Melanie Hotten

• Delivery of tailored group language coaching for business clients • Private coaching for school students and business professionals • Prepare and deliver well-rounded lessons to develop speaking, reading, writing and listening skills • Provide correction and feedback to ensure correct use of grammar for communication • Facilitating discussions on global current affairs

• Lead a HR team of 6 and oversaw the London-based studio of over 800 employees • Advising on complex employment relations matters and large scale downtime/redundancy planning • Developed talent management, retention, compensation and performance management mechanisms • Developed and facilitated training sessions to reinforce culture and create a sustainable leadership team • Management of global mobility across the UK, Canada, India, US and Australia

• Managed all aspects of domestic and international mobility • Managed workforce planning, forecasting and analysis • Advised on complex employment relations matters, absence management, contract and policy application • Coached managers on performance management, engagement, succession and compensation planning • Development and delivery of training workshops

• Management of complex HR Operations of an executive and corporate client group of 120, deputising for the Senior HR Manager as required • Advised on employment relations, performance management, restructures and redundancy consultations • Managed monthly payroll for 4 entities working with outsourced provider • Responsible for absence, turnover, FTE reporting and analysis • Advised on specialist talent resourcing and remuneration strategies

• Provided HR consultancy services, advising on change management plans • Project managed alignment of HR systems, policies and processes to achieve strategic and operational business objectives • Managed multiple recruitment campaigns and HRIS database migration • Conducted a detailed legislative review of the Personnel Delegations manual for presentation to the Board of Trustees

• Development of Comedy Central's intranet and implementation for Nickelodeon’s site upgrade • Job evaluations for the annual Towers Watson remuneration benchmarking • Provided managers with employment relations advice, grievance investigation and resolution support • Development of Human Resources policies and resourcing tools • Designed and developed Comedy Central and Nickelodeon branded induction programs for new employees

• Based at the corporate Australian Headquarters • Project management of national Employee Engagement Surveys • Launched the annual Reward & Recognition program in the Pacific region • Web design, creation and content migration for new HR intranet for national and regional HR activities • International Talent Management and mobility management • Advised managers and employees on employee relations and performance management issues

• Based in the corporate Australian Headquarters • Managed the Executive, Corporate and national employee performance review and remuneration cycles • Responsible for international and national executive relocations, immigration and policy developments • Implemented four new bonus schemes in line with global strategy • Completed HAY Grading of 1st level executive management and sales positions • Immigration monitoring audit and compliance

• Managed the recruitment and training of new employees, interns, apprentices and work experience students • Qualified Brand Trainer and facilitator of Orientation, Culture, HR focus groups and Workshops • Provided advice on Award legislation, HR policies, performance management and disciplinary counselling • Managed Visa sponsorships, immigration and visa monitoring • Supported Regional Director of HR with pacific region projects, union activity and roll out of workforce Collective Agreement

• Managed department administration, correspondence, HR systems and databases • Managed the on-boarding of new employees and work experience students • Coordinated the advertising, screening, recruitment and selection of new employees • Coordinated reward and recognition programs, social club and hotel events • Liaised with payroll, superannuation providers, contractors and industry contacts • Managed employee accommodation bookings and authorisation