EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

5/08 - 10/08  DriveRecruit; Air Liquide Australia; Strategy1

MR driver, operate Komatsu onboard crane, removalist, multidrop delivery

2/08 – 4/08 NSW Attorney-General’s Department

Clerical officer, sound recordist, court officer

8/07 - 1/08 Jobwire; Bluecollar Recruitment; Momentum Recruitment

MR driver, removalist, baggage handler

3/07 - 7/07 Navy Industry Engagement and Contracting Bureau

Manage and record flow of contract and/or tender documentation, make travel bookings & arrange related allowances, coordinate office requisites, draft routine correspondence, arrange meetings. Also: polling official for NSW State election

12/06 – 1/07 Blue Collar Recruitment, Parramatta

Baggage handling for QANTAS flight catering

9/06 – 11/06 Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia

Administration of bankrupt estates, conveyance of real property, lodgement and withdrawal of caveats against encumbered property, provide information about processes and consequences of bankruptcy and quasi-bankruptcy arrangements, receipt of public monies, collection of debts

4/06 –  9/06 Australian Bureau of Statistics

Data entry of survey responses, scanning of forms, data repair, collection of data by phone, door-to-door collection of household forms

1/06 -   4/06 Taylor Dante Loss Prevention; Westfield Hurstville

Random bag checks, respond to alarms and reports of known theft, enforce loss prevention policies and procedures, tailing and observation of suspicious customers and known shop thieves, coordination with covert store detectives and CCTV control room operator.

12/05 – 1/06 Skilltech, Bankstown

Reading and reporting information from electricity meters

8/05 - 11/05 Australian Taxation Office, Parramatta

Inbound telephone counselling of taxpayers regarding their income tax obligations, resolving electronic lodgement difficulties, actioning requests for publications, interpretation of material accessible through webite, decide requests for lodgement deferral, assist completion of paper and e-tax returns, collection action  

7/05 – 8/05 Contact Centres Australia (Surry Hills, Sydney)

Telephone solicitation of donations to benefit the Spastic Centre of New South Wales, the Rural Fire Brigades Association of New South Wales and the Oncology Childrens Foundation

5/04 – 9/04, 4/05 – 7/05 Advent Security; Taylor Dante Loss Prevention

Retail loss prevention officer and security guard, guard point duty, building security patrols, access control, function/exhibition security, mobile patrols, control room operations. Also: document management paralegal Ringtail experience with Freehills

3/05 – 4/05 Customers1to1, Chatswood

Telemarketing ‘carebears’ and solicitation of donations for NRMA Careflight

9/04 – 3/05 Department of the Army (Fort Jackson, USA)

Basic combat training, paralegal specialist training

3/04 – 5/04 Federal Court of Australia; Parliament House, Canberra

Court officer, swearing in witnesses, managing exhibits, Parliamentary security

5/03 – 1/04 Insight Contact Centre; Customcall Pty Ltd

Telephone fundraising for charities and for plans of insurance. Also: concurrent employment at NSW Police Court and Legal Services

8/02 – 4/03 Australian Taxation Office; NSW Births, Deaths and Marriages

Negotiating payment and lodgement arrangements, drafting and issuing statutory notices, actioning requests for duplicate life data, adjudge upon suspension of recovery action and waiver of penalties, negotiate outstanding BAS payments and lodgements

2/02 – 8/02 Pizza Hut

Delivery driver and kitchenhand. Also: nightfill team member for Coles & volunteer solicitor for Redfern Community Legal Centre

9/00 – 12/01 Migration Review Tribunal

Preparation of case examinations, system support, counter and telephone advising, liaison with Tribunal members, paralegal tasks, quality assurance of decisions for publication, Deputy OHS Representative 

3/00 - 7/00 Judge’s Tipstaff, Compensation Court of New South Wales

Personal assisting, chauffer and valet service, running errands, liaison with court officials and legal professionals, preparation of venues for conduct of court hearings on circuit throughout New South Wales

3/97 - 3/00 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Production of official travel documents, document quality assurance, interrogation of applicants for Australian-issued travel documents, authorising of document issue

2/94 - 3/97 Dept of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

Personnel and Finance Clerk, Settlement Services Officer, Collector of Public Monies, Records Manager, Court Services Officer (secondment to Federal Court)

9/93 - 2/94 Dept of Defence (Navy)

Data entry, computer operator, personnel clerk, data verification, respond to personnel enquiries, mainframe servicing

10/92 - 8/93 Dept of Employment, Education and Training (Australian Government)

Interview and screening of applicants for advertised positions; job matching; conduct jobseeker group seminars

1989 – 1992 University of New South Wales; State Bank of NSW

Science and engineering degree studies; MICR processing and data entry

Education:

Law Certificate from Hanoi National University, Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (University of Wollongong), Bachelor of Laws (UTS) 

1988