Delivering an Executive Search to secure a senior people and culture leader for a Victorian public sector organisation
The Brief
Candidate net Promote Score
Future Leadership combines truly personalised relationships with innovative technology solutions to ensure an approachable and efficient process for all our Net Promoter Score across clients, successful candidates and unsuccessful candidates is well above industry standard.
Candidates supported every year
We maintain genuine relationships with past candidates and continue to support them with leadership solutions long term, after they land their role.
Senior Women Appointed since 2002
Over half of the executive search assignments undertaken by our team have resulted in the appointment of outstanding female or LGBTQI+ leaders to high profile roles.
Candidate Retention Rate for 12 months since 2002
Our thorough briefing process and ability to engage passive candidates mean that we go to great lengths to find the right person for the role – long term!
The Process
Engaged with the Chief Executive Officer and senior executives to understand strategic priorities, organisational pressures, reform requirements and cultural aspirations.
Leveraged recent comparable search assignments, extensive national networks and relevant public sector and government‑aligned talent pools. A comprehensive advertising and attraction campaign was executed to ensure reach, equity and diversity of applicants.
A longlist of seven candidates was developed, from which four were shortlisted for panel interview. Candidates participated in behavioural interviews and capability‑based evaluations consistent with public sector leadership frameworks.
Final candidates were assessed for strategic alignment, reform capability and capacity to lead high‑stakes people and culture transformation.
The Outcome
The process resulted in the appointment of an experienced senior People and Culture leader with a strong track record across complex, multi‑site environments.
- Extensive experience leading organisational development, workforce strategy and cultural transformation across health, utilities, financial services and logistics sectors.
- Proven expertise in delivering major organisational reform, including redesigning service delivery models, achieving significant workforce efficiencies, and implementing new HR technologies that materially improved service experience and operational performance.
- Demonstrated capability in leading large functional teams, partnering with executive leaders, solving complex employee relations matters and uplifting leadership capability at scale.
- A history of driving measurable improvements in employee engagement, recognition, performance development and workforce planning through evidence‑based people strategies.
