Sarah Lockett

Fair, Free, Impartial, Independent. EWOV investigates and resolves disputes between Victorian consumers and their energy and water companies, fairly and impartially. As a Recruitment Manager I lead the recruitment for EWOV, ensuring we attract and select great people. Collaborate with hiring managers to understand current and future workforce needs, develop innovative sourcing strategies to attract top talent, and enhance the overall candidate experience. I support the business from end-to-end recruitment up to the onboarding. A bit more about EWOV: Opened in 1996 as Australia’s first electricity Ombudsman, EWOV is an external dispute resolution scheme operating independently on an industry-based Ombudsman model. EWOV is not a customer or industry advocate. It is not a government body or an industry regulator. It is a free service for Victorian energy and water customers. With almost two decades and over 550,000 cases handled, EWOV's experience and understanding of the energy and water industries is extensive and embedded in its processes.

At Australia’s national science agency, I partnered with People & Culture leaders to deliver high-quality recruitment and onboarding solutions across Information Management & Technology, Digital Office, and Science Connect business units nationwide. Key contributions: - Managed end-to-end recruitment (including executive roles), embedding workforce planning and data-driven insights into hiring. - Mentored and developed recruitment team members while coaching hiring managers. - Designed and delivered proactive sourcing strategies across LinkedIn, SEEK, and niche networks. - Oversaw and improved ATS (SuccessFactors) processes, including participation in system enhancement and user testing projects. - Coordinated sponsorships, visas, and relocations for international hires. - Contributed to the design and rollout of a national onboarding program, which was recognised with Onboarding Solution of the Year at the 2025 APAC Learning Impact Awards. This role strengthened my expertise in large-scale recruitment delivery, people leadership, and building innovative onboarding programs that improve integration, retention, and organisational performance.

At Australia’s largest telecommunications and technology company, I delivered recruitment solutions across Infrastructure, Networks, IT, and Corporate business units throughout the APAC region (Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Philippines). Key contributions: - Delivered end-to-end recruitment across permanent and contingent workforce needs, partnering with hiring managers, People & Culture, and vendors. -Oversaw recruitment compliance and candidate experience through Workday ATS. -Produced recruitment reports with clear metrics and analytics for senior leadership. -Reduced average time-to-fill through streamlined processes and proactive talent pipelines. -Created a contingent recruitment manual adopted across the Talent Acquisition function. -Consistently recognised for responsiveness, shortlist quality, and collaboration.

As a Talent Manager, I was headhunting the best talents for SME and multinational organisations Australia wide within the Medical & FMCG industry. Key Responsibilities - Identifying skills and cultural fit to match appropriately with vacancies - Advertising job openings on careers pages, job boards and social networks - Proactively sourcing candidates on Seek Talent Search and LinkedIn Recruiter - Networking and advertising to potential candidates - Conducting phone screen and face-to-face interviews - Coaching candidate prior to client interview Key Achievements - Achieving and exceeding set KPIs - 100% success in finding requested candidate profiles - Nominated employee of the 2nd quarter in 2018 - Top performer national in September 2017 after 2 months in the position

Australia's #1 Multivitamin Brand – Global FMCG - Delivered end-to-end recruitment using PageUp ATS, ensuring a smooth and compliant process.

Danone is a world leading food company operating in more than 130 countries - FMCG - Implementing and maintaining office process - In charge of processing invoices through SAP - Promoting Health and safety in the office - Providing support regarding recruitment, staffing, training and development, performance monitoring and employee counselling

Manpower Inc. is a world leader in the workforce solutions, operating in more than 80 countries. Manpower provides Job Placement support to help employees impacted by an organisational change to connect with new employment opportunities: My responsabilities: - Conducting Job Placement Survey with each candidate to define their Job expectations - Following candidates through the updating resume support and double check, if resumes are "Job ready" - Creating reporting in candidates' files - Developing with the candidate a Hiring Plan and approach strategy of preferred companies and roles - Looking for meaningful job opportunities - Marketing : reaching out prospective employer to communicate the benefits of employing our candidates and make a partnership with the company - Organising direct application to be put forward and interview with the prospective employer. - Following candidates' applications and update their job expectations - Finilising opportunities: shortlist, placement, reporting

KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services, operating in 156 countries. - In charge of criminal and resume check of new employees - General help to the HR administrator

- Managing administrative arrangements for training programs - Recommending training modules adapted to employees' needs - Collecting evaluations and recommending changes for new employee induction programs - Liaising with universities and schools and preparing work experience contracts for students

Administrative management: - drafting of employment contracts - managing employees' files - calculating meal vouchers - planning medical examinations Payroll: - responsible for 90 staff - checking time sheets - evaluating and implementing new software for monitoring employees' time management - developing annual summaries of salary and benefits for employees Disciplinary action: - providing legal advice to HR Manager on employees' disciplinary action Qualities developed: versatility, sense of priorities, initiative.

Followed class: Public Law, Private Law, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Statistics...

Followed class: Droit du social français, européen et international. GRH, Economie du travail et analyse des organisations. Qualities developed: autonomy, rigour, organizational skills