"We have chosen a select group of outstanding Sydney Siders to shortlist Sydney's Top 10 jobs. Each will vote for their top 10 Ultimate Jobs out of the Entries we receive. Our judges have given their own time to support their city in choosing The Ultimate Job™ of Sydney. We thank all of the judges for their contribution to this campaign."

Mission Australia – Toby Hall (CEO)

Toby Hall is CEO of Mission Australia, the largest fully national not-for-profit in the community welfare field. Mission Australia focuses on early childhood and youth programs in disadvantaged communities, homeless services, vocational training and employment services. Prior to joining Mission Australia, Toby was Chief Operating Officer of World Vision Australia.

Trained as an accountant and with an MBA, Toby has held senior executive positions in both the private and public sector and he continues to hold board positions in the community sector. Toby is also the Chairman of SteriHealth Limited.

Toby’s experience covers not for profit, banking, branded products, documentary production, health and local government. His specialist knowledge areas are strategic leadership, community and organisational development. He is passionate about helping people be the best they can be.

TAFE NSW – Sydney Institute – Elizabeth Mitchell (Assistant Director Equity)

Elizabeth Mitchell is Assistant Director Equity at TAFE NSW - Sydney Institute with eighteeen years experience in the vocational education and training sector. Sydney Institute is the largest vocational training provider in Australia offering more than 800 nationally recognised courses for the domestic and international market.

Elizabeth has worked in a diverse range of teaching and management roles including Business Development, Employment Pathways, Equity Programs and Workplace English Language and Literacy. An integral part of Elizabeth’s role is to maximise employment opportunties for students who have experienced barriers to employment. Elizabeth follows the philosophy of supporting students to achieve ‘more than they imagine’ in following a career path.

Elizabeth is currently working in partnership with Job Services Australia providers to assist job seekers into employment by offering customised training programs to match employer needs. Elizabeth has extensive networks with industry and employers and forges valuable links between training and employment.

Elizabeth has Bachelor Degrees in Adult & Vocational Education and Arts, has a Diploma of Government and post graduate qualifications in Frontline Management and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.

Wayne Pierce

Wayne Pearce is one of Australia’s most respected and highest profile Rugby league identities.

He carved out an illustrious career in Rugby League where he represented and captained the Balmain Tigers, New South Wales and Australia from 1980 to 1990.

Wayne was the pin-up boy of Rugby league throughout the 1980’s and in 1988, whilst still a current player he was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for services to Rugby League and the community.

Whilst developing his football career, Wayne also completed a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of New South Wales which included 3 years of psychology studies. This background was particularly useful when he retired from playing and commenced a professional coaching career with the Balmain Tigers who he guided into a merger with the Wests Tigers.

He was so successful as the Tigers coach that he was appointed New South Wales state of origin coach. In fact, he coached the Blues to 3-0 whitewash over Queensland in the year 2000 to become the only person to both captain (which he did in 1986) and then coach (in 2000) a 3-0 series whitewash.

Wayne is widely regarded as an innovator and in 2001 he retired from footy coaching and took his expertise to the corporate world using his corporate branding... "Wayne Pearce Advantage".

In addition to being an acclaimed motivational speaker and engaging master of ceremonies, Wayne has developed a range of powerful tools and techniques designed to help businesses address gaps in the areas of leadership, teamwork and motivation. He has a wide portfolio of satisfied clients across Australia and south-east Asia who have benefited from his highly effective outcomes based methods and workshops.

Apart from his corporate workshops and public speaking and community commitments, Wayne is a widely regarded commentator on Fox Sports and was recently appointed as an inaugural member of the Rugby League Independent Commission

Red Balloon – Naomi Simpson (CEO)

Imagine running a business based on fun – that’s what Naomi Simson decided to try after leaving a very serious corporate career in marketing to set up online experience gift retailer RedBalloon in 2001. As founder and Chief Experience Office of redballoon.com.au Naomi received the 2008 national Telstra Business Womens Awards for Innovation. This year she won the Eastern Region Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year.

RedBalloon has listed in the BRW fast lists for six times, has a Hewitt 97% employee engagement score (the Australian average is 54%) and has been ranked for the last three years as one of the top ten Great Places to Work in Australia by BRW. Naomi writes a blog naomisimson.com which is listed in the top 15 of Australia's Best Business Blogs and her first book "I want what she’s having” was reviewed as an “essential business read" By The Australian.

Justine Schofield

Justine Schofield was born and raised in Sydney. Her Mother is as French as you can find, (even after living in Australia for 25 years) and her Father as Aussie as they come. Being half French Justine was lucky enough to be brought up in a bilingual house and so speaks French like a native. After completing a diploma in hotel management and deciding it wasn't for her, Justine decided to follow her two great passions - travel and food. On the agenda was a trip each year to some far flung destination, where she could soak up the lifestyle and learn about the cuisine and of course, in particular were regular visits to France to further discover her heritage. 'My fascination with the food, and the French way of life draws me back every time, it's amazing how the food and culture change each time you arrive in a different region. I am equally proud of my French heritage as I am of my Australian and when the opportunity arises I would like to live in France for a while to discover every little corner I can!'.

2009 brought the opportunity for Justine to apply for Ch10's first ever series of MasterChef. She made it through a gruelling audition process to the Top 20 and then went on to blow the judges away week after week with, for someone so young, the extent of her food knowledge and her calm and organised approach to cooking. Her highlights in the series where cooking for Jacques Reymond one of her icons and cooking off against Celebrity Chef Matt Moran. From around 7000 applicants Justine made it to the top 4 of the highly acclaimed series and with an average of over 3 million viewers per night, she ended up with her fare share of fans!

Since leaving the MasterChef kitchen she has established her own catering business 'Justine Schofield Catering' and is flat out travelling around Australia doing personal appearances and catering for private functions. She is regular food commentator for Ch 9's A Current Affair. At the start of 2011 Justine launched her own TV series ‘Everyday Gourmet’ which airs on Network Ten at 4:00pm on weekdays.

Career One – Rick Dalton (National Key Account Director)

Rick Dalton joined CareerOne in January 2008. He has been instrumental in the successful expansion of The CareerOne National Key Account sales operations and teams overall sales strategy and execution.

Rick’s expertise covers online, retail, finance and small to medium enterprises with a focus on business strategy, marketing, operations and sales management.

Prior to joining CareerOne, Rick’s career was to overhaul SME, implementing strong business fundamentals and restoring them to profitability. After a two year break backpacking through South America Rick moved straight into the corporate world with News ltd to apply his skill set on a much larger stage.