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London, GB

United Kingdom

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United Kingdom

I've spent the last 8 years working with Bootstrapped & Seed start-ups and Series A-D scale-ups (listed below). Key deliverables include:Cross-functional talent acquisition: devising talent strategy, direct recruitment, running search campaigns, managing in-house and external suppliers. KPI's include reducing time-and-cost to hire, improving diversity.

London Area, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

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London, England, United Kingdom

Set a recruitment strategy to improve diversity ratios in all teams including SMT, growing the company from 12 - 24 throughout lock-downRan hiring processes for 3 SMT members - 1 search campaign vs 2 direct hires - delivering circa £90k search campaign savingsIntroduced a methodology for role definition and redesigned interview processes; delivered.

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Short-term advisory gig working with CEO and COO, defining a talent strategy to secure a new VP of Global Sales

London, United Kingdom

Joined KoruKids as they raised their £10m Series A:Championed a pivot towards a different approach to product;Devised and lead management training workshops on accountability and goal-setting, role profiling and interview training; rolled out OKR's across the whole organisation, including exec. team coachingOptimised the employee journey, including a new.

Sub-contracting into Data Consultancy Eden Smith's clients. Projects including designing and managing assessment days, designing career frameworks and succession plans, delivering training to managers, learning and development guidance, building competency frameworks and interview training.

London, United Kingdom

Joined LoyaltyLion, a boot-strapped start-up, to accelerate hiring and advise on retention and career development. Tasks included: interview training, full life-cycle recruitment, building competency frameworks, advising the CEO on employee relations and employment legislation.LoyaltyLion allows ecommerce stores to create their own online loyalty and.

Southwark St, London

People-centric Talent and HR management. Managing local and matrix teams to deliver a complex set of growth, cultural and strategic initiatives. Host for the inaugural JustGiving Awards 2017.HR:Coaching managers in how to conduct 1-2-1's; giving feedback; setting, delivering training on and measuring OKR's for 3500 person global business; dealing with poor.

London, United Kingdom

Full lifecycle recruitment from entry-level to senior management - perm, FTC & contract - across all specialist, tech and non-tech functions. 2 out 3 hires direct.Definition of role processes, assessments, interview processes and championing best practice.Screening candidates, conducting interviews, negotiating offersManaging suppliers, agency spend and.

Holborn, Central London

HR:Leading HR and Senior Management on staff engagement and retention strategiesTraining line managers on functional and non-functional interview techniquesManaging the KPI and Personal Development Plan programmesManaging the grievance, disciplinary and dismissal proceduresProcessing applications for Certificates of Sponsorship from UKBA for migrant.

Billericay, Essex

Darwin specialise in Pan-European technical recruitmentI recruited predominantly for the Swiss market and specialise in Software Development, Testing and Project Delivery

City Of London

Cornwallis have an extensive market presence across Fund Management, Investment Banking, Insurance and Media.Within the Fund Management team I recruited for Investment Management, Asset Servicing, TPA’s, Front to Back Office operations, Hedge Funds, Outsourcing, Custody, Private Banking, Wealth Management, Life & Pensions, Insurance, 3rd party vendor.

Southend / London Bridge

Permanent & Contract IT recruitment for UK market specialising in Central Government IT outsourcing programmes including UK e-Borders and NHS PfIT.ReThink Recruitment specialise in technical recruitment across the UK.

Providing bespoke advice and recommendations in acordance with internal guidelines and government legislation on personal mortgage and invetment products.

Ba Hons, Acting

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