Experience

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  Specsavers

  • United Kingdom
  • Retail
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Senior Human Resources Business Partner

    • Sep 2022 - Present

  • HR Business Partner

    • Mar 2022 - Aug 2022

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  Victorian Government Solicitor's Office

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • People and Culture Business Partner

    • Jul 2019 - Feb 2022
    • Melbourne, Australia
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  PwC Australia

  • Australia
  • Business Consulting and Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Human Capital Relationship Manager

    • Jan 2018 - Jul 2019

    Responsible for the delivery of generalist HR life cycle activity aligned to the people strategy in the Private Clients and Infrastructure & Urban Renewal (IUR) divisions;- HR support to a portfolio of over 200 employees and 30 partners- Influencing and supporting the development of the Private Clients and IUR people plans- Designing and implementing initiatives to increase employee engagement- Working closely with centres of excellence to deliver their strategies in remuneration, performance, employee relations, change, talent and project management- Resolving and managing performance and employee relations cases- Providing proactive coaching and business facing support to leaders on HR initiatives and life cycle activities

  • Human Capital Advisor

    • Feb 2016 - Dec 2017

    Providing HR support to the Deals and Infrastructure & Urban Renewal (IUR) areas of the business nationally, covering over 400 employees across 4 sites in Australia. Acting as the first point of contact for employees for all HR related queries and assisting the Deals/IUR national Human Capital team. This included: - Proactive involvement in all facets of the employee life cycle, working with various processes and procedures to ensure a positive people experience from onboarding to departure - Dealing with a wide range of queries from employees, such as policy questions, pay queries, system changes and drafting correspondence- Ensuring all HR systems are up to date and accurate, including actioning system changes to update employee records, updating forecast and budget tools and managing employee files- Providing administrative support to the Human Capital Relationship Managers, including data analysis and reporting, record management and creating presentations - Supporting with HR processes such as the annual performance review process and talent forums

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  Travel and move to Australia

  • Career break

    • Oct 2015 - Jan 2016

    3 months travelling in South East Asia and relocation to Melbourne, Australia.

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  Zurich Insurance plc

  • Switzerland
  • Insurance
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Talent Consultant (Secondment)

    • Mar 2015 - Sep 2015

    Working within a wider Talent, Learning and Development function, I undertook various projects to enable the delivery of the Talent and L&D agenda to the business. This included supporting the roll out of a global management development programme in the UK, reviewing and evaluating the existing mentoring scheme and making recommendations for improvement as well as designing, implementing and managing a Work Experience programme.

  • HR Business Consultant

    • Mar 2013 - Mar 2015

    As a HR Business Consultant supporting a large client base, I successfully built relationships with business leaders and employees at all levels, allowing me to deliver the HR agenda in line with business objectives. Responsibilities included:- Working with leadership teams to understand the business priorities, providing advice, direction and pragmatic solutions to all people related issues- Supporting managers with all aspects of the employee life cycle, from recruiting and onboarding to performance management and employee relations matters - Upskilling managers on identifying and developing talent and managing performance - Coordination of the UK graduate scheme - Closely collaborating with other areas of HR, including L&D, Employee Relations and Recruitment

  • HR Coordinator

    • Jul 2011 - Feb 2013

    This role supported the successful delivery of HR Business Partnering to the business by providing general HR support, administration and data analysis to the team of HR Business Consultants. I also provided a full PA service to the HR Business Partner. Duties included: - Administrative support for the HR Business Consultant team, including reporting, responding to employees queries and ad hoc project support - Producing and analysing MI, including collation and submission of data for talent reviews and performance management meetings- Graduate programme coordination, responsible for all communications and administration