Laura Brown

• Designed and executed tailored talent acquisition strategies, aligning with regulatory requirements, the Recruitment Policy, and Ausgrid's Enterprise Agreement.
• End to end management of Senior Contract hiring ($200k+ salary hires)
• Partnering with individual HRBP's on Group strategies, recruitment-related grievances and disputes and restructures
• Ownership of the Employment Referral Program in conjunction with D&I targets
• Internal talent mobility management and emerging talent across the organisation.
• Optimisation of Ausgrid's Early Careers hiring strategy
• Initiation of Ausgrid's overseas hiring strategy
• Evaluated recruitment metrics regularly to identify areas of improvement and adjust strategies accordingly.
• Management of recent business realignment, a volume project of hiring for new and existing teams across the business restructure (80+ hires)
• Team leadership & development
• Optimised candidate experience by developing comprehensive onboarding and candidate communication materials.
• Managing the Talent team restructure to redefine roles and responsibilities to partner effectively with the business - operating model change from a reactive state recruitment function to talent acquisition & partnering.
• Championing diversity initiatives by promoting inclusive, non-bias hiring practices to the business
• Attending job fairs, networking & campus recruiting events to attract talent from diverse backgrounds.
• Partner with People Systems Manager to ensure accurate data collection on candidates (validation and consistency) to report on hiring metrics and KPI’s, to evaluate and optimise recruitment strategies.
• Partner with Brand & Marketing team to promote EVP, attract passive talent through marketing materials, geographic/demographic targeting, content and engagement.
• Management of Agency Preferred Supplier List – negotiate contract terms, maintain relationships, management of PO invoicing to monitor and report on agency spend.
• Partner with D&I Manager to develop Ausgrid''s First Nations Hiring Strategy, RAP actions, targeting Women in Leadership, aligning hiring strategies with I&D targets, sourcing, attracting and creating an inclusive hiring experience for diverse candidates, as well as training and awareness for the wider TA team.

• Temporary assignment to hire and build the Sydney product development & engineering division
• Partnered with HRBP's and hiring managers to deliver market insights and report on relevant market trends using personal and professional connections in the Sydney market
• Active outreach and head hunting through LI Recruiter, SEEK Talent Search, referrals and external platforms and forums for specific hiring needs - collaborating with WIT.org.au to drive diverse hiring of women in technology
• Influencing of Hiring Managers when providing market insights, offering solution orientated strategies to hire for best practice and immediate business needs
• End to end candidate experience management
• External recruitment agency partnership management and negotiation

• Managing the Digital/Tech & IT portfolio for Vodafone Australia through the duration of the business merger with TPG, to form TPG Telecom
• Strategically managing the portfolio whilst implementing new merger policies and regulations, onboarding and new operational structures
• Due to a decreased TA team headcount, I picked up the hiring for NSW retail store re-openings post covid-19 closures which equated to an additional 100+ vacancies on top of the Digital & Technology portfolio
• Designed and executed several assessment centre hiring days for our retail team as well as a Graduate Program for our junior grad software engineer hires for 2021
• I was able to make some key wins in my short time with Vodafone such as rebuilding of bad stakeholder relationships through successful project implementation and management, successful placements of technical/niche roles and regularly providing market insights to the business

• Recruiting globally, Professionals and Academics in the Science, Engineering and Architecture space
• Specialising across 8 major schools operating within the University; Chemistry, Geosciences, Life and Environmental Sciences, Mathematics & Statistics, Physics, Psychology, the Sydney School of Veterinary Science and History and Philosophy of Science
• Recruiting across a range of research entities including the Sydney Institute of Agriculture and the Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics, and partners with University-wide research centres including the Charles Perkins Centre (CPC), the Brain and Mind Centre (BMC) and the Australian Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology (AINST)
• Managed the end-to-end recruitment in align with the University's enterprise agreement and recriutment policy, meeting LMT requirements, immigration regulations, academic level requirements and assisting on high-level recruitment panels, supporting as an independent member for unbiased recruitment and supporting hiring managers on best recruitment practice & guidance

• Recruiting for global brands & Australia's leading FMCG organisations such as; Lion, Nestle, Nikon, Ricoh, Coca-cola and Woolworths
• Continuously identified potential clients and new business opportunities, both from existing clients and through proactive prospecting
• Worked towards achieving revenue and monthly/quaterly targets set by the business, contributing to the overall success and growth of the business.
• Actively promoted Hays' services, value propositions and solutions to potential clients, positioning the agency as a market leader in recruitment through events and targetted marketing.
• Developed long-lasting relationships with candidates and clients by providing ongoing support, addressing any future recruitment needs and offering career guidance.
• Market mapping and talent pipelining
• Met monthly and quarterly KPI's to report on desk growth
• In this role I was able to build a cold desk to a billing desk with repeat clients and generate more business for other specialties within Hays, working collaboratively with internal teams in the business
• Provided clients insights into the talent market, including availability, salary expectations, and competitive trends.

DIAM is an international producer of diversified POS solutions. My role was to support DIAM's global clients through their Retail and Merchandising projects, from concept creation to point of sale installation and in-store services. Clients include; NYX, Sephora, Space NK, L'Occitane, NUXE, Benefit, Anastaisa Beverly Hills, Dior, MAC and more. I managed the portfolio in a volume recruitment capacity, hiring in the Production and Installation space.