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| Marion Jones
Queensland, Australia
Age: 60-69 |
Nominated as:
Nominated by: |
Convener and Member
Australian Federation |
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| Professional
Field and/or present occupation |
Education
Retired School Principal |
| Experience assessing doctoral and postdoctoral academic research proposals: |
AFGW Fellowship Officer (2009 - 2012) - responsible
for assessing doctoral and postdoctoral academic research
proposals and recommending successful applicants for awards;
monitoring all Australian Bursaries.
AFGW Convener for Education (2009 - 2012) - monitoring all
aspects of Education and making reports and recommendations
to the AFGW Council.
Member IFUW Fellowships Committee (2007 - 2010) - successfully
assessed 83+ proposals and negotiated towards recommendations
for awards.
Immediate Past President of AFUW-Q - overseeing the annual
assessment of applications for Fellowships to a value of
approx. A$200 000.
Ability to access high level advice in many fields of research
through strong links with experts in areas other than mine
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| Other skills and experience (volunteer and professional) from the last 10 years which qualify you for this position |
Alumni Friends of University of Queensland (1300
+ members) - Committee Member; Convener of the Membership
Committee; IT experience which has enabled me to step in,
after the sudden resignation of Executive Officer, to manage
and update the membership database, issue renewal notices
and publish newsletters
AFUW-Q - Immediate Past President
Lyceum Club Brisbane - Committee Member and IT Officer
Women Welcome Women World Wide (5W) - Honorary Life Member;
President - South East Queensland Group of 5W
Principal of large schools throughout Qld
President of the Qld State Schools Principals' Association
- Chairing Selection and Recruitment panels for the positions
of Principal, Deputy Principals etc ; ability to build successful
and effective teams; ability to achieve stated outcomes.
In all these positions, I have a proven record of high-level
negotiation and team building skills, the ability to complete
all required tasks on time; and high-level IT skills.
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| Goals for this position and the contribution you believe you can personally make if elected or appointed |
If I am appointed to the Committee as Convener or
Member, my goal is to ensure that the highest level applicants
are awarded the Fellowships. This would entail a thorough
assessment of applications by members of the team, a close
working relationship between committee members, and the
opportunity for all members to contribute to the process
to be used. I would try to ensure that all suggestions and
assessments are valued, that members believe that their
input is important, and that there is the opportunity to
negotiate the best outcomes to be recommended to the IFUW
Board of Officers.
My experience on the IFUW Fellowships Committee and the
other committees (as in 14 above) will be invaluable in
advising the IFUW Board of Officers on any special policy
questions and conditions governing awards. |
| How would you promote sponsorship for and donations to the International
Fellowships? |
Through my successful experience in high-level positions
in AFGW and other organisations, I am able to demonstrate
a high-level ability to promote sponsorship and to elicit
donations.
I believe that it is important to give the IFUW Fellowships
as much publicity as possible in IFUW, NTA, STA publications
as well as in various areas of the media. I would contact
NTAs to request that they advertise the Fellowships and
to ask for sponsorships and donations.
It may be possible to ask IFUW and NTAs to add an item soliciting
donations and/or bequests to their application and renewal
forms. |
| What do you see as the role of the convener? |
To me, the role of Convener is:
* to build a team in which each member of the Committee and
their contributions are valued
* to encourage members to participate fully and thoughtfully
in the assessment process
* to provide an atmosphere where, when committee members have
reached different assessments, they are encouraged to explain
their reasoning to other members
* to support negotiations within the team to ensure that the
best applicants are
* recommended to the Board.
* to maintain full communication with the Board
* to undertake any and all tasks requested by the Board
* to attend meetings as necessary.
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| Education: |
B. Ed. St. 1979 University of Queensland - Education,
History, Psychology
Dip. Teaching 1960 Qld teachers' College (now University of
Technology) - Mathematics, Science |
| Mother
tongue: |
English |
| Ability
to speak English: |
Excellent |
| Ability
to understand spoken English: |
Excellent |
| Ability
to read English: |
Excellent |
| Ability
to write English: |
Excellent |
| Other
languages: |
French (able to read and write simple French)
Italian (able to read and write simple Italian) |
| Computer
skills: |
Considerable experience sending e-mail and using the
Internet |
| Internet access: |
Regular access to e-mail at home or the office |
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