Profile

Educational qualifications/knowledge base

• Bachelor of Business - Human Resource Management (Open Polytechnic 1998)
• Master of Business Administration (Victoria University 2007)
• Numerous courses undertaken for career and personal development

Personal qualities

• diligent
• consistent
• loyal
• honest
• good sense of humour
• good attention to detail
• enthusiastic and positive

Professional and transferable skills

Communication and relationship management

• Consistently collaborated with other departments to enhance human resources service delivery.
• Effectively communicated appropriate processes and policies to staff to ensure compliance with employment relations and health and safety legislation.
• Staff representative on Antz Board.
• Provided a welcoming, safe working environment.
• Effective support and mentoring provided for other staff in good human resources practice.
• Proactive in consultation and communication processes.

Teamwork

• Efficient and effective human resources management:
  • induction (manage all induction programmes)
  • negotiation (negotiated all individual and collective agreements)
  • change management (contributed to restructuring and change exercises).
• Staff training in health and safety.
• Management of human resources departmental resources.

Developing performance

• Consistently good peer and performance appraisals.
• Effective staff training and mentoring experience.

Results orientation

• Excellent feedback from Human Resources Review in 2003 demonstrated effective implementation of policies and procedures.
• Consistently good staff satisfaction survey results.
• Consistently good staff retention.
• Consistently good staff professional development results.

Problem solving and strategic thinking

• Active contribution to organisation and department strategic and business plans.
• Incorporation of online learning modules for induction and tool maintenance.
• Active contribution to organisation's committees.
• Staff Well-being Committee (Convenor).
• Successful policy development.
• Poster presentation to NZIM conference.
• Contributing to policy development for NZIM.
• Comprehensive research undertaken for policy development.

Administrative

• Efficient, effective, and timely production of all administrative requirements for Human Resources Department.
• Successfully met all policy responsibilities for Human Resources Department.
• Well organised and efficient use of resources.
• Effective administrative systems appraisal, development, and implementation.
• Successful management of bicultural staff committee.
• Familiarity with administrative environments.

Treaty of Waitangi - Partnership

• Developed and delivered Treaty of Waitangi training module (face to face and online).
• Delivered workshops on biculturalism for staff.