Dr Vicki Hall has extensive experience managing programs and leading teams in environmental management. She holds a PhD in Quantitative Marine Ecology from James Cook University and has held several executive roles overseeing budgets up to $15 million and teams of up to 60 staff. Her skills include strategic planning, policy development, financial and resource management, stakeholder engagement, and data analysis. She currently works as the Manager of the Litter and Illegal Dumping Unit for the Queensland Government.

1. DR VICKI HALL
Address: 22 Constellation Way, Wynnum QLD 4178.
Telephone: 0433554160 (home); 07 3330 5457 (work)
SUMMARY OF SKILLS
EDUCATION
Ph.D,Quantitative Marine Ecology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, 1998
First Class Honours, Marine Ecology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, 1992
MANAGEMENT
Eight executive level positions held involving significant program, financial and human resource
management to deliver outcomes under strict deadlines. Managed various sized teams from 4 – 60 staff, and
provided direct oversight of budgets up to $15 million. Core responsibilities have included: establishing and
maintaining relationships with representatives across local, national and international organisations; liaising
with and reporting to senior executives, academics,administrative staff and external stakeholders on project
and program development and implementation; carrying out strategic planning leading to the formulation
and development of major policies and programs; managing information through the development,
manipulation and upkeep of large databases; and providing high-level support to Committees and Working
Groups.
FINANCIAL
Prepared quarterly and annual budget reports and reviewed financial forecasts for senior management.
Managed budgets of up to $15 million and have had financial delegation ranging from $25,000 to $90,000.
Recipient of three major awards and 15 research grants and in-principle support from Australian Packaging
Covenant for $2.5M state-wide litter and illegal dumping prevention campaign including $330,000 to
support the South West Region Roadside Litter Prevention Project.
CONCEPTUAL & ANALYTICAL SKILLS
Analysed, formulated and implemented policies and programs that addressed internal goals and met external
targets for the Queensland and Australian Government, Australian Research Council (ARC) and the
Australian National University (ANU). Developed and implemented three major research programs to
answer ecological questions of an applied nature in marine resource management; lead the development and
implementation of four projects to address key litter and illegal dumping issues; set up information system
frameworks and managed large databases through the storage, analysis and manipulation of information.
COMMUNICATION
Represented my place of employment on internal/external committees and meetings and presented at
conferences and workshops. Prepared key reports,frameworks, policies, review summaries, guidelines,
government submissions and briefs, technical reports, course manuals and discussion papers. Presented my
research findings at national and international conferences and delivered guest lectures to students at ANU
and JCU. Produced 9 scientific publications; 5 technical reports, 4 international publications, and 2 theses.
COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS
Established network of colleagues from research, local, state and federal government, industry and non-government
organisations. Instrumental in establishing collective partnerships with a range of stakeholders to deliver program
outcomes.

