Representing Australia, Southeast Asia, Pacific, China

Professional Background

Steve has had extensive experience in both the Higher Education and Government sector. Prior to resigning to establish his own consultancy company in 2006 he was the General Manager Human Resources at the University of Adelaide for eight years.

In that position Steve managed in excess of forty staff in a diverse portfolio covering recruitment and appointments, industrial relations, HR strategy, equity and diversity, occupational health and safety, payroll services, superannuation, organizational development and HR systems. Steve has exceptional industrial relation and negotiation skills developed through two mergers, University wide downsizing programs and being a lead negotiator and strategist for four University Enterprise Bargaining rounds.

Steve was the project sponsor for the implementation of the People Soft HR and Payroll System and provided general oversight in the development and delivery of HR services through its interactive web page and on-line training capability, much of which was developed in-house.

Steve is an Australian representative of the Steering Committee of the Association of Commonwealth Universities Human Resource network, an international group which facilitates closer collaboration between universities across the Commonwealth in finding innovative and practical solutions in the management of their human resources.

He has presented papers on Strategic Human Resource Management, Strategic Attraction and Recruitment, An International Perspective on Demography and Academic Staffing and HRIS System Implementations at international conferences in Australia, England, Trinidad, South Africa and Pakistan. Steve has a Bachelor of Business majoring in Human Resources and Industrial Relations from the University of South Australia.

Sample Assignments:

• Investigate and prepare reports in relation to a number of organisational change management initiatives across several universities
• The development, administration of an international industry wide client survey including comprehensive analysis of results
• Investigate and prepare recommendations in relation to the implementation of a revised performance management scheme
• Organise several international conferences
• Develop revised classification criteria
• Development of a revised staff induction process
• Several reviews of HR sections in terms of structure, best practice and staff capability
• Review and rewrite HR policies (e.g. Staff Secondment, Staff Study Leave, Reward and Recognition)
• Investigate and report on misconduct matters
• Prepare a successful funding applications for the Department of Education, Science and Training Workplace Productivity Programme
• Act as a lead negotiator in Enterprise Bargaining

Professional Affiliations

• Member of the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI)
• Member of the South Australian Branch of the Industrial Relations Society
• Member of the Steering Committee of the Association of Commonwealth Universities Human Resource Network