I am currently a Senior Quality and HR Process Advisor at Simpson Booth Ltd, a recruitment business and HR consultancy. Simpson Booth offers proactive HR solutions to organisations that are flexible and tailored to the company's needs. We provide a range of services including Contract & Permanent Recruitment, Executive Search, Complete Recruitment Solutions (Outsourcing) and Strategic Consultancy & Advice. We work in the following key sectors: Energy Manufacturing Power & Utilities IT and Technology Professional ServicesFinancial Services Throughout these sectors, we are able to source suitably qualified candidates for a wide range of functions, including Management and Leadership, Operations, Engineering, Commercial, Business Development, Sales and Marketing, Legal, Finance, Audit, Tax, HR, IT and Technical Specialists.My role in Simpson Booth is to oversee the smooth running of the Company's Business Management System and to implement, maintain and review the organisation's HR and administrative processes. I am also responsible for contract administration and internal policies and procedures. I also provide HR Business Support to Clients.

Providing planning, co-ordination, secretariat, project and other executive support to the Assistant Director of Regeneration and Planning. My duties included:• Preparing agendas, coordinating forward plans, and managing papers for Senior Management Team meetings and Directorate Management Team meetings using knowledge of the Division and the Directorate.• Providing effective and efficient secretariat support to chief officers.• Using cross-portfolio and service knowledge to ensure operational managers are aware of relevant cross-cutting issues and the ‘corporate dimension’ of policy decisions in their service areas.• Undertaking horizon scanning in order to keep informed and sharing knowledge of upcoming issues and changes that might impact on the division, directorate and/or council.• Drafting presentations and correspondence on behalf of chief officers.• Co-ordinating the delivery of cross-directorate projects.• Working with the other Executive Assistants, sharing knowledge and information about cross-cutting issues.

The City and East London Bereavement Service is a charity organisation attached the Royal London Hospital. In this role I worked as a volunteer bereavement counsellor and developed my listening and communication skills. I took clients for weekly counselling sessions and received supervision fortnightly, where I presented my caseload.

I worked for a niche recruitment consultancy specialising in executive roles within the social housing sector. I was employed initially as the Office Manager and was later promoted to Recruitment Manager.Recruitment Manager:• Consulted with clients, helping them with all aspects of the recruitment process.• Managed recruitment campaigns for permanent placements from beginning to end and managed all temporary jobs procured through vendor managed services.• Prepared agendas and reports for Senior Management Team meetings.• Dealt with employment law on a daily basis and worked in line with best practice throughout. Looked to organisations such as the Equality and Human Rights Commission, BIS and the REC to help inform the team of changes to workers rights and best practice in regards to equal opportunities, discrimination, advertising, data protection and eligibility to work. • Matched candidates to jobs, interviewed candidates, gave CV advice and interview coaching.• Undertook internal recruitment. Gave inductions to new staff members, wrote induction programs and trained new Office Managers.Office Manager:• Responsible for running the office and organising the directors' diaries.• Responsible for the collation and analysis of all equal opportunities monitoring data and the company's equal opportunities policy and its implementation. Assisted with the preparation and dissemination of documentation for company policies and procedures.• Carried out marketing research and produced original marketing materials.• Took on database projects and developed them independently. Maintained the database and streamlined of the company's procedures and administration systems.• Provided administrative and PA support to all three Directors including writing original communications, liaising with clients and 'gate-keeping'.