Trisha Nicholls

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About Trisha Nicholls

Trisha Nicholls BA(Psych), GDipBusAnalytics is CIPS and PRINCE2 certified with a background in procurement and contracts senior leadership, project management, research leadership and data analysis, and executive level advisory and support in Australian and UK based cross-sector organisations. Positions have involved influencing at the most senior levels, managing organisational wide procurement and contract governance activities, undertaking operational projects service delivery, performance reporting and coordination.Experienced tender evaluation panel Chair with competencies and strengths developed in:• Stakeholder engagement • Results orientation and solutions focused• Staff and Executive capacity building in procurement and contracts activities • Compliance assessment• Change management • Continuous improvement• Risk management • Probity and ethics• Contract development, interpretation and negotiation • Feedback loop closure• Complex report writing • Data analytics and ICT systems• Financial literacy • Policy and procedure audits and improvementsTrisha combines her person-centred leadership style with data driven decision making, supported by her attainment of a Graduate Diploma of Business Analytics from Deakin University, and a Bachelor of Arts, Psychology from Monash University. Trisha received the Monash University, Dean's Recognition Award for Outstanding Academic Results, and her work was published to the Predictive Analytics unit cohort at Deakin University as an example of a high quality post-graduate submission.