Defining, leading and executing strategic and BAU projects to deliver on our purpose. * CCEX (candidate, client and employee experience)* Brand development and marketing* Business improvement initiatives and major tech systems integration* Budgeting and financial efficiency* Community and industry partnerships* WHS and quality assurance* Strategic supplier and client account management

Leading this newly defined team, my purpose is to build our organisational infrastructure to accommodate continued growth.

My role expanded to encompass our Executive and IT, Tech & Digital alongside HR, WHS and Learning & Development.I support our specialist consultants within these niches to ensure we are leveraging the combined power of leadership, people and technology in organisations and enabling our clients and candidates to achieve bigger things together than they could independently.My personal area of specialisation is in the project management and delivery of large scale executive consulting projects encompassing search strategy, role design, behavioural assessment and remuneration benchmarking.

Forsythes Recruitment & HR is your fast and flexible people and culture department. Built on more than 50 years' service to industry and government, we deliver flexible workforce solutions to employers statewide and beyond.We are passionate about delivering expertise to individuals and businesses, large and small, to create commercial communities where people and culture thrive; and we work hard to make this our 'business as usual' each day.In this leadership position I work closely with our Directors and our team both in front of our clients and behind the scenes to ensure we know where we are heading, how we are going to get there and why it matters. From strategy to operations, commercial to human, internal to external my scope includes HR delivery to brand positioning, market growth to financial performance, internal recruitment to systems implementation.We build human competitive advantage through:* HR partnering* People strategy and communications* Strategic recruitment, executive search and talent acquisition - temporary, permanent and remote* Talent measurement and psychometric assessment* Outplacement and career transition support* Salary benchmarking, remuneration and benefits and third party negotiation* Leadership and executive development* Culture and engagement* Employee relations, mediation and performance management* Learning and development* Workforce planning and design

As the newest sibling of Forsythes Recruitment, Forsythes HR existed for many years under another guise. In 2015 it was shown the public spotlight it deserves; it's own brand and a clear vision, underpinned by a team of people with the passion to make it happen. Working closely with our Directors, I took on operational and strategic responsibility of the Forsythes HR business from the time it launched to build a portfolio of projects and partner clients across Sydney, the Central Coast, Newcastle and the Hunter Valley. Milestone projects I managed during my time in this role include:* Partnership with leading disability services provider to develop and embed sustainable behavioural change and rebuild organisational culture during period of immeasurable reform at industry, business and team levels* Design and preparation of business case for CEO and Board of leading aged care provider recommending organisation structure redesign and development opportunities for top talent* Design and delivery of customised one-on-one and group outplacement and career transition support to more than 500 individuals in less than 18 months in the context of site closure across FMCG, mining and manufacturing industries* Commissioned by state government to undertake a capability and capacity audit of the contact centre industry across the Central Coast and Hunter regions* Engaged by State Government to design and recommend a competency framework with descriptions of statutory functions to be used by the Mining and Petroleum Competence Board as a benchmark to review the present system and identify or confirm competencies required for each statutory function in line with their Strategic Plan to 2020

It’s one thing to recruit the right person. It’s a very different thing to then lead and develop that person, and that person’s team, in a way that delivers optimum performance.I transitioned into our Organisational Development team to manage the delivery of services that began with the recruitment of high quality employees and extended to programs and tools that positively influence culture, empower leaders, measure talent and performance, enhance engagement and drive results. This included: * Recruitment and selection, specialising in human resources, organisational development and safety* Diagnostic-based leadership and executive coaching* Psychometric assessment for talent measurement and team development* Outplacement and career transition programs for individuals and groups

Developed into a client-focused position, responsible for creating solutions in the fast-paced world of temporary and permanent commercial recruitment. Client industries included:* Rail* Healthcare* Not-for-profit* Financial Services* Manufacturing* Retail* Insurance* Telecommunications* Engineering and construction* Local and state government

Began my graduate career in this role, with a core focus on sourcing active and passive candidates using contemporary recruitment tools including: * Social media and storytelling* Video interviewing technology* Global recruitment networks* Skill assessments* Psychological assessment

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