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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, UK
06.2010

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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