Sarah Coombs Email & Phone Number

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

In addition to continuing my Strategic Lead and Company Secretarial responsibilities, I sit on the Executive Senior Leadership team, and am responsible for: - Leadership and team management - providing direction, mentorship, and fostering a positive work culture for the Consumer Insights, Data & Analytics and Content Experience teams- Operational and strategic decision making - resource allocation, process improvement, risk assessment, and management of daily operations.- Financial management - budgeting, financial planning, and financial operations to ensure sustainability and accountability

Strategic Lead- Supporting the development of long and short-term organisational and departmental strategies and OKR's.- Aligning stakeholders, objectives, key results, initiatives, processes and resource allocation with the organisational strategy.- Market and competitor research and analysis using a range of common frameworks- Identification and evaluation of strategic threats, opportunities, strengths and weaknesses in a profit and non-profit context- Presenting analysis, insights and recommendations to a wide range of stakeholders including the Executive team and Board to support and guide decision making. - Facilitating workshops and wider communication on strategic priorities and critical issues- Planning, implementing, managing and reporting on projects and organisational performance.- Data analysis and financial modellingCompany Secretary - Provide support to the CEO and Co-chairs on governance matters- Ensure timely and accurate submission of Board papers- Ensure smooth running of Governance Committee- Assist with governance reviews and other Board related projects- Coordinate voting member comms and engagement- Conduct annual elections including implementation of online polling- Prepare AGM and GM schedules and content- Prepare briefs seeking constitutional and other legal advice- Successfully complete other Board-related activities as required.

- Developing and implementing people-related projects initiatives in line with organisational objectives- Leading the organisation’s People and Culture department, including department budget, talent acquisition, diversity and inclusion, learning and development, performance management, employee engagement, compensation and benefits, talent management HR information systems (HRIS) and financial planning of the department- Liaising directly with the board and being accountable for the performance of the People and Culture function- Providing strategic counsel on all people matters to staff and management- General management responsibilities as part of the Executive team.

The main purpose of this role was to assist in the development in the next three year strategy for the organisation. This included:- Sourcing, collating, analysing and presenting key insights and data to identify strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities relating to CHOICE'S existing business. - Conducting market and competitor analysis, including detailed PESTEL analysis.- Applying strategic frameworks and financial modelling to generate high impact insights and recommendations for organisational strategy. - Building organisational capability in strategic and commercial decision making through sharing insights and working with other staff to develop their strategic skills. In particular, a number of staff strategy workshops were run through which ideas could be communicated and concepts introduced to staff and their feedback and insights could be obtained. - Developing presentations to senior leadership and the Board. Ongoing work included monitoring of the external environment, analysis of competitors and markets and sharing of insights from the same to key internal stakeholders to ensure that any shifts in competitor strategy or market forces could be considered and responded to. Due diligence was undertaken in relation to opportunities as they came up, with extensive analysis undertaken and recommendations for next steps provided to the CEO and senior leadership.

Marrickville

This role as responsible for the development of recruitment strategies and driving recruitment activities in partnership with People Managers. This role also developed and led CHOICE's talent, succession and career programs.

Sydney, Australia

Actively managing a portfolio of roles, taking on responsibility for end to end recruitment campaigns across Australia and the Pacific Islands. • Business Partnering with hiring managers to provide consultation, coaching, advice and strategic sourcing solutions• Sourcing, screening, interviewing, shortlisting, testing and reference checking of candidates • Driving continuous improvement within the internal recruitment processes • Working on projects including employer branding, a new referral scheme and graduate programs • Undertaking reporting and analysis

Perth, Australia

Gained experience across Commercial Litigation, Criminal and Company/Commercial Departments. Most of my time was spent in the Company/Commercial Department where my work included:- Forming new companies and updating exisiting company paperwork, ensuring full complaince, including liasing with Companies House. - Drafting and negotiating Articles of Association; Partnership Agreements; Terms and Conditions; Variety of contracts. - Managing the sale and purchases of businesses, including undertaking due diligence, in addition to contract negotiations. - Research and advisory tasks