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London, Gb

London, Gb

Leading the Group Inclusion & Diversity strategy.Developing and implementing initiatives across Banners and Group Functions, through collaboration with People Directors, I&D Leads, Business Partners, and cross-function workstream leads and advocates.Providing proactive and credible Subject Matter Expertise across the business, offering thought leadership, and sharing external best practice across the organisation, always seeking ways to further enhance the approach to I&D.Co-leading the Kingfisher I&D Forum - the centre of gravity for I&D across the Group.Coaching, challenging, and influencing leaders across Group to drive change and sponsor I&D programmes, making inclusive leadership part of business as usual - in partnership with other relevant Centres of Excellence)Developing and maintaining a strong external memberships and partnership relationships.Evolving employee affinity networks across the group.Using data and metrics to provide deep insight, while measuring progress against targets to drive progress.Ensuring compliance with relevant regulation including regulatory reporting, working closely with Responsible Business, Company Secretarial, and Legal and Compliance.Ensuring effective communication of all strategy and initiatives across stakeholders and all colleagues.

London, Uk, Gb

- The firms first Head of Diversity & Inclusion, with a mandate to start with a blank canvass and builddiversity and inclusion into BAU, at pace - accountable to the executive committee and plc board.- Developed a data led diversity & inclusion strategy, with executive committee and plc board approval,rolling it out to 14 global businesses plus shared service functions through Managing Directors and establishing a Diversity & Inclusion Working Group of senior leaders.- Increased year on year employee engagement score, with diversity data declaration of 90%.- Additionally implemented data collection and analysis in recruitment and in the HR information system to underpin the diversity & inclusion strategy.- Redefined the overall sustainability strategy and built the Global Sustainability Council chaired by the CEO, with each Executive Committee member sponsoring one of the four pillars defined as part of ESG strategy.

London, Gb

People Director (Inclusion, Safeguarding, Standards and Special Programmes Lead) for One Young World,the global forum for young leaders in all 196+ countries, and registered charity. Developing inclusive recruitment practices, safeguarding policies and procedures, standards rules and governance, while leading inclusion within the organisation, and curating and producing impactful diversity and inclusion content for the global community. Providing additional consultancy to develop social impact reporting for the Annual Impact Report, aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Specialising in general management, diversity and inclusion, and HR consultancy. - Diversity and inclusion consultancy for a private bank. Led the development of the global inclusion strategy with their global HRD and local HRDs, and progressing it through ExCo and board. Leadingchange projects in the HR function to support the strategy, particularly around data and monitoring, leadership development, gender specific leadership development, early careers, recruitment and progression.- Head of Content for a diversity & inclusion consultancy, specifically focussed on Employee Resource Group development; building the content primarily for their employee resource group leader training and development series, and consulting on tailored programmes for their clients.Retained for people and culture consultancy for a start-up tech firm specialising in SEO and digital PR,establishing the diversity and inclusion cultural strategy, and delivering training, coaching, and mentoring.

Coventry, West Midlands, Gb

- Worked across the four operational divisions and corporate services to lead the programme focussed on accelerating the delivery of equality in the way Ofqual regulates, in response to the unprecedented action threatened by the Equality and Human Rights Commission as a result of awarding in 2020.- Mentored and supported senior leaders to build confidence in leading equality internally and in theirexternal commitments, while building equality subject matter experts.- Collaborated with internal and external communications to 'rehabilitate' Ofqual's reputation, andconfidence in the regulator, particularly with equality advocacy groups and stakeholders.- Developed unconscious bias guidance for all schools, colleges, and other centres in England and Wales, in the context of Teacher Assessed Grades: https://bit.ly/3VeIE2J

London, Gb

Produced the firms first global inclusion strategy. Established a Global Inclusion Council of influential senior leaders across all markets and functions, to be the core group initiating and affecting the change required to deliver the strategy.Designed a nine-point Theory of Change to deliver to the global inclusion strategy, while co-developing Statements of Intent for each market and function to deliver the strategy locally.Partnered with the Learning and Development team to develop mandatory D&I training across all markets, an unconscious bias programme, and a women’s leadership programme.Standardised a Terms of Reference to transition employee networks to Employee Resource Groups, globalising their reach, and launching new Groups. Supported the development of the wellbeing programme to align to the ERG model.Rationalised the global and local PSLs for diversity and inclusion suppliers, memberships, and charity partnerships.Oversaw external brand and marketing campaigns and contributed to other programmes to embed inclusion in regular internal engagement and external communications.Defined the approach to data collection and monitoring for all diversity characteristics across all markets and functions, which included system developments to Workday and designing communication strategies.Partnered with Employee Insight team to develop a global approach to diversity data collection and inclusion measures, as part of the annual employee engagement survey process and interim snapshot surveys. Used the insights to influence inclusion and wider engagement strategies, and the measure progress.Worked with internal and external communications functions to establish a communications strategy, to change Aviva’s tone of voice, and made communications more direct and innovative. Revised approaches to employee lifecycle touch-points and acted as the subject matter expert for diversity and inclusion across the group, while leading several policy change projects.

