Claudia Kurth Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Leading the Australian HR team to deliver on all HR Business Partnering initiatives and cyclical activities.Identifying and implementing process improvements to streamline and provide more effective and efficient HR support & services across the Australian offices. Working closely with Global HR colleagues to deliver on global processes and initiatives, ensuring local legislative and market related requirements are considered and met, where these differ across regions.

Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia

A member of the Executive Leadership team, responsible for leading the People & Culture function across the business.Leading a team of P&C professionals, this role encompassed all P&C related processes and initiatives, both strategic & operational.Key focus areas included: - Developing, implementing and embedding all annual P&C related activities (including remuneration reviews, bonus & commission processes, performance reviews, employee surveys, policy & process reviews, amongst other things) - Re-building and leading a team of HR professionals to deliver a high-level of HR service across the business - Leading through a time of change and uncertainty, constantly adapating to the evolving Covid landscape - Ensuring a continued focus on culture and wellbeing, adjusting to the changing needs of the individuals and business - Setting the strategic agenda and annual business plan for the HR function, and adapting these to the changing needs of the business over time - Provision of sound ER advice to senior stakeholders, including the CEO and Director - Provision of HR advice to all individuals across the business, across the broad spectrum of HR functions - Business-wide communication in relation to all people related impacts, including the changing Covid landscape

Sydney, Australia

Providing professional HR Consulting services to a range of organisations across a broad spectrum of HR focus areasA strong generalist HR background across multiple industries and organisations enables me to clearly grasp organisational requirements, work closely with key business stakeholders and utilise a commercial HR approach to address key issues being faced.Working with large businesses to provide additional HR expertise on key projects or activities, or with small/medium businesses where HR resources are limited or independent HR advice is required.

Sydney, Australia

Providing HR advice and services at both a strategic and operational level, across the full spectrum of HR related activities. Key focus areas included: - a complete review of the existing Position Descriptions to align these to structural changes across the business, and ensure a high degree of accountability across all roles - a complete review of the performance review and remuneration review processes to provide a greater degree of measurability, accountability and transparency - review and implementation of a new HR Information System to automate processes and provide a greater level of compliance and data retention - provision of HR specialist advice in relation to the merger with McCabes, including process, communications, documentation, consultation and Enterprise Agreement negotiations - day to day HR operational advice and processes as required

Surry Hills

Wavelength International is an award winning organisation, providing Recruitment, Immigration and Locum Services for Medical Professionals as well as Healthcare Executives & Employers throughout Australia, New Zealand & beyond.Wavelength has been listed in the BRW Top 50 Best Places to Work in Australia for consecutive years since 2010, most recently being placed at number 30 in the 2013 result just released. With an enviable workplace culture and a strong investment in ensuring its people policies & processes are second to none, Wavelength represents a unique place to work, where people, ethics & a sound approach to business are at the forefront at all times.My role with Wavelength encompassed the full spectrum of HR strategic and operational activities, as well as managing several projects. I have continued to consult to Wavelength International since commencing my consulting business in 2014 and provided interim HR Management support in July/August 2018, and October 2018.

Sydney

Worked with a diverse mix of client groups over a 5 & 1/2 year period, advising & supporting Senior Leaders across the full spectrum of generalist HR functions & cyclical processes. This included:- HR Manager for Products & Delivery, and Consumer Strategy- National HR Manager, leading a team of HR Consultants/BPs supporting a large Contact Centre/Customer Service function nationally - HR Manager for Consumer SalesAlong with a broad mix of HR generalist functions, I was involved in a number of restructures during this period, including establishing new businesses & closing down and/or re-shaping businesses as the organisational structure continued to be transformed.Each of the above roles included establishing & implementing the annual HR People Plan for respective client groups, aligned to organisational plans & individual business needs, within opex budgets. This included managing teams of HR Consultants/BPs for respective client groups.

Sydney

A broad generalist HR role along with HR project work, supporting client groups which included Corporate, Finance, Dispute Resolution & Marketing.I also took on the role of HR Manager for the Sydney office during the last year of this period, covering for a maternity leave period, leading a team of HR Business PartnersI represented the HR function at annual remuneration review processes, working closely with Partners to ensure a thorough & consistent review was conducted.

Glasgow, Scotland

This was a broad generalist role, with a particular focus on working with Managers to resolve long term performance and absenteeism issues.

Glasgow, Scotland

A broad generalist role, with a focus on developing & implementing a balanced scorecard approach across the business and providing 2IC support to the Head of HR, during a period of parental leave.

Sydney & London

Supporting the Investment Banking Group leaders with broad HR advice whilst in the Sydney office.On relocation to London, this HR support encompassed the whole London office.Some key areas of focus included:- annual/cyclical HR processes, including remuneration reviews, performance reviews, staff surveys, promotion processes, annual bonus payments, amongst other activities- Recruitment, including graduate recruitment processes and senior level hires- Working with leaders of the London office to grow the local business by way of local recruitment, acquisition & partnerships

Sydney

My role with PwC was specifically within their Tax and Legal Services division (TLS), and consisted of generalist HR advice as well as recruitment of professional staff for the division

Sydney

Higher School Certificate

Graduate Diploma Of Hr Management

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Commerce