Monitoring progress and continuous learning are essential in ensuring that any project stays on track. Led by the GGA, the SW WA Hub reports regularly to the FDF – about how it is working towards its objective of working collaboratively to build the drought resilience of producers.
Key to making this happen is Hub Project Manager Kellie-Jane (KJ) Pritchard.
Working closely with Hub Director Mark Holland and other team members, she is responsible for reporting requirements such as the Hub’s operational plan; six-monthly progress reports; monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) plans; and collecting in-kind data from Hub Consortium Partners.
Ms Pritchard is well equipped for the role, having led innovative projects during years spent working in Australia and internationally on projects, including managing AGWEST International.
She was inspired to apply to join the Hub when she tuned into the inaugural FDF Science to Practice Forum in 2021 while based in New Zealand.
“I was so excited by some of the people who presented at the event and the hook for me was the opportunity to work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders,” she said
“I’m originally from a farm in the WA Wheatbelt and I have loved coming back and working more closely with growers.”
More information about Ms Pritchard is on the GGA staff biography page.
