Eilish joined Merit Solutions in 2022 and has extensive experience in the field of People and Culture acquired over more than 15 years. As well as her time as a Selections Consultant with Merit Solutions, Eilish’ track record includes substantial practical human resources and people management experience in Commonwealth government agencies.

Previous roles include several years as a Senior HR Advisor in the Fair Work Ombudsman where she had key responsibilities for change strategy, resources and success metrics within a major change project. Eilish has been a team member and leader in geographically dispersed teams delivering optimal outcomes for complex people and culture projects.

Eilish excels in recruitment, strategy, and the analysis of HR data. Prior to working in People and Culture, Eilish managed government staff members to deliver high quality advice to members of the public, Ministers, Parliamentarians and other government agencies.

Eilish has a thorough understanding of the intricacies of public sector recruitment and selection in both the Queensland and Australian governments. She has worked with a very wide range of agencies, providing professional shortlisting, scribing and other selection services across diverse roles up to senior executive level.

Eilish applies a strategic lens to the development of interview questions, benchmarks and other assessment tools. Working collaboratively with her clients, Eilish is regularly engaged to provide professional support for the scheduling of interviews and work tests, reference checking and candidate care. Eilish is skilled in providing feedback to unsuccessful applicants where required. With significant experience as a panel member, Eilish provides an independent perspective and valuable insight drawn from her years of practical and professional experience.

She is valued by clients for her provision of expert and thoughtful advice, high quality reports and timely servic

Eilish has supported the development of change management strategies, leading and monitoring the change management process, including resource development to support cultural change management in a large organisation.

She has created performance management strategy guides and procedures, and gone on to implement the same processes as a manager, including KPI reporting and framework implementation.

Eilish has extensive experience in interpreting, explaining and applying The Fair Work Act and associated instruments, including Enterprise Agreements and Modern Awards.

Eilish has provided specialist support to government staff members regarding federal award and agreement interpretation for over 200 industrial instruments and associated legislation. She has delivered extensive industrial relations knowledge training throughout multiple IR legislation changes.