Research what skills are needed in our industries and businesses, both now and in the future, to provide the right skills to match our job needs; helping us to stay at the forefront of global competitiveness and support continued economic prosperity.
Identify and understand current and emerging trends in the global and domestic economy and how they impact on Australia’s skills needs.
Revise our qualifications and training programs to better match what people learn with the skills needs of our industries and businesses; giving our population the best possible chance of developing work ready skills.
Keep employers informed about trends in their industry, listen to their concerns and get their feedback on qualifications and training packages.
*PwC's Skills for Australia performs it's role on behalf of its allocated Industry Reference Committees as a Skills Service Organisation, rather than a Industry Skills Council, as per the federally mandated VET Reform Program. Skills for Australia is not an Industry Skills Council.
Our role is to ensure that Training Packages, and therefore vocational qualifications, reflect employers’ and students’ needs, both now and in the future.
To do this, we will engage with employers and students across Australia, conduct detailed industry research and collaborate with experts in the vocational education sector before reviewing and developing training products.
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Subscribe nowI am CEO of PwC's Skills for Australia Skills Service Organisation and lead PwC Consulting's work on skills, vocational education and employment. I have over 25 years' experience in Vocational Education, training and skills. My recent work has focused on supporting government in delivering policy outcomes: designing and implementing innovative solutions to government priorities, including transforming skills systems, creating new vocational routes to professional careers and creating an environment for economic growth. I have worked with education departments, both Federal and state, and with a range of TAFEs and private RTOs in Australia.
Based in Sydney, I've been with PwC Australia since 2014, after having spent 6 years with PwC in the UK. Prior to working as a professional consulting leader, I spent 10 years in delivery and senior management roles in the Further Education and Skills sector. In 2012 I was appointed by The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) in the UK as an Employer Ambassador for Higher Apprenticeships. I was a member of the HE Commission and the Parliamentary Group on Skills. I chaired the Professional and Business Services Council's Skills Taskforce, working with BIS and other employers on delivering the Industrial Strategy, and was a member of the London First Skills and Employment Board. In 2013, my team and I won the UK Management Consultancies Association People Award for their work on Apprenticeships.
As Head of Operations, I am responsible for managing and coordinating the day to-day operations, activities and deliverables of the Skills for Australia team. This includes governance, reporting, risk and issue management, schedule management and financial management processes and controls of Skills for Australia.
My experience is in delivering portfolio and program management, business continuity management and assurance engagements. My specialty is in establishment of Corporate Program Management Offices, program management support and delivery and program assurance reviews. I have been involved in a number of large scale Federal and State Government transformation programs, and have a strong focus on maintaining excellence in program delivery, making pragmatic recommendations to uplift program management capability and restore confidence in the ability of programs to deliver objectives on time and budget.
I am Head of Engagement at PwC's Skills for Australia, responsible for the team's interaction with its stakeholders who are critical to informing and shaping training products. I specialise in education policy reform and stakeholder management, having worked on a number of high profile, large-scale initiatives for government and industry, both in Australia and internationally.
In Australia, I have worked with the Victorian VET Funding Review to develop recommendations for delivering a stable vocational education funding system and achieving better outcomes for students and employers. I have also worked with a wide range of training providers to better track and manage their performance. In the UK, I developed and implemented a large-scale and innovative response to the issues of skills gaps in the professional sector and particularly small businesses, engaging with hundreds of training providers, employers and students.
Prior to working at PwC, I was a Primary School teacher at two schools in the UK and a school Governor at two schools in London. Continuing my passion for education, I currently volunteer as a leadership coach for school teachers.
I am the Head of Training Product Development for PwC's Skills for Australia. My experience includes assisting Registered Training Organisations with quality, student experience and compliance matters. I have also worked in the Queensland Government as Senior Policy Adviser to the Minister for Education, Training and Employment. In my Government work, I was responsible for the whole of sector review of VET in Queensland (Skills and Training Taskforce) and the implementation of the Taskforce's recommendations (including the transition to an industry led advisory commission and the transition of TAFE to a statutory body).
My international experience includes projects in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates related to economic analysis, public policy and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of public sector entities.
PwC's Skills for Australia - the Skills Service Organisation for the Business Services, Culture and Related Industries, Education, Financial Services, ICT and Printing and Graphic Arts industries - is conducting preliminary consultations to inform future changes to the Training Packages, and therefore the vocational qualifications, in these sectors.
This survey is your opportunity to contribute to the direction of vocational education in the industries that we are preparing business cases for. These business cases, which are to be submitted to the Australian Industry and Skills Committee (AISC), will present the industry-led case for proposed changes to training products across a range of projects, all of which share the common goal of aligning the skills taught to learners with the needs of industry.