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Guildford, England, United Kingdom

AQA is an independent charity that sets and marks over half of all GCSE and A-Levels in the UK every year. Our qualifications are internationally recognised and taught in more than 40 countries globally.Educational assessment is changing more dramatically and unpredictably than ever before. AQA is undergoing company-wide transformation with the aim of becoming the UK's pre-eminent educational assessment organisation, at home and abroad. It is an exciting time to join; there's lots of opportunity to contribute to the future success of AQA and shape the direction of educational assessment. Furthermore AQA invests significantly in people development, leading to 50% of all our permanent roles being filled internally. Your career development is important to us. Responsible for leading the Recruitment team, supporting permanent hiring and devising recruitment strategy across all UK sites during a time of significant change and transformation. Please do reach out for a confidential career conversation and feel free to explore do our career opportunities: www.aqa.org.uk/join-us

London, England, United Kingdom

BBC Studios is a the commercial arm of the BBC and a global creative powerhouse for the development, production and distribution of bold, British content. The business generates revenue of £1.4bn, returning around £200m profit. In the UK.Reporting to Global Head of Talent Acquisition, hired to transform the function and elevate recruitment service & methodology. Responsible for a team of 15 recruiters across the UK, Europe and USSupporting both head office and technical TA & sound production requirements, delivering approx 1000 mandates annually

Weybridge, Surrey

Royal Caribbean employs over 80,000 employees globally. Undergoing rapid global expansion. Hired to transform recruitment and unite the international recruitment teams. Led the talent function for the Royal Caribbean group across EMEA & APAC. Grew the TA Team from 1 to 8 across numerous countries, managed teams remotely, supporting 8 head offices and delivery of approx. 1,000 mandates annually.Designed new global hiring strategy and processes (SOPs). Implemented new global ATS and HRIS systems. Significantly reduced cost per hire and time to hire globally. Improved quality of selection processes to significantly increase retention rates of new hires.

Hersham, Surrey

Air Products is a global industrial gas company, with approximately 18,000 employees and operations in 50 countries. Responsible for talent acquisition across EMEA, India and Middle East in a complex matrix environment. Significantly reduced time to hire and improved relations & credibility between talent acquisition function and business leaders.Managed relationship with RPO / MSP partners and led in-house recruiters (local & remote). Redesigned approval processes, sourcing & screening methodology, on-boarding and use of ATS systems. Significantly improved internal talent acquisition brand with & senior stakeholders and reduce time to hire by 50%.

London, United Kingdom

Project work undertaken whilst studying MSc International Human Resource Management.Redesigned talent acquisition structure for growing private healthcare company. Implemented preferred supplier agreements, improved employer branding & candidate experience. Reviewed talent acquisition systems, identified ATS and talent acquisition software. Reduced recruitment costs by 25% and increased overall candidate quality.Undertook HR transformation project to align people and business strategies in rapidly growing IT / software company. Ran full diagnostic through to solution. Designed bespoke performance management framework, created personal & professional development plans, career paths and workforce planning. Increased employee engagement and employee productivity whilst reducing employee turnover.Designed talent acquisition framework for mental health charity. Devised attraction campaigns (to board level position) and introduced attraction & selection processes, Assisted in the launch a technology start up / employee engagement app. Drove the talent acquisition agenda and employer brand / EVP. Creation of social media content, including video production.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Reported to Exec. VP, led a small team of search consultants, responsible for team strategy and revenue growthHands on delivery of full search methodology recruitment solutions across various marketsBuilt talent pipelines & multiple attraction policies including social media campaigns and events

London, United Kingdom

Reporting to MD with European remit. Led team of 20+ recruiters covering retained search, permanent and contingent mandates across professional services and industry, generating circa £2.5M gross profitRecruitment strategy development, delivering large scale recruitment projects and campaignsDesigned & implemented new performance management systemsAssisted in workforce planning, staff redeployment and mobility in line with company growth strategy

London, United Kingdom

Reporting to the MD with national remit, responsible for 25 recruiters across the UK Full P&L responsibility, responsible for £25M revenues / £3M NFIDesigned & implemented national recruitment strategyMaximised contract value and introduced value add services: campaign management, tax mitigation & cost saving initiatives and managed servicesAssisted in the design and implementation of a VMS managed service program (Greenroom: recruitment portal and agency management)staff developmentAssisted in internal graduate (sales) recruitment scheme. EVP development. Worked with recruitment agencies & 3rd party suppliers. Ran quarterly assessment centresIntroduced new appraisal and personal development plans for managers & consultantsIncreased retention rates

London, United Kingdom

Assisted in setting up Talentarc, a search and recruitment company operating in the TMT (Technology, Media and Communications) space. Subsequently established sub brand, Talentedge, specialising in entry to mid management level roles in the same sector.Has practice areas covering General Management, Strategy, Finance, Digital Specialists and Sales.Responsible for building business from scratch to ultimately securing preferred agreements to some of the industry’s most prestigious organisations. Recruitment strategy and implementation, talent planning & strategy, staff training & developmentGrew business to £2M revenues and 12 staff organically in two years

Edinburgh

Responsible for a £20M business unit. Led a team of 25 recruiters, working across various markets across Scotland and Northern EnglandDevised and implemented strategic, marketing and operational initiatives. Led offices through large local change. Restructured teams including staff redeployment.People development (managers and consultants), recruitment planning & strategy, client development, marketing, bid proposals, commercial growth, training & development.Increased revenues by 45%, contribution by 110% and retention by 50%