Beth Evans Email & Phone Number

Marston Green, England, GB

Marston Green, England, GB

Barrow & Parker Ltd HR Consultancy - 'Guiding the Way'www.barrowandparkerhr.co.ukWe provide specialist HR and L&OD advice to individuals and companies. We are specialists in Employment Law, Learning, Talent Development and Training, Senior Team Facilitation, Change Management and TUPE and Executive Coaching and Mentoring.Current projects include:* Talent.

UK, England, GB

I was promoted to the role of HR Director for the Development, Property and Business Services Division of Kier, reporting into the Executive Director. I was responsible for the Property, Living, Facilities and Asset Management, Kier Business Services and Housing Maintenance areas of the business.Projects included the reduction of absence (cost saving in.

UK, England, GB

I was asked to cover this role within 2 months of my commencement at Kier and was responsible for the delivery of operational customer services, HR Business Partnering and Learning & Development within the Services division covering in excess of 13,000 staff.I led the transformation of HR services (cost saving in excess of £350k)I also led specialist.

UK, England, GB

Kier Services employs in excess of 13,000 staff and covers Facilities Management, Utilities, Housing Maintenance and Highways. I was recruited as Head of HR Operations and had responsibility for the operational functionality of the HR Business Partner team and provided support to the senior management Boards and Head Office units. This involved:Strategic.

Coventry, West Midlands, GB

Responsibilities included apprenticeship programme, graduate programme, all UK and global learning and development initiatives including leadership and management development, evaluation, blended learning strategies and all academic relationships. JLR had 30,000 staff worldwide. I reported into the Group HR Director.Developed and implemented JLR’s first.

Coventry, GB

• Led a team of over 140 staff and controlled a budget in excess of £16 million. Responsible for full provision of operational HR services to all of E.ON UK and E.ON businesses in the UK (in excess of 11,000 staff). This.
• Responsibilities included the HR Call Centre, HR on-line site, resourcing, talent management (including international graduate programme), executive recruitment, service operations, vendor management, management.
• Controlled large scale HR delivery model, including a payroll in excess of £250 million, processed over 35,000 job applications and 60,000 calls and provided in excess of 200 separate services annually.
• Completed HR re-structure including over-seeing VR scheme and successful cost-reduction (in excess of £1 million).
• Ensured all HRSS KPI’s were met and delivered an improved Net Promoter Score above target to demonstrate better customer satisfaction rates.
• Responsible for initiating the co-ordination of the movement of the HR Shared Service function to Berlin in 2013

Walsall, West Midlands, GB

• Led a team of 120 staff and controlled a departmental budget of over £5 million. Set the strategic HR and Learning & Organisational Development direction of the Council at Board level.
• Provided the following services; Payroll, Pensions, Transactional Services, Recruitment, Positive Action (community engagement), Reward, Workforce Planning, Employee Relations advice and operational services, Learning.
• Successfully moved the Council ‘people management’ culture from one of risk averse ‘personnel services’ to a proactive, commercially aware risk management and business partnering model.
• Project managed the implementation of Single Status (Council pay scale) within Walsall - led all of the consultation and negotiation with Trade Unions and managed the cultural impact on staff.
• Led on the start of the re-integration of Serco educational services back into the Council (£25 million contract, 400 staff) and the movement of the Public Health function from NHS Walsall (£20 million, 35 staff).
• Completed an HR re-structure which reduced operating costs by circa £1 million 2011/12.

Birmingham, GB

• Held strategic and operational responsibility for the HR and L&D functions for this large NHS Trust (over 6,500 staff) and attended all Trust Board meetings.
• Oversaw the successful regional merger to transform community health services in 2010/11 involving the integration (TUPE) of over 3,000 staff from 5 other NHS organisations. This included successful post transfer.
• Designed and launched a commercial HR and L&D commercial operation providing services to external clients generating income of circa £100k pa 2010/11 onwards.
• Reduced the ‘average time taken to recruit’ from over 154 days to 92 days between 2009-2011, reducing costs by over £800k pa.
• Designed and delivered a new ‘Customer Service Charter’ for HR and L&D to ensure quality and consistency of advice and support.
• Implemented a ‘Business Partner’ approach to service delivery, working in close partnership with divisional senior management to establish HR as senior strategic and commercial partner.

Birmingham, West Midlands, GB

• Head of HR role - managed a team of HR professionals who provided the full range of HR support to the Corporate Services sector (over 2,500 staff). Generalist role with responsibility for recruitment activities.
• Represented HR function at senior management committees and Board meetings to ensure full partnership working.
• Ran a variety of projects, included successful College and Corporate Services re-structures. Fully trained in Prince 2 methodology
• Championed new Business Partner model of HR operation to add measurable value to customers.
• Moved from the HR role detailed above in order to enhance senior operational experience within Estates department. Controlled the areas of the office relating to property management, planning, Health and Safety, IT and.
• Introduced a variety of initiatives - a full Training Needs Analysis with subsequent bespoke managerial training courses, 360 degree appraisal system, managerial coaching system, quality reviews

• Responsible for the HR advice and support given to the Specialist Services and Mental Health sectors, providing a direct service to 1,300 staff.
• Specialised in Employment Law and Employee Relations, Discipline, Grievance, Employment Tribunal preparation and defence, and Change Management (Agenda for Change).
• Extensive experience of Job Evaluation and Analysis and Employee Development via a new NHS Appraisal system
• Designed and delivered large variety of managerial training courses to up-skill line managers in people related practices to improve efficiency and compliance.
• Led on merger of SW PCT with other regional PCT’s in 2006. Specific project lead on rationalisation of terms and conditions and Medical Staffing specialist.

• Large, privately owned, multi-site Company that deals in Financial Services and Motor Insurance.
• Set up many aspects of the HR function from baseline including policies, procedures, performance monitoring and appraisals.
• Designed and implemented a new 360 Degree Appraisal system for all managerial employees.
• Led on achievement of Investors in People accreditation for the Company
• Designed and delivered a full training scheme for both the sales force and managerial staff.

Master'S Degree, English (Shakespeare Studies)

Ba (Hons), English

Fellow, Leadership

Ilm Level 7, Certificate In Executive Coaching & Mentoring

Master'S Degree, Executive Coaching

Fcipd

Master'S Degree, Employment Law