Wayne Clark Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Nsw, Au

West Melbourne, Victoria, Au

UOW Pulse Ltd is a newly formed entity merging Wollongong UniCentre Ltd. and the University of Wollongong Recreation & Aquatic Centre (URAC), resulting in a multidisciplinary commercial entity. As the Head of Human Resources I am supporting the organisation to effectively merge the two entities, while setting the cultural and organisational landscape. This merger will ultimately lead to my position being made redundant. My role has included identifying, planning and implementing first-quarter critical HR actions while partnering with senior managers, and setting a long-term HR transition plan with key milestones. I have also established RFP deliverables and selected tender participants to support the introduction of a new HRIS to support the entity moving forward.In addition, I have established a communication strategy to address immediate change management issues to maintain team engagement, focus and direction, and established an industrial framework for the merged entities.

UniCentre is an AUD$18m pa multidisciplinary commercial entity affiliated with the University of Wollongong, which provides a broad range of high quality commercial services to the campus community. As the HR Manager and Acting General Manager when necessary, I provided strategic HR and business partnering across the business. This included liaising broadly across all areas of the company, to ensure the implementation of robust HR practices, and management of all operational HR, IR and ER activities.I provided strategic and motivational leadership to a HR team of three, a Business Operations Manager and three other reports, as well as indirect management of 300 staff across multidisciplinary teams.Most notably I supported achievement of employee satisfaction rates above the national average, in the face of significant organisational change. I also achieved a significant customer service indices improvement, linked to performance recognition, agreements and business plans.Conducting extensive bargaining and negotiations I realised significant workforce savings. This included a record low in LTIs and worker’s compensation premiums, and wage improvements through internal restructures. I also implemented an online Cloud recruitment system which reduced time-to-fill by eight days.In addition, I sought and leased new tenant contracts to enhance retail services and add to organisational income, ensuring PCBU safety compliance for the group.

As the inaugural HR Manager I was tasked with conducting a full-scale review of HR systems and processes, and partnering with the management team to implement a comprehensive HR strategy, and ensure the achievement of HR and business goals.This included implementing a quality safety system, reviewing and rationalising workplace awards, and shifting the workplace culture toward a customer-focused model.Leading, coaching and mentoring HR and IT teams, I oversaw a workforce of 240+ indirect reports, and designed and managed a range of programs. This included performance management, training and development, recruitment and induction, OHS, payroll and ER.Recommending, implementing and monitoring effective HR and ER/IR practices, I transitioned six awards into three enterprise agreements, through industrial negotiation across five unions. I also implemented a remuneration strategy linked to KPIs for management-level employees, and agreement-based performance incentives linked to business plans.Key to my role was the provision of effective leadership, to achieve cost efficiency, legislative compliance and business value creation. This included significant reductions in overtime, OHS LTIs, worker’s compensation premiums, and unplanned employee turnover, as well as LTIFR below the ABS industry average benchmark.After change was implemented I was charged with overseeing the Marketing, IT and Membership areas of the business during a period of cost minimisation.

The Flagstaff Group is a not-for-profit employment service for people with a disability, in the blue collar areas of engineering, recycling and food manufacturing. As the Employee Services Manager, my role was to develop the workforce both personally and professionally to support people with a disability in their employment while meeting the commercial production outcomes of the business. In addition, I provided high-quality reporting to the Department of Health and Ageing on client outcomes, and completed statistical information and surveys as per guidelines provided by various Government departments.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Hazard Management And Risk Assessment

Rehabilitation Coordinator

Occupational Health & Safety Committee Member Training

Personnel Management Advanced Certificate

Human Resource Practice Certificate