Experience

Housing Authority WA

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Human Resources Consultant

  • Feb 2015 - Present



Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety, Western Australia

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Human Resources Officer

  • Oct 2008 - Feb 2015

  Provide a consultancy service for human resource matters to assigned portfolio. Matters consulted in include looking at different advertising campaigns to attract a broad range of suitable applicants, advising on policies and procedures. Work with managers on staff management with matters that have included absenteeism of staff, best practice to have positions reclassified to specified calling positionsLiaise, advise and arrange advertising internally and externally on web sites and through printed media for permanent and contract vacancies in accordance with Public Sector standards.Communicate and advise managers on creating and revising job description forms.  Provide an advisory service to business areas of the various recruitment strategies and methods available to fill vacancies within their departments. Provide advice for issues including selection processes and addressing general staffing queries including terminations, secondary employment, purchase leave and recruitment options.  Assist and review selection reports and recommendations to ensure they comply with the selection guidelines, DMP policies, Public Sector Standards in Human Resource Management and the relevant legislation. Conduct Recruitment and Selection panel training in line with DMP policies and procedures, Commissioner’s Instructions and best business practice. DMP have taken an innovative approach to recruitment and selection and anyone participating on a selection panel must first be trained in these methods. This training includes what to look for in the initial request for advertising, different methods of recruiting, roles of the panel members, what to look when shortlisting, interviewing, what to do after the interviews and making the successful applicant welcome.  Conduct Human Resource inductions for new employees to the Department. Show less

• Coordinator Recruitment & Attraction

  • Feb 2009 - Dec 2013

  Supervise small team of Human Resource Officers (HRO). This includes training in recruitment operations, overseeing workloads, projects and staff abilities, ensuring all team members are up to date with operations, policies and procedures and ensuring HROs are providing a professional and efficient service to our clients. Chair weekly meetings with staff. Monitor and approve leave requests. Monitor and supervise the recruitment, selection and appointment process of vacancies including the approving of advertising content of current vacancies prior to HROs posting adverts on various media and the managing of the various employment contracts within their portfolios.  Played a pivotal role in the an extensive and complex advertising campaign for newly created specialised positions. These positions are unique to the State Government in the attraction of qualified and professional applicants as they have additional payments, conditions and clauses. Through this advertising campaign we successfully filled the majority of the positions. Monitor, record and liaise with management in relation to secondments into and out of DMP. Correspond with host departments and incumbents regarding extensions and completion of assignments. Liaise with managers with regards to the effects secondments will have within their business areas. Oversee and approve Job Description Forms (JDFs). Monitor and approve to next senior management level, all requests to fill vacancies. Show less



Department of the Premier and Cabinet

• West Perth

• Senior Human Resources Consultant

  • Sep 2012 - Sep 2013

  Provide a comprehensive consultancy service to management and executives within allocated portfolios on Human Resource matters, compliance issues and policies and procedures.  Provide advice and support to managers on contemporary human resource management practices.  Provide advice and assistance to line managers and panel members to conduct recruitment, selection and appointment process that work for the areas while being compliant.  Manage and coordinate the delivery of recruitment and establishment functions.  Manage the contracts and service agreement for a team of special needs personnel. This includes working with their coordinator as the link with the services provider to provide accommodation, equipment to work with, mediator between the team and other staff members, find meaningful tasks for them to do and assisting them with timekeeping and managing their leave.  Manage the portfolio for Members of Parliament staff. I advise on working conditions, the award and agreement they work under, entitlements and correspondence with the Speaker of the House or President of the Chamber in relation to salaries and terminations.  Assisted Members of Parliament staff with work related queries, grievances and worked with them through the uncertain times before, during and after an election including checking payout figures for staff whose members were not successful with re election.  Oversee one staff member with advertising, contracts and their career development.  Projects and classification reports as directed by my manager.  Review, evaluate and update policies and procedures for the Human Resources Branch Show less