In my current role as Product Owner, I champion the People Home Program, focusing on reimagining the digital employee experience for our Australia and Aotearoa businesses. Leveraging the Momentum scaled agile model, I lead the design, configuration, testing, and deployment of a new Recruitment and Talent journey within our Human Capital Management (HCM) system.Key deliverables include:*Driving Adoption - Actively promoting the People Home Program and the Momentum agile model to ensure the successful delivery of innovative recruitment solutions.*Stakeholder Engagement - Collaborating with diverse stakeholders to gather insights, ensuring that the systems/processes aligns with Suncorp’s strategic vision and meets current and future needs.*Designing User-Centric Solutions: Developing a future state design for the Recruitment and Talent journey that incorporates best-in-class HR practices and reflects external market research.*Change Management - Building readiness within stakeholders to facilitate a smooth transition to the new digital employee experience.*Process Development - Crafting future state processes that enhance the overall employee journey, empowering both employees and leaders across the organisation.

As a Special Advisor and Advisory Board Member at Primary Advisory I provide strategic counsel on all matters related to People and Place. Committed to fostering a thriving environment and contributing to Primary Advisory’s success. #Leadership #BoardMember #PeopleAndPlace

As the Head of Talent for GB Australia, I was driving transformative Talent Team initiatives and crafting high-impact Talent and Employee Experience strategies. I reported directly to the Senior Vice President for Global TA Operations in the US and maintained a dotted line to the local AU Chief People Officer, positioning myself at the forefront of shaping and executing innovative talent strategies across the Australian business while aligning to global optimisation.Orchestrating national excellence in Talent and employee experience by inspiring and leading the team towards strategic goals. Spearheading cross-state talent initiatives, contributing to the global TA Centre of Excellence, and actively supporting Gallagher and Gallagher Bassett's global expansion.Key Achievements:- WINNER - TA Team - Best Corporate Support Service at the National GB Awards (March 2024) - first time in GB AU history- Rolled out a new global talent system, enhancing efficiency and streamlining processes on a global scale.-Spearheaded comprehensive communication and change management strategies for enterprise-wide initiatives, increasing employee engagement and seamless adoption of new processes- Achieved an exceptional 25% increase in Talent team delivery YOY without additional headcount costs- Surpassed all global TA SLAs within the first 12 months of tenure- Successfully reduced agency spend by 46% from forecast YOY, aligning with strategic cost management objectives.- Delivered the two largest GB programs of work in the history of GB globally on time, within budget, and 20% above forecast, underscoring strategic project execution capabilities.- Rolled out a new global recruitment system, enhancing efficiency and streamlining processes on a global scale- Designed and developed a new Corporate Social Responsibility (DI&B, wellness, philanthropic, sustainability) strategy and framework underpinned by in country requirements whilst also aligning to global deliverables

Reporting to the Chief People and Learning Officer, my role provides strategic vision, anticipating the future, and collaborating with business leaders and senior team members to deliver unique talent strategies and planning in a highly competitive market to deliver Mater the very best talent.I lead a driven and motivated Talent Acquisition team across the state, where they are encouraged and celebrated for thinking outside the box, embracing positive disruption and apply enterprising and agile ways to deliver the skilled workforce of tomorrow.I oversee and drive employee experience and talent improvements to the necessary frameworks, tools and processes to effectively attract, source, onboard and retain top talent while developing and overseeing an outstanding employee experience.

Reporting to the Chief People Officer (CPO), I head up the Mater Group Talent Acquisition function (10,000 staff nationally) with responsibility for developing and driving the strategic Talent Acquisition and People Experience vision across the 4x Mater Ministries – Health, Education, Foundation and Research. I also am responsible for the leadership, strategy, development and delivery of People & Culture initiatives and programs across the full spectrum of the "People experience" including Talent Acquisition, Employer Brand/Employee Experience, Onboarding, Performance, Learning and Development, Remuneration and Benefits, Wellbeing, Culture ensuring the programs delivered align to the group People Plan objectives.Some Key Achievements to date* Succesfully led/project managed and delivered “the fastest IT implementation in Mater history” with our new PageUp recruitment/talent system (5 weeks from approval to group wide implementation).* Develop, implement and enhance Mater’s strategic Talent operations capabilities through improved processes, policies and HR Systems*Complete re-design/re-structure and execution of NEW centralised TA model and team* Management of approx. $55million+ portfolio of positions/vacancies at any given time* Implementation of new team, deliverables and service plan for Mater Recruitment * Full redesign and reimplementation of Mater Group Graduate Nursing process/recruitment - Successful placement of approx. 200+ graduate nurses per year* 3500 + vacancies recruited annually, with now 50% delivery centralised back through recruitment function

Key responsibilities:* Leadership of the national recruitment team and managed all E2E recruitment activities across Australia and New Zealand * Recruitment of all key Senior/Executive vacancies directly* Team management of 3x staff members - Australia and India based* Design/development of recruitment strategy and forecasts alongside extensive process improvement* Management of recruitment spend* Workforce Planning and consulting* Reporting and data analyticsKey achievements and developed competencies: * Winner of "Best New Talent 2015" at the National AGA People Awards.* Implementation of In-house recruitment team and centralisation of all recruitment activities* Implementation of Recruitment Shared Service in India* Successfully implemented Agency Preferred Supplier Panel (PSA) * Successfully filled 350+ vacancies in 2016* Successfully filled 300+ vacancies in 2015* Recruitment savings of $300k in first 10 months* Global Recruitment Efficiency project management - Digital sourcing strategies

I acted as the SME for strategic talent sourcing/acquisition, key diversity projects, talent pipeline development and promotion of the talent brand, including key HR Projects. As the Sourcing/Recruitment Lead for all new business lines, I managed the full E2E project, from development of full recruitment framework (strategic sourcing, talent mapping etc), operational models for staff, workforce plans (from tender pitch to execution) and also personally managing recruitment of senior level roles directly within the new business line. Some of the major new business projects included;* Integrated Care - Pilot - In partnership with Depts of Health Vic and WA, HBF, NIB and Medibank* beyondblue Support Service - A multi-channel telehealth support service* Nurse on Call - 24/7 telehealth nurse triage services for Victorian residents * Healthdirect Australia - 24/7 nurse triage services in NSW, WA, SA, TAS and ACT * Afterhours GP helpline - national GP telehealth service * Medibank's First Indigenous trainee program - Retail centresI also developed training and coaching material to guide senior managers through developing their personal brand which includes targeted "LinkedIn for Managers" training for Group Exec/C-Suite. As the Talent Sourcing & Engagement Lead, my role covered a variety of different areas and developed skills including staff management, project management, design and development of talent pipelines, talent acquisition, EVP/EB strategies and best practice initiatives.

I was involved in a building project in the community in which Apuoyo Mixed Secondary School is located. It was very isolated and rural. The Ministry of Public health had issued a general warning to the School, pushing them to erect proper kitchens and food handling areas or risk closure. The meal that the school provides is often the only meal a number of these students receive each day so closure could be horrendous for the local community.Therefore, the school community had requested assistance from World Youth International in building a new kitchen to address these needs. The project was constructed by volunteers such as myself, alongside local builders. It was also funded by World Youth International volunteers, removing the burden from local parents who would otherwise struggle to finance the project and would force closure of the school.Founded in 1988 by the late Robert Hoey, World Youth International (WYI) is one of Australia’s leading not-for- profit international development organisations and signatory to the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID).

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