Experience

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  Auckland district health board

  Sept 2003 - Aug 2008

  A strategic management role responsible for the ADHB Careers Centre. Responsibilities included: - Budget Managment of $4 Million- Management of 25 staff- Building Relationships with wider HR Leadership Team- Performance Management of staff- Recruitment- Training and Induction of new Staff- Facilitating information via Recruitment Steering Group- Full understanding and experience with Collective Agreement and Unions Managed a team of 23 Recruitment Consultants and Recruitment Administrators Recruitment Consulting for the DHB for various clinical and non-clinical roles.

  • Recruitment Manager

    Feb 2007 - Aug 2008

  • Recruitment Team Leader

    Aug 2005 - Feb 2007

  • Recruitment Consultant

    Sept 2003 - Aug 2005
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  Talentmap ltd

  Aug 2008 - Nov 2008

  Hr and talent consultant

  Talentmap Ltd was a professional consulting business offering strategic recruitment and talent solutions to a wide cross section of corporate clients across New Zealand and Australia. Our services are geared towards enabling clients to build their own in-house recruitment and talent capability. This equips our clients to future-proof their organisations to ensure the ongoing attraction, development and retention of key talent. These strategies in turn support our clients’ overall business objectives and enable them to grow their market share and remain competitive not only in the short term, but into the future. Show less

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  Healthalliance

  Dec 2008 - Jul 2009

  Recruitment manager

  Working as the Recruitment Manager for a team of 9 that was responsible for recruitment for Waitemata District Health Board and health Alliance.healthAlliance is a shared services organisation providing services in the New Zealand Health sector.

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  Waitemata district health board

  Dec 2008 - Apr 2021

  Recruitment manager

  I led a team of 13 staff for the recruitment centre at WDHB. We covered the recruitment of all permanent and casual staff for both North Shore and Waitakere Hospitals. I worked closely with the two other Auckland DHBs to provide Regional collaboration in recruitment for Auckland Health.Waitemata District Health Board (DHB) serves the largest DHB population in the country - more than 640,000 people. It is also the second fastest growing of New Zealand's 20 DHBs. WDHB employs around 8,000 people in more than 30 different locations serving residents of North Shore City, Waitakere City and the Rodney district. Show less

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  Northern regional health coordination centre (nrhcc)

  Apr 2021 - Nov 2022

  The Northern Regional Health Coordination Centre coordinated the Auckland Regional response to COVID-19. A senior Human Resources management role, I was responsible for leading and managing the whole People and Culture function, end to end for the organisation of approximately 250 staff. I also held responsibility for oversight of the surge workforce for the whole Auckland region.Responsibilities:- Workforce team of 11 FTE. Consisting of a Recruitment Consultant, HR Advisors, Clinical Advisor, Sourcing Lead, Workforce coordinators, Operations Manager, HR Manager, Health and Safety Manager.- Regional Workforce Lead accountable for reporting on regional workforce- Leading the Managing and coordinate the Surge Talent pool for deploying staff to support the covid response - Supported the regional sourcing function for Cardiac Sonographers/ Anaesthetic Technicians Show less

  • People, Culture and Wellbeing Lead

    Aug 2021 - Nov 2022

  • HR Workforce Facilitator

    Apr 2021 - Jul 2021
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  Health new zealand | te whatu ora

  Jun 2022 - now

  Health New Zealand is a large public sector organisation with a workforce of 100,000, including a diverse range of roles such as nurses, doctors, allied health and non-clinical roles all critical to delivering healthcare. With a highly unionised environment, industrial relations are central to HR operations. The organisation is undergoing significant and complex change, working to integrate over 20 former District Health Boards, each with distinct systems, policies, and operating models. In my role I am part of the leadership of the operational delivery of recruitment during the reset of Health NZ through a period of change and transition.I am responsible for- Driving Recruitment Operations through oversight of essential recruitment tasks like advertising, sourcing, candidate management, manager support, recruitment process delivery, ensuring a consistent, reliable experience for everyone we assist despite varied systems and processes.- Improving and Streamlining Processes by identifying and implementing solutions that connect and simplify processes across districts, making recruitment services more seamless, consistent, and user-friendly.- Ensuring Compliance and Reducing Risks by managing key compliance areas and actively working on strategies to mitigate risk and keep the organisation aligned with policies and regulations.- Empowering Recruitment Teams and supporting up to 130 Recruitment Advisors and Recruitment Coordinators to be well-equipped for leadership enquiries and more complex support needs, fostering a culture of collaboration and support.- Delivering on Strategic Goals in partnership with the vast network of HR functions and service models, ensuring HR consistently provides reliable, accessible, and responsive service across the organisation. Show less Responsible for leading and overseeing the operational delivery of recruitment services across Te Whatu Ora.Key Responsibilities:- To support and lead all the recruitment teams (approx 180 FTE) across the country through change- To develop robust recruitment reporting across all 25 entities for the CPO- To understand and report on the current resourcing, technology and structures of the Recruitment Teams- To develop recommendations on advertising and specialist sourcing teams- To support the recruitment function through the transition to the new structureAchievements:- Developed weekly recruitment reporting for executive level leadership that combined data from numerous systems and entities- Developed forecasting tracking reports for recruitment agency spend and relocation spend to help inform the business- Developed recommendation report on advertising, sourcing and attraction- Delivered various reports on current state of recruitment across all entities Show less

  • National Recruitment Operations Lead

    Sept 2024 - now

  • Secondment GM Recruitment

    Nov 2023 - Sept 2024

  • International Recruitment Centre Programme Lead

    Jan 2023 - Nov 2023

  • Project lead - International Recruitment Campaign

    Jun 2022 - Dec 2022