Megan Spindler-Smith Email & Phone Number

Richmond, NSW, AU

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

During my time in this role, I co-designed and developed the first Strategic Learning in the Workplace subject for the Master of Education, Learning and Leadership. This included introducing and driving the integration of accessible and inclusive strategy as a centrepoint for this subject and overall course. I further utilised lived experience and.

• As a Disability CEO Intern, I have been helping support innovative changes to disability services from the unique perspective of a person with a disability. I have also been acquiring a full range of CEO skills from.
• Led the leadership team and change management process for restructure, redevelopment and organisational reset linked with NDIS updated requirements and to meet organisational financial outcomes.
• Led the introduction of a cross-sector disability employee network in collaboration with Life Without Barriers for over 10 disability services organisations. This included creating a disability affirming workplace.
• Led the reset of the RAP, supporting the P&C leadership to create culture change and increase representation of First Nations staff.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• As the Manager for Leadership and Talent Development, I am responsible for the strategic leadership development and succession management for the ABC and leading intersectional and inclusive learning and development.
• Introduced senior executive leadership virtual learning conference linked with the strategic plan.
• Rolled out a full cohort of inclusive leadership programs for all levels of leadership, converting them to virtual and implementing synchronous and asynchronous learning interactions.
• Developed, piloted, and rolled out the first succession management program for the whole of ABC, including the creation of a full succession management system and framework to enable processes.
• Developed ABC-specific soft skills and leadership capabilities framework and rolled out a full set of soft-skills-related modules for virtual team and individual development.
• Designed and developed the first Gendered and CALD mentoring and leadership programs.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• In the position of Manager for Learning Design and Evaluation, my responsibilities included direct management, mentoring and development of the Learning Design and Evaluation unit, as well as overseeing the strategic.
• Set up the first whole-of-department focused L&D function within HR. I achieved this by leading, developing and implementing strategic culture change programs – including the ‘Great Place to Work’ initiative – that.
• Rolled out the first department-wide induction program that centralised and streamlined approaches and resources and improved the induction experience for all new employees.
• Delivered the first department-wide interactive and gamified online Welcome and Orientation module which pulled together all elements of the Department of Education in a non-sequential approach to learning, allowing.
• Designed and implemented a comprehensive Executive Leadership development program to over 300 Senior Executives, which increased Senior Executives PMES outcomes by an average of five per cent.
• Managed and oversaw all department-wide learning and development projects.

As the Director for Talent Management (relief role), my role was to lead the development, delivery and implementation of the Department’s talent management strategy and initiatives in order to achieve the Department's vision of leading the provision of world-class education. The role also required a focus on diversity and inclusion and driving positive.

Parramatta

As the Director of Business Excellence (relief role), I was instrumental in leading the development, delivery and implementation of the Department’s Human Resources (HR) strategy and initiatives across the functions of Projects and Innovation, Workforce Transition, Correspondence, Compliance, HR Communications, Teacher Housing and Finance.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Responsibilities
• Provide consultation to global executive leadership and management to determine strategic solutions for specific business-related issues including proposing and implementing solutions.
• Oversee, develop strategic learning programs, and roll-out global corporate university to provide engaged training and development for a diverse team.
• Manage, train, mentor and develop global staff and line management of training team staff.
• Create new and/or update existing training materials and programs for a global audience, including identification and recommendations for key team and account learning programs and process improvements.
• Develop, update and/or conduct training programs for employees and assigned key vendors.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Responsbilities
• Manage, Train and Develop Asia Pacific GBO department, including key coordinator for redevelopment of global on-boarding program.
• Japan-based team global liaison, integration trainer and proposals team mentor.
• Training development provision for external stakeholders throughout Asia Pacific including; Therapeutic Development experts, Business Development, and Clinical Line Managers.
• Team workload management and work triage Manager for Asia Pacific and Japan.
• Project manage, develop and write bespoke strategies for a varied customer group, including budget development and strategic study design.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Responsibilities
• Perform all duties of clinical monitors to ICH GCP (World Health Organisation) standards, including investigator selection, site initiation, monitoring, close out of clinical trials and general site management.
• Lead CRA activities for several projects, including mentoring, management, and oversight of other CRA team members.
• Project budget review and processing for Australian aspects of clinical trial.
• Work as Lead CRA for several highly complicated HIV studies.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Achievements
• Designed and developed point-of-care pathology medical device training for Pharmacy students.
• Trained and provided clinical experience in point of care pathology testing, occupational health and safety issues for infectious diseases and evaluate student performance on specialist devices for cardiovascular.
• Developed and provided specialist training in Forensics.
• Set up a research database, redesigning the project resource process.
• Updated projects to meet ICH, GCP standards.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Faculty of Health Science (Physiotherapy) June 2005 - June 2007; andFaculty of Pharmacy (Cardiovascular Diseases): August 2003 - May 2005 Responsibilities
• Project management, including development and delivery of project marketing, key opinion leader and specialist recruitment, training, and support of diverse medical professionals within Cardiovascular Disease and.
• Team management including co-ordination, management and support of research associates and PhD students.
• Direct patient initiation, support, training, and compliance monitoring including medications auditing and compliance.
• Design of database management systems for analysis and reporting of complex patient information, with adverse event monitoring and reporting and data collection documentation development.
• Responsible for grant application and budget management to meet guidelines of funding body; regular financial reporting and co-ordination of trial updates and final reports.

Inaugural Directing Change Scholarship – Foundations Of Directorship

Currently undertaking

Inclusive Practice In Education Fellowship

Masters, Education, Learning And Leadership

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Human Biology (Forensic Biology)

Bachelor'S Degree, Bachelor Of Psychology (Science)

Diploma Applied Science, Pathological / Biological Techniques