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Responsible for all job evaluation activities relating to Schools and in the Chief Executive and Education & Family Support Directorates at a Corporate level to support the continued maintenance, integrity and transparency of the Council’s Pay Policy.One of the key aspects of this role is to provide professional advice, guidance and support to senior managers in order to develop, remodel and implement organisational restructures in accordance with Directorate priorities.

Delivered first-line support in respect of complex and/or non-standard queries from Line Managers and ensured that HR Policy, strategy and practice were correctly implemented.; and oversaw the duties of the Swansea Campus HR team (3 staff) in order to provide an efficient and professional service at all times. Achievements● Played a lead role in the acquisition and roll-out of an integrated HR/Payroll system for approximately 2,000 staff in a post-merger environment.● Successfully concluded complex disciplinary and grievance matters at both informal and formal levels including overseeing staff suspension as necessary. ● Improved Line Manager accountability/understanding of disciplinary & grievance handling by designing and co-presenting in-house training courses.● Managed/co-ordinated the Voluntary Redundancy scheme on the Swansea Campus in 2014 . ● Played a lead role in the successful re-structuring of the University’s Marketing department.● Supervised and coached 3 relatively inexperienced HR team members which boosted individual confidence/experience of HR problem-solving and overall operational efficiency.

Provided advice, support and guidance to staff at all levels on standard HR matters covered by University policy and procedures, particularly recruitment and selection, job evaluation and annual leave/leave of absence; and became responsible for the authorisation of HR changes that were required by the Payroll section.Achievements● Managed an inaugural job evaluation exercise for approximately 550 staff in line with National Higher Education agreements. ● Conducted job evaluation analysis for all new roles taking full account of existing roles and grade definitions. ● Created universal short-listing/interview scoring grids to ensure legally compliant recruitment and selection processes. ● Played a lead role in the development of the attendance management facility within the existing HR system which improved Line Managers' accountability for the management of their staff.● Co-ordinated sickness absence monitoring, reporting and problem-solving at both informal and formal levels to regularly prevent/resolve local operational inefficiencies promptly. ● Actively represented HR on appointment panels, including internal senior appointments, galvanising legal compliance in question setting, paperwork completion and determining of outcomes.

Initially supported the operational aspects of the Payroll Function, but latterly prepared employment letters, contracts of employment and HR reports; answered routine HR queries from members of staff. Achievements● Formulated a bank of standard letters and Contracts of Employment for Academic, Administrative and Manual staff which made written confirmation of employment and contractual changes more efficient. ● Created a Centralised CV System, initially for Academic staff, to support National Learning and Teaching requirements. ● Trained my successor in the operational use of the Payroll system to minimise disruption to the overall payroll operation.

Supported the Payroll Manager in respect of the day-to-day running of the University's payroll system which included the running of payrolls, inputting of data, answering queries from staff, generating statistical reports and liaising with external bodies such as HMRC.Achievements● Ran the payroll without supervision or guidance within 18 months of my commencement in the role.● Undertook accurate manual calculations of tax, National Insurance and pension (for example where payroll action related to more than a 1 month period) reasonably quickly into the appointment.

Provided a professional service to both prospective and existing students, which included dealing with prospectus requests, student application/admission forms, personal files and, on an annual basis, the enrolment of full-time and part-time students.