Project Management

The Maia Consulting team have more than 20 year’s successful project management experience.  We have the knowledge and management skills to work efficiently and effectively with a diverse range of people, ensuring that project goals and client expectations are met with quality outcomes, on time and within budget.  Our highly developed interpersonal skills and attention to detail ensure that our projects result in positive outcomes for our clients.

Maia staff have managed a diverse range of projects including: organising international conferences and events; administering budgets and subcontracting on behalf of government committees; managing survey teams and focus groups; and supervising volunteers for community events.   In 2010, Maia Consulting became the operating agent for the IEA 4E Standby Power Annex, an international committee made up of ten Governments from around the globe.  Maia was responsible for arranging meetings both in person and via teleconference, developing agendas and recording minutes, subcontracting projects, monitoring and presenting annual budgets, reporting to delegates, creating and updating newsletters and website content and assisting delegates with information and materials.  Examples of our project management experience include:

• Organisation and executive administration for several international energy efficiency committees – International Energy Agency (IEA) Standby Power Annex, Asia Pacific Partnership on clean development and climate (APP), Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) standby project;

• Australian Retail Store Surveys (2001-2012) – field research conducted for the Australian Government in retail stores measuring the standby power of electrical appliances;

• APEC International Standby Power Conference ‘Towards 1 Watt ‘, Tokyo, Japan;

• Victorian Cancer Strategy Research Project – Ministerial Taskforce for Cancer;

• Equipment Energy Efficiency (E3) Standby Power Forum with Australian government and industry representatives;

• Quit Coach Program - The development and implementation of the “Quit Coach” training course for nursing staff to assist carers to quit smoking;

• Pre-market field trial of a new energy efficiency product for a commercial manufacturer.