Sarah Rafferty Email & Phone Number

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

If you want HR that’s a little different and someone to be your biggest business cheerleader – you’ve come to the right place! UPP HR is a specialist consulting firm working with busy Founders to help them get their time back, stay HR compliant and build a workforce they are proud of. Our aim is to educate and set up businesses to self-manage their HR into the future so they don’t need to solely rely on someone else forever. We understand not everyone has the time (or interest!) to do the HR themselves, which is why we also offer operational HR services.We’re an experienced crew who can support and work alongside you through, anything from recruitment and tailoring onboarding procedures that excite you, getting the most from your teams (in a way they enjoy too), and through to the end of the employee lifecycle. Small to medium sized businesses are our specialty and we thrive by working with business owners who want to do better and who have an open mindset. We know our stuff and take what we do seriously, but don’t take ourselves too seriously! We are: recruitment, onboarding, performance management, restructures, HR strategy, employee experience, employment law advice, terminations and everything in between.

wattsnext is a Brisbane based HR consulting company providing strategy, tactical and recruitment advice to fast growth SME’s. Working with a diverse range of clients across a variety of industries I coach, mentor and expertly advised clients on HR challenges from performance management to contracts and policies, organisational restructures to best practice recruitment. As part of our consulting services I work closely with clients to review their current HR frameworks, conducting HR Audits and Analysis to identify risk exposure and implementation of best practice frameworks.I enjoy getting to know businesses, the business owners/CEOs and their teams so I can make impactful change and provide advice through the tough times all businesses face. A fast paced organisation, where time management, adaptability, strong work ethic and a well-rounded HR skillset are essential to be a successful consultant. All of these key elements I have finely tuned while working at wattsnext.

Brisbane, Australia

"Let us take care of your HR management so you can take care of your business"

Brisbane, Australia

• Subject matter expert on all Modern Awards, the NES, the Fair Work and Industrial Relations Act – primary industries include retail, hospitality, warehouse, manufacturing and professional services • Coach and mentor HR Directors, Managers and business owners on a daily basis on technical HR issues including implementation of sound HR frameworks, recruitment processes, performance management, workforce planning, redundancy, employees with ongoing health concerns, workplace investigations and appropriate outcomes• Partnership deliverables, including presenting to 100+ attendees at the Sunsuper Employer Briefings and delivering events with WorkCover Queensland and the Office of Industrial Relations to educate Queensland employers – includes travel throughout Queensland • Salary benchmarking across varying industries• Represent businesses in Fair Work Commission conciliations • Work with SMEs to develop and enhance their businesses HR framework and compliance, includes travel throughout Queensland • Develop employment contracts, separation agreements, HR policies and HR tools and resources• Develop strong relationships with members over the phone through my ability to provide on the spot HR, IR and Workers Compensation advice to varied levels of management within different sized businesses across all industries – over 4900 calls personally Achievements• Employee of the Year Award - 2017• Assisting in the ongoing development of a commercialised HR consultancy service for CCIQ to deliver enhanced HR solutions to small to medium enterprises

• Case management for performance and conduct matters• Provide HR advice to senior directors, inclusive of award, policy and agreement interpretation• Develop and assist managers with performance reviews • Develop and deliver training sessions to over 250 medical staff• Assess employees eligibility for Award related allowances

• Partner with business lines to coach managers in order to build confidence and be better equipped to respond in a timely manner to HR matters • Case management for performance and conduct matters• Provide award, policy and agreement interpretation to supervisors, managers and senior directors• Work with managers to develop and assess performance reviews, attend performance and conduct related meetings • Recruitment processes including job advertisement advice to hiring managers, employment conditions for new starters and sit on interview panel’s to maintain fair, consistent and unbiased recruitment processes

Brisbane, Australia

• Approve and coordinate all Qld iFlex events• Approve supplier booking requests• Coordinate iFlex events with practice staff• Host and coordinate iFlex events• Assist where needed at Equinox events• Administration support• Sales support• Maintain database

Brisbane Area, Australia

• Preparation of workplace policies for clients• HRIS implementation and training• Team building workshops• Recruitment processes• Assistance with employee engagement survey's• Personality profiling • Preparation of training manuals for workplace policies• Website management• Management of client database• Represent People Alignment at AHRI events to maintain industry knowledge• Prepare HR correspondence • Direct online enquiries

Brisbane, Australia

• HRIS implementation and training• Provide advice and support to client HR activities

Brisbane, Australia

Assisted the Regional Development Executive for Breast Cancer Awareness month with:• Ticket sales to fund raising events• Sourcing event sponsors and donations• Created invitations for numerous events• PowerPoint presentations for fund raising events• Coordination of lucky door and auction prizes for fund raising events• MC notes

Brisbane, Australia

• Contract preparation• Ongoing contract administration and condition tracking• Maintaining accurate reporting on enquiries, sales and contract status• Receiving deposits, receipting, balancing bank statements• Marketing support (functions, database management)• Invoice preparation• General administrative duties

Brisbane Cbd

• Host and coordinate iFlex events • Send reports upon completion of iFlex events• Coordinate feedback from practice staff and suppliers to the State Manager and the National Events Manager

Brisbane, Australia

• Administration support to sales staff and office manager (total 5 staff) • Developed health and safety awareness initiatives • Coordinated end to end payroll for the office staff and contractor's • Short listed applications, arranged interviews and staff inductions• Staff training for office procedures• Extensive data entry (employee and contractor details, client details, job details) • Purchases, sales, time billing and payroll entry into MYOB • Confirmation of daily runs for contractors• Delegated jobs for contractor's daily runs

Bachelor Of Business, Human Resource Management

Diploma, Business

Certificate Ii Business