Nick Waterworth, Managing Partner at Watermark Search International, comments on the increased role of strategy directors within business, click on the title and then click here to read the article in full.

The rise in the use of interim executives is discussed in the recent piece by leadingcompany.com please click on the title and then here to read the full article

Watermark Search International managing partner, Nick Waterworth, quoted in the BRW magazine, discussing leadership within the schools

The principal of the prestigious Melbourne school Methodist Ladies’ College, Rosa Storelli, starts every week with an early-morning risk assessment briefing from her vice-principal and senior managers. “Risk management takes up a much greater amount of my time,” says Storelli reflecting on how her role has changed after 15 years as MLC principal.

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The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust has a proud history approaching 200 years, with the distinction of managing the oldest botanic garden in Australia and being the oldest scientific organisation in the country. As a statutory body established under the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Act 1980, the Trust is today responsible for the management of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, including the Domain; the Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan; the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, Mount Tomah; the National Herbarium of NSW; the NSW Seedbank; and the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Exhibition Centre.

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Research Associate

• Leading independent search firm with diverse clients
• Background in recruitment, professional services or business research
• Supportive, friendly, experienced research team

Watermark Search International is a leading Australian search firm which conducts retained C-level search assignments. Our clients are from a diverse range of industries including utilities, renewable energy, industrials, engineering and construction, infrastructure, not-for-profit as well as State and Federal government.

We are passionate about achieving high standards and superior outcomes for our clients and are clear that true search is the absolute key to our value-add.

Our value set includes trust, teamwork and developing our people to achieve their career aspirations.

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and talented Research Associate to join our Sydney team. Key aspects of the role include:

• Working closely with the Research Team and each of the Partners
• Playing a pivotal role on assignments by undertaking thorough industry/company research
• Extensive direct communication with potential candidates and informed industry sources.
• Cultivating and continually updating our network of contacts

This role is exciting and challenging and involves gaining insight into many different industries and understanding the key selling points of each role.

Strong time and project management is essential, as are excellent verbal communication and written skills.

You will enjoy this role if you think analytically and laterally and would relish using your own initiative in the search process.

• Please call Claire Crawford on 02 9233 1200 or email your CV to: search@watermarksearch.com.au

Personal Assistant

• Highly professional but “family feel” environment
• Sydney CBD Location

Watermark Search International has an outstanding opportunity for an experienced Personal Assistant to one of our Senior Partners.

In this fast-paced role, we’re seeking a candidate who can work closely alongside the Partner whilst being an integral part of the overall team. We are very much looking for a candidate who can both handle a volume of day-to-day office/report typing work as well as being forward-thinking and assisting with project related duties.

Days will be varied and consist of the following:

• Producing candidate reports and client proposals
• Screening of incoming telephone calls
• Client liaison
• Diary management
• Travel coordination, often to tight deadlines
• Working as part of the close-knit PA team and helping out with overflow
• Assisting with invoicing
• Occasional function management 

To be successful in this position you must have considerable experience as a PA within a corporate environment supporting at senior level and have outstanding organisational skills.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a successful organisation and be part of a growing, enthusiastic team.

Please contact Caroline McAuliffe at Watermark Search International on cmcauliffe@watemarksearch.com.au

Watermark Search has expanded its Interim Practice with Greg Hayes joining the team as Associate Partner.

Greg’s recruiting experience began in London working for a leading public sector recruiter. He managed teams recruiting policy and project professionals to the UK government and not for profit sectors. Moving to one of the UKs leading Executive Search firms, Greg specialised in providing executive level interim managers to the public and private sectors.

Now at Watermark, Greg will be working with established career interims as well as executives considering interim as an option for the next stage of their career. He focuses upon ‘C level’ and senior executives across a variety of functionalities including CEO, CFO, COO, CIO, HR and change and project management.

Watermark is constantly looking to develop our network of senior executives available for interim management assignments. If you are interested, please email: interim@watermarksearch.com.au

Five (quick) thoughts on leadership in (highly) volatile times… Nick Waterworth, Managing Partner of Watermark Search has some musings on being a CEO in the most volatile business environment in 20 years.

I’m not setting out here not necessarily provide 5 halleluiah moments – but possibly some ‘revision’ based on success stories I’ve picked up from our client portfolio.     

1.       Make haste slowly: think about your own personal investments – how many things that you’ve gone in to quickly have turned out great? Just because it’s volatile, doesn’t mean your decision-making has to be!… BUT…

 2.       Put the right person, in the right job, right now: back your gut feel with people. Delaying these moves rarely turns out as the right thing. Back your stars, give them more. Let the underperformers disappear in to the sunset. (And I would add: get the mix right – innovators; implementers; youngsters; baby-boomers). 

 3.       Maximise your IP: how well does your business share knowledge? Do ideas and feedback make it up to the executive level? Do you actually listen to what your customers are saying?

 4.       Focus or fail: “highly successful conglomerate multinational…”; not a phrase we hear so much today. It’s more about Apple, or Google, or Target (in the US), or Nike: companies that do a very small number of things best in class.

 5.       Cut costs, not value: customers will still pay for value; enough said.   

“Rare leadership opportunities with Environment Protection Authority; Chair, Board Members, plus Chief Regulator. ”

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Watermark Search International managing partner, Nick Waterworth, quoted in The Australian newspaper today, discussing why high-flying expats are returning to Australia.

CALL it market karma: after Australia endured the loss of executive talent for decades, a flock of up-and-coming Australian high-flyers are winging their way home amid the economic strife afflicting Europe and the US.

Few of our corporate migratory swallows are re-nesting here directly because of the woes, especially in the banking sector.

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