Benjamin B.

Policy professional with key skills across Writing, Research, Analytics and Advocacy. Experience in Nonprofit Climate Change, Health, Disaster Resilience, Environment and Disability/Mental Health Policy. Specialising in advocacy reports and policy submission writing. My experience comes from: - Policy Officer experienced in submission writing to state and federal government as well as advocacy projects in Climate and Health. Specialising in Lived Experience and Environmental Impacts. - Policy Analyst experienced in writing Government Submissions and Advocacy reports on various Sustainability and Climate Change topics. - A Big 4 professional services firm for 1.5 years in Infrastructure Economics and Real Estate covering Policy, Research, Data Analytics, Data Collection and Minuting. - Part of a Diverse Lived Experience Policy Panel supporting a Mental Health peak body to advocate and contribute to the Policy discussion as the face of mental health consumers. - Membership role in the Disability Leadership Training Institute managing retention, member communication and engagement as well as impact reporting. - Active Lived Experience Advocate in Advisory Boards within Government, Nonprofits and Universities bringing Mental Health and Disability perspectives and data into decision making. My Freelance experience is diverse covering: - NDIS Report Writing and Research for a NDIS provider. - AI Government Policy Review, Policy Research and AI training for large clients. - Real Estate Research, Policy and Law Analysis for a Buyers Agent - Real Estate Town Planning application research for a Buyers Agent. - Research and Advocacy Report Writing for a Youth Political Science Nonprofit. - Co designing an AI tool for writing by giving ideas and experimenting with the tool as a Founding Writer. - Giving descriptive and analytical feedback and ideas for product market research. My qualifications are a Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning (Honours) and I am working on a Master of Environment and Climate Emergency. I have achieved 2 Head of School Commendations for my high grades. My dissertation focused on the impact of the not-for-profit (nonprofit) sector i natural disaster resilience to understand the social, community, economic and environmental impacts of the sector in climate adaptation. Feel Free to reach out and have a chat to see how I can help you!