Gerard Walsh Email & Phone Number

Galway

County Galway, Ireland

Galway, County Galway, Ireland

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS• Assisted in controlling payroll costs and achieving budget in The g Hotel & Spa YoY.• Enhanced communication at all levels of organisational structure, across functions and globally, by implementing mobile app communication tool. 99% user activation and 95% stickiness. • Process Improvements – Led implementation of Time Management systems (TimePoint), communication tool (Beekeeper), feedback app (Dobiquity), Flow Hospitality (Training).RESPONSIBILITIES• Responsible for end to end recruitment, onboarding, offboarding and transfers, of employees at all levels in all properties. • Devise and deliver on the People Strategy for properties – managing up and down the organisation structure to ensure all enact responsibilities and accountabilities assigned.• Provide HR support to General Managers and CEO, and through personal credibility and proactive relationship management, promote best practice HR management.• Weekly payroll cost control – reviewing roster forecast with Managers against budget. Ensuring changes made to achieve required percentage.• To work strategically and operationally with department heads, supporting them in dealing with organisational and individual challenges, developing proactive and planned staffing, employee relations and organisational strategies.• Manage fully Disciplinary and Grievance procedure with responsibility for preparation, conducting and finalising reports; Manage case files – assigning responsibilities to line managers and taking up role of investigating officer or disciplinary officer depending on complexity of case. • Act as Business partner and HR consultant to 5 other properties in Choice Hotel Group ensuring compliance with employment law and best practice in dealing with team members when engaged with by various senior managers with differing demands.• Coach, guide and assist line managers in dealing with employee issues and proposing business orientated solutions in their departments.

County Galway, Ireland

Delivering excellent support to hotel management and staff via the HR function to 4 quality properties in the Dalata Hotel Group;Maldron Hotel Sandy Road www.hotelsandyroadgalway.comMaldron Hotel Oranmore www.maldronhotelgalway.comClayton Hotel Galway www.claytonhotelgalway.ieShearwater Hotel Ballinasloe www.shearwaterhotel.com

Galway

Responsibilities• Overall responsibility for the HR function within Sinnott Hotels.• Member of the senior management team, reporting directly to the managing director weekly.• Manage recruitment and selection of all new Connemara Coast Hotel employees and senior appointments in Brooks Hotel.• Provide consultation to management on employee relations issues, and manage all disciplinary issues within the company. • Management of Health and Safety for the entire site including risk assessments, audits and revisions of policy and procedures. Engage with consultants on an ad hoc basis.• Work closely with management and employees on all grievance issues within the company. • Work closely with senior management to identity, develop and implement training and development programs in line with the business objectives.• Provide senior management and others with various types of employee reports including attrition, absence, annual leave and headcount.• Management of the full recruitment process including sourcing strategy; interviewing; reference checking; making offers to candidates; driving and delivering induction training.• Responsible for the development and delivery of the employee induction program. • Design and implementation of a company-wide performance management system that is linked to the core vision and objectives of the business. Provision of on-going consultation to management on performance related issues.• Delivery of training to employees on a regular basis – e.g. induction training; quality/customer service training and performance management training.• Responsibility for ensuring both Connemara Coast Hotel and Brooks Hotel operated in line with employment legislation and health and safety at work legislation.

Assoc Cipd - Certificate In Human Resource Management, Human Resources

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Hotel & Catering Management, 1St Class Honours

Bachelor Of Business, Hotel And Catering Management (Block Release), Distinction