Before Your First Day · We can't wait to meet you!

Before Your First Day

Everything you need to know before you arrive for your placement. We'll walk you through the rest once you're here.

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1 · BEFORE YOU START

Getting Here

Finding our office, getting here, and parking nearby.

Finding Our Office

Level 1, 189 Glenferrie Rd, Malvern VIC 3144 — look for the Opposite office space. Enter through the door, walk up the stairs, and our office is the door to the right. Ginger Tree has left and is now a Tony & Guy Hairdressers.

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Public Transport

  • Train: 10-minute walk from Malvern or Armadale stations.
  • Tram: Close to Route 16, 5 and 6 tram stops.
Public transport map near the office

Parking

Parking can be a bit tricky — most spots are limited to 2 hours and inspectors are active in the area. If you're driving, come early to allow time to find a park.

All-day Free Parking

  • Stanhope Street: right-hand side (10-min walk)
  • Seymore Avenue: left-hand side from High Street (5-min walk)
  • Stuart Street: one-way from Union Street (5-min walk)
  • Glenferrie Road: both sides away from the police station (10-min walk)
  • Sorrett Ave: right-hand side

Paid Parking

  • Wilsons Parking: 235/243 Glenferrie Rd

Housekeeping

What To Wear & Bring

Our dress code is smart casual — suit pants with sneakers are perfectly fine.

What To Bring

  • Laptop and charger
  • Notepad and pen

Facilities

There's a small kitchen with a fridge, microwave, kettle and coffee machine in the office — plus plenty of cafes nearby.

Local Recommendations

With Opposite's location on Glenferrie Road, you'll have lots of food and coffee options right at your doorstep. Some of our team's favourites:

Coffee

  • Winter Malvern
  • Peter Cat
  • Blitz Bar
  • Butter Days

Lunch

  • Coles
  • Subway
  • Sushi Sushi
  • Grilled
  • Schnitz
  • Chargrill Charlie's Malvern
  • Etto Italian Pasta Bar
  • Viet Table & Co

Treats

  • Little Sister Bakery
  • Yo-Chi
  • Blitz Bar
  • Gelato Messina
  • Butter Days
2 · ANY QUESTIONS?

Contact Details

If you have any questions before your first day, please don't hesitate to reach out to either Nick or Joie.

Nick

Head of Opposite

0411 725 242

nick@opposite.com.au

Joanna / Joie

Human Enablement Consultant & Coachling Lead

0400 935 388

joanna@opposite.com.au

3 · A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US

Opposite was created from a simple but powerful idea: if we want genuinely different results, sometimes we may just need to do the exact opposite.

Founded by Dr Nicholas Duck in 2015, Opposite blends expertise in human factors, organisational psychology and human-centred design — with a healthy dose of curiosity, motivation and creative thinking.

We've grown into a team since then. What ties it all together is one belief: the best solutions start by putting humans first. We don't just think outside the box — we ask why the box was there in the first place.

What We Do

HEX

Human Experience

Applying psychology to improve employee and customer experience, and increase attraction, engagement and productivity.

HCD

Human-Centred Design

Preparing workplaces and working environments for digital and other technological transformations.

HEN

Human Enablement

Enabling the potential of people, teams and organisations to achieve their goals through engaging development programs and targeted work system interventions.

HF

Human Factors

Helping to design workplaces, systems and environments to be safe, reliable and productive.

Meet Our Team

Opposite's team brings together deep expertise in organisational psychology, human factors, clinical psychology and human-centred design. Based in Melbourne, we've been delivering a diverse range of projects for a decade.

Dr Nicholas Duck

Dr Nicholas Duck

Head of Opposite (Founder)
Patrick McGrath

Patrick McGrath

Head of Human Enablement
Ashleigh Fleming

Ashleigh Fleming

Head of Human Experience
Rahnuma Tasneem

Rahnuma Tasneem

Head of Design
Damien Colabattista

Damien Colabattista

Head of Human Centred Design
Dr Ramsay Dixon

Dr Ramsay Dixon

Senior Consultant, Coachling Clinical Lead & Senior Coach
Joanna Adams

Joanna Adams

Senior Human Enablement Consultant & Coachling Lead
Luke Carroll

Luke Carroll

Senior Technology & Product Innovation Consultant
Duygu Serbetci

Duygu Serbetci

Human Experience Consultant
Tim Farley

Tim Farley

Human Experience Consultant
Michelle Gully

Michelle Gully

Human-Centred Design Consultant
Sol Kendal

Sol Kendal

Human-Centred Design Consultant
Pesh

Pesh

Human-Centred Design Consultant

We can't wait to have you on board!

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