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RELEVANT WORK HISTORY
Position Title Organisation Timeframe
Manager,
Litter and Illegal Dumping Unit
Department of Environment and Heritage Protection,
Queensland
2013 - current
Manager,
Biodiversity Strategy and Planning
Department of Environment and Heritage
Protection, Queensland
2012 - 2013
Manager,
State of the Environment Reporting
Environmental Protection Agency,Queensland 2007 - 2012
Science Team Leader,
Strategic Analysis and Evaluation Group
Department of Education, Science and Training,
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
2006 - 2007
Acting Director, Strategic Analysis and
Evaluation Group
Department of Education, Science and Training,
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
October 2005 –
February 2006
Assistant Director, Strategic Analysis
and Evaluation Group
Department of Education, Science and Training,
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
April –
September 2005
Executive Officer, Deputy Vice-
Chancellor (Research)
Australian National University, Canberra, Australian
Capital Territory
2002 - 2005
Assistant Director,
Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
Australian Research Council, Canberra, Australian
Capital Territory
2001 - 2002
Postgraduate Coordinator, CRC Reef
Research Centre
James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 1999 - 2001
Consultant Fisheries Biologist, Northern
Fisheries Centre
Queensland Department of Primary Industries (QDPI),
Cairns, Queensland
1998
REFERENCES
Rob Curnow, BBSc, MPsych,MAPS
Director, Community Change
Frankston Vic 3199
Telephone: 61397754422; Email: rob@communitychange.com.au
Jon Brodie
Chief Research Officer
Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research
James Cook University Townsville
Telephone: 61747816435; Email: jon.brodie@jcu.edu.au
Leslie Shirreffs
Executive Director, Ecosystem Outcomes (retired)
Department of Environment and Heritage Protection
Telephone: 0407646954; Email: lawshir@bigpond.com

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SUPPORTING INFORMATION
TABLE OF LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES
Roles and Responsibilities Major Achievements
Setting of strategic directions and
leading the development,
preparation and production of
major reports, frameworks,
business plans, policies and
guidelines
 Queensland Litter and Illegal Dumping Organisational Plan (November 2014)
 Queensland Litter and Illegal Dumping Action Plan (October 2013)
 Litter and Illegal Dumping Project Plans for hotspots (January 2014)
 Fraser Island Dingo Conservation and Risk Management Strategy (July 2013)
 Cape York Peninsula Bioregional Plan: Framework (December 2012); Scoping Paper (June 2012)
 State of the Environment Queensland 2007 and 2011 Reports (The State of the Environment team was awarded a 2007 EPA Excellence
Award in recognition of the valuable contribution that this report made to the EPA)
 South East Queensland State of the Region 2008 Report
 Skills Audit: Summary Report Science, Engineering and IT Audit report (DEST, 2005)
 ANU Research Portfolio Business Plan (2004)
 ANU Research Portfolio Financial Plan (2003)
 ANU National Institutes:Guidelines and Targets for 2003
 Policy for establishing, closing and managing research centres (ANU, 2003)
 2001 Guidelines for the Australian Centre in Plant Functional Genomic (ARC and Grains Research and Development Corporation)
 Policy for the management of CRC Reef Postgraduates (CRC Reef, 2001)
Providing high level policy
analysis and specialist advice for
government on reports,
policy/project planning papers,
submissions,speeches and
ministerial correspondence and
briefings.
 Ministerial speeches and correspondence – State of the Environment Reports; Fraser Island Dingo Conservation and Risk Management
Strategy; Litter and Illegal Dumping programs; Science and Innovation projects
 Ministerial, estimate and general briefs (multiple: 2005 – current)
 EHP Science Strategy; EHP Strategic Plan; Litter and Illegal Dumping Community and Industry Partnerships
 Draft Cabinet Submission (2011) and Cabinet Submission (2007) – State of the Environment Report
 Measuring the impact of science and innovation investment - discussion paperfor Commonwealth Committee for Science and Technology
(DEST, 2006)
 Youth Attitudes Survey (DEST, 2005)
Reviewing and evaluating
programs for determination of
lifespan and/orcontinuous
improvement.
 Review of staffing structure – LIDU (2014 – 15)
 Reporting structure for the State of the Environment Report 2015
 Internal Evaluation of Environmental Policies and Programs; Discussion Paper and Guidelines (EPA 2008)
 Reporting structure and data presentation for the South East Queensland State of the Region Report (DIP, 2007 - 2009)
 Lapsing Programme Review - AIMS, CSIRO, ANSTO (DEST, 2006)
 Evaluation of Backing Australia’s Ability – discussion paper(DEST, 2005) (Team awarded Department of Education, Science and Training
Secretary’s Award for Excellence in Leadership)
 Review of the ANU National Institutes
 Review of ANU’s Research Portfolio functions and financial management (ANU, 2003)
 Submission to the Australian Government on the National Research Priorities
 ARC Review Panel for the ARC Centre for Smart Foods and the ARC Centre for Tropical Wildlife Management

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TABLE OF LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES (CONTINUED)
Roles and Responsibilities Major Achievements
Program management, including
significant financial and human
resource management.
