Kerry Halliwell
Brighton
Summary
Certified Human Resources Professional and Managing Director with proven leadership and interpersonal skills, character, and a desire to use my strong financial background and experience in human resources management to help continuously develop and attain organizational goals and objectives.
Overview
39
39
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Managing Director of Global Operations
PAOC
09.2013 - Current
- Responsible for developing a successful team to serve our employees and stakeholders in the operations division of the Mission Global department.
- Reports directly to the executive team, and responsible for finding efficiencies in current processes as we seek to serve our global team with excellence.
- Oversees compensation and benefits for our 300 workers in 72 countries around the world.
- Creates the framework for our compensation strategy and negotiates and manages the group benefits plan for our employees. Liaises with our broker and TPA regularly to negotiate our contract and premiums.
- Ensures new employees are onboarded to our pension plan and aware of pension policy both as a contributing member and when offboarding.
- Leads recruitment and selection for Canadian staff.
- Manages professional development for operations team in Canada.
- Creates annual, department budget and reviews account trends using metrics and projections to ensure annual budget requirements are met.
- Co-chairs the policy committee to ensure that policy meets both ESA and CRA compliance related to financial activities in the Canadian charity world.
- Ensures senior management team is apprised of all proposals or changes related to employment law.
Teacher of Mathematics
Saint Andrew's International High School
09.2008 - 07.2013
- Successfully teaching in a British curriculum international high school with a focus on key stage 3 and key stage 4 schemes of work (Year 7 to 11).
- Fostered excellent relationships with students, parents, and fellow teachers by maintaining open lines of communication and consistent and fair learning environment.
- Managed classroom behavior effectively by establishing clear expectations and ensuring that appropriate classroom behaviour was rewarded.
- Integrated cultural awareness into lessons by incorporating diverse perspectives and materials into the curriculum.
- Served as a form tutor (home room teacher) for Year 7 to 10.
RIBO Licensed Insurance Broker
DIS Insurance
05.1986 - 09.1992
- Provided personal lines and small commercial insurance along with account management.
- Ensuring excellent relationships with my clients and served their individual needs as a priority.
Education
HR Management Diploma - Human Resources Management
Sheridan College, Faculty Cont. And Prof. Studies
Mississauga, Ontario05-2018
Bachelor of Science - Statistics And Applied Mathematics
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON06-1989
Skills
- Member of the HRPA since 2017 and in an active leadership role since May 2023
- 11 years leading a team: strategy, compensation and benefits, recruitment and selection, performance appraisals, charting training and development
- Advanced skills in all aspects of team management
- Uses analytics and metrics to present monthly financials and project HR needs with financial implications
- Subject matter expert in both charity law and compensation and benefits
- Exceptional time management, organization, decision-making and communication skills
- Teaches an annual course in finance, policy, and charity law to new employees
- Valid G Ontario license
- Microsoft 360 Suite of software applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher)
- Microsoft CRM
- ADP Workforce Now Human Resources software
- Adobe Acrobat
Accomplishments
- Current elected Vice Chair of the Northeast Council of the Human Resources Professional Association (HRPA)
- Former Director and Secretary/Treasurer of the Quinte and District Chapter of the Human Resources Professional Association (HRPA)
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
French
Limited Working
Certification
- CHRP designation with the HRPA
- Certificate in Human Resources Management with High Honours
- Bachelor’s of Science degree in Statistics and Applied Mathematics
Interests
- Piano Performance
- Two national tennis titles in Malawi, Africa
Timeline
Managing Director of Global Operations
PAOC
09.2013 - Current
Teacher of Mathematics
Saint Andrew's International High School
09.2008 - 07.2013
RIBO Licensed Insurance Broker
DIS Insurance
05.1986 - 09.1992
HR Management Diploma - Human Resources Management
Sheridan College, Faculty Cont. And Prof. Studies
Bachelor of Science - Statistics And Applied Mathematics
University of Toronto
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