Development Officer Support Areas

What is a ‘Development Officer’?

Your Development Officer serves as your primary contact to address any enquiries and aid you in achieving the best outcomes for your playgroup. The following is a summary of our responsibilities and how we can support you:

  • Assist in establishing and promoting playgroups and their initiatives in your region.
  • Offer advice, assistance, and resources on various operational aspects of playgroups, including child development through play, committee roles and transitions, incorporation, Playgroup WA membership requirements, insurance, grant applications, fundraising, promotion, member recruitment, advocacy, and venue management.
  • Provide support and guidance to playgroup committee members as required.
  • Provide advice regarding planning and coordinating play events to boost the visibility of community playgroups and early years services in your region.
  • Support playgroups to form partnerships with other community members and organisations including to integrate new parent groups into playgroup, host intergenerational events, to support access and inclusion for parents and children with disabilities, to aid in forming connections with local schools and to access services for families and children.

Feel free to reach out to us if you require any assistance.

Development Officer Support Areas - Metro

1

Trina Bourke

📧 trina.bourke@
playgroupwa.com.au

Metro:
  • Cambridge
  • Claremont
  • Cottesloe
  • East Fremantle
  • Fremantle
  • Joondalup
  • Melville
  • Mosman Park
  • Nedlands
  • Peppermint Grove
  • Perth
  • Stirling (part)
  • Subiaco
Regional:
  • Wheatbelt Central: Coast and Midlands
2

Michelle Roberts

📧 michelle.roberts@
playgroupwa.com.au

Metro:
  • Bassendean
  • Bayswater
  • Belmont
  • South Perth
  • Stirling (part)
  • Swan
  • Victoria Park
  • Vincent
Regional:
  • Pilbara
  • Wheatbelt Central East
3

Jenny Smith

📧 jennifer.smith@
playgroupwa.com.au

Metro:
  • Cockburn
  • Kwinana
  • Rockingham
  • Serpentine / Jarrahdale
Regional:
  • Peel Region

Development Officer Support Areas - Regional

4

Cj Aston

📧 caitlin.aston@
playgroupwa.com.au

Regional:
  • Augusta-Margaret River
  • Bridgetown-Greenbushes
  • Bussleton
  • Capel
  • Great Southern
  • Manjimup
  • Nannup
5

Paige Rae

📧 paige.rae@
playgroupwa.com.au

Regional:
  • Boyup Brook
  • Bunbury
  • Collie
  • Dardanup
  • Donnybrook-Balingup
  • Harvey
  • Waroona
  • Wheatbelt South
6

Kiara Jones

📧 kiara.jones@
playgroupwa.com.au

Regional:
  • Midwest & Gascoyne

Contact Program Manager

These areas are supported by our Program Manager and allocated to an available Development Officer based on capacity. If your playgroup is located in one of these areas, please send your enquiry to the email address below and our team will connect you with the most appropriate Development Officer to assist you.

development@playgroupwa.com.au

Metro:
  • Armadale
  • Canning
  • Gosnells
  • Kalamunda
  • Mundaring
  • Wanneroo
Regional:
  • Cocos Island
  • Kimberley
  • Goldfields - Esperance
  • Wheatbelt Avon

Enhanced Transition to School Development Officers

10

Dianne Mazzucato

📧 dianne.mazzucato@
playgroupwa.com.au

Metro:
  • Bassendean
  • Bayswater
  • Belmont
  • Kalamunda
  • Mundaring
  • Swan
Regional:
  • Goldfields-Esperance
  • Kimberley
  • Peel
  • Pilbara
  • Wheatbelt Avon
  • Wheatbelt Central
  • Wheatbelt Central East
9

Denise Oxenburgh

📧 denise.oxenburgh@
playgroupwa.com.au

Metro:
  • Cambridge
  • Claremont
  • Cottesloe
  • Joondalup
  • Mosman Park
  • Nedlands
  • Peppermint Grove
  • Perth
  • Stirling
  • Subiaco
  • Swan
  • Vincent
  • Wanneroo
Regional:
  • Chittering
  • Gingin
7

Amanda Rimes

📧 amanda.rimes@
playgroupwa.com.au

Metro:
  • Armadale
  • Canning
  • Cockburn
  • Fremantle
  • Gosnells
  • Kwinana
  • Melville
  • Rockingham
  • Serpentine–Jarrahdale
  • South Perth
  • Victoria Park
Regional:
  • Mandurah
  • Murray
  • Waroona