 Litter and Illegal Dumping Unit (Queensland Government) - $1.4M budget and 8 staff
o Queensland Litter and Illegal Dumping Organisational Plan (November 2014)
o Project Plans - Litter and Illegal Dumping Hotspots (January 2014)
 Biodiversity Strategy and Planning (Queensland Government) – $200,000 budget and 3 staff
o Project Plan for the Cape York Bioregional Plan (July 2012)
 State of the Environment Reporting (Queensland Government) - $2.5M budget and 2 – 5 staff
o Queensland State of the Environment Project Plans (2007 and 2011)
 Youth Attitudes Survey (Australian Government) - $500,000 budget and 7 staff
o Skills Analysis Section Work Program (DEST, 2005)
 Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Budget (ANU) - $2.0M budget with support across the university
o ANU Research Portfolio Business Plan (2004)
o ANU Research Portfolio Financial Plan (2003)
o ANU National Institutes:Guidelines and Targets for 2003
 Biological Sciences and Biotechnology Discovery and Linkage Budgets (ARC) - $15.5M budget and 3 staff
 CRC Reef Education Program Budget (projects and student scholarships) -$1.57M budget supporting up to 60 students
Establishing and maintaining
relationships with key
stakeholders across government
agencies, research organisations
and the general community and
negotiate positive outcomes with
stakeholders with differing
agendas and view points
 Community of Practice – Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland governments regarding litter prevention
 EHP Waste Management Network – LIDU, Policy and Planning and Environment Regulatory Services
 National Packaging Covenant Industry Association – Funding for SW Region Roadside Litter Prevention Project
 National Association of Charitable Recycling Organisations Inc and UnitingCare Research – Preventing illegal dumping at charites
 Queensland Murray Darling Committee and South West regional councils (6) – South West Region Roadside Litter Prevention Project
 Brisbane City Council and Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation – Preventing illegal dumping on kerbsides
 HQ Plantations, Moreton Bay Regional Council and Sunshine Coast Council – Preventing illegal dumping in forests.
 Healthy Waterways – ‘Love your reusable water bottle’ campaign working group
 Keep Queensland Beautiful – One Minute A Day App
 Garage Sale Trail – Queensland sector
 Environment and Education sector – Review of waste education strategies in Queensland Working Group; Queensland Waste Education
Group
 Cape York Project Working Group (Finalist in the EHP Customer Focus and Service Awards – Getting Involved) (2012)
 Memorandum of Understanding with EPA and DIP for the preparation of the SEQ State of the Region Report (2008)
 SoE Critical Friends Group (2009)
 Bilaterial Research Agreement between Australia and France (ANU 2004)
 Framework Memorandum of Understanding with ANU, CSIRO and France (ANU 2004)

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TABLE OF LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES (CONTINUED)
Roles and Responsibilities Major Achievements
Representing my place of employment
on committees, meetings and forums and
main presenterof progress reports and
briefings to a broad audience including
senior executives and other relevant
parties.
