Jamie Gallagher

Experience

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  St. Patrick's College Drumcondra

  Jan 2013 - Jun 2013

  Assistant Researcher

  • Position organised through the DCU Integrated Learning programme (INTRA)• Authored a report titled “Children’s perspectives on their Health and Wellbeing based on the Growing Up in Ireland Qualitative Data Set”• Presented this paper at the European Child Health Meeting, held in Dublin in 2013

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  Collins McNicholas Recruitment & HR Services Group

  Nov 2015 - Sept 2016

  HR Services Consultant

  • Designed assessment solutions in response to client requirements• Performed psychometric assessments for clients for recruitment and development• Developed bespoke assessment reports (personality inventory, ability testing, competency-based) for clients and debriefed them on the content face to face or over the phone• Participated in the tender and business development process• Project managed assessment days and provided post-assessment support to clients.• Sat on interview panels when required Show less

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  Fidelity Investments

  Sept 2016 - Oct 2018

  • Responsible for end to end training needs identification and facilitation for employees.• Facilitated our leadership development programme for new people managers• Responsible for internal L&D data analysis. As part of this I automated much of our data collection• Created tableau dashboards which gave managers access to relevant learning data such as training attendance and remaining budgets• Designed and delivered soft skills training sessions (interview skills, career development classroom based sessions etc)• Designed a new tiered operations training curriculum which guides employees through 3 year-long development stages• Managed all psychometric assessments internally for recruitment and employee development• Responsible for onboarding all new associates Show less • Organised and coordinated training for both Operations and Technology departments• Designed and provided logistical support for our Graduate Programme curriculum• Served as vendor manager, negotiating rates and fees with external training vendors• Sought out new vendors when upskilling in new technologies such as Java 8, Angualr JS2, SQL, PLSQL was required• Maintained and updated the sharepoint based training calendar• Provided updates to senior management on training metrics• Managed the Learning Management System, Sumtotal Show less

  • Learning & Development Specialist

    Aug 2017 - Oct 2018

  • Talent & Learning Coordinator

    Sept 2016 - Aug 2017
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  Irish Management Institute

  Jan 2019 - Mar 2021

  Organisational Development Programme Designer

  • Designer of ‘off-the-shelf’ organisational development solutions (programmes and services) for IMI clients. This involves translating market and customer needs into high-level designs for wold-class programmes or services.• Programme management of strategic client programmes including client relationship management, client briefing, faculty briefing, programme design, planning and reporting.• Undertaking a variety of diagnosis strategies to better understand clients learning needs through client needs analysis and articulation, organisational impact mapping, high-level programme design, co-working etc.• Leveraging of latest research, thinking and best practice in learning, learning technology, executive development and behavioural change with the goal of ensuring solutions are leading edge and world-class.• Development of fully virtual solutions for clients, including e-learning development and design across a variety of platforms. Show less

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  McKesson

  Mar 2021 - Jan 2023

  Organisational Development and Talent Manager

  • Managing the Organisational Development & Talent Team • Partnering with the business units to design and deliver a leadership development framework • Managing the introduction and delivery of a new global employee engagement survey process and the communication of results through the relevant channels • Co-ordinating and managing the talent management cycle, including succession planning• Engaging, influence and coach key stakeholders throughout the business• Driving participation and leadership on the performance and development cycle, supporting business leaders to implement • Engaging, influencing and coach key stakeholders to deliver the performance processes • Managing, designing and coordinating the training function across our businesses • Designing and delivering innovative learning interventions by; understanding the external market and best practice & understanding our employee base, business plans and future business requirements• Designing, leading and executing programmes that deliver key learning initiatives to support behavioural leadership• Supporting technical experts to ensure availability of technical training to provide colleagues with the skills and knowledge to deliver what is expected of them• Work collaboratively with external stakeholders and training providers, establishing requirement for external solutions to ensure our plans are future focused and cost effective • Acting as a role model, continually embedding and promoting our corporate values and leadership behaviours• Forecasting and managing costs effectively, always being cost conscious and delivering on budget• Developing appropriate metrics reports that optimise the impact of the organisational development and talent programs Show less

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  Cairn Homes plc

  Jan 2023 - now

  Organisational Development and Engagement Manager

  Organisation Development • Be a strategic partner to the Chief People Officer in driving the Organisation & Development Agenda across Cairn by collaborating with LT members in the development of their structures to enable them to grow their teams. This will include:• Work with the CPO and leadership team to identify any changes in future structure, capability, and capacity requirements for each function• Develop a bench strength strategy to support future talent pipeline and support succession planning• Design and implement appropriate organisation structures and role descriptions where changes are required to achieve deliverables. • Development of the change and engagement implementation plans to support the OD agenda• Develop a high-level company roadmap that encapsulates key business activities in line with strategy and company objectives• Support the development and implementation of an operational management layer under the leadership team to ensure effective management at a senior level, improving decision making and cross-functional collaboration • Work closely with our Learning and Development team to ensure alignment with organisation and leadership development and other L&D initiativesEngagement • Partner with leaders across the business and the People team on solutions that drive engagement, performance, and inclusion. to further drive the EVP across the organisation • Create an internal communications and engagement calendar for the business to support our EVP, culture, and values with a specific focus on our internal CairnLive employee digital space • Drive the annual engagement rhythm across the organisation to include engagement surveys, Great Place to Work, pulse and other feedback channels• Developing relevant comms/functional presentations to share results with Leadership and management teams and work with staff to identify potential initiatives to further support engagement Show less