Dawn Weddell (Assoc Cipd) Email & Phone Number

Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom

Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom

Part of the CDBF Senior Management Team working closely with the Dean of Mission & Ministry.• Advising senior management on restructuring and closure of a subsidiary charity• Lead on redundancy process for subsidiary charity• Project manager to dispose of three preschool settings including not only HR related side of project i.e. redundancy / TUPE but overall project management of the process.• Development of HR Toolkit to help parishes understand what is required when employing staff• Project management of 20 church planting projects (circa £9 million)• Development of processes and procedures to support church planting projects.• Budget control of projects• Supporting church projects with HR requirements

Benfleet

New role for the college to review all HR current working practices seeking ways to streamline processes to ensure efficiency and accuracy across two campuses following merger and provide better management reporting. Project Manager responsible for selection and implementation of new combined HR and Payroll system

Grays, Essex

HR Lead for College Health an innovative provider of GP services.

London, United Kingdom

HR lead to develop a professional approach to engaging with staff.Key Achievements• Implemented from a ground zero position an effective HR structure, Handbook and polices to meet the growing needs of the business as it expanded (increased workforce by 20% over three years).• Partnering the business devising and developing a HR strategy to support the Senior Management Team in developing the business.• Developed employee engagement initiative program • Implementation of appraisal and feedback process including supporting/advising managers underpinned by managing performance training. • Development and implementation of an induction process across the company tailored to each department.• Implementation and management of return to work process to reduce sickness• Introduced new working methods and devised training to ensure legal requirements are met and understood within the Company.• Utilising data to deliver and focus management on specific issues.• Developed Career Development Framework skills and training matrices to support succession planning and career pathways.• Working with external partners bringing in new knowledge and skills to the Senior Management Team including Strategy Day• Lead on grievances and disciplinesIn addition my day to day duties include:• Lead on all aspects of Human Resourcing for company • Lead on complete recruitment process of all technical and admin staff (i.e. selection of agencies / job specifications / interviewing / recommendation)• Lead on workforce planning, balancing needs of business • Keeping abreast of latest employment law changes and advising the company accordingly• Steering and advising Directors and Associates on HR matters• Reporting and development of HR KPIs• Direct management of a team of 12 administrative staff• Budget control • Employee relations / advising on communication strategy• Exit interviews analysis to develop continuous improvement recommendations

Essex

Led and managed the Staff Development Team, with responsibility for workforce planning / all internal police officer recruitment / secondments / career breaks / promotion boards / Sergeant Scheme and the High Potential Development Scheme. The decision maker for the Financial Assisted Study program. Worked closely with HRBPs and ith the Chief Officers (Senior Management Team – Director Level) providing data and advice on strategic decisions around resourcing and change management projects. Key Achievements• Utilise quality methodology to save on resourcing costs.• Developed process for detective training, obtaining senior officers buy-in.• Developed & implemented process to analyse critical job roles to develop plans to ensure all critical needs were fulfilled.• Succession planning to meet the needs of the Force.• Key influencer in change management project.Streamlining of HR work processes in preparation of implementation of HR Shared Service.In addition my day to day duties included:• Strategic lead for all police officer recruitment from other police forces into Essex Police.• Proactively developed & implemented promotion boards to meet projected Force’s requirements. • Undertook workforce & processes analysis using data to engage senior officers in decision making around civilian role posts.• Led work force planning including statistical analysis of data to ensure adequate strategic resourcing to meet operational needs. Utilising this data to engage senior management in decision making around officer recruitment & promotions. • Large scale recruitment of special constables & police officers using competency based application / interview and scenario based process.• Coaching of officers around interview techniques and applications (staff development).• Updating and writing of policy and procedure to meet strategic needs of Force.• Project management of specific pieces of work• Provided HR input to large change management projects

Chelmsford

I worked for 12 years for Johnson Controls during which time I had more than one role. I initial worked on engineering change control supervising a team responsible for engineering change control. On return from maternity leave reducing my hours to 4 days week, the company created a new role for me looking at ways of streamlining engineering processes, this role came to a natural conclusion after a year so I moved into Program Buying role being the sole purchase contact for all of the prototype phase of several Ford Motor Car projects. I moved in the final three years with Johnson Controls to a Quality System Engineer role which was responsible for internal audit or engineering and manufacturing processes along with processes such as HR within the UK. I took on this role to develop my knowledge and understanding of how a business connects.Key achievements:• Streamlining of work processes / lean process.• Training of business systems and health and safety• Development of work instructions and policy and procedure• Provided quality support for value added / value engineering.• Prototype and production tooling purchase orders.• Tracking of tooling costs against budget• Negotiation of pricing of engineering changes with external suppliers• Change management including being part of a small team leading a global process change.safety)• Champion corporate social responsibility projects• Chaired Social Committee for ten years

Harlow, United Kingdom

• Acted as primary contact to aftermarket clients for warranty claims and customer complaints. • Statistically analysis of customer reported problems.• Represented the company and major trade shows and exhibitions.• Project managed the creation of new company literature

Chelmsford, United Kingdom

Design of printed circuit layouts for thermal imaging cameras

Prince 2, Project Management, Foundation

Prince2, Project Management, Practitioner

Cipd Level 5 Hr Manager

CIPD Level 5 Human Resources Manager

Education record

GCSE O Level & CSEs