 Chair – Charities Research Committee; Co-chair – Charities Project Reference Committee
 Member, Regional Working Group – South West Region; Beerburrum Hotspot Project Reference Committee; Kerbside Dumping
Hotspot Project Reference Committee
 Chair – South West Region implementation working group
 Presented an overview of Queensland’s Litter and Illegal Dumping Action Plan – South West Regional Working Group, Department
of Transport and Main Roads Regional Officers Workshop (2014-15), Queensland Waste Working Group (2012 -13)
 Presented ‘Fraser Island Dingo Conservation and Risk Management Strategy’ to the three Fraser Island Heritage Committees (2013)
 Member - Cape York Project Working Group (2012)
 Progress reports on the State of the Environment Report to Sustainability and Environmental Reporting Interdepartmental Committee
(2007 – 2011)
 EHP representative - NRM Monitoring, Evaluation, Review and Reporting Working Group (2007 – 2011)
 Member and guest chair - South East Queensland State of the Region Working Group (2008 – 2010)
 Queensland Government representative -Joint Working Group for Improved Environmental Reporting - Department of Environment,
Water, Heritage and the Arts (2009-10)
 Briefing on Backing Australia’s Ability: Forming partnerships for planning and evaluation to Senior Management, Innovation,
Research and Systems Group (2006)
 Progress reports to Audit of Science, Engineering and Technology Skills Corporate Leadership Group (2005)
 Australian Government representative - National Research Priorities Advisory Group; CCST: Science and Education Awareness
Standing Group; CSIRO Inter-Departmental Advisory Committee; Canberra Evaluation Forum Working Group; Nanotechnology
Interdepartmental Committee (2005 – 07)
 ANU representative - Forum for European Australian Science and Technology Cooperation Joint Advisory Group (2002)
 Member - ANU Business Continuity Planning Committee; ANU Portal and ePublishing Management Committee; ANU Kioloa Field
Station Management Committee (2002 – 2005)
 ANU representative at GBIF/ABIF meetings (2002)
 Member – CRC Reef Scientific Advisory Committee and Centre Management Committee (2000 – 01)
 Chair - CRC Reef Postgraduate Student Recruitment and Awards and Grant Committees; CRC Reef Postgraduate Student Research
Day Organising Committee (2000 – 01)

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TABLE OF LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES (CONTINUED)
Roles and Responsibilities Major Achievements
Managing and providing a high level of service to
working groups and committees, conferences,
planning days and portfolio functions
 LIDU Planning Day (Queensland Government 2014)
 Team Leader - State of the Environment: Series of theme-based workshops; Critical Friends Workshops (2000 -2010)
 Coordinator – 2003 Scenic Rim PostdoctoralConference entitled ‘Genome-Phenome Link’ hosted by ANU
 Coordinator and Chair - National Institutes and the ACT Government: Potential Synergies Workshop (ANU 2004)
 Coordinator -ANU Research Planning Day (ANU 2003)
 Coordinator - CRC Student Postgraduate Conferences (2000 and 2001)
 Secretariat - Sustainability and Environmental Reporting Interdepartmental Committee (EPA)
 Team Leader - Backing Australia’s Ability Planning Group (Chair – DEST)
 Secretariat - Science, Engineering and Technology Skills Audit Steering Committee (DEST)
 Coordinator - Intra-and Inter- Departmental Science, Engineering and Technology Skills Audit Working Group (DEST)
 Team Leader - National Institutes - Planning and Review Committees (ANU)
 Team Leader - Centres’ Policy Review Working Group (ANU)
 Coordinator - ARC/GRDC Planning Meetings for the establishment of the Australian Centre in Plant Functional Genomics
(ARC)
 Secretariat - Australian Research Committee Expert Panel Workshop (ARC)
Overseeing the development and management of
large databases associated with the administration
of grants and multiple sources of information and
carry out sophisticated analysis of data and training
 Developed Litter and Illegal Dumping Information SystemFramework
 Canvassed external expertise for complex data analysis – QUT Bayesian Networks – Land Use for the State of the
Environment Report 2011; Community Change – measuring behavioural change; University of Wollongong - Multivariate
Analysis for South West Region Roadside Litter Prevention Project.
 Advised on the development of SoEOnline, an environmental information system
 Produced Course manual for Biometrics (1998). Department of Zoology and
Tropical Ecology, James Cook University, Townsville.
