Tara Todd-Chidley

Experience

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  St Mary's primary School

  Feb 1996 - Sept 1998

  Teacher Primary School

  Classroom Teacher at St Mary's primary School London.and Emergency Teacher at various schools across London

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  Flight Centre

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2001

  Team Leader

  I was Team Leader at Hampton Flight Centre for 2 years. The store was making a loss when I took it over and I lead my team to achieve a ten-fold turnaround in profit. I also achieved personal goals in maintaining my own sales figures while leading my team to achieve their goals, and that of the store.

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  Flight Centre Ltd

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2005

  Acted as airfare helpdesk to travel consultants in Flight Centre, Student Flights and Escape Travel including giving advice on detailed airfare rules, routings and regulations, dealing with problems to do with client bookings such as airline/wholesaler issues, dealing with company representatives from all areas of travel industry to formulate new product and clarify existing product, organisation with Area Leader of monthly area buzz night for all staff retail offices. I was also part of the management team looking after the South eastern area of the retail Flight Centre outlets. Show less

  • Leadership Trainer and Facilitator/ Assistant Manager of Training

    Jan 2002 - Jan 2005

  • Product Development Manager

    Jan 2001 - Jan 2002
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  Green Element Constructions Pty Ltd

  Nov 2007 - Nov 2014

  Operations Manager/Owner

  Roles included Marketing, Human Resources and Financial Management, as well as strategic growth of the company, and ongoing operational management.

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  Travel Associates

  Jul 2013 - Jul 2015

  Travel Consultant
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  Cornerstone People Solutions and William Angliss Institute

  Feb 2015 - Dec 2017

  Learning and Development Specialist/Web Workshop Specialist/Conference Presenter

  Trainer/Assessor and facilitator in Sales, Leadership and business development for the travel industry. Trainer and assessor for Diploma of L&M, Diploma of Travel and Tourism, Cert IV and Cert III Travel and Tourism, , Cert IV and Cert III Competitive Systems and Practices.Working with people in a formal training environment as well as informal training and on-site in-house training with teams and leaders at varying levels and in different roles within the travel industry.Responsibilities included writing, updating and creating new content for training delivery both online and in the classroom. Show less

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  William Angliss Institute

  Jun 2015 - Sept 2017

  Travel Industry Trainer

  Trainer and assessor for several qualifications including Cert IV Travel, Diploma of Travel and Tourism, Cert IV Leadership and Management and Diploma Leadership and Management, Cert IV Competitive Systems and Processes. Experience in validation of assessments and other areas of VET.

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  Freelance

  Jan 2017 - May 2019

  Consultant Trainer/ Web Workshop Writer and Presenter

  I work with clients to understand their intended outcomes for staff training and then create and write content to be delivered in a live online format as an interactive web workshop. These workshops form part of a series of workshops which run on a continual rolling basis throughout a 12 month period.Workshop content includes professional development such as Time Management, Motivation and Mindset, Conflict and Communication, Sales, Leadership, Business Acumen, Customer Service and more.

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  Holmesglen

  May 2019 - Feb 2021

  • Educator

    May 2019 - Feb 2021

  • Teacher-Travel, Tourism and Events

    May 2019 - Feb 2021
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  Metricon

  Feb 2021 - Jan 2024

  Learning and Development Consultant
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  Six Degrees Executive

  Jan 2024 - now

  National Learning and Development Manager

  Responsibilities include designing and implementing comprehensive learning and development strategies, programs, and initiatives that address identified skills gaps, support employee development, and align with the organization's goals, as well as managing the national L&D requirements, systems and processes.