Simon Ives

Our purpose is to bring people and resources together to build a better world. We do this through our strategy to deliver long-term value and returns through the cycle.

• Responsible for designing and leading governance over BHP’s HR capital requests, expenditure, and associated projects as well as driving BHP’s HR digital roadmap and technology strategy.

Registered Australian Higher Education provider focused on the needs of busy working adults.

• Providing business and industry advisory services to the Australian Institute of Business to support ongoing AHRI accreditation and the design of the MBA HR specialisation.

A major Australian University with 50,000 students.

• Providing mentoring services to QUT MBA and Masters Degree students.

The Australian HR Institute (AHRI) is the professional body for Human Resources in Australia.

• Providing mentoring services to professional members of AHRI.

Coforma provides consulting, training, and services across numerous sectors with a focus on people performance, transformation, and social services.

• Responsible for broad business development activities.
• Responsible for analysing client businesses to determine how to improve profitability, efficiency, or other measures of success.
• Responsible for technology, people, and business process analysis and transformation plan development.

A globally connected community driven by lifestyle and nature.

• Responsible for the end-to-end transformation of the city's people and culture function.
• Development of a new HR service delivery model focused on the future of work.
• Leadership of the integrated people and culture strategic business process redesign program.
• Leadership of the design, implementation, and management of ServiceNow HRSD.
• Leadership of the configuration uplift of the legacy HRIS (Chris21) in readiness for Project Connect, an end-to-end ERP uplift.
• Leadership of the Employee Relations and Business Partnering section.
• Responsible for the management of external consultants/contractors and related contract administration.

One of the world’s largest globally diversified natural resources companies.

• Led the design, procurement, and implementation of the global Human Experience Management (HXM) technology transformation program consisting of SAP SuccessFactors, UKG Dimensions (Pro), ServiceNow, and Qualtrics (and Workday & Cornerstone On Demand for the corporate business) across Australia, the Philippines, Africa, Europe, South America, and North America.

A Glencore Company.

• Led the Australian business’s Human Resources and Training teams during the restructure of the Australian Copper and Zinc divisions into the standalone Queensland Metals business.
• Developed and led the Australian business’s COVID-19 response and strategy.
• Developed the global Human Experience Management (HXM) technology transformation program securing funding for a five-year period.
• Redesigned the processing business’s high-risk and plant accredited training strategy saving more than 70% on training costs and increasing training facilitation efficiency more than 25%.

Premier charity in North West Queensland supporting local individuals achieve their goals.

• Leading the non-profit organisation, both strategically and operationally, along with leading grant disbursement activities.

A Glencore Company.

• Led the Australian Copper Division’s Human Resources teams across Mount Isa Mines, Ernest Henry Mining, Cobar Mining, and Glencore Technology.
• Led the Mount Isa Mines and Ernest Henry Mining Enterprise Agreement negotiations resulting in successful Fair Work Commission approvals and the maintenance of industry-leading terms and conditions.
• Led multiple strategic projects including the development of a new Industrial Relations management system, a new position classification and remuneration system, and the development of a state-of-the-art HR data warehousing solution.
• Led numerous internal programs including the Girls for Mining program, the Books in Homes program, and the Enhancing Business Leadership (EBL) program.

Queensland Government’s public health system.

• Led the People and Culture Division, the Clinical Safety and Risk Division, and the Indigenous Advisory Division across the North West Hospital and Health Service (Mount Isa Hospital, Burketown Primary Health Clinic, Cloncurry
  Multipurpose Health Service, Camooweal Primary Health Clinic, Normanton Hospital, Dajarra Primary Health Clinic, Karumba Primary Health Clinic, Julia Creek Multipurpose Health Service, McKinlay Primary Health Clinic, Doomadgee Hospital, Mornington Island Hospital, Urandangi Primary Health Clinic).
• Non-substantive contract position

Queensland Government’s public health system.

• Led the People and Culture Division (Human Resources Department, Learning and Development Department, OH&S Department) across the North West Hospital and Health Service.
• Led the QLD Health-wide implementation of an integrated health and safety technology transformation (QISIP).
• Strategic lead (North & West Queensland) for the QLD Health-wide implementation of a payroll and human resources technology transformation based on SAP SuccessFactors (with SAP on-prem payroll) and Infor WFM Time and Attendance.
• Throughout all roles with QLD Health I was the chair of:
  • Strategic Workforce Planning Committee
  • Learning, Development and Performance Committee
  • Employment Screening Assessment Panel
  • Union Consultative Forum
• And a member of:
  • Quality, Safety and Risk Committee (Board Sub-Committee – Operational Lead)
  • Clinical and Operational Leadership Team (COLT) (Deputy Chair)
  • Clinical and Operational Risk (Governance) Committee
  • Workforce Leaders Group (Board Sub-Committee)
  • Occupational Health and Safety Coordination Committee
  • Business Planning Framework Committee (Nursing)
  • Integrated Workforce Management Project (IWFM) Business Solutions Authority
  • Queensland Integrated Safety Information Management Project (QISIP) Steering Committee
  • Workforce Analytics Network (WAN) - KPI and Target Setting Project Lead
  • SAP HR and MyHR Implementation Project – Northern and Western Queensland Leader

Queensland Government’s public health system.

