Community

Unpaid roles where Jenks leads boards, clubs and meetups, and mentors people.

2024 · 3 yrs

President, School Council (previously Treasurer)

Murrumbeena Primary School

President of the Murrumbeena Primary School Council after two years as its Treasurer — school governance, finances and the community campaign for a new hall.

→ Elected President of the School Council after two years as Treasurer

2019 · 8 yrs

Organiser

DevRel Australia Meetup Group

Organiser of DevRel Australia — the meetup group for Australia's developer relations profession.

→ Organises the meetup for the developer relations profession in Australia

2019 · 6 yrs

Treasurer & Vice President, Parents Committee

Virginia Park Childcare Association

Five years as Treasurer and Vice President of a parent-run, not-for-profit childcare association — finances, governance and committee leadership.

→ Five years on the committee as Treasurer and Vice President

2023 · 1 yr

Technical Mentor

Victorian Government Digital Jobs Program

Technical mentor in the Victorian Government's Digital Jobs Program, helping mid-career Victorians move into digital roles.

→ Mentored a participant in the state's mid-career digital reskilling program

2020 · 2 yrs

Treasurer, Executive Committee

Tooronga Toastmasters Club Inc.

Two years as Treasurer on the executive committee of Tooronga Toastmasters Club, helping the new club achieve its charter through the COVID years.

→ Two years as Treasurer; helped the club achieve its charter during COVID

2026 · 1 yr

A Hall for Murrumbeena — AI- and agent-friendly campaign platform

Murrumbeena Primary School community

Built the community campaign platform for a new school hall — petition and support flows, a voice-enabled AI assistant and an MCP interface so AI agents can help too.

→ Public campaign site with petition, support letters, endorsements and pledges

2022 · 2 yrs 6 mths

APAC builders funnel — hackathons, accelerators & grants

Filecoin Foundation

Ran the APAC side of Filecoin's builders funnel — from hackathons and grants to accelerators and VC introductions.

→ 100+ hackathons, 12+ accelerators

2015 · 3 yrs 6 mths

Innovation at Ericsson — hackathon, RMIT IoT research & graduate mentoring

Ericsson Australia

Drove ANZ-level innovation at Ericsson — organised a company hackathon, led an IoT research engagement with RMIT University and mentored six graduates.

→ Organised a company-level hackathon

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