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Redhill, England, United Kingdom

Hove, England, United Kingdom

Learning People is a leading provider of professional qualifications and certifications in IT, Coding, and Project Management with offices across the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. As a part of the senior leadership team in this fast-paced start-up-like business, I led the HR function to support a period of high growth. I worked closely with the Group CEO and the SLT to develop and execute HR strategies aligned with business goals.Developed and delivered tactical and strategic initiatives that underpinned the company vision and direction and fostered a supportive and inclusive culture, which contributed to an average of less than 3% employee turnover rate, 4-star Glassdoor score, and contributed to Trustpilot score of 4.5

Crawley

A family-owned facilities management organisation. Acting as a trusted partner, I am responsible for leading the people plan to deliver safe, efficient and effective services to our clients. I partner with the senior leadership team to deliver practical and business-focused solutions. I work with senior managers providing focus to workforce plans, engagement, talent and development initiatives. • Business partnering with the Senior Leadership Team to offer strategic advice on managing complex ER issues including organisational change or high volume multi-site TUPE• Supported the organisation during periods of rapid growth and expansion• Partnering with sector Employee Relations Specialist to resolve any ER cases• Development and delivery of individual training and coaching plans in accordance with skills gap analysis and training matrix• Producing HR reports and data analysis to identify potential trends, risks and ensure legal compliance• Led a project aimed at supporting our 650 EU colleagues with their settled status plans and application process• Led a succession planning project focused on identifying and development of key management talent• Led a variety of transformational and innovative projects such as Mental Health First Aid training across the whole company to improve staff wellbeing (I am a certified Mental Health First Aid Instructor)• Trained more than 60 colleagues in-house as Mental Health First Aiders resulting in savings of approximately £10,000. Shortlisted for a Personnel Today Award in Wellbeing category in 2019• Part of a People Into Work steering committee – an internal initiative aimed at supporting long-term unemployed people back into workplace. Placed 4 vulnerable individuals since programme started in April 2021• Developed my own Mental Health Champion training course, trained more than 300 colleagues• Supporting the business development team with providing practical HR solutions for tenders

Travel blogger and photographer• Nine months of travel through Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Indonesia• Co-founded and edited a travel blog therunawaycouple.com including content creation and publishing• Learned how to adapt to unexpected situations and improvise new plans• Developed budgeting and planning skills• Cultivated communication skills through daily contact with people from all over the globe• Learned to use and appreciate both non verbal and verbal communication to overcome communication and language barriers• Travel activities included assisting monks with English practice at a Buddhist monastery in Thailand and teaching English at a primary school in Laos

Leighton Buzzard, United Kingdom

Providing comprehensive and commercially focused HR advice and guidance on a variety of complex employment relations issues in line with company policies• Sickness / absence monitoring & reduction• Provided advice on employee benefits• Provided advice on TUPE, outgoing and incoming• Provided advice on flexible working, maternity and paternity leave• Supported the end-to-end process of the employee lifecycle including recruitment, probationary periods and termination of employment • Administration and evaluation of McQuaig psychometric tests• Managed all incoming enquiries from the HR helpline and acted as the first point of contact • Driving business performance by providing coaching to managers

Grand Connaught Rooms

- Working in an HR role in one of London’s most prestigious conference & events venue employing more than 140 employees- Responsible for the entire recruitment process - outlining recruitment strategy, posting adverts, screening candidates, conducting interviews, verifying references, organising and running the induction process- Managing absences and holiday requests- Communication with payroll department on daily basis- Keeping the internal HR database up-to-date- Acting as a first point of contact for all employeesKey achievements:- Defined and implemented recruitment strategy to reduce agency costs- Organized monthly themed lunch for staff and a successful annual staff party - Implemented regular mail merge communication with all employees which helped the organisation to reduce the payroll costs

Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom

• Responsible for HR and administration of multi-site, nationwide franchise of Domino’s Pizza• Organising of the entire recruitment process including workforce planning, CV screening, selection, and continued training• Posting job adverts using various online job boards and social media• Liaising with payroll• Maintaining the internal HR database; verification and filing of all necessary documents; keeping all employee details up-to-date (visa expiration, passports expiration etc.)• Assisting with policy research and development to be compliant with the latest employment law• Assisting with disciplinary hearings (arranging dates, note taking)• Managing absence and holiday records• Generating and analysing HR Metrics reports from the employee database• Assistance with ad-hoc HR projects• Acting as a fist point of contact for all queries

Amazon.Co.Uk Warehouse Marston Gate

• Responsible for more than 40 staff working in physically challenging environment during highly unsociable hours such as late and night shifts• Organising recruitment events• Responsible for resolving a number of disciplinary issues regarding employee gross misconduct such as alcohol-related issues or absenteeism

Ma, Human Resource Management (Cipd Accredited), Commendations

Dissertation focused on psychological contract between managers and company

Cross-Cultural Negotiation

As a part of my masters degree I had the opportunity to take part in the cross-cultural negotiations course at the Ecole de Management de.

2.1, Bsc (Hons) Human Resources

Dissertation topic: ‘Performance Management’