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Responsible for Outlooks Corporate Services, nationally, including; People and Culture (Human Resources, WHS, RTW, Culture and Change Management); Volunteering; Learning and Development; Marketing and Communications; Quality Systems; Compliance and ITIS, to support the operational and Strategic objectives of the organisation.Managing a great team, focused on development and maintenance of a high standard of service, whilst balancing the business with people needs.

Strategic direction, leadership, advice, management and delivery of Outlooks corporate services across the organisations including; Quality and IT systems, Learning and Development, HR, Workforce Management and manages the team delivering OHS, IT, RTW, Training, Quality System Management, Volunteering and Marketing.

Provides leadership, advice, management and delivery of Outlooks corporate services across the organisations including; Quality and IT systems; Learning and Development; and manages the team delivering OHS, IT, RTW, Volunteering, Marketing/Communications and Maintenance.

Undertaking a Training Needs Analysis and developing the 2015 Training Plan for the organisation and assisting in the review and revision of current Corporate policies and procedures to identify the gaps and develop a cohesive, single source, end to end set of policies and procedures.As a social enterprise, Outlook is one of a new breed of not-for-profit organisations that seeks to address community disadvantage from, in part, commercial activities. Profits from business operations are reinvested to assist Outlook to meet it’s mission of promoting social inclusion by bringing dignity, empowerment and choice to the community.

Implemented and managed a program to extend the capability of top technical talent and support the Strategic direction of the organisation, through short-term assignments in IBM’s worldwide, research, innovation, industry, solution and client centres. Identified and negotiated assignment opportunities, with Centre Managers, placed and supported participants, enforced business guidelines. Provided learning expertise and leadership in the development of a program, combining education with experiential opportunities, to accelerate skills development of entry level technical staff towards professional certification.

Managed a virtual team of 5 Asia Pacific (AP) regional skills leaders, to drive the AP and Global Learning Strategies. Provided leadership, direction, teaming and standardisation across the regions. Identified skills gaps and implemented programs/actions to increase capability. Analysed and managed improvements/efficiencies in skills expenditure. Managed the implementation of global programs and capability development initiatives into the region. Managed education budget of $7.5 million

Learning Manager/Consultant for numerous transformation projects encompassing, Learning Strategy, Learning Needs Analysis, program design, development, delivery and evaluation, competency and change readiness. Experienced across a wide range of industries, complex technology implementations, soft skills, small to large geographically dispersed audiences and large, multi-functional, complex corporate environments. Mobilised and led Learning teams (comprising direct and indirect reports, permanent and part time staff, contractors, vendors and customer staff) to deliver project outcomes, managed Stakeholder relationships, budget, risk, change and project reporting.Supported the Strategy and Change consulting practice in business development; education and mentoring of ‘junior’ consultants; assisted with the definition, consolidation and shaping of Learning solutions; owned and managed the practice team room to harvest assets for reuse.IndustriesIT • Banking • Transport • Automotive • Telecommunications • Healthcare • Utilities • RetailTechnologiesSAP • Oracle • Arena PLM Professional • TeamCenter Engineering • SSAGlobal ERP and HCM • Custom built

Design, development & delivery of Learning Solutions.Pre 2002Senior Consultant/Associate Project Manager - IBM Learning Solutions Group - design & Delivery of client Learning Solutions across Industry Instructional Designer/Trainer/Learning Delivery Management - IBM Learning Solutions Group - Design Development and Delivery of End User Courses and programs and sale of IBM product Learning coursesInstructional Designer/Trainer - Integrated Solutions Services Corporation - Design and delivery of End User Courses, Sales & Marketing of Services OfferedPC End User Instructor - Energy Information Technology Company – Development and Delivery of PC End User LearningVarious Training/HR roles in State Electricity Commission of Victoria