I advise and support employers on a wide range of strategic and practical employment issues, including:• Recruitment, reorganisation and redundancy - managing and administering large projects, including drafting documentation, interviewing and administering meetings• Employment contracts - drafting and reviewing employment contracts in line with the law and business needs as well as introducing new or varied terms and conditions• Workforce policies and procedures - drafting, reviewing and administering policies and procedures that deal with absence, employee performance, grievance and discipline (amongst others)day to day employment issues - advising on all aspects of employment from when an employee joins, to when they leave• Discipline, grievance and absence - advising and supporting business on all aspects of disciplinary, grievance and absence matters including drafting correspondence and advising at meetings• HR administration - establishing procedures and documentation to help businesses keep an eye on employee performance and absence (amongst other things)• Training - preparing and delivering training on a range of HR issues to enable businesses to deal with a basic level of people management issues effectively.For further details of the services I offer and the way in which I work with my clients, please visit my website www.motteramhr.co.uk

The role involved providing strategic and operational advice and guidance to private and public sector clients on a range of HR and people management issues. The focus was to ensure that the workforces of clients enabled them to meet their business objectives and goals.Specific duties included:• Advising on workforce reorganisations• Devising HR strategies• Drafting and implementing policies, procedures and working practices• Advising on employment contract formation and implementation• Supporting and advising on employee relations issues including grievance, disciplinary, dismissal, attendance and redundancy• Designing and delivering bespoke training courses

Turner HR Ltd was acquired by Clarke Willmott LLP in December 2010The role involved providing operational advice and guidance to small and medium private sector clients on a range of HR and people management issues. • Reviewing, drafting and implementing policies, procedures and working practices• Drafting and implementing employment contracts• Supporting and advising on employee relations issues including grievance, disciplinary, dismissal, attendance and redundancy• Designing and delivering bespoke training courses

The role involved providing practical advice, support and assistance to managers and employees on a range of employee relations matters. - Providing an effective and efficient HR service- Managing and advising on a wide range of attendance and absence cases- Advising on Performance Management issues- Advising on disciplinary & grievances casesPrevious duties include supporting the implementation of a SAP system within Dorset County Council.• Enabling new systems developments• Acting as an analyst• Determining business needs• Creating system specifications• Supporting system developments• Testing and rolling out to usersI also provided management information to the business and revised and updated e-HR information in line with statutory and organisational developments.

From September 2003 to June 2007, I was an HR Assistant and later, Senior HR Assistant within the following teams:• Job Evaluation• Pay and Reward• HR Projects• HR Systems