Consultancy
Monika holds a PhD exploring engagement principles and practice in Australia and Europe, focusing on isolated and marginalised communities and particularly industrial communities, to better understand how they evolve into successful, self-sustaining and socially cohesive communities.
Monika advocates to empower people, communities and organisations with greater understandings, and to have a voice, connect and seek mutually beneficial outcomes. Monika presents internationally on innovative engagement principals and practice, and how we can re-birth lost communities and learn from them. She also gives author talks regularly.
Monika has more than 30 years experience working in issues rich and complex environments for the corporate, government, community, waste, water and environment sectors. She has a proven record in project management and conceptualising frameworks that guide policy, strategy, research, social impact assessments, stakeholder and partnership projects and management. As a respected project manager and strategic and critical thinker, Monika tailors requirements to address project issues and needs. She conceptualises frameworks to guide research, policy, engagement and change projects, particularly in the community, arts, education, non for profit, government, corporate, water and environment sectors.
Please contact Monika at soup@netspace.net.au for further information on consultancy services, presentations and author talks.
Project development and management
Monika is an experienced project manager of complex and multiple projects in parallel, including in issues mitigation. She has a proven track record in project, relationship and team development, leadership and management for such organisations as Melbourne Airport Corporation, AECOM, Boral, the Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning (DELWP), the Docklands development and Melbourne Water.
Engagement, change and corporate communication
Monika has established and led engagement, change and corporate communication programs to deliver multiple and complex projects, including in infrastructure and land development projects, bushfire emergency response, issues management, waste and water. She has worked for such organisations as DELWP, the EPA, Sustainability Victoria, Melbourne Water, the Homelessness Network, Department of Education and Training, and Let’s Read Expo. She has worked with The Royal Children’s Hospital to promote mental health through community empowerment programs, has taught for various universities and established, facilitated and chaired numerous reference groups, steering committees and workshops.
Monika often works in a dynamic, fast-paced environment that necessitates a proactive approach to respond to requirements in an ambiguity of change. She also develops and delivers training programs in communication, engagement and writing to the corporate sector.
Please contact Monika at soup@netspace.net.au for further information on consultancy services, presentations and author talks.
Honorary work
A community conscience and commitment to social equity and responsibility has led Monika to serving in an honorary capacity on various committees and panels, including chairperson of several.
These include the Hume Multiversity (Chair), Creative Victoria Advisory Panel, Western Melbourne Regional Development Australia, Deakin University Writers Group, Wyndham City Council Public Arts Advisory Committee, Werribee Football Club Board, and City West Water and Melbourne Water community liaison committees.