Nikki Dickson

Experience

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  Stafffinders

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2006

  Recruitment Consultant

  My role at Stafffinders involved sole responsibility for their Edinburgh office support division where I developed both the permanent & temporary desks from scratch. Key responsibilities included:New business development & telesales; developing & maintaining client/candidate relationships; account management; managing & monitoring vacancies; writing job specifications; fielding advert responses and interviewing procedures.

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  West London Audi - Sytner Group

  May 2009 - Aug 2012

  Centre Events Manager; Front of House Manager; Personal Assistant

  Based at the World’s largest Audi Centre my responsibilities spanned three London Centres employing circa 150 staff. Event management; Centre level HR Management; PR, marketing & sponsorship; and Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives.Personal Assistant to Head of Business. Managing Front of House team. Business operations & efficiencies. Intranet design & launch.

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  Audi Australia (Audi Centre Sydney)

  Mar 2013 - Aug 2013

  Customer Experience Manager (contract role)

  Planning, implementing and facilitating a strategic organisational redesign at one of the three largest Audi Centres worldwide. , & people-related and cultural changes across one of the three largest Audi Centres worldwide. Daily operation & management of a Contact Centre. Marketing & event management.

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  Diageo Australia Ltd

  Aug 2013 - Oct 2013

  Executive Assistant & Legal Assistant (contract role)

  Executive Support to Legal, Corporate Relations, Finance and Human Resources Executive Directors during a major organisational restructure. Legal Assistant support to the Legal Counsel for Australia and the Intellectual Property Legal Counsel for South East Asia.

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  Various

  Oct 2013 - Jan 2014

  Regional Specified Agricultural Work (visa stipulation)

  I was required to undertake Regional Specified Agricultural Work in order to extend my visa rights.

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  Macquarie University

  Apr 2014 - Aug 2014

  Secretariat Assistant & Project Coordinator - Communications Strategy & Web Review (contract role)

  Review & revision of University Governance communication tools and strategies. Review of MQU Governance website; and development of a two stage web redesign and restructure (encompassing both architecture and content); migration of existing web content into a Content Management Site. Secretariat support to Academic Senate and Standing Committees of Senate.

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  Diageo Australia Limited

  Aug 2014 - Apr 2015

  Executive Assistant to the Finance, Legal & Corporate Relations Directors

  Executive Support to Legal, Corporate Relations and Finance Executive Directors.

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  BOQ Specialist

  May 2015 - Jul 2016

  Executive Assistant & Manager of the Office of the CEO

  Providing Executive support to and managing the Office of the CEO within a specialist medical bank. Transition and induction of newly appointed CEO. Development and implementation of a revised business strategy and structure. Development of strategic framework initiatives, governance and reporting.

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  HG Projects & Events

  Aug 2016 - May 2018

  Projects & Events Manager / Executive Support

  Providing a holistic project management offering to C-Suite & Board-Level Corporate clients. Review & implementation of internal processes and operations to improve business efficiencies. People management.

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  Coca-Cola Amatil

  May 2018 - Aug 2018

  Executive Assistant to Chief Financial Officer (contract role)

  EA to Chief Financial Officer during a major organisational change program.

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  Salesforce

  Aug 2018 - now

  Strategic projects & program development / management. Design, implementation & review of strategies, programs and frameworks to increase organisational efficiencies & effectiveness. Executive Support to Senior Vice President Corporate Marketing; and Vice President Human Resources

  • Strategic HR Projects Manager

    Mar 2022 - now

  • Senior Executive Assistant

    Aug 2018 - Feb 2022