Staff / Christine Haines
Christine Haines is director and senior consultant at Miles Morgan. She is widely recognised for her contribution to the development of public policy on career development. Christine’s senior executive roles include:
• Executive Director, DFEEST
• Executive Advisor, DFEEST
• Director of Policy, Homeswest WA
• Manager, Policy and Labour Market Research, Department of Employment and Training
• Interim Executive Director, Western Australian Council of Social Services.
As a company director, owner and project manager at Miles Morgan, Christine Haines has provided consultation, research, evaluation and policy development services to Commonwealth and State/Territory governments, industry, education and training, and community organisations primarily on vocational education and training and related career and workforce development issues.
Holding a Bachelor of Arts and Graduate Diploma of Education from the University of Western Australia, Christine has an extensive background in education and training both as a practitioner, a policy formulator and evaluator in the schools sector, the ACE sector and in VET. She has worked to further vocational education and training and career development in Australia both as a consultant, a government employee and an individual.
She managed the policy area of the Department of Employment and Training, was a Director of Strategic Development and Policy in the State Housing Authority, and had a short period as the Interim, Executive Director of the Western Australian Council of Social Services (WACOSS).
From 2004 to 2005, she returned to government as the Executive Director, Employment and Skills Formation, for the South Australian Department of Further Education, Employment, Science, and Technology. In this role she had responsibility for VET and employment services and was tasked with improving career development services in South Australia. Up until early May 2007, she remained as an Executive Advisor to DFEEST.
Christine’s extensive experience working in a range of spheres within the education and training sector—from senior executive in an education department to volunteer in a community learning centre—has afforded her a deep appreciation of the value of innovative and responsive learning programs and policies, and the crucial role of flexible education, training and career development services in enabling individuals to reach their potential. Her commitment to enhancing the quality of learning experiences—and thereby the quality of work and life—of individuals is a key underpinning principle of Miles Morgan’s company ethos.
The varied and multifaceted nature of Christine’s own career reflects the changing nature of life, learning and work that Miles Morgan is committed to helping people manage. It also illustrates the twists and turns that combine to create a 21st century career.
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