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Cayleigh Deignan

Cayleigh Deignan

Sydney,Australia

Summary

Dynamic People and Culture Advisor with a proven track record at Optus, excelling in Stakeholder management and HR proficiencies. Adept at maintaining HRIS integrity and generating insightful reports. Strong communicator and reliable team player, committed to enhancing workplace relations and driving organizational success.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

People and Culture Advisor

Optus
Sydney, NSW
03.2025 - Current
  • Tier one employee support.
  • Provide advice to managers and employees on HR policies and procedures.
  • Draft letters, contracts, and documentation.
  • Respond to general HR queries from employees and leaders.
  • Maintain HRIS data integrity.
  • Prepare and analyze HR reports.
  • Working on various projects.

People and Culture Advisor

Metcash
Sydney
10.2024 - 03.2025
  • Working closely with Business Partners supporting the Corporate Function
  • Point of contact for all HR related duties in the Corporate Function
  • Maintaining personnel records and associated HRIS.
  • Collaborate with senior leaders to align HR strategies with business goals.
  • Guide teams through change management processes, such as restructuring or new processes.
  • Serve as a strategic advisor to executives on people-related decisions.
  • Coach leaders on effective team management and leadership practices.
  • Providing information to management on workplace relations policies and procedures, staff performance and disciplinary matters.
  • Payroll support and PO assistance.

People and Culture Advisor

Australian Payments Plus
Sydney
10.2023 - 04.2024
  • Managing end to end new joiners onboarding process including arranging the induction of staff and providing information on conditions of service, salaries and promotional opportunities.
  • Managing People and Culture inbox.
  • Maintaining personnel records and associated HRIS.
  • Providing information to management on workplace relations policies and procedures, staff performance and disciplinary matters.
  • Managing termination of employees.
  • Generating various weekly reports.
  • Payroll support and PO assistance.
  • General P&C administration tasks.
  • WH&S Committee member - Assisting AP+ to meet the Workplace Health & Safety obligations across the business and champion the safety needs of AP+, bringing to the attention of AP+ Leadership and Board any relevant issues for prompt management.
  • Responsible for running reward and recognition programme.
  • Assisting Operations Manager with implementing workforce planning module.
  • Assisting with system integration.

Senior HR Administrator

University of Limerick
Limerick, Ireland
02.2022 - 08.2023
  • Human Resource Administration, e.g., creating and maintaining personnel files, populating, and updating the HRIS.
  • Assisting with recurring and ad hoc HR projects as they arise within the department.
  • Providing support to the wider HR team in preparation of reports, presentations, conference calls, etc.
  • Maintaining up-to-date HR policies and procedures with the assistance of the wider HR team.
  • Point of contact for processing all leave requests for UL Staff including sick leave, annual leave, Maternity/Paternity Leave, Career Breaks and Sabbaticals.
  • Drafting relevant contract types upon request including hourly, specific purpose, multiannual and fixed term contracts.
  • Arranging for advertising of job vacancies.
  • Setting up new members of staff and processing resignations.
  • Managing HR inbox.
  • Payroll support
  • Working with L&D to provide training courses to staff members.
  • Pension support and point of contact for all pension related queries.
  • Responsible for calculating pension projections and benefit statements when requested for over 700 members of staff.
  • Responsible for organizing annual event for all Pensioners.

HR Recruitment Officer

Bluebird Healthcare
Galway, Ireland
10.2021 - 01.2022
  • Responsible for advertising of job vacancies using multiple platforms.
  • Screening and Interviewing applicants.
  • Responsible for induction and training of new staff members.
  • Maintaining personnel records and associated HRIS.
  • Administration of HR paperwork.
  • Providing information on current job vacancies in the organisation to employers and job seekers.
  • Payroll support.

HR Administrator

CPL Recruitment Agency
, Ireland
07.2020 - 10.2021
  • Drafting Job Specs and advertising of job vacancies.
  • Scheduling and interviewing applicants.
  • Creating and managing panels after interview results have been generated.
  • Liaising directly with candidates on interview results and general queries.
  • Managing recruitment inbox.

Education

BA - Economics

University of Limerick
01.2021

Erasmus Student - Economics and Marketing

Carleton University
Canada
01.2019

Skills

  • Strong communication skills
  • Proficient in Excel, Word etc
  • Good problem solver and team player
  • Excellent time management
  • Great organisation skills
  • Responsible and reliable

Languages

English, Spanish- Basic

References

References available upon request

Timeline

People and Culture Advisor

Optus
03.2025 - Current

People and Culture Advisor

Metcash
10.2024 - 03.2025

People and Culture Advisor

Australian Payments Plus
10.2023 - 04.2024

Senior HR Administrator

University of Limerick
02.2022 - 08.2023

HR Recruitment Officer

Bluebird Healthcare
10.2021 - 01.2022

HR Administrator

CPL Recruitment Agency
07.2020 - 10.2021

BA - Economics

University of Limerick

Erasmus Student - Economics and Marketing

Carleton University

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