Rann Sharma

Current

• Director, Global Human Resources at Free The Children

Past

• Accounts Recievable at Rogers Communications Inc.
• Assistant Language Teacher at Japan Exchange and Teaching Program(me) (JET)
• Women's Centre Coordinator at Trent University

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Education

• Lancaster University
• Trent University

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Non-Profit Organization Management

Websites

• My Company
• My Portfolio

Rann Sharma’s Summary

HR management, learning and development,
employee relations, recruitment, change management, performance management, volunteer management,HRIS and intranet development.

• Coordinate senior level human resource functions for a team of more than 200 employees across four continents, including regional country offices in Kenya, India, Sri Lanka and Ecuador

• Successfully lead recruting and training through major organizational expansion, recruiting high performing staff for partnerships funded by National Bank Financial, Oprah’s Angel Network, Robert C. Atkins Foundation, Nokia, Skoll Foundation, McConnell Family Foundation, Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation, Investors Group, Toskan-Casale Foundation, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Participant Media, Canadian Living and the Toronto Star.

• Hold a Master’s degree in human resource development, awarded from the six-star rated UK business school and the Financial Times Top 100 4th place UK business school, Lancaster University School of Management.

• Successfully buily Human Resources department at Free The Children (not for profit), then went on to build the Human Resources department at Me To We (social enterprise)

• Awarded admission into the Women’s Executive Network (WXN) Wisdom II Mentorship Program featuring Canada's most influential female audience and the country's leading organization dedicated to the advancement and recognition of executive-minded women in the workplace.

• Provide HR consultancy advise to diverse sectors and organizations such as education, hospitality, travel, medical, apparel, coffee, publishing and media, property management, not for profit

• Strong knowledge of Employment Standards Act, Employment Standards Act, Human Rights Code, Occupational Health & Safety Act, Labor Relations Act

• 10 years of professional leadership, management and consultancy experience developed in Canada, UK and Japan

• Oversee 6 direct reports

Rann Sharma’s Specialties:

Not for profit, education, small / medium enterprises, social enterprise

Rann Sharma’s Experience

• Director, Global Human Resources

  Free The Children

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  March 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

  Since 2006, serving as Free The Children’s Director of Human Resources, coordinating a team of more than 250 employees, including employees in country offices in Kenya, India, Sri Lanka and Ecuador along with regional operations in California, Montreal and Vancouver. Successfully led hiring through major organizational growth and implemented staff needs for partnerships with National Bank Financial, Oprah’s Angel Network, Robert C. Atkins Foundation, Nokia, Skoll Foundation, McConnell Family Foundation, Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation, Investors Group, Toskan- Casale Foundation, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian Living and the Toronto Star.

• Accounts Recievable

  Rogers Communications Inc.

  (Public Company; RCI; Telecommunications industry)

  November 2005 — February 2006 (4 months)

  Reconciled overdue accounts and customer service

• Assistant Language Teacher

  Japan Exchange and Teaching Program(me) (JET)

  (Government Agency; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  August 2001 — August 2004 (3 years 1 month)

  Commissioned in the city of Kagoshima Japan to liaise between the Canadian and Japanese governments, increasing and developing English as a practical tool of communication in rural Japan
  
  •Designed, delivered, and evaluated an English language learning curriculum with the objective of increasing the level of English proficiency for rural Japanese youth.
  •Consulted with Japanese institutions and educators in designing practical lesson plans with the objective of attaining conversational English usage for students; allowing students to develop communication and marketing skills needed for rural based Japanese agricultural communities
  •Volunteered weekly English workshops for Japanese women and youth

• Women's Centre Coordinator

  Trent University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 2000 — May 2001 (9 months)

  •Responsible for fundraising, public relations, communications and publication aspects to create awareness, support and opportunities for women in Peterborough as well as managing 7 coordinators

Rann Sharma’s Education

• Lancaster University

  MA , Human Resource Management & Consulting , 2004 — 2005

  Worked on thesis with Dr. Alessia Contu under her leadership examining politics and ethics of working; learning and organising; identity, resistance and power at work.
  
  My thesis examined learning dynamics in a multicultural workforce.

  Activities and Societies:

  Elected as Lancaster University Management School's class representative in the MA in HR and Consulting bringing forth students feedback, input and evaluations in improving the program.

• Trent University

  BA , Business & Anthropology , 1997 — 2001

  Activities and Societies:

  Arthur Student Newspaper, Trent University Women's Centre. Trent Radio 97.3 Radio Host

Additional Information

Rann Sharma’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Portfolio

Rann Sharma’s Interests:

Recruiting, organizational culture and behaviour, training and development, international learners, work place diversity, knowledge management

Rann Sharma’s Groups:

HRPAO

•    Women's Executive Network - WXN

Rann Sharma’s Honors:

Cabbagetown Youth Centre Reading Program Volunteer 2008 - present
Recipient of Women’s Executive Network Bursary
(Mentoring Program –Non Profit Category) 2008
Member of Cabbagetown Business Improvement Association 2006 - present
Elected Lancaster University Student Representative 2005
Recipient of Lancaster University ERSC Funding 2004
Recipient of Trent University Scholarships 1997 -2001

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