My Volunteer Experience - Alice Jingyi Zeng
She attends for ~4 hours a week onsite at the Connecting Up Office joining several of her other classmates from similar disciplines who are also volunteering in the SAcommunity program.
Jingyi was recently accepted into a government role in the DHS and returned to let us know of her success on 6 September 2024, she is continuing to volunteer with us until she starts in her new position later this year.
Congratulations Jingyi!
Total Hours 129 This Year 65 Joined 26 July 2023 Last Check-in 29 October 2024
Jingyi has kindly continued with her volunteer project until she starts her new job. On her return we asked her to present her experience for our Team members. Providing an overview on how she prepared for the interview process, the general steps taken as part of her application, and answering queries on aspects she found most useful and that could assist the team towards improving their own employment prospects. Thank you Jingyi!
Personal Biography
Jingyi is currently studying a Master of Data Science at the University of Adelaide and has a Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management and Property at the University of New South Wales. Graduating from her Masters in 2024, Jingyi aims to meld her construction management background with data science techniques, aiming to uncover patterns in project management data that enhance efficiency and mitigate risk. Fluent in both Cantonese and Mandarin, her passion lies in interpreting the stories within data and drawing insights that drive informed decision-making.
She is volunteering with the SAcommunity Data Analytics Team to apply her theoretical knowledge gained at university to real-world scenarios for the community. Through her volunteer work she has two aims: Firstly, she plans to learn how to utilise the interactive data visualization software product Power BI Pro, as part of her continuous learning. Secondly, by creating reports on community services in councils, she gains experience in the practical application of data analytics to drive tangible results.
In the future, Jingyi aims to pioneer the integration of data-driven methodologies in the construction and property sectors, optimizing project efficiency, resource allocation, and market analysis, propelling the industry toward a more data-informed and sustainable future.
Image: Intern Kane Hengchuan Zhao with Volunteer Alice Jingyi Zeng demonstrating ArcGIS in Power BI
Community Services in Councils Project
Jingyi has selected The City of Playford for her council reports, a dataset of approximately 376 community services operating in the area over 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 following up on previous reports by Stathis Avramis, and can be found >>here. The data and information visualisation reports created on these services are published on the website and then links are provided to council stakeholders, introducing SAcommunity by email to the City of Playford with a presentation of the community service information for their area on the 12 March 2024.
Work experience - Internal/External Connections & Networks - Meetings and Events
Jingyi has accessed the following staff and volunteer training and development sessions:
Image: Alice taking part in 'Tim Tam Slams' organisation induction
Rebecca Moss IX Sharepoint Specialist
To learn more about the Microsoft 365 Apps – Sharepoint, OneDrive and Teams and how to best utilise some of their features in day-to-day work activities
Training and Development - Telephone Techniques
Telephone techniques are an important aspect of understanding data collection methods for the SAcommunity directory. Required for the processes of data cleaning and updating records for data analysis of council datasets. Applying telephone techniques as part of practice in contacting services ahead of council stakeholders to introduce data reports to stakeholders.
Volunteer Data Analytics Team Lead Stathis Avramis assisting Alice Jingyi Zeng
Professional Development at Infoxchange is a balance of approximately 70% project / 20% peer-to-peer learning / 10% formal learning. For the SAcommunity Team there is approximately 15 hours of project work, 3 hours of peer-to-peer learning, and 1 hour of online webinar with 30 minutes of feedback, to reflect and strengthen team members understanding of what was learnt and what their personal takeaways were from these educational sessions facilitating life-long learning.
Relevant webinars, workshops and webcons selected and summarised by Jingyi have included:
Intern Jay Shijie Zhang, Olivia Thi Kim Oanh Nguyen, Volunteer Alice Jingyi Zeng, Head of Connecting Up Pankaj Chhalotre and Intern Tanvi Srivastava
To further enhance my skills, I participated in telephone training, which improved my communication skills, towards data collection and record updating. Through regular training via the Connecting Up digital learning platform, I deepened my understanding of cybersecurity and its application within the not-for-profit sector. In addition, attending network meetings also enabled me to gain a better understanding of the organisation and the role of data-driven decision-making in supporting community services." ~ Jingyi Zeng
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