Mark Leach Email & Phone Number

Bolton, GB

Warrington, GB

• All of the responsibilities of the Assistant Head of HR and OD (detailed below) plus:
• Playing a key role in the Council’s strategic HR management team which drives the strategic HR agenda for the council.
• Responsibility for 27 HR employees, covering payroll, recruitment, employee engagement, employee benefits and employee health and wellbeing.
• Significant involvement in resourcing the council’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Warrington, GB

• Playing a key role in the Council’s HR management team.
• Strategic lead for employee engagement. This work has involved the development and roll out of an employee survey and the implementation of a middle management forum (for 135 middle managers).
• Strategic lead for employee resourcing; including proactive work in relation to streamlining processes, e-recruitment and social media.
• Responsibility for senior management recruitment in the council.
• Responsibility for employee health and wellbeing activity throughout the council, including management of the council’s Employee Support Officer.
• Lead Officer for gender pay gap reporting and development of the Council’s pay and grading structure, which incorporates the living wage.

Warrington, GB

• Highly commended finalist for the Employee Benefits team of the year and finalist in the category of Best Benefits Programme in the 2014 Pay and Benefits magazine awards
• Responsibility for reviewing the Council’s strategy in relation to Recruitment and Selection
• Leading on the implementation of HR activity in relation to Employee Engagement
• Specific responsibility for all pay and grading related activity in the council
• Leading the council’s strategic approach to benefits implementation and salary sacrifice initiatives; such as childcare vouchers, cycle to work, home technology and the car lease scheme
• Managing the Workforce Information team who produce a wide variety of HR management information

Wigan, Greater Manchester, GB

• This was a part time position where I had sole responsibility for lecturing a class of 20 students in the CIPD level 3 course. All 20 students passed the course.

• Providing a comprehensive HR service to managers and staff within the Trust, including advice and support on recruitment and selection, disagreement and disciplinary procedures, employee relations, employment law and.
• Responsible for providing HR support to the Medical Directorate whose employees were subject to bespoke terms and conditions

Stretford, England, GB

• Responsible for all operational issues and contributed to strategic issues in relation to the council’s pay and reward project
• Responsible for managing six members of staff on a day to day basis (including two remotely), making procedural recommendations to the Project Advisory group and representing Trafford at AGMA meetings
• Working closely with the trade unions and was a member of the management team tasked with countering the risk of equal pay claims
• During 2007, leading the roll out of job evaluation across the Authority
• Producing the project plan, communications plan and the Appeals procedure
• Production and analysis of management information, making presentations to large numbers of staff regarding the project and undertaking job evaluation interviews

Stretford, England, GB

• Managing the team responsible for HR operational work in eight of the council’s services which comprised over 400 members of staff
• Responsible for the recruitment and selection process, advising and assisting managers with issues around terms and conditions of service and employment legislation; as well as undertaking disciplinary investigations.
• Working closely with managers and Trade Unions in dealing with issues relating to sickness absence, redundancy and redeployment

• Between 2001 and 2004. Responsible for the management of filling vacancies, dealing with discipline/grievance/capability issues, personnel planning and job evaluation in the Society’s Premium Accounting department.
• During a three-month secondment, leading a Project team that was responsible for undertaking a review of business procedures at the Society’s district offices