Aaron Matthews

In July 2007 I commenced as the Mount Isa Safe Communities Coordinator with James Cook University. My role is to assist the Mount Isa Safe Community Project Advisory Team to achieve World Health Organisation Safe Communities accreditation through supporting the planning, implementation and evaluation of injury prevention and safety promotion initiatives. My role involves building, strengthening and maintaining partnerships with Government and non-government agencies, the local community, health services, the private sector and other Queensland Safe Communities, in relation to injury prevention initiatives. Prior to commencing work with MICCRH, I undertook a three month contract with Oxfam Australia as the Special Event Coordinator for the 40th anniversary of the 1967 Referendum. I was employed as a Project Officer with Mount Isa Youth Pathways Program for 12 months which involved designing and implementing projects for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander high school students. I worked for Kalkadoon Aboriginal Sobriety House as Administration Officer for about 14 months while also completing my final year of my Bachelor of Applied Science in Indigenous Community Management and Development. Prior to this I worked in various administration and financial management roles while also studying by correspondence and completing a certificate in Business Administration.