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Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Key Capabilities
Key Objectives
Formal Qualifications
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Kerry Cole

Peel,Australia

Summary

Highly skilled professional with over thirsty years’ Human Resources (HR) experience within Education and Manufacturing areas. I am passionate about supporting the organisation to attract, develop and retain a capable engaged productive workforce. I focus on achieving strategic planning, organisational goals and aligning the Human Resources strategic goals to the strategic direction of the business.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

HR Advisor

Devro Pty Ltd
06.2023 - Current
  • Supporting the current HR Manager to deliver high-quality, high-level HR support to the Devro Leadership Team, Managers, Supervisors and over 200 employees. The following duties have played a major part in my current role:
  • Complaint handling and investigation
  • Create and maintain HR employee personnel records throughout the lifecycle of the employee
  • Working with Production Team to complete the Production Classification Review
  • Creating and delivering training and coaching sessions to teams and individuals
  • Promoting employee engagement, coffee catch ups, Tel Dev - 'you said we did' and the Saria Culture Integration
  • Currently working with the team to finalise the Employee Enterprise Bargaining Agreements within Devro
  • Maintaining the Devro HR Systems the POD and the HUB
  • Developing, updating and maintaining all HR policies and procedures on Intelex
  • Review and ongoing maintenance of the Employee Reward and Recognition Program

Office and HR Advisor

Simplot Australia
05.2022 - 06.2023
  • Support general administrative activities required for Kelso for Production, Finance, HR, Safety Health, and Wellbeing, answering reception telephone, payment of accounts, reception duties
  • Supporting the HR Manager Kelso with all HR and employee relations matters
  • Recruitment and remuneration enquiries, onboarding, transfers, off boarding
  • Position movements and updates
  • Policy and procedure enquiries
  • Complaint handling
  • Reward and recognition promotion and distribution of prizes
  • Create and maintain all staff personal records.

Senior HR Advisor

Simplot Australia
02.2021 - 05.2022
  • Providing support to HR Managers at Kelso and Bathurst site. Providing local generalist support and advice to Kelso and Bathurst Managers and staff members to allow the business to meet key objective and strategic goals.
  • Performing all duties associated within HR and employee relations
  • Recruitment, remuneration enquiries
  • Onboarding, transfers, off boarding
  • Change management, and local restructure
  • Position movements
  • Policy and procedure enquiries
  • Complaint handling and investigations
  • Reward and recognition promotion
  • Create and maintain all staff personal records

Coordinator People and Safety Services

TAFE NSW West Region
02.2019 - 12.2020
  • Supporting People and Safety Operations Manager with statewide projects, collecting and collating data from Individual Regions to update and deliver statewide processes. Some of the tasks and duties are outlined below:
  • Reviewing Payroll reporting and uploading into HPCM and providing regions with feedback on audit requirements. Working within the central team I supported statewide collaboration, central processing and change initiative
  • July 2018 – February 2019 - Prior to commencing my Project Work, I provided broad direction, expert advice and support to the Workforce Planning, Recruitment and Payroll Teams. Supporting the Manager People and Safety Services
  • Responding to and actioning complex human resource issues and when required working on special projects to better position TAFE NSW for the future

Coordinator Employee Relations

TAFE Western
01.2014 - 07.2018
  • The purpose of this position was to lead and direct the daily operations of the Recruitment and Employee Relations teams to deliver great outcomes for the Institute.
  • Successfully managed the development, implementation and evaluation of attraction, recruitment, succession, retention and exit strategies to ensure that TAFE Western has a stable motivated workforce committed to achieving organisational goals
  • Managed the leave processing and accrual for all Tafe Western employees
  • Conducted Induction and Exit Interviews and supported employees throughout their employment life cycle within TAFE Western
  • Complaint handling and investigation

Relieving Manager People and Culture (Temporary Appointment)

TAFE Western
03.2017 - 05.2017
  • Lead the People and Culture Team - The main purpose of this role was to design and implement strategies, processes, and outcomes to support the business and the senior leadership team.
  • Providing strategic advice relating to processes, policies and procedures to the Organisational Capability, Work Health Safety, Employee Services and Recruitment Teams

