JOSEPHINE BRYANT
MELBOURNE
Summary
Strategic Leadership & Learning professional with expertise in designing and implementing enterprise-wide talent and culture initiatives that enhance capability and engagement. Trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, translating business priorities into effective, people-centered solutions. Proven program leader with facilitation skills, delivering impactful initiatives that drive lasting behavioral change.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Leadership & Learning Senior Manager
Allens
01.2025 - Current
- Leads end-to-end learning initiatives, from needs analysis to evaluation, ensuring alignment with business strategy.
- Partners with stakeholders to identify development priorities and shape capability solutions that improve engagement and performance.
- Designs and delivers leadership, client experience and behavioral uplift programs tailored for emerging and senior leaders, enhancing capability across the organisation.
- Translates feedback into actionable insights and continuous improvement.
- Manages a ~$1M annual Leadership & Learning budget. Ensuring effective allocation of resources aligned to strategic capability priorities and program outcomes.
Talent & Capability Manager
Allens
01.2016 - Current
- Led rollout of Talent function in Workday enabling enhanced employee engagement (+30%), streamlined talent management processes, and improved data driven decision making.
- Conducted a deep listening exercise post-rollout, delivering a thematic analysis that highlighted key successes, identified improvement opportunities, and informed prioritisation of future enhancements.
- Updated talent frameworks and processes to support succession planning, career development, and performance assessment and management.
- Partnered across business to embed talent practices.
Learning & Development Senior Consultant
Allens
01.2016 - Current
- Co-designed and delivered a firm-wide culture uplift, including facilitation of behavioural workshops and redesign of the mandatory culture program impacting 1,300+ employees.
- Managed flagship leadership programs and end-to-end L&D delivery, including vendor and SME engagement, program operations and budget oversight.
- Led a cross-functional CPD compliance project, implementing a digital attendance solution that improved regulatory compliance and enhanced the participant experience.
People & Development Operations Supervisor
Allens
01.2016 - Current
- Provided operational leadership across workforce processes and employee experience.
- Led mobility and relocation programs both domestic and international including oversight of current sponsored employees’ pathways to permanent residency.
National Guest Relations Manager
Jawun
01.2014 - 02.2014
- Led national team performance and capability.
- Improved service delivery standards.
Secondment
Jawun
Shepparton
01.2014 - 02.2014
- Seconded to Jawun to support Aboriginal-led organisations through a culturally informed organisational development lens.
- Working in partnership with Rumbalara Aboriginal Cooperative and Kaiela Arts, I contributed to sustainable organisational change while deepening my practice in reconciliation and community-led design.
- Aboriginal Community Partnership & Organisational Development
Rumbalara Aboriginal Cooperative
01.2014 - 02.2014
- Developed a comprehensive business case for organisational restructure to align with the Federal Budget 2014 requirements.
- Key accomplishments included identifying and reducing unfunded wages and streamlining the reporting structure to enhance future funding opportunities.
- Proposed amendments to HR policies encompassing pay grades, KPIs, career pathways establishment, and succession planning implementation.
Kaiela Arts Shepparton
Shepparton
01.2014 - 02.2014
- Contributed to the development of content for their new website by conducting artist interviews, photographing artworks, and writing detailed biographies.
- Supported the Gallery's mission of fostering physical, spiritual, and emotional wellbeing through art by enhancing its digital presence through artist-led storytelling, contributing to cultural visibility, economic participation and community connection.
Education
Certificate IV -
Human Resources
Diploma of Business Management -
RMIT
Skills
- Learning program design
- Change management
- Program evaluation
- Stakeholder influencing
- Executive influencing
- Co-design
- Facilitation
- Insights
- Budget management
- Talent management
- Diversity
- Inclusion
- Accessibility
- Behavioural shifts
Recent Projects
- Client Experience Uplift Program, Designed and launched firm-wide CX program embedding key mindset shifts (from reactive to proactive, transactional to relationship-led). Delivered through workshops, coaching and evaluation to drive more consistent, responsive and client-centric behaviours., Phase 2 delivered
- Signature Partner Program, Co-delivering flagship leadership program to build a shared leadership approach, strengthen strategic thinking, and lift partner capability to drive performance, inclusion, and firm-wide impact., underway
- Onboarding transformation, Led end-to-end redesign of onboarding, introducing a consistent national experience, enhanced day-one journey, and personalised touchpoints. Improved engagement, cultural connection, and early productivity for new joiners., delivered
Career Overview
Josephine is a strategic Leadership & Learning professional with deep experience designing and delivering enterprise-wide talent, leadership and culture initiatives that strengthen capability, lift engagement and support organisational performance. She is a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, known for translating business priorities into pragmatic, people-centred solutions. Josephine brings strong judgement, end-to-end program leadership and facilitation expertise, consistently delivering high-impact initiatives that embed lasting behavioural change.
Timeline
Leadership & Learning Senior Manager
Allens
01.2025 - Current
Talent & Capability Manager
Allens
01.2016 - Current
Learning & Development Senior Consultant
Allens
01.2016 - Current
People & Development Operations Supervisor
Allens
01.2016 - Current
National Guest Relations Manager
Jawun
01.2014 - 02.2014
Secondment
Jawun
01.2014 - 02.2014
Rumbalara Aboriginal Cooperative
01.2014 - 02.2014
Kaiela Arts Shepparton
01.2014 - 02.2014
Certificate IV -
Human Resources
Diploma of Business Management -
RMIT