about ‘CAREER DAY’

Principal DIANA DAY PhD

Dr Day is an experienced career coach and mentor and has given numerous keynotes and workshops to conferences, career expos, regional job training forums and to senior academic groups on careers, STEM, and supporting women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Diana has extensive experience working with senior high school students and their parents as well as early career researchers.

She has unique experience of senior roles across the private sector and the Australian Federal and state/territory governments.  She also is well positioned to support education choices having experience as senior research academic, educator, research team leader in many Australian universities and having senior roles within all 3 levels of Australian government.

Diana has expertise not only in job markets and the fast job shifts in the digital age but as an environmental scientist has special interests and career advice for those working to protecting biodiversity, freshwater, marine waters, world agriculture, environmental and built infrastructure security, and sustainability in all its forms.

Diana continues her research, professional development and consulting in career development and mentoring.

Presenting formal career mentoring support within Australian organisations such as the:-

  • Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering,

  • Australian Water Association,

  • Peter Cullen Water and Environment Trust and the

  • Career Development Association of Australia

Career and Business memberships

  • Professional Member, Career Development Association of Australia

  • Accredited Trainer, International Adult Career Development Network. CA USA

  • Accredited Phd Supervisor, Graduate of the Development Program for Research Higher Degree Supervison, University of Sydney NSW

  • Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors AICD FAICD

  • Council Member, NSW Advisory Council ,Australian Institute of Company Directors.

  • Moderator for Australian company director professional development events. eg AI governance and Technology, Fraud,

    • Academic Staff Postgraduate Research Supervisor Training Program Graduate , University of Sydney NSW

      Some recent appointments and activities

  • Board Member , NSW Smart Sensing Network

  • Board Member, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation [careers in research science and technology]

  • Sydney Career Expo Seminar Speaker on 'Ten Ways to Dig In and get the Job and Career You Want' and Workshop presenter for ' Proven Ways to Find the Job and Career You Enjoy'. In addition, Diana gives free career advice at the career help stands for the Career Development Association of Australia.

  • NSW Workshop facilitator for ‘Where the Jobs Are’, a national Labour Market Information project delivered by the Career Development Association of Australia and supported by the Australian Department of Employment.

    Former roles

  • Chair of a tribunal, the NSW Department of Primary Industries Share Appeal Panel making determinations on natural resources fisheries harvesting share allocations. 2019-2020.

  • Chair Advisory Board of the Atlas of Living Australia, Australia’s leading digital biodiversity data base. A national collaborative research infrastructure project. Located in CSIRO Canberra. 2019-21

  • Adjunct Professor UNSW Global Water Institute, The University of NSW, Sydney Australia

  • Board Member of an AUD $2.1billion for-profit business, a NSW State Owned Corporation with a regulated asset base of AUD$15 billion.

  • Adjunct Professor Global Water Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney.

  • Board Member of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority ; Australian Maritime College; , Fisheries R&D Corporation

Formal Education

Graduate, Australian Institute of Company Directors Development Course and Course updates.

Doctorate (PhD) University of New England, NSW, Australia  

BA (Hons 1)  University of Newcastle NSW, Australia.

Diploma in Education, University of Newcastle, NSW Australia