Kubaren Algasamy
Singapore,Singapore
Summary
Dedicated and reliable professional, skilled at working independently, under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to achieve excellence. Task-oriented, situationally aware, analytical, and outcome-driven.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
8
8
Certifications
Work History
Senior Industrial Relations Officer
National Trades Union Congress
02.2016 - Current
- Senior Industrial Relations Officer with close to 7 years of experience in employment-related and industrial matters and unions
- Mediate and resolve employment disputes between workers and employers
- Manage industrial relations between workers and employers through individual and collective bargaining
- Negotiated and closed more than 30 collective agreements and MOUs with unionised companies to allow for better employment terms for workers
- Unionised 10 new companies, recruited more than 1000 members, groomed and developed 90 union leaders to steward union
- Manage a business for the union, including manpower, finance, HR and operational matters
- Organise high key events and focused engagements for stakeholders including union leaders, government agencies and employers
- Support companies in the implementation of Industry Transformation Maps, Progressive Wage Model, salary calculation and progressive tripartite practices
- Design plans and scheme to recruit and retain members and leaders for the union
- Conceptualise, plan, execute and track developmental pathways of Union Leaders, including training
- Set-up Company Training Committees to help unionised companies transform and upskill workers, while improving wages, welfare and work prospects for workers
- Involved in Private Security, Healthcare, Aerospace, Logistics industries
Intern (Research/Editorial)
The Asian Banker
05.2015 - 08.2015
- Research on ASEAN banks and the impact on regional markets, financial institutions, milestone events, impact of financial crises and amended financial laws
- Assist founder and CEO of The Asian Banker in researching materials for book release
- Transcribe speeches from conferences and summits, and interviews with members of the international financial community
- Compile balance sheet data from several banks for ‘The Asian Banker 500’ publication
Intern (International Engagement Department)
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
06.2013 - 01.2014
- Prepare country reports and assessments, engagement briefs, devise strategies and country positions for Intellectual Property (IP) related meetings, arrange meetings and draw up profiles of visiting companies from overseas, research, assess and infer positions of dialogue partners, conduct follow-up with strategic evaluation of meetings with MNCs
- Carry out desktop research on IP-intensive companies and analysis of IP landscapes of priority countries, mainly in ASEAN and Japan
- Draft notes of meetings, provide operational and administrative support
Journalist
Singapore Press Holdings Ltd (Tamil Murasu)
05.2012 - 03.2014
- News reporting and column writing for the only local Tamil Daily in Singapore
- Gather news and translate them to suit requirements and sentiments of the Tamil reader
- Cover community events, award shows and campaign launches
- Research material on social issues to write opinion pieces for weekly youth columns
Producer, Presenter
Mediacorp
03.2011 - 06.2015
- Conceptualise and host game shows, quizzes, general knowledge and song request programmes on-air and conduct live discussions on currents affairs
- Interview celebrities or noteworthy members of the community
- Deliver traffic and weather reports, sponsored messages, emergency announcements and hourly news
- Manage the MCXV and Zetta radio systems and familiar with ProTools Editing Software
- Produce, script and voice trailers for shows
- Script, compile and present sponsor programmes
Education
Specialist Diploma - Data Science (Artificial Intelligence)
Singapore Polytechnic
Singapore 09.2020 - 09.2021
Professional Diploma - Employment Relations
OTCi Labour Leadership Institute - SUSS
Singapore 01.2017 - 10.2017
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry And Biological Chemistry
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore 08.2011 - 12.2015
Diploma - Common Law
University of London (International)
Singapore 09.2012 - 05.2013
Skills
Problem Solving
Certification
Data Appreciation to Extract Business Value
Timeline
Leveraging Diversity & Inclusion
11-2022
Specialist Diploma - Data Science (Artificial Intelligence)
Singapore Polytechnic
09.2020 - 09.2021
Data Appreciation to Extract Business Value
02-2020
Finance for Non-Finance Professionals
03-2018
Introduction to Cybersecurity
06-2017
Change Management
05-2017
Professional Diploma - Employment Relations
OTCi Labour Leadership Institute - SUSS
01.2017 - 10.2017
Introduction to PDPA 101
10-2016
Servant Leadership
07-2016
Service Excellence
06-2016
Senior Industrial Relations Officer
National Trades Union Congress
02.2016 - Current
Intern (Research/Editorial)
The Asian Banker
05.2015 - 08.2015
Intern (International Engagement Department)
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
06.2013 - 01.2014
Diploma - Common Law
University of London (International)
09.2012 - 05.2013
Journalist
Singapore Press Holdings Ltd (Tamil Murasu)
05.2012 - 03.2014
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry And Biological Chemistry
Nanyang Technological University
08.2011 - 12.2015
Producer, Presenter
Mediacorp
03.2011 - 06.2015
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