Alan Davis

Experience

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  Canterbury Employers' Association

  Jan 1979 - Jan 1987

  Legal Officer and Industrial Advocate

  Arbitration Court representation, training and collective bargaining for a wide range of industries.

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  Deloitte Consulting

  Jan 1987 - Jan 1990

  Senior Consultant

  Senior Consultant specialising in industrial relations, change management, outplacement and recruitment.

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  Telecom South

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1992

  Employee Relations Manager

  Involved in contracting out of residential customer premises equipmnt, opening of Telecom Retail shops and various restructuring of the regional operatining company before being appoiinted to national role in Telecom NZ when regional operating company's were merged.

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  Telecom New Zealand

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1996

  Employment Relations Manager

  Headed up Employee Relations function and then also the national generalist HR Advisory function.Involved in establishment of Residential Sales and Service Centres, Business Sales and Services Centres, National Customer Faults Centre, establishment and later the closure of Telecom Retail Shops, merger of mobile, paging and cellular sales forces, establishment of Telecom Business Systems Ltd.

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  Westpac Banking Group NZ

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2000

  Head of HR Consulting & HR Online

  Accountable for team of generalist HR Advisers, together with specialist HR roles for Employee Relations, Performance Management, Diversity, HRIS, Payroll, Superannuation, Health and Safety. Member of Channel Strategy Group.

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  HamptonDavis Human Resource Consulting

  Jan 2000 - Oct 2022

  Principal Consultant

  Investigator | Mediator | Coach | HR StrategistSpecialist HR Consulting service, providing solutions for people-related business issues.- HR Strategy development- HR Strategy audit - Organisation design- Change management- Capability Development Frameworks- Talent Management processes- Collective bargaining strategy and advocacy- Performance management- Managed exits- Employment Investigations- Improving group performance through better conversations- Executive coaching- Coaching and Mentoring of HR practitioners Show less

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  Department of Corrections NZ

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2004

  Strategic Human Resources Manager
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  Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry (MAF)

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2008

  General Manager Human Resources
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  Massey University

  Aug 2008 - Oct 2022

  Reporting to the Vice-Chancellor (Chief Executive).Responsible for: - Advising on and providing leadership on major change initiatives from organisational design, through consultation and communication, legal advice (as in-house lawyer) through to implementation.- Defining, developing and delivering change leadership competencies and programmes to develop and enhance the change leadership capability of managers.- Providing strategc transition advice to the Vice-Chancellor and Senior Leadership Team over a period of significant transformation and strategic advice on major initiatives involving potential organisational and people-related risk (e.g. collective bargaining, HRIS/Payroll system replacement). Show less New corporate services role, reporting to the Vice-Chancellor (Chief Executive) and leading 415 staff. University Services comprises - Strategy, Strategic Programme Management Office, Information Technology Services, Business Process Improvement, Finance and Procurement, People and Culture, Health, Safety & Wellbeing and University Printery. Establishment role to set service improvement / service culture direction pending search for permanent appointment. Initial focus on establishing a common service ethos, service capabilities, business process improvement, improved interface between services and clients and creating service catalogues and standards to support the core business. Show less Alan Davis is a commercially focused, results-oriented HR leader (GMHR) with extensive experience in driving structural and cultural change in large, complex organisations. His achievements were recognised with the awards of the HRINZ Person of the Year and HR Generalist of the Year.Wellington-based member of Senior Leadership Team reporting to the CEO (Vice-Chancellor), in an organisation of 3,000+ staff across New Zealand. Universities operate in a highly competitive commercial environment with the majority of university revenue coming not from government, but from domestic and international "customers" who have choice about where they purchase research, consultancy & learning. Massey University is an entrepreneurial, commercially focused, change-oriented operation, highly connected with business and industry, operating in a globally competitive sector. Winner of Randstad Award for the Education sector two years running, Massey has a diverse workforce comprising a significant proportion of technical and professional staff in addition to the more visible academic staff. Responsible for -- Human Resources (HR Advisory, Employment Relations, Remuneration, Organisation Development, Learning & Development, Health & Safety, HR Reporting, HRIS, Payroll and HR Administration)- Risk & Assurance (Chair of Risk Management Committee)- Legal Services- Mediation Services- Records Management (including electronic document management project)- Leading service culture developmentsAchievements at Massey include:- reducing annual leave liability by $10m.- zero wage settlement in collective bargaining.- establishing a respected and highly utilised staff development calendar.- facilitating the co-creation of a managerial-leadership competency framework; an associated 360 Degree Survey; Senior Manager Leadership Programme; & Emerging Managers Programme.- introducing a Shared Services structure, rationalising functions from a wide range of business units. Show less

  • Executive Director Change - Employment Lawyer and HR Strategist

    Oct 2021 - Oct 2022

  • Deputy Vice-Chancellor University Services (Acting) / Employment Lawyer

    Jul 2021 - Oct 2021

  • Group General Manager (Deputy Vice-Chancellor People & Culture) / Employment Lawyer

    Aug 2008 - Jun 2021
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  HamptonDavis - Employment Law | Human Resources

  Oct 2022 - now

  Barrister and HR Strategist

  Experienced and qualified advice and representation on :- Employment Law- Employment investigations- Mediation / Dispute Resolution- Executive coaching- HR Strategy- Collective Bargaining- Interim HR Executivewww.hamptondavis.co.nz Services available New Zealand wideDirect experience in senior executive and governance roles in large, complex organisations together with advising SMEs, underpins practical understanding of the challenges facing CEOs, business owners, senior leadership teams, and the organisation's Chief People Officer in relation to your people-related business issues.Widely experience senior leader bringing teams together to achieve results, legal, HR and business strategist, extensive experience in collective bargaining and dispute management, organisational design and change, and recognised for accomplishments in people practices in large complex organisations. Show less