Relieving Manager Workplace Planning and Employment Support (Temporary Appointment)

North Coast TAFE
08.2014 - 09.2015
  • The primary function of this role was providing expert, strategic advice and support to the Team.
  • Supporting HR functions including - resourcing, recruitment and employee support services
  • Providing leadership and support to the teams to ensure delivery best practice and effective within the Workforce Planning, Recruitment, Work Health and Safety and Payroll Teams
  • Supporting the change management and restructure within the North Coast TAFE

Relieving HR Learning Management and Business Reform Liaison Manager (Temporary Appointment)

TAFE NSW
08.2013 - 12.2013
  • The main purpose of this position was to manage the implementation of nine TAFE Institutes onto the SAP HR system.
  • Participating in the HR Implementation meetings with DEC and chairing the HRIG TAFE subgroup that reviewed requests for updates and changes to the SAP system.
  • Working with TAFE Institutes, the LMBR team, the Business Readiness Managers and Business Readiness Sponsors we prepared and distributed information relating to the change and the new HR System and successfully implemented SAP on time.

Employee Services Manager

TAFE Western
01.2011 - 08.2013
  • The primary function of this role was managing the preparation, processing, reconciliation and overall integrity of the TAFE Western Institute payroll and leave functions.
  • Ensuring timely payroll distribution
  • Implementing, managing and ensuring compliance of audit requirements
  • Managing the processes involved in Salary Packaging, Deferred Salary Scheme and Salary Sacrificing.

Project Manager SAP Finance Implementation (Temporary Appointment)

TAFE Western
01.2010 - 12.2010
  • The role of this position was to manage the implementation of SAP Finance into TAFE Western.
  • Working with the Institute Leadership team and representatives from other Institutes to ensure smooth transition to the new SAP Finance system statewide
  • Arranging communications and updates
  • Organising training venues training schedules for all TAFE Western staff and monitoring uptake.

Employee Services Manager

TAFE Western
04.2006 - 01.2010
  • The primary function of this role was managing the preparation, processing, reconciliation and overall integrity of the TAFE Western Institute payroll and leave functions – duties outlined above.

Team Leader Accounts Payable

Department of Education and Training
07.2004 - 03.2006
  • As the Team Leader, I managed the daily workflow and duties of the accounts payable team to ensure client satisfaction and DET compliance.
  • Monitoring team budget and allocating staffing resources effectively during peak and down times
  • Answering queries from team members and clients
  • Checking reports and authorising payment of accounts
  • Reviewing policy and procedures within the section
  • Streamlining processes and task allocations
  • Authorising electronic desk bank payments to clients

Senior Employee Services Officer HR

Department of Education and Training
05.2003 - 07.2004
  • The primary function of the position was to manage the payroll leave and allowance entitlements for DET SASS staff across the state.
  • As a member of the senior management team, I actively contributed to performance improvement by developing procedures and policies to enhance the service provided for SASS staff.
  • Coordinating induction and training programs
  • Continually working on special projects e.g. Leave Management System, SAP
  • Coordinator Beyond the Line Teacher Recruitment initiative for regional NSW

Coordinator Beyond the Line

Department of Education and Training
01.2002 - 05.2003
  • This position was responsible for promoting an innovative staffing program to encourage university students to teach in our remote and hard to fill locations.
  • As the Coordinator, I managed the ‘Beyond the Line’ Program for the State.
  • I undertook visits to universities to encourage students to visit rural locations as guests of the Department to see what Teaching in a rural location really meant.
  • I monitored and administered the budget and compiled detailed reports for the minister in relation to visits and successful appointments.
  • I organised the itinerary, travel and accommodation school allocations and hosted all visits to ensure that students were supported, engaged and ultimately the program was a success.

