Holly Irvine  
CONTACT INFORMATION 
Email: ​32849@cggs.act.edu.au 
Mobile: 0456 218 924 
 

OVERVIEW 
I am a diligent and determined person who will always strive to do my best at 
any task assigned. I love working with kids, as is evident from my previous and 
current jobs, and I am an extremely achievement focussed self-starter. 

SKILLS 
PEOPLE SKILLS: ​I have great people skills and can work well with others both 
taking and giving direction as required. I work well unsupervised and seek to 
demonstrate initiative at all times. 
 
COMPUTER AND I.T. SKILLS: ​I have strong computer skills and can utilise 
both the google and Microsoft platform suite. I am familiar with both Windows 
and Macintosh-based operating systems.  
 
COMMUNICATION SKILLS:​ I have very strong verbal and written 
communication skills, and can also capably present to others. I can explain 
concepts and tasks to others in a structured and clear manner. 
 
GENERAL: ​I am open to feedback and am always striving to improve and to do 
each given task to the best of my abilities. I like to challenge myself and I love 
learning new skills. 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

EXPERIENCE & REFEREES 

Swim Instructor 2017-Current  
Rowena’s Swim School 
Referee:  Rowena Sinclair-Smith 
Email: rowena.swim@bigpond.com   
Position Description: This position involves significant responsibility as I 
have the care and control of several small children at 
a time. Since starting in 2017, I have quickly 
progressed from ‘lifeguard’ to ‘swim instructor’ and 
now take classes on my own of up to 6 children.  
 

Junior Office Clerk 2016-Current 

Trinity Law 
Referee: Karen Rowland, Practice Manager 
Email: karen.rowland@trinitylaw.com.au 
Position Description: In addition to specific bulk clerical tasks, I have also 
had several large specific projects that I have 
completed in this role, including establishing and 
organising a 400 sqm archive facility.   

Soccer Referee 2017-2018 

Woden Valley  
Position Description: This job required me to umpire soccer matches for 
children between the ages of 6-16.  

CURRENT LEADERSHIP 
SRC 2020 
- I have recently been elected as one of three Year 10 Representatives 
on the CGGS 2020 Student Representative Council. This role, which 
continues for the balance of academic year, entails representing my 
cohort as well as the school in a variety of contexts and has been an 
extremely rewarding experience to this point.  
 
 
 
TUTOR GROUP REPRESENTATIVE 
 
 

- I am the current representative of my house tutor group and am in 

charge of running and leading the activities on a day to day basis. The 
tutor group is comprised of a spread of girls from years 8-10 and the 
purpose of the tutor group is to have a welcoming space where 
everyone is welcome and feels safe and appreciated.  

EDUCATION 
Canberra Girls Grammer School  
I have attended C.G.G.S since the age of 9.  

AWARDS 
Consistent Academic Excellence 2019 
- Awarded for at least 2 consecutive semesters of outstanding academic 
achievement. 
CSIRO Innovation Award 2019 
- Awarded to the best science or engineering project or innovation 
Academic Improvement 2019 
- Awarded for dramatic improvement in academic performance over the 
course of a year. 
Semesterly Academic excellence 2018-2020 
- Awarded for an excellent academic semester report  
Debating Award 2017 & 2018  
- Awarded for being finishing in the top 5 debaters for years 7, 8 & 9 for 
the entire ACT Debating competition.  

QUALIFICATIONS 
 
Working With Vulnerable Peoples card  

- This qualification was attained recently as a 

requirement for instructing at the Roweneas swim 
school.