David Nickell

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About David Nickell

Experienced and adaptable professional. Provide advisory expertise in community engagement planning and delivery to DELWP Program and Project teams, consistent with the DELWP Community Charter and IAP2 best practice. Passionate about ensuring communities are provided with the best opportunity to participate in public decision making, wherever practical, as a fundamental principle underpinning our democratic system. Communicator. Continuous improvement focus and always looking for opportunities to learn to do things better. Certified IAP2 engagement professional, Risk Manager and qualified in ISO22301 Business Continuity Management. Community volunteer and advocate. Long-time member of local volunteer committees aimed at advancing local townships in home district, building community capacity and resilience and representing community aspirations to all levels of government and government agencies. Served as a Councillor in Local Government and steered multiple committees of Council. Background developing practical, no-nonsense IT governance frameworks and procedures that are useful and which suit needs of the business. Managed an IT Risk, Assurance and Security function and have introduced and developed IT Risk, Business Continuity and IT Disaster Recovery Planning frameworks from scratch in a large, complex corporate environment. Experienced at ITIL implementation and process improvement, particularly Incident, Change & Problem Management. Team leadership and coaching experience. Turn IT-speak and now government-speak into sensible everyday language whenever possible.