Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
References
Affiliations
Accomplishments
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Lisa Scudamore

Melbourne,VIC

Summary

Dynamic leader with a proven track record in driving organisational and cultural change initiatives. Demonstrated success in enhancing workforce capability, fostering a culture of resilience, and implementing sustainable people strategies to achieve business priorities. Expertise in leading and delivering people services, strategy and advice.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Enterprise Change Manager

Australian Skills Quality Authority
05.2024 - Current
  • Developed and implemented an Enterprise change management maturity roadmap for the organisation 24/25.
  • Leading Organisational resilience and cultural uplift strategically significant projects 25/26
  • Worked closely with external vendors and consultants when necessary, in order to provide additional expertise or resources needed for the successful execution of projects and enterprise maturity.
  • Collaborating with senior leadership to develop a strategic change canvas taking the vision and plan for successful implementation of changes and ensuring we plan the approach to broader multiyear transformation.
  • Facilitation of key strategic planning events

Assistant Director- People & Capability

Australian Skills Quality Authority
01.2023 - 05.2024
  • Led a team of 3 to deliver services, strategy and advice in wellbeing, Diversity & inclusion, capability and development, including induction, probation, performance management, and learning and development.
  • Project leadership in enterprise-level projects: capability, culture, and change, which delivered the first ASQA workforce plan and learning and development strategy.

Acting Director- People & Capability

Australian Skills Quality Authority
03.2023 - 02.2024

Multiple acting opportunities to lead a geographically dispersed team of 9, enabling ASQA to achieve its strategic objectives through the effective and efficient provision of strategic people management and support in the areas of:

  • industrial relations, including the ASQA enterprise Agreement, and payroll and employment conditions
  • workforce planning and position establishments
  • recruitment and selection
  • wellbeing, work, health and safety, including compensation
  • capability and development, including induction, probation, performance management, and learning and development.

Chaired staff consultative committee

Organisation Development Officer

Mike White Pty Ltd
07.2021 - 06.2022
  • Led the design and implementation of a property advocacy service offer, operating model, organizational structure, and stakeholder management plan.
  • Designed the client experience, informing the Client Relationship Management software build.
  • Built and deployed a social media lead generation mechanism to increase client attraction.
  • Produced the 2022/23 forward program of work and associated budget.
  • Designed effective data-tracking mechanisms.

Assistant Director

Australian Bureau of Statistics
09.2020 - 07.2021

Led a team of four co-located staff in:

  • Development and implementation of a detailed delivery plan for NDAD People Strategy outcomes across Recruitment, Talent Management, Workforce Planning, Capability Development, Performance Management, Reward and Recognition.
  • Implemented a comprehensive approach to program management encompassing design, delivery, evaluation, and strategic insights.

Assistant Director

Australian Bureau of Statistics
02.2018 - 09.2020

Led a co-located team of 12 to deliver services, advice and strategies in the areas of enterprise bargaining, consultation and engagement, WHS, and Learning & development for a 350 strong national interviewer workforce

  • Initiated first response to COVID-19 through comprehensive risk assessment.
  • Implemented measures to manage occupational violence and exposure to physical and biological hazards.
  • Delivery of the National Training and Development Workshop for 400+ Field Interviewers in Geelong including Capability Development Program across 3 days with guest specialists in key capability areas identified in census results, Performance development reviews and SES insights on future work program needs
  • Represented in the Flexible working Pilot executive working group ensuring NDAD work attributes were reflected in recommendations

Acting Director

Australian Taxation Office
01.2018 - 12.2018
  • Co-designed ATO skills framework including data literacy, and change readiness-while providing linkages to the ATO cultural traits in action
  • Development of an ATO wide virtual L&D Expo to launch the framework, self appraisal mechanism and library of supporting development solutions
  • Led pilot skills appraisal in collaboration with IT executive to identify areas of strength and growth in the IT professional stream to facilitate better performance and development approaches and workforce shift opportunities
  • Lead research into best practice skills frameworks for the future of work
  • Co-design a refreshed set of ATO core skills for all ATO staff
  • Collaborate with stakeholders across the ATO to ensure adoption of the new skills framework in practice to position staff to deliver ATO priorities and future work program
  • Take a holistic approach to program delivery including design, delivery, evaluation and offering strategic insight to environmental factors affecting staff skills and the organisation

