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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

YLab is a social enterprise founded in 2016 providing consulting and co-design services to organisations who are looking for better ways to design systems for young people.We employ young people across Australia with diverse lived and technical experience and back them with the trust, resources, skills and connections to make change; solving problems across employment, policy and decision making, health and wellbeing and First Nations issues.

Melbourne, Australia

Pollinate Group is an award-winning social enterprise creating a world where women are equipped to lead their communities out of poverty (https://pollinategroup.org/). The organisation has a workforce of ~70 people across Melbourne, Calgary, California, 6 cities in India and 3 districts in Nepal.My role was to find efficiencies and unite the Australian team’s operations at a global level across a range of functions including people and culture, finance, technology and compliance. In… Show more Pollinate Group is an award-winning social enterprise creating a world where women are equipped to lead their communities out of poverty (https://pollinategroup.org/). The organisation has a workforce of ~70 people across Melbourne, Calgary, California, 6 cities in India and 3 districts in Nepal.My role was to find efficiencies and unite the Australian team’s operations at a global level across a range of functions including people and culture, finance, technology and compliance. In addition, I contributed to building the philanthropic revenue pipeline of grants, individual donations and social innovation program revenue whilst project managing acquittals and reports for secured funds.I helped the organisation to scale through a global merger, a global rebrand, a new organisational model, CEO transition and COVID-19 response. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

The Australian Business and Community Network is a group of over 200 low socio-ecomonic status schools and 43 leading businesses, working together to address educational disadvantage through structured workplace mentoring and business/school partnerships.My role was to build meaningful relationships with students, mentor leaders and key contacts across member businesses and schools to facilitate structured, impactful mentoring programs. Programs I delivered were:GOALS program;… Show more The Australian Business and Community Network is a group of over 200 low socio-ecomonic status schools and 43 leading businesses, working together to address educational disadvantage through structured workplace mentoring and business/school partnerships.My role was to build meaningful relationships with students, mentor leaders and key contacts across member businesses and schools to facilitate structured, impactful mentoring programs. Programs I delivered were:GOALS program; for Year 9 students with focus on building relationships and confidence, goal setting, communication and strengths identification, to encourage the completion of studies through and beyond Year 12. Aspirations program; for Year 11’s to broaden the awareness of post-school career pathways and enhance preparedness for the workplace.Each program ran fortnightly for the length of a semester with up to 20 pairs of mentor/mentees. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

Delivered culture change and leadership development initiatives for clients across multiple sectors, globally.

171 Collins Street, Melbourne

Reporting to Head of Leadership Development within Group Human Resources, led the global graduate development program, including design, delivery and alignment to organisational strategy; in addition to providing project management, deployment and analytics support for broader learning and leadership development programs, tools and modules.Roles held:Analyst, Organisational Capability (Mar 2015 - Oct 2016)Analyst, Learning (Sept 2013 - Mar 2015)

Melbourne, Australia

Parks Victoria - People and Culture Restructure facilitator (May 2013 – Sept 2013)Reporting to Manager Organisational Development and Talent partnered with Executive and Senior Management to facilitate workflow and job analysis to drive service and job redesign.RACV - Recruitment consultant (Apr 2013 – May 2013)Partnered with the Employment Services Team across the RACV 2013 Graduate Recruitment Program.

Caulfield East

Reporting to the General Manager – Human Resources, partnered with management team across Mornington, Caulfield and Sandown Racecourses to provide recruitment, employee relations and human resources policy and procedural advice for all functions. Client base was a workforce of 250 permanent staff and over 2000 casual staff.Roles held:Human Resources Advisor (Aug 2011 - Nov 2012)Human Resources Coordinator (Aug 2010 - Aug 2011)Human Resources Administrator (Aug… Show more Reporting to the General Manager – Human Resources, partnered with management team across Mornington, Caulfield and Sandown Racecourses to provide recruitment, employee relations and human resources policy and procedural advice for all functions. Client base was a workforce of 250 permanent staff and over 2000 casual staff.Roles held:Human Resources Advisor (Aug 2011 - Nov 2012)Human Resources Coordinator (Aug 2010 - Aug 2011)Human Resources Administrator (Aug 2007 - Sept 2009)Industry Based Learning Placement - Human Resources Assistant (Aug 2006 - Aug 2007) Show less

Kooyong

Reporting to the National Manager – Human Resources provided generalist support to the national manager and 6 human resources consultants. Vision Australia operates across 5 states (VIC, QLD, NT, WA, NSW) with a workforce of approx.1200.

Bachelor Of Business, Human Resource Management

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Japanese