• Led the Enterprise Agreement projects for the North West Hospital and Health Service including the Health Practitioners’ and Dentists’ Agreement, the Nurses’ Agreement, the Administration Officers’ Agreement, and the
  Medical Officers’ Agreement.
• Led the transition of all Medical Officers from individual statutory contracts onto the new Medical Officers’ Agreement.
• Led the restructuring of both Payroll Services and Recruitment Services as a central service for the North West Hospital and Health Service, the Townsville Hospital and Health Service, and the Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service.

Non-profit organisation committed to the wellbeing of the community.

• Responsible for the strategic and operational management of the association’s training business and the leadership of the professional and administration employees and contractors engaged by the association.
• Led the procurement and implementation of an integrated cloud-based Training Management System.
• Led the procurement and implementation of an integration Learning Management System.
• Led the business process re-engineering program across the association.
• Successfully diversified the client-base of the training business to include national partnerships for training to employment placements for people with disabilities – these included BHP, the Cerebral Palsy League, and Qantas.
• Successfully diversified the income streams of the training business to include Indigenous Employment Programs, User Choice funded apprenticeships, Certificate 3 Guarantee, Year 12 Graduate Fee-Free Training, and other government contracts from time-to-time.

A leading provider of operations and maintenance services across Australia and New Zealand.

• Led the design of the Apprenticeship and Traineeship strategy for North and Western Queensland.
• Led the facilitation of business training across the North and Western Queensland.

Working together with job seekers, employers, community services and government to solve issues.

• Led the organisation’s Learning and Development Division (RTO, CDEP Training, JSA Training, DES Training, Internal Employee Development).
• Increased referral/enrollment numbers by 320% over a 12-month period.
• Increased revenues by greater than 350% over a 12-month period.
• Developed the first national employee development and succession program used by Job Futures.

Working together with job seekers, employers, community services and government to solve issues.

• Led the organisation’s Training Department (RTO, CDEP Training, JSA Training, DES Training).
• Led the design of more than 20 development programs across business, retail, training, construction, hospitality, mining, and driver education.
• Increased the course completion rate from ~50% to greater than a 90% average.
• Successfully led the organisation’s RTO accreditation review, including the addition of five full qualifications to scope.

A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounting, applied statistics, human resources, business communication, business ethics, business law, strategic management, business strategy, finance, managerial economics, management, entrepreneurship, marketing, supply-chain management, and operations management in a manner most relevant to management analysis and strategy.

The Graduate Diploma in Management (GDM) is a postgraduate diploma which is a nested qualification and optional exit point from the MBA. Within the MBA, the GDM consists of 8 subjects in total which explore strategic business knowledge and management skills in greater breadth and depth.

The Graduate Diploma, Management (Learning) reflects the roles of individuals who apply highly specialised knowledge and skills in the field of organisational learning and capability development. In these roles they are required to generate and evaluate complex ideas; and to initiate, design and execute major learning and development functions within an organisation. Typically, they would have full responsibility and accountability for the personal output and work of others.

The Graduate Certificate in Management (GCM) is an accredited postgraduate qualification. The GCM is highly recognised internationally, particularly for its graduate outcomes.

The Graduate Certificate, Management (Learning) reflects the roles of individuals who apply substantial specialised skills and knowledge in the field of learning and capability development. In these roles they make significant high level independent judgements in major planning, design, operational and management functions within highly varied or specialised contexts.

This qualification may apply to leaders and managers in an organisation where learning is used to build capability; in these roles they harness learning to enhance existing practices and thinking, workforce capability and career development.

This program was completed via distance education and was a non-award program. As a non-award student you attend lectures and tutorials, and are assessed and examined with students who are completing the related undergraduate degrees.

This qualification reflects the role of individuals who are engaged to manage the work of others or to add value to or review management practices. Their role may be in any industry or organisational setting. Typically people in these roles will have considerable experience in their respective industries or vocational areas and combine an informed perspective of specific work requirements with their managerial approaches. The qualification requires a sound theoretical knowledge base and managerial competencies to plan, carry out and evaluate own work or the work of a team.

This qualification reflects the role of individuals who are engaged to manage a Registered Training Organisation, or learning division within a large organisation. Their role may be in any industry or organisational setting. Typically people in these roles will have considerable experience in their respective industries or vocational areas and combine an informed perspective of specific work requirements with their managerial approaches.

This qualification reflects the roles of individuals delivering training and assessment services in the vocational education and training (VET) sector.

Achievement of this qualification or an equivalent by trainers and assessors is a requirement of the Australian Quality Training Framework Essential Standards for Registration (Standard 1 as outlined in Appendix 2 of the Users' Guide to the Essential Standards for Registration).

This qualification, or the skill sets derived from units of competency within it, is also suitable preparation for those engaged in the delivery of training and assessment of competence in a workplace context, as a component of a structured VET program.

This qualification applies to community work delivered through a broad range of services which provide support to enable the resolution of disputes between individuals.

It is a specialist qualification designed to support the practice of mediation and co-mediation across a broad range of agencies, community groups and families.

This qualification reflects the roles of individuals delivering training and assessment services in the vocational education and training (VET) sector.

Achievement of this qualification or an equivalent by trainers and assessors is a requirement of the Australian Quality Training Framework Essential Standards for Registration (Standard 1 as outlined in Appendix 2 of the Users' Guide to the Essential Standards for Registration).

This qualification, or the skill sets derived from units of competency within it, is also suitable preparation for those engaged in the delivery of training and assessment of competence in a workplace context, as a component of a structured VET program.