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Simulated workplace
Staff directory

The people

Ten roles you will work with. Sign in as any of them to personalise the workspace. All people are fictional.

Every person here is fictional. Names, roles and biographies were invented by CAQA for the simulation and do not describe any real person.
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Helena Marchetti

Deputy Secretary
Executive · she/her

Helena leads the department, is the principal adviser to the Minister and chairs the executive and audit and risk committees, having joined from central government four years ago.

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Samuel Adeyemi

Director, Grants and Programs
Grants and Programs Branch · he/him

Samuel directs the four grants programs and the regional assessment teams, holds the delegation for grants up to $250,000 and has run public grants programs for twelve years.

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Aroha Te Rangi

Director, Policy and Strategy
Policy and Strategy Branch · she/her

Aroha leads the policy team, clears every ministerial brief before it goes to the Deputy Secretary and has advised three ministers over eight years in the department.

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Nikhil Bhattacharya

Manager, Procurement and Contracts
Procurement and Contract Management Branch · he/him

Nikhil manages procurement planning, tender evaluations and the contracts register and has been the department's accredited procurement lead for six years.

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Fiona Callaghan

Director, Regulation and Compliance
Regulation and Compliance Branch · she/her

Fiona directs inspections, investigations and compliance action across funded providers, is the authorised officer under the funded service standards and joined the department nine years ago.

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Theo Lindqvist

Manager, Corporate Services
Corporate Services Branch · he/him

Theo runs finance, records, freedom of information, privacy, security and risk for the department and has been the fraud control officer for the last five years.

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Jasmine Whitlock

Manager, Community Engagement and Client Services
Community Engagement and Client Services Branch · they/them

Jasmine manages the front counters, the phone line and community consultations across the three offices and has worked in public sector client services for eleven years.

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Liam O'Shaughnessy

Grants Officer
Grants and Programs Branch · he/him

Liam assesses Community Connect and Youth Pathways applications in the Ballarat office, prepares recommendation reports and has been a grants officer for three years.

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Mei-Ling Tran

Compliance Officer
Regulation and Compliance Branch · she/her

Mei-Ling conducts inspections of funded providers in northern Victoria from the Shepparton office, assesses incident reports and joined the compliance team two years ago.

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Bilal Rahimi

Client Services Officer
Community Engagement and Client Services Branch · he/him

Bilal staffs the Melbourne front counter and phone line, registers complaints and enquiries and helps applicants use the grants portal, and has been with the department for eighteen months.