Kirsten Mason

As a strategic People, Culture and Safety Business Partner, my role is to support and facilitate the Education Business Unit (Two-thirds of the Business) to develop workforce strategies aligned with the Organisation and Business plans, to achieve the optimal workforce for the business unit and ultimately Aspect

• Partnering with the Education Business to develop and implement workforce strategies to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and increase staff performance and capability.
• Analyse workforce data, identifying trends and provide insights to develop actionable insights for the Education business unit and school system improvements for growth including; organisational design and change, team culture development and curation, talent forecasting and resource planning, workforce capability and performance development, talent planning and succession management, performance and conduct management.

Leadership coaching and organizational design consulting services, working with clients to enabling Senior Leaders, via Lifestyles Inventory LSI 1 and LSI 2 debriefs and action planning, enabling Leaders via Cultural diagnostic, enabling Leaders to understand their impact on culture, to discover their and their peoples potential and co-design effective organizational change strategies.

Managed WHS & HR operations nationally. Implementation of WHS Improvement Plan organisation-wide to meet WHS compliance obligations, establishing a centralised WHS committee, and driving organizational awareness of WHS duty of care and responsibilities.

• Analyses of workforce data from to identify areas of opportunity for improvement in employee engagement, talent and organisational development and performance.
• Mobilisation of workforce to deliver on the Growing Careers Project, $38.2 million in funding from the Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment, aiming to support young Australians living in disadvantage to gain the skills, knowledge, attitudes and ways of behaving that they need to thrive in their lives beyond school.

Managed WHS & HR projects, including the delivery of a sustainability project, cultural safe work design, and HR retrospectives and human-centered design sessions.

• Managed talent acquisition and capability, including coaching and supporting the team through a challenging period, forging relationships with key stakeholders globally, and implementing talent solutions aligned with business needs.

• Managed people and development, providing data insights, coaching senior leaders, and enhancing workforce capacity and capability planning.

• Partnered with the Head of HR to provide organizational redesign recommendations and deliver HR generalist projects, including improving talent acquisition practices and managing performance grievances.

• Coached and influenced senior stakeholders, implemented diversity and inclusion initiatives, and supported talent management and workforce planning.

• Designed and delivered a new centralized talent acquisition model, implemented strategic sourcing plans, and established talent acquisition metrics and reporting.

• Managed end-to-end recruitment, supported annual procurement tender process, and delivered various HR projects.

• Partnered with general managers across various business streams, sourced top talent in the market, and developed a corporate talent pipeline.

• Provided HR and workforce planning consulting services to clients in various industries, including government and non-profit sectors.

• Managed workforce planning and events division, including client contract fulfillment, account management, and delivery of high-volume labor campaigns for VIP events.