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Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Professionally partners with Departmental Executives, taking a lead role in coaching, advising, and facilitating HR strategy across business units through a high level of service delivery support to clients toensure deliverables are met or exceeded. The role is a critical conduit between People and Culture and the organisation, undertaking high impact.

Hobart

• Through strong leadership and broad expertise, partnered with stakeholders to understand their business needs, fostered productive relationships and identified original and mutually beneficial business and people.
• Accomplished ‘White Ribbon Workplace’ accreditation for the department, achieving the highest number of “Outstanding” ratings from 178 organisations accredited nationally. ‘White Ribbon Leader’ status awarded because.
• Drove the inaugural Diversity, Equity and Inclusion agenda for the department, including governance formation, staff engagement, communications and strategy development.

Hobart

• Managed the all-inclusive people management needs of diverse divisions within the department, by imparting expert advice and providing the right solutions to meet business needs.
• Led the successful ‘transition outs’ of employees due to position reduction targets.
• Initiated new Enterprise Bargaining Agreement proceedings for the West Coast Wilderness Railway.
• Expertly facilitated unique performance management strategies for poorly behaving employees with the adopted approaches having positive outcomes.

Hobart

• Joint-led the development and implementation of the departmental WH&S system and plan through consultation and engagement with relevant stakeholders, identification and mitigation of risks and delivery of training and.
• Instigated and executed critical WH&S policies and procedures: Catering, First Aid Officers, Health and Wellbeing, Office Ergonomics and Safe Driving.
• Transformed a small number of random, ad-hoc health and wellbeing initiatives into a holistic, outcomes-focused, measurable and responsive departmental health and wellbeing program.

Hobart

• Partnered with a diverse portfolio of state sporting organisations and regional/local associations, leagues and clubs to support and build their capacity and that of the sport and recreation sector.
• Managed upwards of $350,000 grant funding for nine state sporting organisations.
• Recommended new governance structure for the Tasmanian Badminton Association.
• Successfully resolved member’s long-running grievance within Gymnastics Tasmania.
• Preparation and delivery of state-wide strategic planning sessions for Gymnastics Tasmania.

Hobart

• Managed year two of the second phase of the Find Thirty every day® social marketing campaign.
• Strategised and spent a lean $80,000 per annum budget to deliver a marketing plan which included television, radio, print, bus and other advertising. Survey results indicated increases in physical activity and.

Hobart

• Coordinated a number of agency employee programs including: the workplace diversity program; GLOW Health and Wellbeing Program; workplace health and safety reporting; study assistance; and oversight of the employee.
• Liaised with stakeholders and provided advice, support and assistance within established guidelines on all Organisational Development, Workplace Health & Safety and Diversity-related matters to management and staff.
• Undertook the review, development and implementation of contemporary HR policies and procedures.
• Managed various high level Human Resource-related projects.
• Delivered workshops aimed at building the positive culture of the agency, including workshops on diversity, workplace health and safety, orientation and values.

Hobart

Worked within a team of HR business partners to deliver a range of HR strategies, high-quality advice, assistance, coaching and mentoring to senior executives, scientists, line managers and staff within the Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship.