Amy Searby

Amy brings more than a decade of HR experience across advisory, business partnering, recruitment and employee relations to the HR Dynamics team. Her career has spanned both public and private sector organisations in New Zealand and, more recently, Cairns — including HR business partnering roles at Auckland War Memorial Museum, Employsure, Ceres Organics and most recently, Novotel Oasis Hotel in Cairns.

Amy is skilled across the full HR spectrum: end-to-end recruitment, ER case management (from routine through to complex investigations and mediations), coaching and leadership development, HR policy and process improvement, and health & safety compliance. She's led change management projects, supported diversity and inclusion initiatives, and has a genuine talent for coaching people leaders to get the best out of their teams.

Amy holds a Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management (for which she won the Top Business Student Award) and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Education from the University of Canterbury — a background that shows in her people-first, empathetic approach to HR.

Outside of her HR career, Amy has a soft spot for early childhood education and has spent time nannying and volunteering, including with the Auckland City Mission. She relocated from New Zealand to Cairns, bringing a wealth of cross-Tasman HR knowledge with her — a real asset for HR Dynamics' clients navigating both AU and NZ employment landscapes.