Abbreviations
AIMS– Australian Instituteof MarineScience ANSTO – Australian NuclearScience andTechnology Organisation
ANU – The Australian National University ARC – Australian ResearchCouncil
CCST – Commonwealth Committee for Science andTechnology CRC – Cooperative ResearchCentre
CSIRO – CommonwealthScientific andIndustrialResearchOrganisation DEST – Department ofEducation, Science andTechnology(CommonwealthGovernment)
DIP – Department of Infrastructure and Planning(QueenslandGovernment) EHP – Environment andHeritage Protection (QueenslandGovernment)
EPA – Environment ProtectionAgency(QueenslandGovernment) GBIF/ABIF – Global/Australian BiodiversityInformation Facility
LIDU – Litter andIllegal DumpingUnit (QueenslandGovernment) QUT – QueenslandUniversity ofTechnology

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KEY PUBLICATIONS
Queensland Government. 2013a. Queensland’sLitter and Illegal Dumping Action Plan. Department of Environment and Heritage Protection, Brisbane.
Queensland Government. 2013b. Fraser Island Dingo Conservation and Risk Management Strategy. Department of Environment and Heritage Protection, Brisbane.
Queensland Government. 2011. State of the Environment Queensland 2011. Department of Environment and Resources Management,Brisbane.
Queensland Government. 2008. State of the Environment Queensland 2007. Environmental Protection Agency,Brisbane.
Queensland Government. 2007. Cabinet Submission – State of the Environment Queensland 2007 Report. Environmental Protection Agency,Brisbane.
Commonwealth of Australia. 2006. Audit on Science, Engineering and Technology SkillsAudit:Summary Report. Department of Science, Education and Training, Canberra.
Commonwealth of Australia. 2005. Youth AttitudesSurvey Report. Department of Science, Education and Training, Canberra
Hall, V. 2002. The Genome-Phenome Link. Program for the Advanced Studies Institute Conference. ANU Printery, Canberra.
Hearn, J and Hall, V. 2002. National Research Priorities. Submission by the Australian National University to DEST. ANU. Canberra.
Commonwealth of Australia. 2001. Guidelinesfor the Australian Centre in Plant Functional Genomics. Australian Research Council and Grains Research and Development
Corporation, Canberra.
Hall, V.R. 2001. The response of Acropora hyacinthusand Montipora tuberculosa to three different types of colony damage: scraping injury, tissue mortality and breakage. Journal
of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 264:209-223.
Hall, V. and Inglis, G. 2001. The complexitiesassociated with managing the relationship between light and tropical seagrasses. CRC Reef Research Centre and Townsville City
Council Technical Report, Townsville.
Hall, V. and Harriott, V. 2000. Orientation booklet forCRC Reef Postgraduate Students. CRC Reef Research Centre, Townsville.
Inglis, G. and Hall, V. 2000. Techniquesfor the rapid assessment of impacts on inshore seagrass meadows associated with increased turbidity. Townsville City Council Progress
Report.
Hall, V. and Gribble, N. 1999. Statusand Analysisof Research Data for the Queensland Gillnet Fishery. Northern Fisheries Centre, Cairns.
Hall, V.R. 1998. Injury and regeneration of common reef-crest corals at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. PhD Thesis,James Cook University, Townsville.
Bellwood, O. and Hall, V.R. 1998. Biology in the Tropics: Information for prospective undergraduate students. School of Biological Science, James Cook University, Townsville.
Endler, J., Hall, V.R., and Seymour, J. 1998. Course manual for Biometrics. Department of Zoology and Tropical Ecology, James Cook University, Townsville.
Hall, V.R. 1997. The recovery of artificial lesions in scleractinian coralsat Lizard Island. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 212:9-23.
Hall, V.R. 1996. Effects of injury on growth, reproduction and survivorship for common reef-crest corals. Proceedings of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama.
Hall, V.R. and Hughes,T.P. 1996. Reproductive strategiesof modular animals: Comparative studiesof reef-building corals. Ecology, 77:950-963.
Hall, V.R. 1992. Life-history strategiesof common reef-crest coralsat Lizard Island. Honours thesis,James Cook University, Townsville.