Leah Neale Email and Phone Number

• In partnership with the HR Lead, acting as the first point of contact for Group Directors and employees.• Managing complex casework including disciplinary, grievance, ill health, performance management and redundancy cases.• Provide effective HR solutions to workplace issues with recommendation plans, to mitigate risks.• Provide pro-active and sustainable HRBP relationships with line managers, employees, corporate collaborators and facilitators. While actively structuring working relationships for positive problem solving to achieve working goals.• Participate in internal and external forums to identify new approaches and opportunities that bring business benefit to the MRC.• Lead and work on HR projects locally and across the wider MRC.

• Working with the HR Business Partner, providing direct guidance to line managers and employees regarding HR issues e.g. recruitment, sickness absence, and performance• Liaising with other stakeholders such as the Corporate HR Team, Shared Business Services, training providers and recruitment agencies to ensure smooth HR service provided• Holding inductions for new starters, delivering workshops on appraisals, running peer review performance meetings with managers at all levels • Deputising for the HRBP attending cross council and MRC HR Leads meetings. Actively contributing and influencing funding for Head Office Learning and Development and undertaking employee relations casework.

• Working in the Corporate HR Team this was a new role providing support to the Senior HR team and the wider HR Community• Executive support for meetings including HR Leads, Trade Union Side, Pension Trustee and cross-council meetings ensuring accurate agendas and minutes distributed• Exposure to a wide variety of strategic HR related issues through supporting senior team• Relationship building as the a key contact between MRC core business and the Shared Services Centre improving service delivery

• Responsible for the smooth delivery of the day-to-day recruitment activities to MRC Units, which involved managing activities undertaken by a team of Recruitment Assistants • Providing recruitment advice and guidance to all MRC colleagues ensuring best practice and legislative requirements are met. • Holding regular one to ones and team huddles to manage the workload between the wider Recruitment team ensuring compliance within designated Service Level Agreements. • Preparing/issuing Certificate of Sponsorships in line with UK Borders & Immigration guidelines

• Responsible for the whole recruitment process from the client briefs with the Units through to sending out offer letters and contracts to the successful candidates • Working with external companies to ensure that the relevant security and health checks were carried out on individuals

• Responsibility for the running of the Senior Fellows office, dealing with the high level offices within the Ministry of Defence and other Whitehall organisations.• Specialist projects include helping run a week long Exercise at Royal College of Defence Studies and preparing for and attending a conference at NATO in Brussels.