Experience and Background
Jessica brings more than 15 years of experience across education leadership, law, governance and organisational culture. She is currently Director of Workplace Integrity at the University of Melbourne, where she leads a specialist team responsible for organisational integrity, psychosocial safety and complex conduct matters. Her work includes advising senior university leaders, strengthening institutional frameworks and fostering safe, respectful and inclusive communities.
Prior appointments and qualification
Prior to joining the University of Melbourne, Jessica held senior roles in legal practice, including founding and leading a specialist employment law firm and managing an investigations team at Allens. She combines strategic leadership with a strong commitment to wellbeing, pastoral care and the development of positive community cultures. Jessica also brings direct residential college experience, having served as a Residential Tutor at St Mary’s College, where she provided academic mentoring, pastoral support and student welfare assistance.
Jessica holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from Bond University, a Graduate Diploma in Corporate Law and a Master of Employment and Labour Relations Law from the University of Melbourne. She also holds a Diploma of Governance from the Institute of Community Directors Australia.
