Jo Cousins Email & Phone Number

Poole, GB

Wimborne, Dorset

• Standalone HR role within small fund management organisation reporting directly to the CEO and responsible for the delivery of the entire end-to-end HR service delivered to the organisation. A true generalist role.
• As a member of the Senior Management Team, partner with the Board of Directors, SMT and wider management team on strategic as well as operational HR matters and providing commercially-focussed guidance and support.
• Driving HR strategy:- Working closely with the CEO and the Board on strategic commercial and workforce planning to support the organisation’s objectives.
• Played an integral role in the sale of a number of subsidiary businesses of the Group and other M&A activity; leading several TUPE exercises and a number of redundancy exercises.
• Leading design and delivery of policy development. In particular introduction of Carer's Leave Policy, HR policy inline with the FCA's Senior Manager's & Certification Regime (SM&CR), Hybrid Working Policy, Homeworking.
• Implemented a formal objectives and appraisal system rolled out Group-wide.

Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Supporting the Talent, Performance & Learning Director and the Head of GI HR Business Partners and their management teams.

Wimborne, Dorset

• Stand-alone generalist HR role. Supporting employees across two sites, key areas of responsibility included, but not limited to:
• HR Strategy, policy and planning
• Employee Relations
• Talent Management
• Company culture
• HR Information and RecordsKey achievements include:

Wimborne, Dorset

• Collaborating with key internal stakeholders to proactively identify areas where HR can add value and lead solutions by designing and implementing HR systems, processes and change programmes that support strategic.
• Dealt with a number of redundancies as well as TUPE-related matters following business acquisition (M&A).
• Project-managed the implementation of the Company’s first HR Information System, CIPHR, replacing an incomplete, out-of-date paper filing system.
• Created and rolled out the Company’s first employee engagement survey. Responsible for the analysis of the results, presenting findings to all staff and facilitating focus groups to create action plans/initiatives.

Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Cipd Level 5 Intermediate Certificate In Human Resource Management, Passed

Course Content: - Developing Professional Practice - Business Issues and the Context of HR - Using Information in HR - Employment Law.

High School, As Levels

3 x AS Levels Grade C and above

Gcses

11 GCSE's A-C