Nikki Harrison

• Conducted extensive literature review of sexual violence prevention recommendations for workforce capability frameworks.
• Developed workforce capability framework.
• Developed hui discussion narrative for nationwide rollout.
• Demonstrated a high level of initiative and creativity while tackling difficult tasks.
• Demonstrated creativity and resourcefulness through the development of innovative solutions.

• Built website to deploy sexual violence prevention and sexuality education resources as developed by the research team.
• Evaluated and adopted new technologies to address project specific challenges.
• Assessed project milestones and project tasks to keep team on-track.

• Collaborated with other researchers to develop successful research strategies.
• Developed research protocols and procedures to produce accurate results.
• Scheduled appointments with participants over phone and through email.
• Collected research data through in-depth, one-on-one interviews.
• Performed qualitative and thematic analysis.
• Maintained up-to-date records of research activities and results for future reference.
• Reviewed documents and data to identify trends and patterns.
• Collaborated as lead author on research papers.

• Conducted photo analysis to support arguments and generate academic article as lead author.
• Contributed to discussions and conceptualisations of research theory, photo elicitation, photographic analysis and whanaunganatanga.

• Collaborated with other researchers to develop an organisational theory of change.
• Met with members of Ngā Kaitiaki Mauri (NKM) and Tauiwi Caucus (TC) Paetakawaenga board to elicit their vision for TOAH-NNEST
• Collaborated with senior members to connect their practice-based approaches to collective advocacy, with organizational change management theory.
• Conceptualised and created visual representations and documentation of potential change frameworks.

• Analyzed key aspects of business to evaluate factors driving results and summarized into presentations.
• Applied honed problem-solving skills to analyze and resolve issues impacting business operations and goal achievement.
• Conducted interviews with key business users to collect information on business processes and user requirements.
• Performed gap analysis to identify areas of improvement.
• Executed analysis of risks and identified risk mitigation strategies.
• Collaborated with stakeholders to define project objectives and criteria.
• Interacted with internal customers to understand business needs and translate into requirements and project scope.
• Implemented business intelligence solutions to increase operational efficiency.
• Optimized data access and storage to improve performance of analytics systems.
• Provided technical support for troubleshooting analytics and reporting issues.
• Generated standard and custom reports to provide insights into business performance.
• Generated ad-hoc reports to evaluate specific business requirements.

Thesis: Ā mātou taonga pīhoretanga: Whanaungatanga pūrākau o mōrehu taitōkai: Survivor’s stories of whanaungatanga after familial childhood sexual abuse

Scholarships Awarded

2019

• The University of Auckland Faculty of Arts Doctoral Scholarship
• New Horizons for Women: Hine Kahukura Scholarship
• The Kate Edger Educational Charitable Trust First Year Doctoral Award

2020

• Fair Wind Foundation Scholarship
• Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Te Rangi Iwi Trust
• Eric Hall McCormick Scholarship

2021

• Freemasons Post Graduate Scholarship

2022

• Te Atawhai o Te Ao: He Kokonga Ngākau Scholarship

Thesis: So, Who Am I Now? How does the discovery of a family reproductive secret impact understanding of personal identity?