Emma Mckenzie Email & Phone Number

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

Working for one of the biggest employers in New Zealand (approx. 6500 employees) I am a member of the Learning and Organisational Development team with ownership of the onboarding experience and key roles in wellbeing and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) strategy design and delivery. Achievements:• Created and implemented a three-year onboarding strategy in collaboration with C-level executives to align with overall business strategy.• Designed and executed a strategic change management plan for a new way of onboarding our employees (‘Day One at Datacom’) that led to an increase in satisfaction of New Starters at the end of their first week.• Facilitated workshops and training to increase our emphasis on the End-User experience and upskill colleagues in human-centred design• Drove adoption and utilisation of a new HRIS system increasing compliance in key risk areas like information security and health and safety• Managed cross-functional stakeholder engagement, ensuring project alignment with business objectives and seamless communication that reduced resistance • Developed process improvements through root-cause analysis and solution implementation that saw key savings in support services time, help-desk tickets raised, and time to productivity for New Starters• Managed employee experience surveys and presented findings to senior leadership, driving continuous improvement in change strategies

Auckland, New Zealand

Achievements:• Strategic Organisational Development: At the core of Whakarongorau Aotearoa, I've driven initiatives that enhance organisational performance through effective talent identification, succession planning, and leadership development. My efforts have been instrumental in improving employee engagement and refining our Employee Value Proposition, making Whakarongorau a great place to work. • Performance and Development Conversations: Led the organisation-wide rollout, achieving a 98% completion rate. The project was noted for enhancing the alignment of employee goals with strategic objectives, significantly improving the perceived value of this process.• Employee Engagement Survey: Managed the annual survey, boosting participation from 52% to 82%—the highest in its history. Supported leaders in action planning and driving engagement to achieve exceptional business results.• Learning Management System Overhaul: Developed a new ISO9001 compliant system for managing learning content using SharePoint and the Microsoft Power Platform, demonstrating my technical proficiency and ability to collaborate closely with cross-functional teams.Reason for Leaving: Position made redundant due to organisational restructuring.

Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand

The Effect is a small psychology consultancy (5 employees) where I provided customer and sales support for wellbeing in the workplace products.Achievements:• Successfully bid on the creation and delivery of a wellbeing programme for the Hamilton City Council during the first national lockdown.

Cambridge, Waikato, New Zealand

Nyriad is a technology start-up (approx. 150 employees) where I was a HR Generalist. Achievements:• Implementing a fully automated onboarding process using our HRIS software BambooHR.• Design and roll-out of an eLearning module for Health and Safety to be completed by the whole company across three offices. • Recruitment and pastoral care of 15 summer interns for an internship funded by a Callaghan Innovation grant.

Auckland, New Zealand

Tonkin + Taylor is an engineering consultancy (approx. 850 employees) where I was the sole learning and development resource.Achievements:• An organisation-wide roll out for the move to the ISO9001 certification. This represented a significant change to our ways of working and required all employees to be fully trained and audit ready within two months. I achieved 99% attendance at the in-person training sessions.• I held the Project Management Development Pathway portfolio which was the professional development (using a 70-20-10 model of on-the-job learning, mentorship, and formal training) required to be recognised as a Project Manager by the organisation. • Needs analysis and requirements of the LMS including recommendations to sunset our current tool based on the organisation’s needs and research other external vendors. • Managing a portfolio of expertise including: the mentoring programme, the project management development pathway, the internal development conversations, external professional registration bodies, and the L&D policies and procedures. • Successful presentation of a paper to the Executive Leadership Team for implementation of a professional accreditation bonus.

Auckland, New Zealand

KS Holdings is a group of construction companies (approx. 220 employees) where I was the sole recruitment resource with full ownership of the end-to-end recruitment process.

Bachelor Of Arts (Honours) In Applied Psychology, Industrial/Organisational Psychology

Activities and Societies: Golden Key International Honour Society

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Management And Marketing

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Writing Studies And History