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Assisting proprietor’s owners and managers in the understanding and implementing of policies and procedures in accordance with legislation and best practice.Advice and assist on salaries including promotionsInterpret and advice on employment legislationPush forward performance and reward structuresPromote equality and diversity Assist in disciplinary first, second, third stage and grievance proceduresParticipate in recruitment including job descriptions Working on training needs through apprenticeship and NVQ'sLiaising with payrollContract of Employment amendments and role outFormation, distribution of company handbook and amendmentsSickness and absence reportingPerformance reviewInteraction with line managers and employees to help increase productivity.GREATER DETAIL:Identifying and training managers in the use of HR policies to develop consistent standards and approach; this includes handling grievances and appraisals.Implementing policy, advising all levels of organisation including senior management, the continuous improvement of policy such as zero hour contracts.Supporting line managers with first, second and third stage disciplinary, grievance; maintaining consistent approach to absence ensuring the full cycle of absence management is used, such as return to work interview.Effective communication and support to stakeholders within the organisation, developing confidence to line managers so that they may communicate freely, this allows effective resolution of HR queries at early stages. In practice I have developed policy to allow informal approaches to disciplinary, grievance, appraisal goals and coaching.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

A business development manager in an Italian themed restaurant responsible for leading business development, overall responsibility for business growth. Principally achieved by developing customer awareness of the business’s products and services and identifying new business partners and customers, predicted turnover at £520,000 in our third year.This post helped me develop excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills, book keeping and team motivation. A proven track record to produce presentations and business proposals, search engine optimisation and a thorough knowledge of marketing techniques, coupled with analysing and optimising services, products in our associated retail market, the result was to half the original menu, thus decreasing waste. Working constantly with sales and costing figures and competent in the use of Excel to give data useful in the growth of a business and maintain GP, overall of 75% margin.Developing strategic ideas and proposals to increase revenue, identifying marketable products. The principle analytic tools used was to study competitors, apply competitive pricing actively mimic core ideas but utilise unique attributes to a smaller business. To offset the buying power of larger business I had to become an expert negotiator frequently challenging suppliers to provide competitive costing, in negotiating I providedd invoice comparisons.Growing and advertising the company by use of internet discount sites specifically Living Social and Wowcher, incorporating loyalty schemes specifically Taste Card and Gourmet Card; another principle activity I achieved was to learn and develop my skills in website development, and the art of optimising the website exposure to online audience this was achieved using target words and the use of Facebook Pages and Woobox software, (online coupons using QR codes), exceeding our predicted growth rate in excess of 100% year on year.