Acting Director

Australian Taxation Office
01.2017 - 01.2018
  • Delivery of a new client facing account management function providing generalist L&D service to Business and brokering solutions with the L&D specialist areas
  • Development of a service offer, organisational structure, operating model, process and procedures, job statements, stakeholder management plan and change management plan to support transformation to new ways of working
  • Reduced budget and FTE effort in the existing function for reinvestment into specialist L&D solutions, fit for business, driving capability support improvements
  • Lead, coach and mentor a geographically dispersed team to through transformation while maintaining continuity of service to ATO managers and staff
  • Provide high level skill support and advice to both managers and team members
  • Collaborate with stakeholders across the ATO to ensure delivery of an ATO L&D Frontline function delivering fit for business solutions and advice
  • Take a holistic approach to program delivery including design, delivery, evaluation and offering strategic insight to environmental factors affecting staff skills and the organisation

Assistant Director- People & Culture- Senior Executive Services (SES) unit

National Disability Insurance Agency
01.2016 - 06.2016
  • Designed and implemented SES service offer across SES lifecycle
  • Onboarded significant volume of SES and support staff to support work program
  • Planning for NDIA SES and Leaders Conference
  • Contract Management and Onboarding Senior Executive Officers
  • Resolved ongoing SES issues such as transfer of entitlements
  • Coordination of Continuing Professional Development

Various Roles

ATO
10.1999 - 01.2016
  • Service delivery.
  • Coaching
  • IT stakeholder management.
  • Change management.
  • People management.
  • Project leadership
  • Training
  • Organisational redesign

Education

Cert IV in Real Estate -

Real Estate Institute of Victoria

Victorian Certificate of Education -

Westbourne Grammar

Skills

Experienced in:

  • Workforce planning
  • Enterprise change management maturity and best practice change management delivery
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Portfolio, program, and project management
  • Vendor management
  • Learning and Development (L&D) strategy, solution design, and delivery
  • Strategic Workforce Planning
  • Cultural uplift and embedding organisational values
  • Employee value proposition design
  • Work Health and Safety (WHS) advisory, risk, and incident management
  • Performance and case management
  • Payroll services
  • Workforce supply, recruitment, and onboarding
  • Talent attraction, identification, and nurture
  • Business Partnership and HR Consultancy

Formal skilling in:

  • PROSCI certified practitioner
  • Manager as Coach
  • Consultancy vs Client service
  • L&D solution design and learning principles
  • WHS Risk management
  • End User Solution Design
  • Lean/Agile project methodology
  • Rapid solution design
  • Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
  • Comcare WHS for Managers
  • Disability Confidence
  • Legislative interpretation
  • Performance management
  • Leading teams through change
  • Organisational design

References

  • Fiona O'Brien, Acting Deputy CEO, Australian Skills Quality Authority, fiona.obrien@ASQA.gov.au, 487 788 884
  • Jackie Halsey, Director- People Strategies, Australian Bureau of Statistics, jackie.halsey@abs.gov.au, 040439893253

Affiliations

  • Singing
  • Learning Italian
  • Tai chi

Accomplishments

  • ASQA CEO Awards for Enterprise Change Management: Living the Values of 'United and Connected'
  • ATO Service delivery quality award

Timeline

Enterprise Change Manager

Australian Skills Quality Authority
05.2024 - Current

Acting Director- People & Capability

Australian Skills Quality Authority
03.2023 - 02.2024

Assistant Director- People & Capability

Australian Skills Quality Authority
01.2023 - 05.2024

Organisation Development Officer

Mike White Pty Ltd
07.2021 - 06.2022

Assistant Director

Australian Bureau of Statistics
09.2020 - 07.2021

Assistant Director

Australian Bureau of Statistics
02.2018 - 09.2020

Acting Director

Australian Taxation Office
01.2018 - 12.2018

Acting Director

Australian Taxation Office
01.2017 - 01.2018

Assistant Director- People & Culture- Senior Executive Services (SES) unit

National Disability Insurance Agency
01.2016 - 06.2016

Various Roles

ATO
10.1999 - 01.2016

Cert IV in Real Estate -

Real Estate Institute of Victoria

Victorian Certificate of Education -

Westbourne Grammar
Lisa Scudamore