Vicki Scott & Associates was established to leverage off Vicki’s extensive work experience in developing, implementing and managing major projects across a wide range of fields.

Making it Happen
Vicki has an exceptional track record of achievement in delivering specialist management services to the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. The experience and services offered include:

• Clarifying the objective or problem for all relevant stakeholders;
• Preparing an inventory of available resources, estimating additional requirements, defining options for proceeding and providing strategic counsel;
• Negotiating objectives, timeframes, funding and resource allocation acceptable to all relevant parties, and eliminating gaps and duplication. This is done with empathy with individual goals and agendas but being firm and forceful as required, to achieve outcomes;
• Pulling together disparate groups (and individuals) through vision sharing and team leadership. Being the ‘glue’ that holds all the parts together, managing egos and relationships;
• Trouble shooting in the planning stages, and during implementation;
• Making it happen – Vicki works independently or with a dedicated team to implement the project, and has the ability to seek the cooperation of “influencers” where appropriate to assist in project development and/or outcomes;
• Reviewing how well the objectives were achieved, identifying what still needs to be done, and how things might be done better in future. This can be in coordinating all aspects of event management, running seminars, conducting training.

Achievements
In the last five years Vicki has successfully managed four significant major national projects.

• August 2004 to July 2005
  Coordinator, National Reconciliation Planning Workshop, Canberra, 
   
• May 2002 to May 2003
  Director, Events Policy, Department of the Premier and Cabinet, 
   
• Sept 2000 to May 2002
  Director, Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Queensland, 
   
• 1999 to June 2000.
  Project Manager, Corroboree 2000, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Canberra, 
  

All required the ability and motivation to take and develop an initial concept, and manage it through to the delivery of a successful result. Each event was delivered against the backdrop of an extremely complex and difficult environment.

They also required significant political acumen and a sound understanding of the differing cultures of private organisations, not-for-profit organisations, and federal, state and local governments.

Vicki was also responsible for:

• identifying and managing all the elements that when effectively combined ensure a successful project or event;
• coordinating and negotiating police and security services at the State and Federal levels, including traffic management at the local level;
• fund raising;
• identifying and facilitating business opportunities;
• developing and managing budgets;
• managing key personnel;
• selecting and managing event organisers;
• negotiating attendance of foreign dignitaries and national and state leaders;
• developing Cabinet submissions and Cabinet processes;
• managing Commonwealth/State relations and resolving tensions between state and local governments.

By successfully combining these roles across four diverse and complex projects Vicki has amply demonstrated her capacity and skills in providing specialist management support in a range of disciplines. They also highlighted her unique strengths in developing and implementing the necessary operational, strategic and financial planning required in order to secure real outcomes.

She also established a proven capacity to negotiate and secure the necessary cooperation and support from key individuals and organisations, whether they are from the public, private or not-for-profit sectors.

A personal profile, including Vicki’s relevant recent experience, is available.