London, Gb

Led Aviva’s LGBT Employee Resource Group, and chaired the group’s steering committee across the UK, having increased the number of network locations from three to seven, and increased membership of LGBT employees and allies to almost 1600 members. Designed and implemented the network Terms of Reference, strategy, objectives, and oversaw the governance of all activity. Also appointed to Aviva’s UK Diversity and Inclusion Steering Committee.Oversaw the launch of the Aviva Pride Allies Network, born out of the international direction set as part of the Aviva Pride strategy, through UK wide events, web conferences, internal communications programme, and social media activation. Coached, supported, and provided counsel to steering committee members in their executing of initiatives and events. Provided support to other networks such as the Aviva Women’s Network, facilitating discussions to develop other networks such as disability and wellbeing, and young people at Aviva.Collaborated with the Voice of Aviva (employee engagement survey) lead to establish the question set for monitoring diversity globally, then developed metrics for measuring inclusion, and engagement based on diversity, across the group.Built relationships with other corporate and public sector organisations, supporting their development of LGBT and wider diversity and inclusion strategy and initiatives.Led external benchmarking activity with Stonewall, maintaining Aviva’s position in the Workplace Equality Index Top 100 Employers list since 2008, with Aviva Pride being named a Highly Commended Employee Network.Initiated policy reviews, and supported policy development, including surrogacy, shared parental leave, bullying and harassment, and gender re-assignment.Built external reputation by delivering programmes in secondary schools to tackle bullying. Speeches and lessons were delivered to around 4000 young people in schools around Yorkshire.

London, Gb

Led the global events programme for Aviva Investors; delivering marketing, business development, and employee engagement events. These included brand and product launches, thought leadership conferences and seminars, corporate hospitality, customer and digital innovation competitions, all-staff global online events, roadshows, investor showcases, and exhibition participation. Managed an annual £2.4m event budget to maximise this impact of the delivery of c. 120 events globally, ranging in scale from 12-1500pax. Maintained control over all project and programme level budgets to ensure accurate forecasting, and budgeting, while managing risks to budgets due to changing requirements.Collaborated with Internal Communications and Employee Insight to produce and deliver employee engagement initiatives.Challenged stakeholders to think differently about methods of event delivery, moving away from traditional asset management styles, to engage broader and more diverse audiences. Analysed impact and effectiveness of events across the programmes to ensure they are delivering the event objectives, and exceeding customer/client and internal stakeholder expectations.Identified potential synergies across business areas and collaborating across teams and stakeholders in the development of events where possible to reduce cost and maximise effectiveness.

London, Gb

Transformed stakeholder relationships through a planned, progressive approach to stakeholder engagement and management. Refreshed the Research and Insight roster, and led supplier relationships with several strategic suppliers, which included the embedding of the Supply Management and Performance Framework with 100% compliance.Project managed all sourcing activity for the Research and Insight, Corporate Events, Public Policy, and Corporate Merchandise categories. Amalgamated Public Affairs, Corporate Reputation, and Public Policy agencies in the UK and EU, led sourcing activity, and put in place a single new agency.Reduced the supplier base by 46% across the category through spend analysis, and instigated a further supplier reduction programme through supply amalgamation.Developed and embedded new Corporate Merchandise processes which significantly reduced maverick spend, whilst commencing an international roll out of preferred Corporate Merchandise suppliers.Conducted detailed supplier, market and spend analysis to develop and execute category strategy plans, in collaboration with stakeholders.

London, Gb

Led the development of Strategic Critical supplier relationships, to a constructive and progressive end state.Collaboratively developed and implemented effective governance controls and measures into a previously poorly managed relationship.Led multiple sourcing projects based on new requirements, which received much focus from executive sponsors. Exceeded overall cost saving targets through leading new projects, managing existing contracts, and contract renegotiations in order to drive better value for the organisation.Re-engineered and renegotiated several major contracts to deliver more efficient and effective agreements. Analysed supply markets on an ongoing basis so that the organisation was constantly abreast of market developments.

London, Gb

Led the Central Programme Management Office, coordinating, tracking, monitoring and reporting progress on all activities, costs, and deliverables associated with the £34m Programme.Engaged and managed relationships with 3rd party suppliers deployed within the Programme.Developed additional PMO processes and logs that captured IT requirements & change requests.Provided solid project management support to the Project Office whilst ensuring resource requirements were assigned and issues were dealt with by analysing process conflicts and then recommending solutions.Managed recruitment and deployment of resource across the Programme.

London, Gb

Responsible for the deployment of 200 professionals across projects within the Change Portfolio, with the target of achieving maximum utilisation of each professional.Maintained close relationships with professionals in order to build an understanding of their assignment requirements, based on their career aspirations and development needs.Developed a three year capacity plan, through collaborative working with Capacity Management, Department Heads, and Director of Operations.Managed recruitment campaigns in order to recruit permanent employees, in line with capacity plan.Worked with third party suppliers in order to deploy contingent resource to meet demand of the changing portfolio.Acted as a governance point within the promotion process for professionals with in the resource pool.Build a specialist knowledge of roles across the demand areas, in order to better match professionals to assignments.

London, Gb

Developed business relationships/opportunities with both current and potential clients.Attracted new candidates to register with Reed.Understood, empathised and engaged clients and candidates.Evaluated clients’ staffing requirements and assessed how best to meet their needs.Found suitable candidates who match clients’ vacancies and promoted them to clients.Ensured that candidates were fully prepared for interview before meeting the client.Managed the entire recruitment process from taking a vacancy through to placing a candidate in the job.Achieved performance and quality targets and implemented procedures to help meet these targets.

Diploma In Environmental, Social, And Governance

Chartered Fellowship (Chartered Fcipd)

Associate Diploma In People Management, People Management

Graduate Diploma In Purchasing And Supply (Mcips), Chartered Institute Of Purchasing And Supply

Graduate Diploma In Purchasing And Supply, Chartered Institute Of Purchase & Supply

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