Hannah Rees Email & Phone Number

Tolpuddle, Gb

United Kingdom

Poundbury, England, United Kingdom

Working within a small team of HR professionals to provide a comprehensive advice service to managers and customers (including Dorset schools) across the full range of advisory functions

Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom

Lead HR adviser to the directorate leadership team for the restructuring of the adult and community services directorate

Dorchester, United Kingdom

Leading the review of leadership and management, scoping and defining the role of managers and leaders in taking the organisation forward under the transformational change programme ‘Forward Together’. Duties include:* organising and facilitating focus groups with key stakeholders;* completing a range of benchmarking activities to identify best practice and shape the proposals for change;* working alongside learning and development colleagues to align review outcomes to performance management systems and leadership and management development opportunities;* providing recommendations and regular progress reports to senior management groups;* designing and implementing a new people management target and core people management competency for all those with line management responsibility;* developing the ‘your guide to people management’ document setting out the expectations of people managers at all levels of the organisation;* developing a communications plan to help embed the changes. Providing HR support to the County Council’s ‘Assets and Workstyles’ programme, assisting managers in implementing flexible working arrangements in support of the organisation’s drive to reduce it’s property portfolio.

Supporting senior managers through the change management process as directorates respond to budget cuts and implement their specific projects as part of the County Council’s transformational change programme, ‘Meeting Future Challenges’. Duties include:* providing advice and guidance to senior managers on a range of HR policy and procedural issues and legislative requirements, in particular: restructuring; redundancy; redeployment; TUPE; job evaluation; agency worker regulations and the management of fixed term contracts* representing the HR service on various project boards* supporting and leading formal consultation with representative Trades Unions* assessing the impact of proposed changes on the affected workforce and working with managers to identify risks, evaluate the options and agree on the most appropriatecourse of action

Managing the recruitment and learning and development support teams involved undertaking the full range of management responsibilities including: planning work processes and procedures; defining job roles; and dealing with recruitment, learning and development, appraisals and routine disciplinary, capability and attendance management issues.In addition to the line management responsibilities, duties included:* day-to-day management of the County Council's contract with its external recruitment advertising agency* reviewing recruitment processes and procedures in line with changes in legislation* delivering training courses to HR and line manager colleagues* providing advice and guidance to managers on a range of HR policy and procedural issues and legislative requirements, in particular: the recruitment and selection policy and procedure; selection methods including psychometric testing; CRB policy and procedure; and employing overseas workers

Duties included:* leading on the development of the e-recruitment module and the supporting work processes and procedures* working alongside external consultants to identify creative solutions to the complex issues involved in customising the standard module to meet the needs of a diverse organisation* liaising with the wider project team to understand the dependencies between each workstream* providing key stakeholders with regular progress reports* delivering presentations to senior managers, talking them through the new processes and procedures and responding to their challenging questions and concerns due to the high level of resistance to the changes

As an HR Officer in the support services team I undertook various project roles, including:* developing an implementation plan for the launch of a new online recruitment site which was a joint venture between five local authorities and involved a significant level of negotiation with HR representatives from the partner councils* working alongside the redeployment officer to launch the new redeployment policy and design the processes and procedures in support of its implementation* organising the annual long service award ceremonies* day-to-day management of the psychometric testing team

Duties included:* Managing a team of HR Assistants, including the monitoring of workloads and standards of performance and delivery of training* Conducting Performance and Development Reviews, identifying training and development needs and setting and monitoring standards* Providing advice and guidance to customers on service conditions and other HR matters* Representing the HR service at meetings

Sydney, Australia

Duties included:* Processing Student-at-Law registration applications under the Legal Practitioners Admission Rules* Organising the Board’s entrance examination * Assisting in the organisation of the Graduation Ceremony * Processing invoices * Recording cash reconciliation data * Entering information on the MYOB database

Duties included:* Providing administrative support for managers throughout all stages of the recruitment process* Setting up and maintaining staff records using the in-house HR system* Providing information for managers regarding recruitment and selection practices* Obtaining medical and CRB clearance* Producing Offer Letters and Contracts of Employment

As part of my Business Studies degree, I completed a 12-month work placement with Moto Hospitality. Duties included:* Managing a team of 25 staff* Compiling financial reports for senior management* Producing the monthly staff rota* Dealing confidently and tactfully with customer complaints and problems* Induction training including Health and Safety training for new employees* Processing staff weekly time sheets for payroll* Ordering stock and compiling the weekly stock take

Ma, Human Resource Management

Ba (Hons), Business Studies

Activities and Societies: University of Plymouth Netball Club