Education

Certificate 1V and Diploma - Human Resources

TAFE Western

Certificate 1V - Training and Assessment

TAFE Western

Advanced Diploma - Business Management

TAFE Western

Job Analysis and Evaluation - undefined

Mercer

Certificate 1V - Government Investigation

Sydney Institute

Certificate 1V - Government Statutory Compliance

Sydney Institute

Secretarial Course - undefined

TAFE Western

Skills

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Change Management
  • Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships
  • Mentoring
  • Coaching
  • Developing HR policies
  • Implementing HR policies
  • Maintaining HR policies
  • Advising on HR policies
  • Sourcing training sessions
  • Creating training sessions
  • Delivering training sessions

Accomplishments

  • Streamlined processes and strategic
  • Restructured teams within TAFE and Simplot

Key Capabilities

  • Excellent communication skills enable me to quickly assess and identify customer needs, offer solutions and resolve issues
  • Proven experience in Change Management
  • Highly experienced at establishing and maintaining effective working relationships across the business (internal customers) and external business partners (customers, suppliers)
  • Mentoring, Coaching staff members to identify their capabilities and develop their skills
  • Developing implementing and maintaining workplace HR policies within the Intelex system
  • Advising Managers on HR policies and procedures
  • Sourcing, creating and delivering training sessions together with my HR Manager to support the Devro business, e.g. Induction, Reinduction, Be Devro, Business Etiquette, Bullying Leadership Fundamentals, and Supervisor Training
  • Promoting Safety discussing our Life Saving Rules, Take Two for Safely and Reporting
  • Business/project management – delivered short and long-term projects to agreed KPIs
  • Working with Managers to develop succession planning processes
  • Dispute management and complaint investigations undertaken

Key Objectives

  • Delivering high-level service
  • Support the business to meet Sales and Marketing KPI’s
  • Promote and drive Safety, Quality and Production
  • Network with local and regional executive teams and HR counterparts
  • Upskill in HR technology, analytics and strategic problem solving

Formal Qualifications

  • Certificate IV and Diploma in Human Resources – TAFE Western
  • Certificate IV Training and Assessment – TAFE Western
  • Advanced Diploma in Business Management – TAFE Western
  • Job Analysis and Evaluation – Mercer
  • Certificate IV in Government Investigation – Sydney Institute
  • Certificate IV Government Statutory Compliance – Sydney Institute
  • Secretarial Course – TAFE Western

Timeline

HR Advisor

Devro Pty Ltd
06.2023 - Current

Office and HR Advisor

Simplot Australia
05.2022 - 06.2023

Senior HR Advisor

Simplot Australia
02.2021 - 05.2022

Coordinator People and Safety Services

TAFE NSW West Region
02.2019 - 12.2020

Relieving Manager People and Culture (Temporary Appointment)

TAFE Western
03.2017 - 05.2017

Relieving Manager Workplace Planning and Employment Support (Temporary Appointment)

North Coast TAFE
08.2014 - 09.2015

Coordinator Employee Relations

TAFE Western
01.2014 - 07.2018

Relieving HR Learning Management and Business Reform Liaison Manager (Temporary Appointment)

TAFE NSW
08.2013 - 12.2013

Employee Services Manager

TAFE Western
01.2011 - 08.2013

Project Manager SAP Finance Implementation (Temporary Appointment)

TAFE Western
01.2010 - 12.2010

Employee Services Manager

TAFE Western
04.2006 - 01.2010

Team Leader Accounts Payable

Department of Education and Training
07.2004 - 03.2006

Senior Employee Services Officer HR

Department of Education and Training
05.2003 - 07.2004

Coordinator Beyond the Line

Department of Education and Training
01.2002 - 05.2003

Certificate 1V - Training and Assessment

TAFE Western

Advanced Diploma - Business Management

TAFE Western

Job Analysis and Evaluation - undefined

Mercer

Certificate 1V - Government Investigation

Sydney Institute

Certificate 1V - Government Statutory Compliance

Sydney Institute

Secretarial Course - undefined

TAFE Western

Certificate 1V and Diploma - Human Resources

TAFE Western

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