Dana Sandbank
Tel Aviv
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
British Council HR Business Partner (Israel & Russia)
British Council
01.2018 - Current
- Labor Law Advisory & Compliance: Provided expert guidance on labor law implications, ensuring compliance with local and international regulations during critical business decisions, change management initiatives, and employee relations matters
- Fostered a positive work environment by addressing employee concerns and proactively advising management on legal requirements and best practices to maintain compliance and prevent labor disputes
- Strategic Recruitment Leadership: Led comprehensive recruitment initiatives, offering strategic guidance to senior leadership throughout the entire recruitment life cycle
- Learning & Development: Led strategic Learning and Development operations, enhancing organizational capabilities and fostering employee skill development
- Advised management on performance issues, contributed to development plans, and proactively designed regional L&D initiative
- Talent Management: Talent Management Initiative: Co-designed with senior British Council leadership, this program for future country leadership spans assessment, pipeline building, and global learning experiences
- Rapid deployment and cross-organizational collaboration ensure alignment with policies and practices, with a focus on preparing the future pipeline to exert positive influence in their upcoming leadership roles.
Bidalgo (HR Advisor & Business Partner)
Bidalgo
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Strategic HR Partnership: Strategic business partner to managers, adept at addressing challenges related to organizational changes, role transitions, and optimizing employee performance for sustained growth
- Employee Relations & Mediation: acted as the advisor for employee relations and complaints, overseeing mediation processes to bridge gaps between line managers and employees, and ensuring effective resolution of issues to foster a positive work environment
- Training & Organizational Development: Directed and implemented comprehensive training and organizational development processes to foster the growth of employees and managers
- Orchestrated performance management and talent development initiatives for the entire organization, defining and promoting the integration of company values
- Labor Negotiations & Dispute Resolution: Acted as a key advisor in labor relations, leading mediation processes to resolve employee disputes and negotiate terms in line with collective bargaining agreements
- Design employee onboarding initiatives, collaborating with managers to implement training plans and execute orientation programs
- Oversaw ongoing integration efforts and satisfaction tracking
- Compensation & Benefits Management: Ownership of employees’ compensation and benefit program
- Benchmarked and redefined employees’ benefits according to the external market, supported ongoing monthly compensation updates and advised employees and managers on legal issues.
Syneron Medical (Business Partner)
Syneron Medical
01.2015 - 01.2016
- HR Employee and Manager Support: assumed end-to-end responsibility for employees and managers' corporate integration, from the job offer stage, employees’ promotion, professional and personal care, and reassignments through the employment termination process
- Policy Implementation & Compliance: Led the implementation of HR policies and practices, ensuring they were up-to-date with current labor laws
- Collaborated with management to amend and enforce policies that complied with legal standards and supported organizational goals
- Recruitment Management: End-to-end management of the corporate's recruitment process
- Sourced interviews and hires of qualified candidates for the Israel site open requisitions to include R&D positions, unique development roles, such as computer vision talent, operation positions, sales and marketing and other corporate HQ roles.
SCD (HR Training; OD Specialist)
SCD
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Employees' and Managers' Onboarding: Led the corporate's new hires' onboarding plan to include the contemplation of a personal qualification plan together with the hiring managers, as well as the design and execution of a corporate’s training orientation day
- Training Development: Developed frontal and web-based training to include orientation courses for new hires, IT navigation training, etc
- Execution of Soft Skills and Technical Training Courses Included the corporate's employees' needs assessment plan, and the preparation of external and internal instructors
- The process included post-training employee satisfaction and effectiveness checks.
Intel Israel (HR Training; Talent Management; Learning and Development)
Intel Israel
01.2011 - 01.2014
- Talent Management Project: Led the corporate's development program for senior managers
- Designed and developed the program sessions in cooperation with external organizational consultants
- Budget management and control
- As part of the program, worked closely in supporting the program’s stakeholders to include senior leaders and the program participants
- Production of special events in accordance with the program’s changing concept; worked with suppliers and production companies
- Intel’s Global Learning and Development Project Manager Operation Scheduled & operated site courses, controlled course evaluation, adjustment of global courses to the Israeli site
- And supported employees with respect to course materials and compatibility assessment
- Developed solutions and organizational models to support the organization’s values and needs
- Plan and execute new hire onboarding global program both locally in Israel and virtually in Europe.
Management of Intel Haifa's Information and Communication Center (ICC) (8-10 Employees)
Intel Haifa
01.2007 - 01.2011
- Management of the ICC’s team in various fields: recruitment of personnel, professional training, quality control, performance indicators measurement; working with suppliers, responsible for the budget and the ICC’s business development, as well as establishing and maintaining the ICC’s website
- Project Management-Accompanied and controlled several nation-wide projects: upgrade of Intel’s IL employee cellular phones; employee physical repositioning and mobility; chips distribution
- Established and constructed 4 ICC’s Share Point websites to include routine support and maintenance of those sites.
Education
B.A. - The Department of Statistics
Haifa University
M.A. - The Department of Human Services
Haifa University
01.2012
B.A. - The Department of Human Services
Haifa University
01.2005
Skills
- Labor law Expert
- Change Management
- Crisis Management
- HR Consulting
- Employee Relations
- Talent Development
- Project Management and Opps
Languages
Hebrew - Mother tongue
English - High level
Computerapplications
- MS Office
- FrontPage
- Share Point/Moss
- Enterprise Guide (Statistic software)
Military Service
8/1999, 5/2001, Imprisonment Base 396
Personal affairs coordinator ('Mashakiyot Tash'), in charge of prisoner’s imprisonment base 396.
Timeline
British Council HR Business Partner (Israel & Russia)
British Council
01.2018 - Current
Bidalgo (HR Advisor & Business Partner)
Bidalgo
01.2016 - 01.2018
Syneron Medical (Business Partner)
Syneron Medical
01.2015 - 01.2016
SCD (HR Training; OD Specialist)
SCD
01.2014 - 01.2015
Intel Israel (HR Training; Talent Management; Learning and Development)
Intel Israel
01.2011 - 01.2014
Management of Intel Haifa's Information and Communication Center (ICC) (8-10 Employees)
Intel Haifa
01.2007 - 01.2011
B.A. - The Department of Statistics
Haifa University
M.A. - The Department of Human Services
Haifa University
B.A. - The Department of Human Services
Haifa University
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