Ali Driscoll

Senior Consultant

Ali is a proficient, motivated and professional project manager and community engagement officer with demonstrated experience in rallying and organising communities to effect change. Her highly collaborative style, paired with her strong organisational skills and ability to communicate with clarity allows her to effectively deliver on a diverse range of projects. 

Qualified 

Advanced Diploma of Business Management, Certificate in Business Management, completed courses and professional development in Frontline Management, Borealis, Leadership Development, Assessing Risk: A Better Way to Audit and Conflict De-escalation and Emotional Resilience. 

Connected 

Ali is adept at fostering positive relationships and this skill has been crucial to her involvement in the development and implementation of complex and sensitive community engagement projects for diverse clients and industries. She also offers strong organisational and communication skills, enabling her to effectively understand and convey clients’ mission, vision and core values to external stakeholders and ensure positive outcomes for major infrastructure, mining and renewable energy projects.

Technical Experience

  • Coordinated and facilitated more than 18 community drop-in sessions for Premier Strategy.

  • Developed and fostered positive relationships with clients, stakeholders and external contractors for diverse projects.

  • Supported clients to develop processes for proactively engaging with community groups.

  • Managed advertising sales, liaised with clients, writers and photographers, reduced overheads and carried out promotional activities as Advertising Business Development Consultant at Uncover Magazine.

  • Developed relationships with all levels of management across many business areas, identified business development opportunities, analysed service or transaction for improvement and provided cost effective solutions as Business Development Consultant for Australia Post.

  • Successfully negotiated with unions, staff and management the reduction of more than 40 staff in Victoria through retraining for other positions, redeployment or voluntary redundancy as Business Manager for Australia Post.

  • Assisted Driscoll Joinery in achieving short, medium and long-term goals by managing and retaining relationships with existing clients, increasing client-base, researching business opportunities and viable income streams and following industry trends in a role as Business Development Manager.

  • Managing all financial processing, designed and maintained website and coordinated new business deal requirements for Driscoll Joinery.