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Lincoln, England, United Kingdom

Lincoln, United Kingdom

• Key tasks aligned with HR strategy, supporting annual Company Objectives.• Writing and delivering HR workshops to upskill managers across the business, covering a range of ER topics.• Integral part of HR Process Review, to streamline and update our processes to ensure efficientand effective service delivery.• HR Lead on high value and strategic Middle Eastern contract, inputting into decisions regardingorganisational design, compensation and benefits.• Working with the Business Development team on multiple bid opportunities (UK andInternational), developing the HR plan, identifying risks and opportunities to support competitivebid submissions.• Mobilising a new business unit by supporting all recruitment activity, ensuring the best candidatesare appointed and risks identified at bid phase are mitigated.• Management of complex Employee Relations cases, including disciplinary and grievanceinvestigations, hearings, appeals and tribunal preparation.• Advising Managers on capability and absence management.• Supporting Managers with organisational change activities, including consultation, redundancyand redeployment.• Assisting Head of HR with annual people-related processes, i.e. PDR, Talent Management andSuccession Planning.• Policy development, including legislative updates, and business roll-out.• Planned and executed a redundancy programme for 90 employees, ensuring a smooth andthorough completion of business contractual obligations (2021).• Played an instrumental part in establishing a successful working partnership with UNITE theUnion, from voluntary recognition request through to writing formal Recognition Agreement anddelivering successful pay negotiations.• HR business partnering to the E3-D Sentry maintenance contract, comprising c.90 employeesand local management team within a commercially complex Royal Air Force environment.

Lincoln

A leading supplier of high power semiconductor devices and power assemblies, Dynex employs circa 350 people and is a unionised manufacturing and engineering business, operating 24/7 shift patterns.• Supporting ER issues including disciplinaries and capability up to and including dismissal.• Full recruitment process for a variety of roles across the business, including many specialist R&Dpositions, ensuring recruitment is kept at a minimal cost through negotiations with agencies andthe development of a PSL.• Development and delivery of a new process and manager training for employee wellbeing / work-related stress.• Review and development of Company policies, including Flexible Working and Shared ParentalLeave following legislative developments.

Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

Stand-alone HR role, reporting into both Site General Manager and Regional HRM. Seasonal business with 95 core staff and up to an additional 100 agency workers during peak period.

Multi-Site - Yorkshire And Humber

- Working with unemployed 18 – 24 year olds, I offered a welfare service to promote well being and a move towards sustainable employment. This involved providing information, advice, guidance and support to assist clients in overcoming any barriers they had.- Referred clients to appropriate training and support opportunities, and facilitated job search sessions to assist them in gaining sustainable employment. For example, I arranged for a local company to deliver a 12 week confidence building course for a number of our clients. I also arranged mock interviews for them and provided feedback to assist their development.

North Lincs

- Worked in a stand alone role reporting directly to Managing Director and responsible for all employee life cycle issues within the business for approximately 120 staff.- Involved and engaged with Senior Managers to drive the HR plan.- Reviewed, designed and implemented a redundancy process to respond to the down turn in revenue, and assisted with the development a company specific redundancy calculator.- Developed, reviewed and implemented a recruitment database to support the business in managing peaks and troughs in demand of labour.- Managed sickness absence on a monthly basis and held absence management meetings with staff and line managers.- Involved in disciplinary proceedings, including capability up to and including dismissal.- Advised managers on performance management of staff.- Periodically reviewed company policies and procedures in line with legislation and business changes.- Identified and organised all Training and Development for Management and Staff, both internally and externally.- Involved in pay and other ER discussions with Trade Union and staff representatives.

Lincs

- Played a key role with the development and implementation of a Performance Management system for appraisals. This was based upon Peer Assessments and replaced traditional annual Performance Development Reviews. As well as designing the system, I analysed data and produced spreadsheets to aid Senior Managers in awarding Performance ratings. I was also involved in the training of the new system when rolling it out to the whole site.- Led a high profile recruitment process for the annual Global Graduate Training Programme. This involved writing the advertisement and arranging the printing in a national publication, liaising with Global programme leaders and arranging the selection and assessment process.- Supported HR Business Partner during the implementation of a new Company Flexible Benefits scheme. I organised 16 'Road shows' for employees to attend. Due to 24/7 operations I needed to ensure we targeted all staff so they could gain more information on this new scheme. This also required me to be available to answer any queries that employees had. I also worked with the Communications Manager on delivering promotional materials.- Provided general HR administration support to HR Team. This included: processing and checking overtime payments; maintaining the HR database – PeopleSoft; inputting and tracking absence; managing the maternity process; organising test sessions and Assessment Centres; and producing monthly management key figure reports (monthly headcount tracking, overtime costs, and absence and attrition rates).

Nationwide (Uk)

- Supported the successful implementation of SAP HR database in UK & Ireland (5 sites), which required excellent organisation as I had tight deadlines to meet. This project was delivered on time and in full and I received special recognition for this achievement. - Produced SAP HR training material and delivered training to a wide range of people from payroll administrators, to HR Advisors, to HR Business Partners. - Data cleansing, checking and testing of system. Through this I gained an in-depth working knowledge of SAP HR.- Project team member reviewing and streamlining the business’ induction process across all business units in the UK and Ireland.- HR representative on the employee consultative committee.- Supported Senior Manager through a consultation process for a reorganisation within Accounts department.