Recent Assignments:

Some of Human Assets most recent assignments include:

Business Planning
Procurement Needs Analysis
Procurement Planning
Performance Benchmarking
Team Development
Organisational Reviews – Shared Services Recruitment
Bulk Recruitment – Application Culling
Assessment Centre Management

Business Planning

Human Assets was engaged by an off-budget agency to facilitate the business planning process for a business unit managing the development of a Whole of Government reform program which incorporated process improvement technology.

This assignment involved facilitating a business planning workshop utilising qualitative and quantitative data about the organisation to guide the decision making process. Human Assets then used the data gathered during the planning workshop to develop an annual business plan. A performance measurement strategy was also developed as a component of this assignment. The performance measurement plan was designed to ensure that the most appropriate information was measured as an indicator of business performance.

Procurement Needs Analysis

All Government agencies are faced with the need to do more with less. This basic premise initiated a recent procurement needs analysis for a large human services agency. The aim of the procurement needs analysis was to assist the human services organisation to determine procurement strategies including aggregation, to improve the value for money achieved from major items of departmental expenditure.

The assignment identified significant savings for the client through aggregation. In addition, Human Assets provided the client with some value added advice in relation to process improvements that became apparent during the conduct of the assignment. These unexpected improvements saved the client $1.5 million in direct process costs.

Procurement Planning

Human Assets has been engaged by numerous NSW State Government agencies to develop their annual procurement plans. Consequently, we have a detailed understanding of the requirements of these plans.

Performance Benchmarking

Human Assets was recently engaged to conduct performance benchmarking by an agency responsible for developing a Whole of Government procurement reform initiative.

The project entailed conducting detailed research and preparing a briefing paper outlining what other government bodies, both national and international, were doing in relation to procurement reform and the implementation of process improvement technologies.

This exercise provided valuable intelligence for measuring the success of the client’s performance and for improving their own initiatives.

Team Development

A large Government Department formed a project team to develop and implement a major organisational initiative. Given the criticality of the project, the project director engaged Human Assets to work with the team during the initial formation stage to maximise team cohesion.

Human Assets employed leading edge psychometric tools to assess the team and individual characteristics of each team member. This information was then used in a collaborative manner to ensure the team had detailed knowledge of their strengths and weaknesses and developed strategies to work together in the most construct manner to maximise their strengths and minimise their weaknesses.

Organisational Reviews – Shared Services Recruitment

A Government operated shared service provider recently engaged Human Assets to review its recruitment function. The aim of the review was to design the most appropriate operating model, organisational structure, systems and processes to meet client demands and expectations into the future.

The review entailed conducting international benchmarking to design a recruitment function to meet the evolving needs of the client. A new application management system was recommended and an organisational structure designed to accommodate the new system and processes. The new practices and processes are expected to generate significant savings through process automation and improve shared service client satisfaction.

The benefits realisation phase of this project is currently being undertaken.

Bulk Recruitment – Application Culling

Human Assets was engaged by a private recruitment company to conduct application culling on behalf of a large nationally based Government organisation. The project involved reviewing written applications and conducting a preliminary cull of each application against a behaviourally anchored rating scale designed to assess evidence of the organisation’s core competencies.
A written summary was provided for the assessment of each of the over 4,000 written applications.

Assessment Centre Management

Human Assets was engaged by a private recruitment company to manage assessment centre activities on behalf of a large nationally based Government organisation. The assessment centre activities were designed to assess candidates against the organisation’s core competencies.
A comprehensive summary report was provided for each candidate outlining their performance in each activity against a set of predefined competencies.