Sara Shea (Fellow Cipd) Email & Phone Number

New Zealand

Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Supporting establishment and transformation with the National Industrial Workplace Relations and Remuneration team in People and Communications.

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Taking a human centred, pragmatic approach to ensuring effective people change management and stakeholder engagement, for our 13,000 Canterbury and West Coast kaimahi through the Holidays Act remediation and rectification programme.

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

https://www.harrisshea.co.nz/

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

The Water Services Reform programme was one of the most significant nationwide transformations ever seen in Aotearoa and successful delivery intended to impact the well-being of all Kiwis. Working as Lead in the Organisation Design team, with responsibility for high level and detailed design of the new Water Services Entities in North and South Islands (9,000 staff) to:- Ensure each entity has the structure, roles and resources in place to be operational on Day One which delivers waters services which uphold align and integrate te Mana o te Wai, te Ao Māori and te Tiriti o Waitangi- Drive consistency through the entities to deliver high performance and preferred customer outcomes- Leadership of stakeholder engagement and communications strategies- Leverage existing skills within the entities, while planning for evolving capability and capacity needs, which strengthens the national water sector's talent pool- Ensure sufficient flexibility and collaboration across the entitiesWorking within legislative and reform parameters, this role enables me to use my strengths of strategic problem solving, stakeholder management, conceptual and critical thinking, transformational leadership, empathy and capability development in diverse teams. The mahi is done by building strategic relationships to co-design solutions with a number of stakeholders (including Iwi collectives, local government representatives, national unions, sector representatives and central government subject matter experts).

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Start-up digital services organisation, with a range of businesses all focused on creating, building and partnering to deliver world-class business solutions that make customers' lives easier, including Financial Advice, Human Resources, Crypto and workflow technology solutions.

Christchurch

Selwyn is NZ's fastest growing district and SDC delivered innovative services and facilities to our diverse communities. We focused on enabling our kaimahi to Work well, Live better and transform how we do work at Council. As part of the executive team and as a change agent, I led across the organisation, delivering on our People and Safety Strategy, developing capability and transforming culture.Successes from my mahi included implementation of rem and bens strategy that aligned with our values; introduction of HR service delivery model which was internal customer centred and technology enabled; Safety and Well-being strategy which supported COVID needs and enhanced our internal customer’s resilience and well-being; Development of and implementation of SDC’s first business strategy delivering transformation and enhanced external customer outcomes and Organisational Design strategy with leadership and culture as business critical priorities.

Christchurch

As NZ’s largest farmer owned co-operative with 1400 staff, Farmlands is disrupting the sector and leading NZ agriculture to digitally transform. The OD team partner with the business to coach, train and strategically problem solve to grow our Farmlanders (through leadership, digital transformation, capability, talent and culture). - Leading learning, behavioural change and culture activities through 'Braveheart' - our whole of business transformation. - Acting CPO as required, presenting to Farmlands Board and working with ELT. - Supporting our digital transformation: 'FutureFit' for frontline staff increased skills and confidence in using technology and digital mindset. This work has been used by NZ government to develop a national digital framework. - 'Digital Ready' is enhancing the digital and wellbeing skills in the primary sector. It enables our rural shareholders to make the most of technology, connect with peers off farm, build digital confidence. - Leadership development: Senior leadership, governance ('To The Core,' with Silver Fern Farm') and frontline leadership. - Centre of Learning strategy/framework will transform learning at our Co-operative to deliver on our strategy of 'Leading agricultural knowledge and expertise’ and promote ‘learning in the flow of work.’- I led a team of awesome individuals who worked together to make Farmlands a better place to be (talent, leadership, capability, L & D, knowledge, learning technology, online learning and recruitment) Awards: - Brandon Hall Best Advance in Leadership Development: Gold (2019) and Best Learning Program Supporting Change Transformation Business Strategy: Bronze (2019)- Finalist NZ HR L&D Capability Award for Leadership Development and Christian Dahmen Memorial Award for HR Innovation in Technology (2019) - NZ HR Winner - Talent Development and Management Award (2018)- Nominated for MPI Good Employer Award and Skills Highway Innovation Award for Future Fit (2018)

Christchurch (South Island Consulting)

Leadership of the Human Capital South Island consulting team, responsible for business development, service delivery and client relationship management. Worked with clients to translate their strategic business needs into practical, operational solutions, Sara advised and influenced clients by developing the people capabilities organisations.Delivery of HR and OD advice to public and private sector clients, with a focus on Transformation; Change management; Organisational review and design; Culture; Leadership development, Communications; Engagement, Talent and Performance Management, Strategic HR and Executive recruitment.I often worked with clients acting as GM People/HR Director to provide strategic HR/OD and organisational change advice.

Dunedin

Leadership of OUSA, with responsibility for 12 direct reports, 40 indirect reports. Responsibilities included: Strategic, operational and financial management; Leadership of an organisation wide change programme; Reporting to the Executive (Board); Internal communications; Employee relations; Coaching and developing capability and collective negotiations.

Christchurch

HR business partner providing strategic HR and OD advice to store management teams with responsibility for the Canterbury/West coast region (1000 FTE). Responsibilities included: Coaching regional and store management on employee engagement strategies; Leadership capability development; Talent management and succession planning; Employee relations; Management training and Career development.

Christchurch

Partnering with regional and store management to provide strategic and operational HR/OD advice to store teams, with responsibility for the South Island region (1000 FTE). Responsibilities included: Leadership of nationwide organisational developmental projects; Implementation of World Class People strategy; Development of management competency framework and capability development; Employee engagement; Talent management; Succession planning and retention; Internal communications; Design and implementation of nationwide HR audit: Change management of stores reconfirmation programme; Redesign of HR processes.

Christchurch

Christchurch

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Ba (Hons), English And Drama

Postgraduate Diploma In Strategic Hr

Education record

Education record

Chartered Fellow Member

CIPD Chartered Fellow status recognises a select group of senior HR and L&D professionals who deliver sustained long-term business.

Shl Psychometric Assessor (Administration And Interpretation)

Fully trained and experienced in the usage of SHL (CEB) psychometric personality and ability assessments for development and recruitment.