At Pat McDonnell Paints, we pride ourselves on our expertise and delivering amazing customer experiences to all our customers. Our Teams, across our seven branches in Ireland, provide enthusiastic, professional and best in class service to our customers while providing the very best technical product knowledge in the industry.As HR Manager for Pat McDonnell Paints I have ultimate responsibility for all people based activity within the organisation from both an operational and strategic perspective. The role is involved in many areas, such as: Resource Planning and Recruitment; Learning and Development; Organisational Development, People Development, Employee Relations, Health & Safety and Wellbeing. This is typically provided through Consultation, Facilitation, Coaching and Hands-on involvement.Organisational DevelopmentFrom an Organisational Development point of view, the ongoing development and continuation of an employee oriented company culture that emphasises excellent customer service, quality, continuous improvement and high performance is my main focus.Keeping a finger on the pulse of the organisation’s culture is key so that it supports the attainment of the company’s goals and promotes employee satisfaction.This involves the development and implementation of organisation strategies by identifying and researching key issues; contributing information, analysis, and recommendations to organisation strategic thinking and direction and establishing Company wide and Human Resources objectives as a result.Development of communication with teams through feedback, company meetings, team meetings, 1:1 meetings and informal huddles.Development of the HR DepartmentThe development of the Human Resources Department and the Team is key to the above, with overseeing the implementation of HR initiatives and Learning and Development programmes within the organisation.

Illume Consulting specialises in: - Employee Relations - Organisation Development & Restructuring - Career Coaching & Outplacement, including CV and Interview Prep - Recruitment - MediationEMPLOYEE RELATIONS: Positive employee relations are an asset to any business or organisation. It creates the ideal environment for companies, teams and individuals to achieve their goals. Illume offers organisations a range of specialised support services which can be delivered at an individual, group or organisational level. ORGANISATION DEVELOPMENT & RESTRUCTURING:Change is difficult but necessary for modern organisations. Illume provides a proven and structured approach to change, which helps identify & implement steps to ensure success. We put a particular focus on maintaining positive employee relationships throughout the processRECRUITMENTIdentifying and attracting the right talent to your organisation is critical for success. Illume has the expertise to help you attract staff that will contribute to future success.CAREER COACHING“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”To progress in the modern labour market, you need to manage your own career. This might mean a change of direction in your existing organisation or a complete change of plans, possibly due to redundancy. The key is to identify where your interests and skills intersect and then pursue jobs which will put your talents to the best use.OUTPLACEMENTOur outplacement service is aimed at those who are facing change due to redundancy. It typically involves a tailored mix of our advice and assessment options to give the client the optimum chance of a successful transition. MEDIATION - Workplace mediation allows problems and disputes to be solved informally by ensuring that all sides are heard. Marisa is a professional mediator specialising in workplace conflict resolution.

Employee Relations - advisory, coaching, investigative, facilitative and training services.- Advising on ER situations and ensuring issues are resolved quickly and effectively.- Conflict Resolution – informal and formal.- Ensure that investigations and procedures are carried out equitably and adequately.- Development and roll-out of Dignity in the Workplace programmes.- Addressing/Resolution of Bullying and Harassment issues: investigations, mediation.- Management of/advice on Grievance and Disciplinary issues.- Coaching Leaders/Managers in their Engagement planning and execution of same.- Team Development- Performance ManagementOrganisation Development & RestructuringResponsible for the design and restructuring of large service departments to enable development of a Centre of Excellence function supporting the organisation nationally, and achieving required cost savings.- Design future state roles in Ireland in line with cost challenges, and organisational cultures of the businesses and identify opportunities for continuous process improvement.- Coaching and Advising of Global and Local Leadership teams in the legalities associated with restructuring, redeployment and redundancy.- Development of new job roles, job descriptions and recruitment process for same.- Development of downsizing process.Recruitment- Design, facilitation and co-ordination of assessment centres including: o Structured behavioural interviews; o Group Discussion o Aptitude Tests o Competency based interviews o Other psychometric tools, including 16PF, Bio Data.- High volume, start-up recruitment during ramp-up.Career Coaching & Outplacement- Advised and coached Leadership teams in planning for a downsizing announcement. - Development of a Communications strategy- Career Coaching of over 100 employees to ensure that they had an “action plan” to ensure readiness after redundancy.