Lill leads the Skills and TAFE group at the Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Region. The Skills and TAFE group works to give Victorians the opportunity to access the knowledge, skills and attributes they need to participate in today’s workforce, prepare for the jobs of the future and achieve their educational and employment aspirations. We work with businesses to ensure they have access to the skilled workers they need, and we partner with local community organisations to encourage innovative ways to create inclusive job opportunities. Lill has also worked across community, private and public sectors and has held leadership positions in a diverse range of portfolios focussed on greater economic and social inclusion for Victorian communities. Lill is the Victorian representative on the national skills network leading cross-jurisdictional planning of vocational education and training (VET) policy and programs.

Lill led critical work with partners across government to enable Victorian industries and businesses to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to this, she led a cross-government team at the Department of Premier and Cabinet to progress new ways of tackling entrenched socio-economic disadvantage through community led place-based approaches and wider service delivery reform. From 2016-2019, Lill oversaw the development of Jobs Victoria and the establishment of Victoria’s first Social Procurement Framework and Social Enterprise Strategy in her role as Deputy Secretary. Other previous leadership roles include in Agricultural Victoria and Regional Development Victoria.

Lill is a Director of Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre Ltd. She a former member of the Public Engagement Committee of the OXFAM Australia Board and former Director of Victorian Women’s Housing Ltd and Macaulay Community Credit Co-operative. Lill holds a Bachelor of Business, Banking and Finance, a Diploma of Youth Work, and is an Executive Fellow of ANZSOG.