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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

My role leads the People, Culture and Learning team in cultural change, capability building, Diversity & Inclusion, IR, risk management and generalist HR functions. I lead the HR Business Partnering function and team for Converge International. I am the senior HR Business Partner delivering operational HR advice to line managers on complex people matters across the business and providing the full range of general Human Resources services and activities. My role is responsible for the management of return to work and OHS matters. My passion is around creating a workplace culture where employees can thrive whilst being accountable and growing and developing every day. I am passionate about creating an inclusive workplace, supporting culture change and I am a member of Converge International's Reconciliation Action Plan Committee. I play a key role in supporting the Executive Director to develop and deliver on Converge's EVP, strategic priorities and projects.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Led the People & Culture function for the Melbourne Anglican Diocese Corporation and a member of the Executive Management team. Responsible for developing and leading the Human Resources function and team through best practice strategies, policies, programs and practices in order to support and enhance the Diocese Vision and Direction and provide ongoing advice to senior leaders & parishes within the diocese.

Melbourne, Australia

Developing strong partnerships with People Managers and Executives to identify and respond to emerging people issues impacting on business requirements. Contributing to strategic planning including developing & leading a strategy to elevate FSPL’s employer brand in the marketplace. Successfully launching and implementing the FSPL Employee Value Proposition (EVP) Project in December 2019. Managing FSPL’s approach throughout the employee life-cycle including recruitment, induction, on-boarding, performance and talent management processes & learning and development. Providing HR knowledge for complex employee relations projects across the business such as grievances, discipline, performance and recommending early intervention strategies

Melbourne, Australia

Providing strategic and tactical HR leadership, that is delivery-focused, and providing long-term vision for the Strategy& Australia business. Providing functional knowledge of HR, culture, and organisational change and leading a team of HR professionals and multiple projects to support the national people strategy. Retaining and delivering against a differentiated global Career Model and EVP for Strategy& through the merger with PwC, resulting in high retention & engagement of the team post-merger.

Melbourne, Australia

Responsible for the professional development of Consulting staff through the employee lifecycle. Leading the performance appraisal process for the Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia region (ANZSEA), a key component of the Strategy& global Career model and Employee Value Proposition. Managing employee relations & performance issues across the region including conducting grievance investigations, performance development feedback, warnings & terminations of employment. Leading talent management and staff progression planning programs in the region. Coordination of the annual Performance Bonus process.

Melbourne, Australia

Attracting top talent in my role as recruitment lead for the Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia region. Building successful relationships with clients, target schools, global internal teams and agencies to understand business requirements, manage the brand and develop appropriate strategies for sourcing and hiring candidates. Development and delivery of campus recruitment strategy hiring a class of 20+ Undergraduate & MBA candidates across the ANZSEA region from 800+ applications from over 15 local and international Universities and Business Schools in 2011. Generalist HR support including supporting the successful onboarding and integration of new employees. Provided end to end HR support on office closures in New Zealand.

Melbourne, Australia

Generalist HR support to Melbourne, Brisbane and South East Asian staff including advice, coaching and interpretation on the firm’s people policies and procedures. HR Business Partner for the Transport business across the region, providing HR metrics to Transport Board of Management and working with leadership on development of HR Strategy. Managing redundancies, outplacement process, capacity management and top talent retention strategies throughout the Global Financial Crisis.

Melbourne, Australia

Providing the first point of contact HR Generalist advice to Victorian Public Service employees on HR policies, processes and procedures, Recruitment, Employee entitlements, Remuneration and benefits enquiries and Employment conditions. Providing advice and support to managers and staff on the interpretation, application and implementation of employment agreements, awards and policies.

Melbourne, Australia

• Providing recruitment advice to hiring managers, including drafting and placement of recruitment advertisements along with advising on exemptions from advertisingLiaising with hiring managers and candidates throughout the recruitment process, including closing of roles, preparing letters of offer and employment contracts. Providing advice to management and staff regarding the scope and application of HR policies and procedures. Scribed for recruitment panel interviews and prepared selection reports

Melbourne, Australia

London, United Kingdom & San Francisco, California

Building leadership capabilities of the top 170 senior leaders globally through the end to end management and project rollout of 7 sessions of global leadership program in California, USA. Developing senior management and high potential individuals through supporting a range of learning and development activities including creating +200, 360◦ feedback reviews, +150 tailored individual development plans and co-ordinating the annual global Managing Director promotion process.

London, United Kingdom

• Supported learning and development activities through assisting Global Head of Organisational Development and Organisational Development team• Administered 100 plus x 360◦ feedback reviews for European Executive team• Researched, selected and implemented language training for European offices• Planned and executed in-house training workshops and special events

London, United Kingdom

• Ongoing tracking of training budgets• Managing external, internal & blended learning activities for IT personnel

London, United Kingdom

Provided support to the Payroll team and undertook activities including: • Indexing personnel files• Responding to payroll queries• Completing employee references• Updating tax documentation and new hire contracts

London, United Kingdom

Attracting top global talent through delivering a 3 day global graduate assessment centre for 180+ candidates from across Europe & Asia-Pac and 80+ senior management. Planning and execution of the annual campus recruiting marketing campaign including organising photo and film shoots, liaising with advertising agency/public relations departments to create new images & copy and updating the external & internal graduate recruitment website. Assisted with the creation and delivery of Campus Recruiting intranet site.

Masters Of Commerce, Hr Management, Distinction Average

Masters of Commerce (Human Resource Management)

Certificate Iii In Visual Arts

Completed a Visual Arts course for fun and to give me a creative outlet outside of my corporate work

2020 Key Leaders Program, Organizational Leadership

Mental Health First Aid, Certified Mental Health First Aid Officer

Bachelor'S Degree, Applied Economics (Marketing)

Bachelor of Applied Economics (Marketing)