Ellen Nash
Summary
Hi there! I'm an experienced People and Talent professional, who has worked across multiple industries. I have developed strong consultative and interpersonal skills throughout my career. I am now looking for a new challenge with the opportunity to use my transferable skill set.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Early Careers Lead
Reece Plumbing
07.2023 - 08.2025
- Responsible for the delivery of the strategy and activities relating to the Reece Graduate Program across ANZ.
- Managing the end-to-end recruitment process and onboarding of graduates across multiple campaigns. Improvements I made to the process increased first year retention by 38%.
- Conducted an in-depth review to improve the Early Careers strategy, with a specific focus on employee experience. My improvements to the program resulted in Reece being rated as one of the top ranked graduate employers in Australia.
- Responsible for the design and delivery of the graduate development programs. Which led to a 45% increase in graduates achieving internal promotions post program.
Talent Operations Lead
Xero
07.2022 - 05.2023
- Contribute to the development and delivery of a talent operations roadmap
- Focussed on standardising and optimising processes, tools and technology and identifying our future talent requirements to support Xero to sustainably grow
- Leading and tracking key talent projects, ensuring all initiatives are well documented and have associated education resources
- Ensure all stakeholders involved in the hiring lifecycle understand the role they play in enabling inclusive hiring outcomes and experiences.
Graduate Experience Advisor
Xero
03.2020 - 07.2022
- Manage and facilitate Xero's AU junior talent strategy, ensuring the programs support global business goals and objectives
- Successfully implemented new tools and workflows (Lever & Spark Hire) into the recruitment process, including the training of users to ensure successful hiring outcomes
- Maintained strong stakeholder relationships, while recruiting for a number of different business units
- Project facilitation and delivery of the attraction campaign and onboarding processes
- Excellent communication skills, specifically throughout the rotation and ungraduation process
- Demonstrated strong problem-solving skills, in adapting to a virtual recruitment campaign and virtual junior talent programs
- Collaborative team player, working within a Trans-Tasman team.
Graduate Recruitment & Development Officer
Baker McKenzie
06.2018 - 09.2019
- End-to-end responsibility for the delivery and smooth running of the undergraduate programmes
- Management of events programme; circa 70 events across the UK in a 12month period
- Individually hosting a number of these events, including delivery of presentations
- Talent attraction and candidate management, throughout the recruitment process
- Responsible for screening applications and acting as a group assessor in the assessment centres
- Design and implement the advertising strategy for Graduate Recruitment, including social media and the campus strategy across the firm's key target universities
- Management of the inhouse Brand Ambassador programme
- Budget control and forecasting
- Relationship building with senior stakeholders and key external partners
- Maintaining dialogue and presenting my recommendations to senior Partners at the firm.
Executive Search Consultant
M&G Investments
01.2013 - 06.2018
- Conduct end to end senior level searches across M&G Investments and M&G Real Estate
- Manage the recruitment process from initial brief to fulfillment, including the sourcing and direct approaching of potential candidates
- Foster a collaborative relationship with senior stakeholders, including ExCo members, advising on the most effective recruitment and sourcing strategies available for any given requirement
- Evaluate and engage the services of executive search and research suppliers where required
- Support diversity & inclusion initiatives, working closely with the business to encourage diversity of thought
- System Implementation of an Applicant Tracking System, from initial pitch through to implementation.
HR Assistant
M&G Investments
09.2013 - 12.2013
- Supporting Fixed Income, Business Change and Legal & Compliance business areas.
HR Support Partner
Betfair
11.2012 - 09.2013
- Answering employee enquiries, within an SLA of 48 hours across European locations
- Managing the new starter on-boarding process: Issuing contracts, SAP and Payroll entry, background checks and induction programmes
- Assisting with employee relations cases
- Assisting with the annual salary and bonus review process in London and Malta.
Education
BSc - Business Management
University of East Anglia
Norwich, UK06.2010
Skills
- Extensive stakeholder management experience
- Cross-industry experience, including a detailed understanding of tech, legal, finance and retail
- The ability to balance a high work load and meet deadlines
- A confident ‘can do' attitude with the ability to work independently
- Strong attention to detail
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills at all levels
- Fully computer literate and confident in all Microsoft Office and G Suite applications
- Extensive experience in the use of applicant tracking systems and HR databases
Timeline
Early Careers Lead
Reece Plumbing
07.2023 - 08.2025
Talent Operations Lead
Xero
07.2022 - 05.2023
Graduate Experience Advisor
Xero
03.2020 - 07.2022
Graduate Recruitment & Development Officer
Baker McKenzie
06.2018 - 09.2019
HR Assistant
M&G Investments
09.2013 - 12.2013
Executive Search Consultant
M&G Investments
01.2013 - 06.2018
HR Support Partner
Betfair
11.2012 - 09.2013
BSc - Business Management
University of East Anglia
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