James Lee Smith Email & Phone Number

Peacehaven, England, United Kingdom

Self employed gardener and garden designer for a range of clients and projects

Reigate

HR Business Partner to designated divisions (including HR) in a financial services company that specialises in retirement products. Contribution to the formulation and implementation of business and HR strategy, providing direction to line management to ensure achievement of corporate objectives.Supported through changing business environment (reduction through changes to pensions ‘landscape’ and merger)Led first holistic MI and intelligence reviewCreated first insightful HRBP MI dashboard and associated strategies to reduce turnover by 10%Designed, developed and delivered employee relations manager trainingCreation of HR Objectives project dashboardCreation of first divisional talent reportLed divisional organisation redesign and created first strategic workforce planCreated first strategic HR objectives dashboardSuccessful resolution of employee relations cases

HR Business Partner to designated divisions with over 700 people in commercial environment.Build credible relationships to provide strategic support and challenge in relation to people issues.Shape and influence the business agenda / Lead business wide HR initiatives.Deliver streamlined HR activity cross FSA to support people agenda (e.g. appraisal moderation, objective setting, pay review, talent management).Provide advice and guidance on the people issues, coaching and developing to raise leadership/management capabilities.Leadership - develop HR service to add greater value, and leverage others skills/expertise and initiatives to provide quality solutions and avoid duplication of effort.

Advising, supporting and guiding managers through a range of complex people management and employee relations matters.Identifying performance management trends across the business.Proactively building relationships and coaching managers to enhance performance management skills and capability.Complex case management in line with employment legislation, policy and service levels, while ensuring all related risks are identified and managed appropriately (including preparation for Employment Tribunal cases). Developing and ensuring the ongoing maintenance of robust systems and procedures relating to case management.

Providing HR generalist support and advice to managers and staff in nine English regional offices covering a broad range of professional, academic and support

Employment relations officer for a large and complex caseload in the North West London region. My overall objective was to ensure fair and lawful treatment of members by employers through negotiation and external relations. Responsibilities:Negotiation and consultation on terms and conditions of employment for regional members,Legal submission to Employment Tribunals to deadlines from basic unlawful deductions of wages to discrimination claims,Line management of two staff,Liaising with CEOs and Executive Directors of Nursing and Human Resources to promote the RCN through identification of joint work-streams and benefits to both organisations,Training junior staff and local activists on negotiation skills, good HR practice and employment law; both formally through training sessions and informally through supervision.Achievements:I was pivotal in creating a recognition agreement with a large private healthcare company, building up their activist base in the small private unit from zero to 4. Led a successful team building and fund-raising exercise to buy and plant 5 oak trees in a South West London parkImplemented an online file storage system for letters and documents so that storage was standardized and made retrieval of documents easier.

Various positions in mental health acute in-patient settings. Last position grade G Practice Development Nurse in London.

Rhs Level Diploma In The Principles And Practice Of Horticulture, Horticulture

Activities and Societies:

Pgdip, Human Resource Management

Graduate CIPD membership

Pgcert, Medical Informatics

Bn(Hons), Nursing

Also gained registration as a mental health nurse.

Ilm Level 7 Executive Coaching And Mentoring, Executive Coaching And Mentoring, In Progress

Diploma Of Educatio, Garden Design, Diploma