Areas Of Expertise:

• Project management principles, governance, reporting, risk & issue management, change control, tools, scheduling, communications, document management, data analysis, steering committee materials

Education:

• Master of Business Administration (MBA), Griffith University 

About Elise Kellond-Knight

Elise is a recently retired professional athlete, who represented the Matildas (Australian national women’s football team) at three World Cups and two Olympic games, earning over 100 appearances.  Elise has also held Governance positions within football, where she still remains an integral part of the Australian PFA Executive Committee and served on the FIFpro global players council in an effort to ensure players have a voice.  Elise worked hard off the field and successfully combined study with competing professionally and now holds a Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science and a MBA.  She has gained valuable hands-on skills, knowledge, and key insights into project management and PMO related functions through her internship with Seven Consulting.  Elise is considered an extremely valuable team member with immense talent and huge potential. 

What Elise brings

• Structured, methodical, and process oriented.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Well-developed skills in risk and issue management, tools, reporting, scheduling, governance, and principles.
• Ability to quickly adapt and learn new skills.
• Exceptional time management skills.

Key Clients:

• Australia Post
• WorkSafe Victoria (WSV)
• Optus
• Matildas

Key Achievements:

As PMO Consultant at Australia Post, Elise provided PMO services to the team, working to uplift the EPMO and implement a new project management tool.  She was involved in setting up surveys to baseline improvements and establishing requirements for the new tool, to ensure best practice standards were utilised.   

As PMO Analyst at WorkSafe Victoria, Elise provided direct support to the PMO Manager who was engaged to set up and manage the Strategy PMO at WorkSafe Victoria on a $140M / 450 FTE program to support traditional and Agile teams. Their PMO team was responsible for PMO processes and services within Strategy, and for the quality of all PMO deliverables across the Strategy Program.  Elise supported the Strategy PMO Manager in relation to planning, reporting and governance services through the delivery of PMO processes and templates, and she assisted with administrative tasks associated with regular health check reviews for Internal Audit purposes. Elise helped to peer review content produced by the PMO Manager to support the delivery of the Strategy Program.  This was managed in accordance with agreed parameters around schedule, quality, and scope, in alignment with client requirements and in adherence to enterprise policies and procedures. 

As PMO Analyst at Optus, Elise provided administrative support to project streams, including setup of surveys, general user acceptance testing, and essentially working with the PMO and PM to help set the methodology for capturing KPIs related to staff satisfaction and customer satisfaction. 

As Australian professional football player, Elise has reached a milestone of 100 caps for the Matildas. She has competed at three World Cups and two Olympic Games, and was selected in the 2011 and 2015 World Cup All Stars teams.