Amanda is a career development professional with over a decade of experience specialising in military spouse and family employment. Her 2017 Churchill Fellowship has been cited in several reports and publications and she has presented the topic of military family employment at Australian and international conferences.
Projects that Amanda has been involved in include the Defence Families of Australia “Defence Partner Friendly Employer Initiative”, the Minister for Veterans Affairs “Veteran Employment Roundtable” and the recent Department of Veterans Affairs partner employment research project.
Her qualifications include a Bachelor of Science (Hons), a Master of Studies, and a Graduate Certificate in Career Development.
Amanda is a Registered Professional Career Development Practitioner with the Career Industry Council of Australia, a Professional Member of the Career Development Association of Australia, and a member of the National Career Development Association in the United States. She currently serves as a casual member of the National Executive Committee of the Career Development Association of Australia.
She has been awarded the 2022 Prime Minister’s Veterans’ Employment Award for Outstanding Contribution to Veteran and/or Partner Employment, the 2022 Career Development Association of Australia Award for Excellence in Leadership, and the 2019 Career Development Association of Australia Award for Excellence in Policy.
When not working in military family employment Amanda works in the Careers UC team at the University of Canberra, is the Secretary of the University of Canberra’s Veterans and Families Club, and is completing a Bachelor of Laws.
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