Having operational responsibility for the delivery of the UK Graduate and Undergraduate Programmes - focussing on recruitment marketing & Assessment and selection. Key activities include:Embedding an internationalised assessment programme into the UK market to standardise the global recruitment process for Graduates - and ensure alignment with middle & senior manager talent assessments. Thought leadership on the creation and development of an inspiring early talent Employer Value Proposition – and bringing this to life through all recruitment marketing channels. Signing off all online media plans and offline activities (including sponsorship and campus activity). The development of a social media strategy to supplement existing channels – to both build a long term employer brand and create an effective talent pooling strategy. Project managing a new website launch using an online CMS. Accountability for the entire resourcing journey from strategic demand planning through to Day 1. Extensive experience in leading early talent assessment centres. Conducting assessment design reviews - making process improvements based on proven validation techniques Working in partnership with RPO suppliers – using commercially focussed metrics (e.g. CPH, TTO) to regularly review campaign performance. Responsibility for £0.5m attraction and selection budget – with a key focus to ‘do more with less’. Key achievements Won ‘Graduate Employer of the Year’ at 2011 TARGETJobs ‘National Graduate Recruitment Awards’. Shortlisted for 'Best Recruitment Strategy for companies employing under 50 graduates' and best 'Energy and Utility' sector awards. Consolidating presence in the ‘Times Top 100’ and ‘Guardian UK 300’ Graduate Employers. Increasing number of female engineers entering the business by over 50%. Reducing applicant to offer ratios by developing a more targeted attraction activity. Reducing response management outsourcing costs 18% year on year.

Responsible for the end to end process for volume permanent and temporary recruitment within the retail business; including the management of third party agencies. Key activities include:Working with third party agencies to redesign the assessment processes used for the recruitment of over 6000 FTE across the UK. Process improvements to improve the customer experience and to ensure fairness, transparency and consistency- embedding resourcing best practice into the organisation through training and workshop delivery. Advising managers on the appropriate use of assessment tools; designing and bespoking materials where required to suit business needs. Liaising with attraction specialists to tailor the various routes to market and to change attraction channels dependent on job specification and geographical location. Monitoring of delivery performance to support cost reductions and promote direct sourcing strategies. Leading assessment centres across the UK using a broad range of assessment techniques, such as roleplays, case studies, in-trays, testing and group exercises. Developing retention strategies and rolling these out nationally – using 20, 60 and 80 day feedback mechanisms from new starters to drive improvement in the new starter journey to minimise attrition.