Gill Wakefield Email & Phone Number

Radcliffe On Trent, Gb

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

Enjoying a fast faced role as Village HR Manager with circa 1800 employees. Leading a professional team of HR Advisors, Training and Development Team, HR Administrators and Medical Nurses.Working in a forest is highly recommended :)

Leicester, United Kingdom

Leading a team of eight HR professionals to deliver a proactive HR service across multiple sites. PA Housing was formed from a merger and celebrated year one of a three-year integration programme. I am responsible for overseeing a team to deliver harmonised terms and conditions, reviewing and implementing new people policies, delivering organisational change and developing new process and ways of working to deliver the Corporate objectives.

Solihull, Tamworth And Sheffield

Shared accountability for performance through partnering clients to develop and deliver a plan to implement the people strategy; translating business plan into human resource deliverables; change agent to deliver organisational effectiveness; functional expert (Development, Talent, Resourcing, Performance management; Pay and Reward); business expert to drive competitive advantage through commercial skills which enables a link between employee commitment, customer service and profit outcomes to add value to the business.Review business and personnel metrics, analysing trends in the marketplace with internal and external perspectives and their impact on the organisation. Use this information to provide a competitive advantage by identifying employee related opportunities and proposing solutions in order to inform the business plan.Key contributions include:- guaranteed sick absence by <3%, appraisal completion by 100%, and an average on pay satisfaction by +5% according to an annual employee survey- development a McKinsey model to support business leaders to drive better operational outcomes, resulting in 78% score vs 75% target for 2016 employee survey- managed complex issues, such as Compromise Agreements, high risk grievance and disciplinary cases to successful resolution, utilising knowledge or current employment legislation effectively

Nottingham

HR Procedures Manager for Nottingham Store of 700+ Partners. Developed and delivered a range of activities aligned to support the delivery of the Branch and Divisional Operating Plan. Delivered organisational change, FTE targets, costs to budget, sick absence under 3% during a period of increase in business performance and development of omni-channel customer experience. Driven empowerment culture to support compliance and commercial decision making, by running workshops with leadership team and building knowledge of our policies and procedures. Coaching business leaders to drive high performing teams, supported an enhanced performance management framework.

Nottingham

Graduate Recruitment Officer based at The Boots Company Head Office, Nottingham.Worked across the UK to deliver Autumn Fairs and Milk Round interviews.Responsible for recruitment and selection of 80 graduates, 15 industrial placement and 10 Summer placement students.Introduction of Central Graduate Recruitment Programme for Personnel, Marketing and Finance Graduates for fast track graduates.Organised and delivered 2 day selection interview days and administered verbal, numerical and abstract reasoning tests.

Intensive Coaching Skills

Activities and Societies: Self funded a 5-day Intensive Coaching Skills Course

Diploma In Personnel Management, Human Resources Management And Services

Certificate In Personnel Practice

London Chamber Of Commerce Secretarial Studies Certificate

Gcses, 9 Grade A-C