Magda Harris Email & Phone Number

Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Promoted to overhaul HR and payroll departments for this UK provider of outsourced advisory services for public, private & education sectors, and providing support to the Board. • Lead, strategize and manage a responsive and innovative People function, balancing organisational and industry realities and business needs with creation of an exceptional employee experience• Subject matter expert, engaging with business leaders and managers to guide and advise on challenging People issues• Contribute at executive team level to development and implementation of exemplary people-first strategies including rapid headcount growth (due to Brexit/Covid) and talent retention• Created and launched an initiative to refresh the company’s core values• Spearhead the transformation of HR and payroll services into integrated scalable People function• Deliver against the business ‘digital first’ strategy, driving intranet functionality and employee self-service channels• Implemented HRIS system upgrade, supported cloud transition and launch of an employee HR mobile app• Redesigned HR information tools to ensure data integrity and eliminate duplication of records• Developed and launched the company’s 12-month online Onboarding Programme, which has helped achieve a below national voluntary turnover for 3 consecutive years• Overhauled pension and benefits provision, launching a successful consultation to change benefit-related T&Cs• Planned and implemented a new learning and development strategy, maximising use of the apprenticeship levy• Increased organisational focus on provision of pastoral support, improving resilience and staff wellbeing• Introduced bite-size just-in-time learning with a positive response from employees• Implement evidence-based pay setting process, introducing salary survey tool to benchmark pay• Manage a multi-skilled HR and Payroll team, growing the team from 1.5 to 4 FTE

Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

• Managed delivery of operational HR and payroll services ensuring management and employees are provided with effective HR systems, processes, and advice to support optimal business performance• Engaged with CEO and business leaders to align HR agenda with the strategic direction and operational principles• Implemented management team restructure and workforce realignment of the apprenticeships delivery contract• Navigated the business through a series of TUPE transfers, redundancy and internal restructuring over two years• Rewrote the company’s HR and payroll policies, processes, guidance documents and forms, developing legally compliant cohesive approach• Introduced the company’s first formal Equality and Diversity training initiative as mandatory training

London, England, United Kingdom

• Partnered with the Contract Manager, delivered stand-alone field-based multi-site generalist HR operational service to the workforce of 500 operating within an NHS hospital in Hertfordshire• Provided legally aligned advice, support, guidance, and training to managers on all People management issues• Improved SLA management with external suppliers of pre-employment checks and occupational health services• Introduced role-specific selection methods that reduced time to recruit by 50%• Increased progression opportunities by introducing talent and succession planning reviews• Introduced modified ‘early intervention’ Bradford Factor monitoring tool, halving absence rate and delivering 50% reduction of the cost of absence• Following a successful contract re-tender, handled +400 employee consultations, including collective redundancy

Bucks

Corporate, Bucks, Herts & Essex

South East

Herts, Bucks & Beds

Herts

Ma, English Philology, Merit

Activities and Societies: • EFL Tutor at English Language School • One year sabbatical in the UK undertaking University of Cambridge ESOL.

Cipd Level 7 Postgraduate Diploma In Personnel And Development, Human Resources, Distinction