Meryl Lavender Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, Australia

London, United Kingdom

Reporting to and working directly with the CEO, bridged the executive team and business to ensure day to day operations, procedures, and policies were built and employed, focusing on building a positive and effective company culture.Operated as the HR representative as the company grew from 12 employees to 40 over an 8 month period.Sourced and implemented competitive employee benefits package.Sourced and implemented cloud based HRIS.Administrated payroll, employee life cycle from recruitment to exit, ensuring all policies and practices were compliant. First line support for all incoming HR enquiries.Acted as internal communications for CEO.Took minutes and tracked actions for weekly Executive Committee meetingsLine managed one Receptionist.

London

Overseeing smooth running of an office of 40 staff, both people and facilities, the first point of contact for all HR or office matter. Working closely with the Executive team to implement an HR function for the business. Reporting directly to CFO and managing one Executive Assistant.• Managing and administrating the employee life cycle: offer letters, contracts, on boarding and inductions, resignations and redundancies, exit interviews• Organising and moderating staff forums which resulted in the implementation of a colleague recognition scheme to increase staff motivation and engagement• Liaising with providers and finance department regarding payroll, pensions, and employee benefits• Facilitating ad hoc HR projects. including employee salary review; office facilities surveys• Liaising with external legal counsel to manage proper employment relations • Planning staff social events• Arranging any office moves, renovations, facilities issues and/or repairs• Providing HR data for board meetings• Inter company communications of office and HR matters ie holiday management, appraisal cycles, • Supporting line managers in any employee management issues/queries

London, United Kingdom

Kensington, Uk

Bowen Island, Bc, Canada

Contract position.Managed a wellness and retreat centre specializing in corporate retreats, professional development workshops, and weddings. • Worked directly with clients to execute events, requiring creative troubleshooting, organization, clear communication and team management, and multitasking for this unique property• Managed a team of staff in housekeeping.• Acted as point person for all contracted food and beverage services.SKILLS REQUIREDEvent ManagementSalesCommunicationOrganizationAdministration

Vancouver, Bc, Canada

Responsibilities included:• Liaising with consultants to execute communications updates such as website updates, newsletters, and mail outs• Organized two Business Information Sessions for local contractors (over 100 attendees) • Managed project information, phone and company email mailboxes

Vancouver, Canada

Woodfibre LNG Limited is a Vancouver/Squamish based company proposing to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing and export facility at a previous pulp mill site in Squamish British Columbia. The estimated project cost of $1.7 billion CAD. Owned by Singapore based Pacific Oil & Gas, Woodfibre LNG is PO&G's first North American industrial project. As one of the original three hires, while I had a specific title, the responsibilities and tasks were exceedingly broad. I operated as the main base support for the growing team of local and Singapore based executives and consultants, as well as the main contact for the administrative and IT teams based in Singapore and Jakarta within the international growing team. Responsibilities included:• Daily office management, administrative, secretarial, and IT support• Sourcing and negotiating contracts for corporate mobility plan, company car, supplies and furniture, travel, owned and leased IT equipment and software, corporate hotels, and corporate apartments• Sourcing and negotiating new office space, including renovation and relocation costs• Preparing administrative budget for upcoming year• Organizing and executing internal and external meetings for up to 70 persons, including catering and IT• Managing complex travel diaries and for local and visiting executives, as well as visits to the industrial site, official invitation letters and VISA applications• Processing accounts payable• Preparing and distributed minutes of weekly conference calls

Downtown Vancouver

Cipd Intermediate Certificate In Human Resources Management, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General

Bcomm, Hotel And Food Administration

Activities and Societies: Co-President, University of Guelph Badminton TeamGraduated with an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree, majoring.

High School Honours Diploma

Voted by peers as House Captain in Senior Year. Graduated with Honours Involved in several extra curricular activities throughout high.

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Hotel/Motel Administration/Management