Michael Connell Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Sydney, Australia

The Aveo Group (Brookfield) villages balance convenience and independence with an enviable lifestyle. Through care, skill and dedication we have been refining what it means to “live well” for over 20 years and are proud to be Australia’s leading provider of retirement lifestyles. Since 1990, our portfolio has grown to almost 90 villages across Australia offering a wide choice of lifestyles.Duties;-• Provide human resources support, guidance, and specialist advice to the company and its Employees. • Provide an interface for HR services to Managers and employees across the Southern Region.• Advise and coach managers and employees in the application of company policies and legislative requirements• Provide advice to managers and employees on IR, award and employee relations issues• Be the first point of contact for all grievances and performance management issues • Manage employee grievances to resolution where possible, escalating where necessary• Lead workplace investigations and make recommendations to Senior Executives in regards to outcomes, identifying broader cultural/localised issues and support the implementation of remedies / resolutions. • Coach and assist managers to deal with performance management issues• Coordinate the preparation for Fair Work commission hearings, court and other proceedings• Advise managers in preparation and delivery of terminations and redundancies• Proactively uplift capability across management roles in relation to performance management, injury management and complex employee relations issues. • Ensure Aveo’s on boarding and induction processes are properly developed and implemented• Deliver in house training for Aveo Sydney and where appropriate the Southern Region including Orientations, Inductions, company policy and procedures and support the business with legislative compliance

Sydney, Australia

☛HR Organisation Leadership: Senior HR Business Partner in the APAC regional responsible for staffing, recruitment, benefits, compensation, training, leadership development, performance management, succession planning, HRIS, and regulatory compliance. Heavy emphasis on leading SSI through rapid HR change and transformation programs. ☛HR Launch: Created HR improvement programs – recruitment, staffing, on-boarding, orientation, employment and leadership training, reward and recognition, coaching and mentoring and high potential programs. Wrote and launch Handbooks for each country in the region to cover all policies and procedures to insure to cover all employment laws and rules of engagement for SSI.☛Organisation Transformation: Enabled operational change essential to a $100K reduction in HR costs in the region. Helped to facilitate and redesign of core business operations, including 1 department closure in Hong Kong and fast-track expansion.☛Post-Acquisition HR Integration: Streamlined integration of MRops (Hong Kong) and MyOpinions (Australia) some of SSI’s largest-ever acquisition in the region at the time. Ensured strategic alignment of HR with new business objectives and minimised business interruptions through execution of workforce integration plans.☛HRIS (Workday) Implementation: Part of the global Workday (HRIS) implementation. Included testing, implementation, live launch and training for the region. ☛L&D: Certified DDI Trainer. Redesigned training in the region to create training for employees and leaders. Communicating with Impact, Coaching for Peak Performance and Change Management. Created the first Orientation Program for the region ☛Employee Relations: Introduced proactive employee relations and communications programs to resolve previous labor and management issues and restore the credibility and employee-centric focus of the HR organization.☛Career Coaching: Rolled out the programs to delivery of internal coaching services.

Sydney, Australia

Johnson & Johnson - Global Pharmaceutical Company – 6 monthsLogica - Multinational IT and management Consultancy Company headquartered in Reading, United Kingdom. - 13monthsDatacom - Asia Pacific’s leading locally-owned IT-based service providers. Operates across New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia and the Philippines – 12 monthsHR Consultant (Contract) at Norwest Recruitment – 4months PHARMED TALENT – 12 months ☛ Created staffing models and recruiting strategies☛ Generalist HR assignments –on-boarding, orientation, performance management, compensation and benefits, cultural change, policy and procedure review.☛ Deliver Management training, Coaching Handling Change, Communication, Handling difficult employees☛ Rolled out 360 Degree Management Feedback – Human Synergists LSI Program & Cultural Programs OCI☛ Work closely with business stakeholders to identify needs, forecast demand, proactively build talent pools of suitable candidates, plan and execute recruitment campaigns and continuously improve our recruitment effectiveness.☛ Create employment branding in conjunction with various programs and initiatives. ☛ Reward and Recognition programs☛ Review the quality of assessment centre and ensure right and measurable assessments being utilise to enhance quality hire☛ ER & IR process and procedures☛ Contract position reporting to the Director to support the business through growth. Supporting the temporary desk and permanent desk.☛ 360-degree recruitment & retention as well as managerial development training role☛ Build and execute a strategy to support a growing business. Creation of process and policies. Ran a recruitment assignment. Train and support staff. EVP creation. Implement new database – “Bullhorn”. Create website. Implement and execute best practice HR disciplines.

The newly created role started out as People Strategies Manager and after 6 months this role became an executive role within the Shape Australia group. This role reported to the CEO& COO. This role was a newly created role to set up and head up the Recruitment & People Strategies Unit. The role was to write a Recruitment & HR Strategy and build a team in NSW & VIC and implement the strategy. The remit of the role is to lead the Recruitment & People Strategies team and provide recruitment strategy and HR support to senior management and the leadership team. Also high on the agenda is performance management, leadership coaching, remuneration.

Build & Maintain the recruitment model and oversee all aspects of talent selection.Facilitate and manage all aspects of recruitment from advertising vacancies, screening, interviewing and input into selection of candidates for Australia & Singapore.Develop all job descriptions for Macquarie Telecommunications & develop and implement a Target Selection Manual to accompany the job descriptions.In charge of all remuneration issues.Performance counselling.Secession planning.Psychometric testing.Training and develop Senior & Line Managers with interviewing skills.Support HR Director with board papers and HR projects.Partner with line managers to deliver department results.Handle Employee Relations issue (counselling and mediation)InductionWrite and update policy pertaining to recruitment, induction and HR project rollouts.Total budgetary responsibility for the recruitment side of the division

Certificate, Workplace Investigation

Accredited, Mental Health First Aid, Certificate

Diploma In Business Studies (Usa), The Berkeley Business School (Sales, Marketing, Management, Publishing, Financial Control, Reporting

Business Degree

Certified Professional (Cahri), Certified Professional (Cahri)

Certified Professional (CAHRI)

Education record

Activities and Societies: The NSW Writers’ Centre exists to promote writing-based culture and the rights and interests of writers in NSW

Diploma, Hospitality Management

Hotel & Catering Management