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• 2018 Winner - Best strategic/enterprise risk management initiative at the Statewide Risk Management Excellence Awards.

• 2018 Winner - Most Dramatic Business Impact Award at the Cornerstone Converge Conference.

• 2018 Winner - Hunter Safety Awards - Best Work Health and Safety Improvement (Large Organisation

• Winner – 2017 SafeWork NSW Awards - Excellence in Workplace Health and Safety Culture for big business​

• 2016 Career Development Association of Australia - Employer of the Year

• 2015 Winner – NSW Local Government Excellence Awards – Operational and Management Effectiveness

• 2015 Winner - SafeWork NSW - Best workplace health and safety management system

• 2015 Winner – Statecover Work Health and Safety Excellence Award

• 2014 Winner – Leadership & Management Excellence – Rural, Local Government Professionals Australia (NSW)

• 2013 Winner - Employer of Choice (NFP an Public Sector), Australian HR Awards

• 2009 Winner - Leadership & Management Excellence – Rural Councils, Local Government Managers Association (NSW)

 

 

 

• Successful negotiation of the first Enterprise Agreement for Port Stephens Council in 2008 with no industrial action in an extremely volatile legislative environment utilising interest based bargaining processes

• 2011-12 Chair of the Alcohol and Other Drugs Working Party which developed and implemented an industry wide approach to the drug and alcohol workplace testing of local government employees in New South Wales

• Development of end to end Talent Management Process which documents all processes relevant to the entire employee lifecycle at Port Stephens Council including development of strategic direction and corporate reporting.

• Development and implementation of a HR Analytics model at Port Stephens Council which ensures agility and responsiveness to changes in labour market conditions.

• Development and implementation of succession planning process for Port Stephens Council.

• Development and deployment of Workforce Plan for Port Stephens Council’s integrated strategic plan.

• Implementation of strategic relationship management of key stakeholders in Port Stephens Council’s industrial relations environment.

• Greenfield set-up on Human Resource Management consultancy business with a helpdesk service which provided support to over 100,000 small to medium sized businesses Australia-wide.

• Implementation of integrated risk management framework.

• Development and implementation of cultural change program leading to increase in engagement to top quartile of Australian companies.