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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Key Responsibilities:• Provide professional, strategic and operational People advice on the interpretation of People policies and procedures, employment legislation, recruitment strategies, and managing change processes.• Coach managers to assume an increasing responsibility for all aspects of people management.• Develop and analyse people metrics to support decision-making.• Lead health and wellbeing and DEI initiatives across the company.• Manage complex employee relations issues, ensuring legal compliance and fair outcomes.• Manage and conduct grievance investigations.• Provide performance management guidance and best practices.• Talent Management Cycle.• Provide advice and support in injury management matters and work closely with the safety team to mitigate the negative impact on both the individual and the Company.• Drive L&D initiatives.• Drive engagement survey.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Partner with stakeholders and work collaboratively with the People & Culture team to provide effective and efficient advice and support on all People & Culture related matters.Key responsibilities:• Build and maintain strong, credible, collaborative relationships throughout the business, and with external stakeholders. • Improve employee experience. • End to end recruitment. • Position description development & review following the public sector banding system.• HR reporting/analysis.• Review and update procedures and processes as required. • Support the development and delivery of crucial P&C projects (including the HRIS upgrade).Key Project:Drive the implementation of key modules of the Human Resources Information System (HRIS). Delivery of significant improvements and upgrades to employee self-service; performance review system and recruitment platform. The change focused on bringing operational efficiencies and improving on staff experience across the organisation.• Liaise with the software providers to develop the project plan, and configure the system upgrade/implementation of new modules with the consultant.• Process Mapping.• Communicate complex information to stakeholders through meetings and coordinate workshops (focus groups) with manager and staff groups.• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to enhance business relationships and project delivery and to understand and manage the impacts of the change and project implementation plan.• Support the Change Manager to deliver the change & communication plan and implement the change activities.• Development of testers’ templates and coordinate the testing groups. • Development of training plan; training material and delivery of training for over 150 staff.

Melbourne, Australia

First point of contact of appointed stakeholders to lead the development and execution of generalist people and culture activities to drive best practice talent management, high performing talent, and achievement of individual and team objectives.Recruitment• Contribute to periodic review and continuous improvement of overarching recruitment strategy and processes• Contribute to workforce planning activities including headcount and skill forecasting for designated Business Units• Execute end to end recruitmentOnboarding• Contribute to periodic review and continuous improvement of the onboarding strategy • Onboarding for all new hires - several activities throughout the employee's first yearTalent management • Facilitate quarterly team reviews with managers, including coaching managers to adopt effective talent management practices and to drive achievement of performance outcomes• Drive manager engagement and capability with one on one coaching cycle including driving the use of the performance review system• Contribute to planning annual performance cycle timeline, communications plan and tools/guidance on steps for sharing with managers and participants• Payroll, remuneration & incentives • Review and sign off of monthly payroll with Payroll ManagerBenefits• Drive employee benefits program• Drive wellness program• Develop materials to promote benefits offeringsTraining & development • Liaise with managers to drive the development of training and career development plans for individuals in their teams• Implement and maintenance of the new LMS system• Contribute to coordinating training and development activitiesWorkplace relations supportEngagement Survey • Management of engagement survey with PeoplePulse, and drive the action plans with SLT, managers & employees. • Drive working groups to establish new programs/initiatives based on the engagement survey outcome• Management of Great Place to Work culture Audit submission & survey

Melbourne, Australia

Role Purpose: Specialist Project Services within IT technical roles, IT projects, with a focus on Project Management, Program Management, Change Management and Project Coordination and Support.Specialist Project Services within IT projects, with a focus on Project Management, Program Management, Change Management and Project Coordination and Support.Key Responsibilities:• Coordination of the interview process, including job description alignment, advertising, shortlisting, phone screening, interviewing and testing of candidates• Managing a portfolio of temporary workers on a weekly basis while dealing with permanent roles• Recruiting candidates within a preset timeframe for continued business productivity via several channels and resources• Networking with industry professionals

Melbourne, Australia

Role purpose:Consultant to develop the Human Resources department for a small business. Management of recruitment, development of HR processes and workflows, salary structure, performance appraisal and job position description. Key Responsibilities: • Development and implementation of HR policies and procedures.• Development and appraise job descriptions and job specifications.• HR Analytics and reporting• Helping people to draw up action plans for employment, education and training and supporting them to achieve these goals.• Supporting day-to-day activities in the delivery of the payrollKey Achievements:• Developed the HR department of the company.• Career Adviser for over 150 international students: Identify options for suitable careers, write CVs and Cover Letters, identify skills gaps, advise on where to search for jobs and help with the application process.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

OAS is a privately-owned Brazilian multinational conglomerate, which gathers companies present in the national territory and in more than 20 countries. Relying on above one hundred thousand employees, it is a benchmark in entrepreneurship, safety and quality.Role purpose:Managing HR department: pre and post recruitment process, performance management, training & development, performance evaluation, administer the compensation program and change management.Key Responsibilities: • Workforce Planning • Develop and execute recruiting plans. • Interviewing and assessing prospective applicants.• Conducts recruitment; conducts new-employee orientations.• People Analytics - management of the HR dashboard • HR Reporting • Developing with line managers HR planning strategies which consider immediate and long-term staff requirements.• Administers the compensation program.• Monitors the performance evaluation program and revises as necessary.• Assists in evaluation of reports, decisions and results of department in relation to established goals. • Recommends new approaches, policies and procedures to effect continual improvements in the efficiency of the department and services performed.• Analysing training needs in conjunction with departmental managers; planning, and sometimes delivering, training - including inductions for new staff.Key Achievements:• Accomplishes human resources and organization mission by completing related results as needed.• Change analyst for the implementation of SAP SuccessFactors for over 50,000 employees• Developed initiatives for the succession planning program• Workforce planning - proposing staffing plans and staffing budgets for a restructured in 2015. Due to a crisis in the construction industry, we had to plan and execute the termination of employment of 40,000 staff.

Salvador Area, Brazil

Key Responsibilities: • Develop and execute recruiting plans. • Conducts recruitment; conducts new-employee orientations.• Developing with line managers HR planning strategies which consider immediate and long-term staff requirements.• Administers the compensation program.• Monitors the performance evaluation program and revises as necessary.• Assists in evaluation of reports, decisions and results of department in relation to established goals. • Recommends new approaches, policies and procedures to effect continual improvements in the efficiency of the department and services performed.• Analysing training needs in conjunction with departmental managers; planning, and sometimes delivering, training - including inductions for new staff.

Salvador Area, Brazil

Key Responsibilities: • Recruitment and Hiring: Administers job interviewing schedules for all job vacancies; assessed recruitment trends; proactively recruited candidates through direct recruitment; internet mining and other creative methods, interviewing and presenting all candidates to Hiring Managers to finalize the recruitment. • Conducts new employee orientations.• Execution of the recruitment social media communication.

Salvador Area, Brazil

• Recruitment and Hiring: Administers job interviewing schedules for all job vacancies; assessed recruitment trends; proactively recruited candidates through direct recruitment; internet mining and other creative methods, interviewing and presenting all candidates to Hiring Managers to finalize the recruitment. • Conducts new employee orientations.• Execution of the recruitment social media communication.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General

Organisational Psychology, Human Resources Management And Services