Public Sector Perspectives Episode 15: Reflecting on the Community you Serve with Bonnie Cavanagh
Public Sector PerspectivesShow Notes
One of the challenges facing all long term public sector institutions is renewal – bringing in new people with new ideas and building and rebuilding a sector that better reflects the community it serves. In today’s episode of Public Sector Perspectives, we talk to someone who epitomises that renewal, Bonnie Cavanagh is a Program Manager in the Media and Corporate Communications Unit in Victoria Police. She has worked at Victoria Police for more than 12 years, starting off as forensic officer - providing frontline forensic technical expertise - and then moving into senior policy, project program management positions. Bonnie is also a proud Taungurung woman and won IPAA Victoria’s Young Indigenous Leader Scholarship in 2018. Bonnie has some unique insights into the work of the public sector, how it can better reflect the community it serves and how it can attract young people who bring new ideas and new perspectives.
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