Miara Watson

Background

About Miara Watson

As a proud Aboriginal woman, I use cultural knowledge and approaches alongside refined professional skills and experience to create connections and grow productive relationships.I seek to build trust, listen, and understand the issues and perspectives of others and use this approach to support, facilitate, and lead collaborative projects to achieve shared results.I am passionate about enabling and supporting others to use agile and human-centered-design principles with creative design to solve problems, make improvements, and support innovation and growth.Professional success in cultural capability, strategic design, employee development, entry-level recruitment, employment and retention, projects, and stakeholder management.An experienced public servant holding numerous roles in large and small agencies with a variety of functions and focus. I take opportunities that develop me personally and professionally—and always strive to support, represent, and advocate for others, through my work, or in representative roles on employment and workplace committees.I am proudly Gurang Gurang from my mother (Bundaberg, Gladstone region) and Birri-Gubba and Kungalu (Central Queensland) from my father, and maintain strong connections in Ngunnawal country (Canberra) and Meanjin (Brisbane) my home community.