Prosple Profiles

You are an adviser, a counsellor, a cheerleader, a boundary-setter, and on any given day you can be both the best and worst person in the world (if your students had any say, that is!).

It’s really rewarding knowing the things you are working on will be used to shape the future education systems of Australia.

In my role as an analyst, I spend most of my time doing the maths. This includes processing and manipulating data and updating and building models.

I love the process of starting with lots of disparate, muddy information about a situation and synthesising until I have an insight that brings the situation into focus.

Some of my most satisfying moments have been after implementing a solution and being able to show the result on the application. Having others use something you have helped build is very rewarding.

Everyone in the department brings their own skill sets and knowledge to the different teams.

Working in the public service means being exposed to a variety of subject areas and being flexible to changing priorities and work.

I think the thrill of settling transactions and creating major commercial outcomes for clients is what keeps corporate lawyers going – it’s certainly one aspect that I find exhilarating.