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Sydney, Nsw, Au

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Key Responsibilities+ Provided advice and information to stakeholders on relevant leadership, engagement, and performance initiatives to support stakeholder engagement, drive alignment and enhance the employee experience across the employee lifecycle.+ Prepare accessibility of quality information and contribute to the achievement of project outcomes.+ Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and innovation for programs across the organisation to support a highly engaged workforce and drive high levels of staff motivation and performance.+ Created and contributed to the ongoing development and maintenance of policies, processes, and procedures, identified opportunities for continuous improvement and implemented new processes to streamline the unit and deliver best practices. + Created a capability handbook tool that aligns to the Public Sector Commission Capability Framework and aligns to the Department developmental streams that has Deputy Secretary level endorsement for release.+ Supported the strategic alignment of the 2023 PMES results across the department by developing a tool to capture progress on delivering initiatives. + Create and maintain project documentation for reporting, monitoring, and evaluation purposes. Key Achievements + Learning and development initiatives in developing, design and delivery of online training sessions across the department to over 500 staff. + Conducted a department wide learning needs analysis reaching over 1000 employees to decide on the 2024/2025 learning calendar, resourcing and budget needs.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Key Responsibilities + Worked alongside the Risk, Compliance and Audit team to streamline processes, provide timely advice on the updated Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (WHS Act) and supported the Director with Audit & Risk Committees and supporting documentation. + Developed and coordinated the annual development Training Program for over 120 staff members, including organisation of external and internal facilitated sessions, communication materials, attendance records and support for staff.+ Project management support including monitoring and reporting on project plans, milestones, and key deliverables and ensuring cost and quality indicators are in line with approved project plans and budget.+ Assist the project team to complete tasks and implement project plans to ensure agreed outcomes are achieved. + Providing regular updates to management and key stakeholders to ensure key risk and issues are identified and effectively managed. Key Achievements + Developing and delivering the yearly training program for staff based on an annual learning needs analysis. + Created a PMES dashboard for the Director to track yearly progressions+ Created Communication skills guides for staff based on PMES and staff feedback.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Key Responsibilities + Created, led and implemented a yearly Training program for approximately 120 staff members, with communications and record maintenance. + C-suite support for the Chief financial Operations Officer (CFOO including recruitment activities, change management, diary management, development of presentations and monitoring of budget actuals and forecast). + Scheduled, reviewed and liaised with hiring managers and the Human Resources team to organise interviews for senior roles within the division. + Supporting seven Directors and over 100 staff members with administration queries, facilitation of meetings and committee and board commitments. + Managing highly complex and sensitive issues and ensuring the utmost discretions.Key Achievements + Developing and delivering the yearly training program for staff based on an annual learning needs analysis.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Key Responsibilities + Development and implementation of a Capability Framework to support the internal recruitment process and career development trajectory of Finance and Operations Group (FOG) staff. + The framework was supported by the NSW Treasury Secretary and introduced as part of both recruitment and performance management processes. + Provide strategic advice to staff on legislation including the Crown Employees Award 2009, GSE Act 2013 and OFM Award to staff based on varied assumptions made by staff. + Increased the KPI of Learning and Development (L&D) in the Finance and Operations Group (FOG) in the Treasury wide People Matters Survey. L&D trended upwards for 3 years. Key Achievements + Development and implementation of a Capability Framework.+ Successfully hired my direct report, as well as two additional roles that reported into the Director. + Developed an end-to-end recruitment process guide for the division to help educate staff on recruitment practices and address myths and concerns of the division.

Sydney, Australia

Key Responsibilities + Development of learning materials (presentation packs and quick reference guides) to over 1,000 users in the NSW Public Sector on the use and implementation of the NSW government financial management system called Prime.+ Led the coordination of face-to-face training sessions across the sector in order to train over 1000 staff across 11 Clusters for the first NSW Budget delivered in Prime. Logistics for up to five sessions per day, four week sprints across a 12-month period, with internal and external attendees, regional and city based locations with four facilitators. This included training room set up, managing attendee lists and escorting through our NSW Government building. + Supporting our Training Lead on the creation of the training schedule and introduction of Eventbrite to manage tickets. + Issued monthly training report, evaluations and data to senior stakeholders both internally and externally. + Supported a Benefits Realisation Review for Prime – a project lasting 12 weeks with diary coordination for 4 Deputy Secretaries, 11 CFOs and 3 external workshops.Key Achievements+ Developing training materials - presentation packs and quick reference guides to over 1000 users on a new financial management system. + Leading and coordinating the logistics for training sessions with multiple trainers and face-to-face locations.

North Sydney, Sydney

Key Responsibilities+ Created two online 30 minute learning modules with the use of e3learning, as part of a roll out to the whole Australian business – 850 employees with the potential to be rolled out to 30,000 employees. Both e-learning modules had two supporting guides that I generated. + Supported the Change, Communication and Training Manager with training report for all of Australia (generated weekly). + Liaised with HR team to ensure that the online learning modules & documents are complying to HR standards, policies and procedures and pre-empting any FAQs.Key Achievements+ Delivering my targets in 7 weeks instead of 8 weeks, to a high quality and standard.

Pyrmont, Nsw

Key Responsibilities+ Successfully rolled out New Starter Packs with merchandise, Manager/Buddy Guides, Welcome Guides and Locality Guides all created by oneself. + Worked closely with the Recruitment team to understand when new starters were entering the business in order to support Hiring Managers on their new staff member by organizing 1:1 catch ups with the Hiring Manager. + Worked with the Learning and Development (L&D) Manager to ensure intranet pages were up-to-date, including creating the People & Culture page. + Assisted the Learning & Development Manager with overall program management Key Achievements+ Trained internal staff on new systems and programs.+ Created Welcome Guides and Locality Guides, as well as New Starter Packs with merchandise that was posted to employees prior to their start date.

Pyrmont, Nsw

Key Responsibilities + Successfully trained new starters in the team on HR Services processes and procedures, including providing ongoing training with changes generated by our change of systems from PageUp to Snaphire. + Assisted the HR Consultant and Director with the merger of Fairfax Radio Network and Macquarie Radio Network by redeploying employees within the company and creating redundancy packs within a week.+ Payroll – trained colleagues, managers and employees on the new payroll system, ADP. Previous system was Aurion. + Drafted employment agreements, starter packs, leave and variation letters. + Assisted with onboarding administration and payroll liaison.+ Assisted in the interpretation of all relevant industrial instruments.+ Advised employees on leave entitlements and processes.+ Built and fostered strong relationships with all managers to establish a communication channel for first-line support all operational HR queries.+ Assisted in the recruitment process, including phone screening and reference checking and provided recruitment advice to manager regarding candidate sourcing and advertising channels.+ 457 VISA Management Key Achievements+ Trained managers and my colleagues on the new training system, Snaphire from PageUp.

Warringah Mall

• Increased negotiation skills, customer service and my efficiency skills, especially during the busiest month of the year. • Responsibility for rostering, banking, stocktake, inducting new employees, training staff, floor sales, reviewing applications and managing up to 4 staff. • Responsible for opening and closing the store and balancing the receipts at the end of trade.• Exceeded individual and store KPI’s/targets regularly.