Managing a proactive, efficient, solutions focused recruitment and vetting transactional service whilst providing a positive experience for hiring managers and candidates. I manage a growing high performing team of Resourcing Advisors and Officers, supporting our ability to attract and retain diverse talent and our ambition to become an employer of choice. I manage workload priorities, planning capacity and developing the team’s skills and competencies. Leading and supporting projects to contribute towards the delivery of the companies strategic goals.

Leading a team of Recruitment Specialists, I am responsible for creating a pipeline of future practice owners into the business, supporting new openings, converting company owned practices to sales and future succession for existing Partners.I create and deliver all attraction and resourcing plans, accountable for the strategic creation of partner engagement programmes, such as market-mapping, engaging and pipelining clinical talent for our current and future practices for sale. This includes creating, developing and evolving new and existing talent acquisition channels and resourcing methodologies. Working as part of the leadership team, I work closely with the Operations, Talent Acquisition and Marketing teams to build robust and compelling attraction campaigns. I am also responsible for overseeing the sales process from start to finish, delivering a seamless partner experience.

• Designing and creating a new careers website and ATS to showcase and build 1 brand (2 companies) • Creating and executing a successful Employee Value Proposition (EVP) for Connect Group to incorporate both brands and culturesDuties included: • Setting up and managing a Resourcing function / team• Responsible for creating and executing the recruitment strategy in line with the growth plans • Supporting Talent Reviews across all areas of the business• Driving the Diversity and Inclusion agenda• Identifying and implementing a new applicant tracking system • Created and implemented a new careers website • Writing and advising on talent, subjects included selection processes, bias in recruitment, diversity and inclusion, candidate experience and hiring manager training.

• Partnering with Stakeholders including, VP’s and Directors to understand the current and future recruiting plans • Creating and driving global and EMEIA wide Recruiting strategies for campus and experienced hiring• Workforce planning and Talent mapping for the whole EMEIA region • Project work – Led projects such as: employee value proposition globally, introduction of candidate and hiring manager surveys, referral scheme, talent pipelining• Leading a team of 12 recruiters across Northern Europe and EMEIA ensuring delivery, quality and consistency

• Manage and motivate a global team of recruiters, setting KPIs, targets & SLA’s• Partnering with the business stakeholders and executive board, discussing forecasting, succession planning and talent mapping along with progress on roles and attraction events • Design and execute a recruitment strategy in line with the companies 5 year plan• Create and build strategic and operational relationships with all level managers and executives • Responsible for managing the full recruitment cycle and setting and managing all budgets • Developing a continual pipeline of quality candidates across all functions and businesses • Create and run campaigns for high volume recruitment roles including assessment days• Creating new and innovative approaches to attract quality candidates using a variety of tools • Partnering with schools, colleges and universities to increase brand awareness and career pathways• Redesign and continuous promotion of the refer a friend scheme

Duties included:• Partnering with new and existing practice owners in every aspect of their recruitment needs from forecasting and setting up for a new surgery to fully supporting all recruitment once opened• Work closely with new and existing partners to formulate a recruitment strategy • Utilise various attraction methods such as job boards, print and online publications, social media, attending industry congresses, mapping local areas, headhunting, design and send mail shots• Created and maintained a strong pipeline of candidates via applicant tracking system• Training – creating training plans and inductions for new starters• Implementing a mentoring scheme to retain colleagues and set out a career pathway for development• Managing individual recruitment budgets for each surgery and reporting on a weekly basis • Collate and provide regular reports to the executive team on time to hire, agency spend and budgets• Running recruitment campaigns for high volume roles (15-110 roles per time)

This role involved leading, motivating and developing a team of 28 in the delivery of Shared Services Business Administration. I managed the recruitment for the whole function and day to day efficient operation and deployment of the team to achieve service level agreements and key performance indicators. Duties included:• Recruitment and resourcing for the whole of Shared Services (recruited 232 staff and contractors) working to headcounts and planning resource for additional workloads. • Leading the Shared Services Future Programme - looking at the life cycle of staff within the business. I’d look at development of current staff and attraction for the future. I liaised with local colleges and universities to attract the best talent, build good relationships and maintaining our company reputation for great talent and opportunities. This involved open days at schools and universities, careers fairs, running campaigns, interviewing and recruiting.• Various projects - project managing, plan and deliver on time, quality and cost• Maintain strong relationships with stakeholders and provide advice and guidance• Deliver improved service levels and reduce costs through use of systems, processes and innovative ways of working

I managed the end to end recruitment of specialist talent required for the MOD’s permanent and contractor requirements. I looked after the following sectors: Science, Engineering, IT and Commercial, hiring at mid to executive level. I was then promoted to set up Shared Services and recruit for the new function.Duties included:• Planning the recruitment strategy for new vacancies / campaigns and sourcing and interviewing • Managing multiple recruitment campaigns, assessment centres, and careers fairs• Identify all requirements and possible challenges and provide solutions in a cost effective and timely manner• Managing budgets, time to recruit, SLA’s and campaign performance• Working with the HR Business Partners on manpower planning, and broader resourcing strategies• Provide advice and guidance on recruitment best practice to recruiting managers and colleagues

At Refined, I managed a team of consultants covering permanent and temporary roles and I had won the account to partner with the local college to offer apprenticeships. Recruiting mainly in Berkshire and the surrounding areas, I have sourced candidates from all over the UK.Running the team of consultants and managining my accounts, I ensured as a team that we consistently hit and exceeded our targets and delivered an exceptional service.As branch manager, my responsibilities included staff management, employee relations, recruitment of our own team, company budgets and targets, creating and running all social media, advertising and PR, tendering for new contracts, new business development and customer management.