Colm Mcguinness Email & Phone Number

Ireland

County Dublin, Ireland

County Cork, Ireland

Provide advice on policy formulation in regard to human resources and administration.Undertake and manage the process of recruitment and on boarding of staff to the organisation. Manage and administer the performance appraisal system.Assist with the management of employee relation issues, e.g. grievance, appeals, discipline and other performance-related matters.Ensure HR practices and procedures are developed in accordance with legislation, relevant codes of practice and best practice and changes are implemented.Assist with the coordination and management of safefood’s pension scheme.Act as Data Protection Officer for safefood.Manage and maintain the Statutory Equality Scheme and Disability Action Plans.Manage the HR information system and database.Advise directors, managers and staff of safefood on HR, equality, Data Protection, FOI and health and safety matters.Implement, maintain and manage safefood’s Safety Statement providing corporate advice on health and safety requirements. Liaise with appropriate external parties and agencies including government departments and agencies, professional bodies and institutes.Provide corporate advice on employment and equality issues in Northern Ireland as they pertain to safefood’s functions as an all-island body.

Ballsbridge, Dublin 4

Lead the HR function for a public sector education body, 2011Lead HR (IR/ ER, contract, T&D, recruitment, staffing), with full autonomy for 250+ non-academic staffProvide business partnering to management team across 48 sitesLead organisation in the restructure of staff redeployment across 48 sites. Reported via self-designed toolsLed organisation to resolution of collective and individual IR cases in WRCAdminister staff/ student grievance disputes, submitting final summary reports to CERepresent organisation at collaborative trade union meetings, conducted via open and transparent discussionLead and oversee end to end recruitment, successfully filling 50+ permanent, fixed term and temporary posts during 2016Assisted in developing and implementing an online recruitment platform to automate processLed redesign of recruitment process, linking detailed selection matrix to online system Introduced a balanced approach for selection Direct T&D for 250+ staffLed training needs analysisChair T&D working group to devise CPD strategyOversee delivery of training programmes (soft/technical skills) via outsourced suppliers Contributed to performance satisfaction rating improvement, Managed HR function during restructure of staff timetabling. Introduced new timetabling system, 2011Corresponded with Department of Education and Skills regarding allowance changes and paymentsOversaw Department of Expenditure and Public Reform staffing statistics. Grew statistics in SUSI DivisionDeveloped forms and surveys for HR and the organisation

Prof. Diploma Leadership & Management

Certificate, Gdpr Advanced Data Protection, Distinction

Certificate, Iosh Managing Safely, Distinction

Bachelor’S Degree, Hr Management, 2.1 Hons

Fetac Level 5, Legal Studies, General, Distinction

Fetac Level 5, Sociology, Distinction

Associate’S Degree, Public Managment