal Mentoring Program – Mentoring Works
Media release writing – Plain English Foundation
Dealing with difficult situations – Plain English Foundation Getting to the Point – Advanced Report Writing – Plain English Foundation
Performance Audit Training
Timeline
Acting Executive Director
Justice Health, Forensic Mental Health Network
12.2021 - 10.2022
Contracts and Performance Manager
NSW Ambulance
10.2020 - 04.2021
Director
Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network
03.2017 - Current
Acting Director/Program Manager
Department of Justice, Aboriginal Services Unit
02.2016 - 03.2017
Senior Analyst, Performance Audit Branch
Audit Office of NSW
09.2012 - 02.2016
Acting Senior Financial Analyst
NSW Treasury
02.2011 - 09.2012
Analyst
RAIL CORPORATION, RAILCORP
01.2008 - 02.2011
Master of Economics - Econometrics
Macquarie University
Bachelor of Economics - Economics and Finance
University of Sydney
Health Leadership Program – Health Education and Training Institute
Gallup – Strength Finders Leadership Program
Executive Central Aboriginal Mentoring Program – Mentoring Works
Media release writing – Plain English Foundation
Dealing with difficult situations – Plain English Foundation Getting to the Point – Advanced Report Writing – Plain English Foundation
Performance Audit Training
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