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Sydney, Nsw, Au

Reporting to CEO and as part of the National Leadership Team, responsible for leading our growing team of 300 people across Australia, ensuring they are equipped with the skills needed for ‘creating a better world’, and enabled to deliver our vision to be ‘Australia’s most forward thinking, agile and influential engineers and asset advisors’.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Reporting to the CEO and as part of the Executive team this role is responsible for People & Culture, as well as the quality, risk and compliance aspects of the organisation. Responsible for the strategic People & Culture business plan including employee engagement, capability mapping & development, workforce optimization, learning & development, and managing strategic talent development for high impact talent. Senior advisor/coach to CEO and the Executive team and their direct reports.Develop and lead the people agenda to promote a growth mindset in a constructive culture to deliver sustainable high performance that delivered on the strategic growth plan and balanced score card. Lead P&C operational practices including: performance reviews, salary reviews, bi-annual promotions, performance management, workforce planning, workers compensation, payroll, ER/IR issues, disciplinary procedures, recruitment, learning & development, talent planning, organisational structure, and HR analytics & reporting.Responsible for the Quality, Risk and Operations function and team.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

As part of the executive team this role is responsible for all people and operational aspects of the organisation. Responsible for organisational design, people experience, change management, and performance. Actively coach and mentor leaders and team members to support their continuous professional growth and performance.Key projects & achievements:- Organisational development: In preparation for scaling the business, underwent a review of current operational structure, processes, and analysed team performance. Developed new structure that split out responsibilities into 3 functions: business partnering, sourcing, and administration/compliance for the recruitment business; and, business partnering, visa processing, and legal administration/compliance for the immigration team. This process also created a shared services for marketing, sales, finance & reporting, and P&C. Responsible for the design of the organisational structure, process development, writing position description, recruitment of new team members, and change management engagement activities.- Lead the process to determine technology partner for review of technology stack.- Implementation of Entrepreneurial Operational System foundational tools.- Developed and implemented KPIs and reporting metrics for the recruitment team.- Developed and implemented core learning activities, including a 12-month learning plan.- Built out strategy document defining growth for 1-, 3-, 5-, and 10-year horizons.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Lead the APAC HR Advisory practice for HR Path. Responsible for the design and delivery of programs that help improve the performance of the HR function which are designed with current concepts and knowledge in neuroscience and design thinking to address HR and business need in the following areas:- Digitalisation of HR- Digital learning programs- Organisational design and development- Reskilling and up-skilling the workforce- Learning strategies, design and facilitation- Revamping HR Systems and Processes- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion- Approaching and managing organisational changeLead the Australian business of HR Path, global human resources leader offering comprehensive services ranging from strategic thinking to the development of integrated tools in the field of human resources.

Sydney, Australia

Responsible for developing the strategic People Plans for the Tax and Grant Thornton Consulting national service lines including learning & development, national resourcing, capability mapping & development, workforce optimization, and manage strategic talent development for high impact talent. Senior advisor/coach to National Managing Partners and their direct reports. Lead the Sydney People & Culture function to deliver strategic initiatives and programs to meet the leadership and cultural aspirations, as well as the business growth. Partner with the Sydney Managing Partner, Service Line Leaders and Partners to engage our people and deliver results. Actively coach and mentor leaders and team members to support their continuous professional growth and performance.Lead P&C operational practices including: performance reviews, salary reviews, bi-annual promotions, performance management, workforce planning, workers compensation, payroll, ER/IR issues, disciplinary procedures, recruitment, learning & development, talent planning, organisational structure, and HR analytics & reporting. National P&C Lead for firm M&A activity.HR lead and member of the executive committee to develop Beyond 2020 strategy; actively contributing to firm strategy development.

Operational and commercial leadership of the Projects line of business, including a number of operational service delivery teams located across multiple sites. Responsible for partnering with clients to develop innovative and commercial solutions that address operational and strategic talent requirements aligned to business needs. Designed and lead a wide a range of projects including: large scale business transformation/ change management projects; graduate & volume recruitment campaigns; turn-key & business expansion campaigns; new solution implementations; and process & productivity reviews. Partnered with clients to lead projects in executive level leadership development, diversity & inclusion, enterprise competency frameworks, and global leadership assessment programs. Led internal projects including: line of business process & productivity reviews; organizational design; development of learning & development programs; review & renew induction program; employee engagement initiatives; systems integration & implementation; and localisation of global transformation programs & regional change management program deployment.

Lead and manage internal strategic initiatives across Australia.Scope, lead and manage projects to deliver on client business objectives. Provide subject matter expertise in: recruitment strategy, driving efficiency through process optimisation; recruitment metrics; development of reporting frameworks; EVP & candidate attraction strategies; talent community development; and, structured project management

Led Futurestep’s on-site recruitment solution at American Express, comprising up to 8 recruitment professionals, delivering 200+ executive roles per annum nationally, with a particular focus in the areas of Business to Business Sales, Marketing professionals and leadership roles.Responsible for operational management of the function, team leadership, continuous improvement initiatives, and stakeholder management.

Managed the American Express Career Centre, Futurestep’s on-site recruitment solution, comprising up to 8 recruitment professionals, delivering 200+ executive roles per annum nationally, with a particular focus in the areas of Business to Business Sales, Marketing professionals and leadership roles.Responsible for operational management of the function, team leadership, continuous improvement initiatives, and stakeholder management.

Master Of Human Resource Management (Change Management), Human Resources Management And Services

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General

Graduate Certificate In Commerce, Business Administration And Management, General

Organisation Design For Digital Transformation