Gemma Young Email and Phone Number

CIPD Qualified HR Professional enjoying 17+ years’ experience establishing organisational development platforms committed to talent recruitment and retention. Offers a strong background overseeing HR operations at both the 5th largest world-wide defence organisation, and most recently the largest UK charity for disabled people. Aids strategic decision-making having prepared and presented reports and metrics to senior management while contributing to HR policy creation and implementation:-Engaged with senior-level stakeholders, providing support in all aspects of staffing, people agenda planning and negotiations in compliance with employment law.-Adopted an inspirational leadership style to engage and enthuse multifaceted teams of up to 800 staff in matrix-managed arenas in a business partner capacity.-Cut staff attrition and turnover via effective HR strategies. -Project managed HR framework implementation.-Played instrumental leadership role in change initiatives, including restructurings and staff redundancies / redeployments in alignment with multimillion-pound budgets.-Spearheaded HR operations while introducing robust governance structures, performance enhancements and cultural transformations.Core Competencies -UK Employment Legislation  -Employee Relations (ER) and Engagement  -Change Implementation-Influencing, Persuasion and Coaching  -Tact, Diplomacy and Empathy  -HR Budget Management-Talent / Succession Planning  -Employment Law  -Cross-Functional Communications-Stakeholder Relations  -Workforce Planning 