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Natalie Elliott

Williams-Sonoma
SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK,NSW
14
years of professional experience

Dynamic HR professional with strong skills in volume recruitment and human resources support. Successfully partnered with stakeholders to enhance recruitment processes and foster a positive workplace culture, contributing to team growth and operational efficiency.

Work History

HR & Recruitment Advisor

1 Year 10 Months
Williams-Sonoma | 11.2024 - Current

Supporting Williams-Sonoma retail brands across Australia - Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, West Elm & Williams Sonoma.

  • Full-cycle recruitment activities including sourcing, interviewing, and onboarding candidates
  • Conducted comprehensive searches on LinkedIn and Seek, focusing on identifying and attracting qualified professionals.
  • Implementing assessment centres for volume recruitment & peak recruitment period
  • Human Resources Administration including employee lifecycle management
  • Collaborated on the rollout of employee recognition programs to celebrate contributions and foster a positive workplace culture.
  • Return to work support
  • Managed HR SharePoint platform to facilitate seamless access to employee resources.
  • Partnering with Global team for HR projects
  • Developed and delivered annual training initiatives focused on ensuring workplace safety
    and fostering a supportive psychosocial environment for all employees.
  • Collaborated with payroll team to uphold efficiency and accuracy in fortnightly payroll execution.
  • Managed triage of HR queries and escalated issues to senior management as necessary.

Career Break

1 Year 9 Months
Career Break | 01.2023 - 10.2024

Pursued a career break to prioritize family support and well-being.

Talent Acquisition Partner

1 Year 6 Months
Commonwealth Bank | 06.2021 - 12.2022

Working within the Group Customer Contact team facilitating volume & leadership recruitment activities across the Collections & Fraud Portfolios.

  • High volume end-to-end contact centre recruitment
  • Screening & sourcing candidates
  • Partnering with workforce planning team to ensure delivery of forecasted intakes
  • Redesign of Group Fraud recruitment process to enable us to double size of the team within a short timeframe
  • Facilitated virtual assessment centres & interviews
  • Working closely with the Indigenous Careers Team for ICAL Recruitment (Indigenous Customer Assistance Line) recruitment and hires for RAP target

Recruitment Advisor

1 Year 9 Months
Lizard Children's Centre | 07.2019 - 04.2021

National recruiter for in-home Behaviour Therapists to implement early intervention plans to support young children with Autism Spectrum disorder or related developmental delays.

  • End-to-end recruitment
  • Advertising & sourcing for clients needs across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane & Adelaide via Seek, Lizard Careers page, Facebook, and University job boards
  • Conducting one-on-one interviews – approximately 15-25 interviews per week
  • Working closely with Schedulers to match candidates with clients
  • Facilitating fortnightly 2-day Applied Behaviour Analysis workshops for candidates nationally – completion is a requirement to become a Lizard Behaviour Therapist (approx. 15-22 candidates per fortnight)
  • Developed and implemented recruitment strategies to attract top talent.

Talent Acquisition Specialist

1 Year 3 Months
Westpac Bank | 03.2017 - 06.2018

High volume within the Retail Consumer Bank team for the St George Brand nationally for all frontline branch & customer service roles.

  • End to end management of the recruitmentntntntntntnt process
  • Ensuring strict recruitment protocols adhered to
  • Managing 50-60 roles at a time
  • Stakeholder management
  • Working towards RAP targets for the Indigenous Careers Team

Recruitment Advisor

1 Year 4 Months
Randstad | 11.2015 - 03.2017

Working for Randstad as part of a large state-wide recruitment project at Service NSW. My role involved traveling across the state to staff new Service NSW centres opening across regional and metropolitan sites.

  • End to end campaign recruitment for Accelerated Deployment Schedule (ADS) program
  • Talent pool sourcing & management
  • Adhering to strict merit selection process including behavioural interviews, role plays & psychometric assessments
  • Workforce redeployment/priority recruitment for RMS employees affected by site closures
  • Coordinating travel & interview venues for regional ADS sites

Senior Contractor Resource Coordinator

2 Years 2 Months
IAG | 09.2013 - 11.2015

Managed contractor engagement processes to ensure alignment and effectiveness across IAG brands throughout the country.

People Advisor

1 Year 3 Months
KPMG | 06.2012 - 09.2013

Provided comprehensive frontline HR assistance as part of People Centre team, ensuring effective support for KPMG employees nationwide.

Skills

High-volume recruitment
Candidate sourcing
Workforce planning
Assessment centre facilitation
Employee onboarding
Applicant tracking
Human resources
Digital recruitment

Timeline

HR & Recruitment Advisor

Williams-Sonoma
11.2024 - CurrentRead More

Career Break

Career Break
01.2023 - 10.2024Read More

Talent Acquisition Partner

Commonwealth Bank
06.2021 - 12.2022Read More

Recruitment Advisor

Lizard Children's Centre
07.2019 - 04.2021Read More

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Westpac Bank
03.2017 - 06.2018Read More

Recruitment Advisor

Randstad
11.2015 - 03.2017Read More

Senior Contractor Resource Coordinator

IAG
09.2013 - 11.2015Read More

People Advisor

KPMG
06.2012 - 09.2013Read More
Natalie Elliott