Small business operations, people & systems.
Running a small business in Gippsland is hard enough without the HR stress, the admin backlog, and the nagging feeling that you're one bad hire away from a real problem. That's where I come in.
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"Practical support from someone who actually gets it."
I'm Briannon — I run Your Local Partner from Traralgon and I work with small business owners across Gippsland who are doing it all themselves and quietly running out of steam.
Most of my clients come to me because they're about to hire someone and have no idea where to start, or because the back end of their business is a mess and they've just accepted that as normal. It doesn't have to be.
I sort out the HR, tidy up the operations, and help build systems that actually hold up — so you can spend your time on the work that actually matters to you. No fluff. Just practical help from someone local who gets it.
Founder, Your Local Partner Briannon Askew
"She's like a part-time COO for small business — handles the people, the operations, and the systems so you don't have to."
Practical support built for where you are right now — and where you're heading.
Whether you're hiring your first person or managing a small team, I'll make sure the foundations are right — contracts, onboarding, check-ins, performance — so you're not winging it.
The documents, processes, and day-to-day support that keeps your business running. Proposals, templates, inbox management — the work that piles up and never quite gets done.
I'm training up in the tools that genuinely save time — Make, Zapier, Employment Hero, Notion AI. When this launches, I'll help you figure out what's worth automating and actually set it up.
Drop me a DM or send an email. Tell me what's going on — no need to have it all figured out.
A relaxed conversation about your business and what you need. No pressure, no pitch.
You get a straightforward proposal — what I'll do, when, and what it costs. No surprises.
I get to work. You get updates. The stuff that's been sitting on your list stops sitting there.
"I don't want to get this wrong."
You've found someone great and you're ready to bring them on — but you have no contracts, no onboarding process, and you're not entirely sure what Fair Work actually requires of you. I sort all of that out before it becomes a problem.
"I started this to have freedom, not this."
You've got a small team and the business is growing, but somehow it's getting harder not easier. Everything runs through you, nothing is documented, and your inbox is a disaster. You need someone to come in and actually fix it — not just talk about it.
"I'm doing everything and getting nowhere."
No time to think, let alone do the work that actually moves the business forward. Everything is urgent, nothing is finished.
"I don't want to get this wrong."
Hiring for the first time or managing people without any HR background. You know you should do it properly but you don't know how.
"Too many hats. Not enough structure."
Business is growing but everything feels harder, not easier. No systems, no process, just reactive. You're the bottleneck in your own business.
"What if I do something wrong and it blows up?"
Scared of Fair Work, unfair dismissal, wrong contracts, missing obligations. HR feels like a legal minefield you're not equipped to navigate.
Based in Traralgon, Victoria · Serving Gippsland small business