Owner & Lead Consultant. Call 07715 456436. Highwood Park Consulting provides both short term consultancy and/or interim support covering the design and delivery of a variety of HR & OD related projects.

Working as an Associate Consultant within the HR & Transformation agenda, supporting Caja Ltd on a variety of commercial & public sector change contacts

Acting as the principal Organisational Design adviser to the University's Professional Services Review Project and in close association with the Vice-Chancellor and the HR Director, providing expert advice and support to the Project on the actual organisation re-design, staff impact mitigation and managed implementation of changes to ensure a smooth and effective transition from the existing org design to the new.

Working as an Organisation Design Consultant, undertake a diagnostic review of the Inspectorate back office functions, including HR, Finance, Audit, Governance and IT. Providing advice and support to the CEO on possible organisation changes & improvements in oder to better support the inspector population.

Working as the lead communications & engagement adviser for the Unified Project to design and implement a new and upgraded HR & Finance integrated System for the University.

Working to enable and support the business in its aim to improve its customer experience and operational efficiency through the effective implementation of a significant organisational redesign of the engineering back office administration operations and processes of BT Openreach.

An Associate HR & OD Consultant for Baxter Neumann and in this context acting in three distinct roles. Firstly, as a Work Stream Lead in the migration of the HR & Payroll functions to a new Shared Services Centre for the DSA (Driving Standards Agency). This activity comprised: process reviews and alignment, functional gap analysis and transformation support for both the Agency and the Service Centre. Secondly, also picking up the VOSA (Vehicle & Operator Standards Agency) migration following the of exit of their Work Stream Lead in April 14 and finally, due to extensive experience within HR, acted as an additional Technical HR & Payroll support to the overall 'Programme' HR SME. The overall 'Programme' is an extensive contract to operate the first Independent Shared Service Centre on behalf of the UK Government, utilising the Agresso HR, Payroll & Finance systems. It will subsequently provide back office services to many executive agencies and is expected to deliver significant savings over its duration.

An Associate Consultant for this innovative HR & OD Consultancy business focusing on resolving your people issues...permanently... by clever interventions and the creation of a tailored Employee Value Proposition (EVP) for your organisation. Clever solutions, crafted from the EVP, will address all those niggling people issues that you just can't seem to resolve as well as attract, retain, engage and motivate your people to drive improved performance of the business and achievement of your business goals

Leading on the introduction and communication of the new UK Auto Enrolment Pensions Scheme arrangements at Interserve. Creation of the overall communications strategy, detailed briefing requirements and publicity material followed by the roll out of an extensive set of roadshow events across the UK. Interserve is one of the world’s foremost support services and construction companies, operating in the public and private sectors in the UK and internationally. Offering advice, design, construction and facilities management services for society’s infrastructure and provide a range of plant and equipment in specialist fields. Interserve is based in the UK. It has revenue of £1.9 billion and a workforce of 50,000 people worldwide.

Leading the diagnostic review, reporting of recommendations and the design & implementation of an organisation wide People Performance Framework. Working with the senior HR team and key business stakeholders including the Executive Directors to ensure that business requirements are defined and the project delivered successfully

Led the planning, governance & control activities for the combined Organisational Development Directorate (HR, L&D, Culture & Corporate Strategy Departments) following the merger with Britannia Building Society. Comprising OD Directorate business planning & budget co-ordination, appropriate design & implementation governance, Directorate delivery monitoring & measurement, Directorate communications approach, business risk, business continuity.

Led the Organisational Development Directorate planning, governance & control activities (inc HR, L & D & Culture business teams). The BS team acts as a focal point and custodian of various business processes for all the Directorate business teams. Ensuring the team facilitate effectively with individual functions across the Directorate to deliver ‘right first time every time’ activity. Comprising business planning & budget co-ordination, appropriate design & implementation governance, Directorate delivery monitoring & measurement, Directorate Employee Attitude Survey delivery & analysis, business risk, business continuity & HR process re-engineering & excellence.

Led the Design and Implementation Management of new Organisation wide ‘People Polices’ and people change initiatives. Acting as ‘Custodian’ of various HR & L&D related Policies (encompassing; Resourcing, Headcount Management, Absence, Turnover, Sickness & Occupational Health, Induction, Graduate Programme, Relocation) ensuring the creation and implementation of new innovative approaches as well as the appropriate application of Policy within the business. Periodic measurement & reporting of the effectiveness of various People Policies including recommended changes or improvements to increase effectiveness.

Led the development of online propositions to compliment the other channel Member products & services. Liaison with various 3rd party suppliers, contracting, developing access to products and services together with ongoing supplier management and cost control.

Responsible for the business partner relationship with a variety of business functions. Providing advice & support on HR matters to Directors and Senior Managers in these units

Responsible for all the HR related services and support to the Chamber of Commerce Senior Management Team and employees, including HR matters, Payroll and Health & Safety

Delivering the CIPD syllabus to evening class students

Responsible for a variety of HR operations & training matters, inc Resourcing, ER, Payroll & Training diagnostics and the design & delivery of training interventions

Delivering specialist vocational graphic design NVQ and City & Guilds approved syllabus to school leavers