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Sheffield, United Kingdom

Working on a regional basis, providing advice and guidance to managers on employee relations, capability and case management. Also, coaching and mentoring managers to improve performance and utilise skills.

Sheffield, United Kingdom

I provide coaching interventions or training in order to improve employee performance, skills and team dynamics, or enhance strategic decision making. I have facilitated the career and personal development of senior management as well as mitigating damage and turning around disruptive employee behaviour.I am confident in collaborating and challenging at a senior strategic level, and I have a record of attainment in developing management and workforce capability.Within small business, as an HR Consultant, I have secured significant annual cost savings through management of redundancy consultation, including developing necessary employee communications and consultancy documents. I have supported the embedding of best practice and desired behaviours by initiating HR systems, processes and policies, including performance standards and appraisal framework.As a Life and Career Coach, I support people through personal and professional change and evolution, enabling them to clarify their goals, identify their strengths and overcome barriers so they can realise their full potential. I have delivered resilience workshops to college tutors, and confidence workshops to mothers with young children; and I am keen to positively impact as many lives as possible.

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Optimising performance and capability and embedding cultural change by leading training and coaching interventions with Learning Disabilities Directorate teams and individuals. Managing individual capability cases.

London, United Kingdom

Business Partnering role at the world famous UNESCO world heritage site and its sister site at Wakehurst Place. Reductions in funding from Central Government and other sources necessitated the need to facilitate major cost savings. Some of my areas of commitment included:• Organisational Design - design and implementation of new structures. Over £1m reduction in staff costs. • Project Planning - Voluntary Exit schemes, reduced working hours and unpaid leave schemes• Change Management - management of restructure processes - preparation, consultation andimplementation - key involvement at all stages . • Senior Recruitment - recruitment of key personnel up to Director level• Budget Planning - alongside Finance, working on budget forecasting• Employee Relations - long term absence, mediation, grievance etc.

Doncaster, United Kingdom

As part of a project team, co-ordinated the HR aspects of the integration process rising out of the merger of two construction companies, this role incorporated both strategic and operational aspects of a large scale restructuring and downsizing exercise. Activities include coordination of restructuring across 6 different operating units within the 2 businesses, headcount control, role pooling, organisation chart control, selection and exit interviews, policy and procedure consolidation.

Sydney, Australia

Working for Australia’s largest telecommunications Company, provided advice and guidance to managers on HR related issues, including policy and process, as well as case management of performance and conduct issues.

This role required the organisational review of a Juvenile Justice Centre. I was responsible for reviewing the current structure, proposing a new arrangement and implementing the restructure. This involved benchmarking against other Centres and budget analysis.

Sheffield, United Kingdom

A stand-alone role at an ALMO, wholly owned by the local Council - 600 employees. Responsibilities included TUPE (2/3rds workforce transferred to 2 contractors), organisational restructure, managing voluntary severance, working on Employment Tribunal cases, policy review, Equal Pay review, HR awareness in managers training, disciplinary and grievance investigations.

I advised all levels of management within diverse ranges of client groups on HR-related issues; redeployment, sickness absence, disciplinaries, grievances, pay issues, training and development etc.

Sydney, Australia

Cable manufacturer (previously known as Pirelli) - site workforce of 400 employees. Responsibilities included pay negotiations, development of new grading structure, developing strategies for Management Plan, management coaching, development of Team Leader Management programme, redundancy management, absence management, improving site communications.

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Reporting to the Executive Director, and sitting on the Senior Management Team, for the local authority’s Economic Development service (2000 employees). Responsibilities included management development, workforce development, Equal Opportunities action plans, Learning and Development action plans, change management, disciplinary and sickness management, capability procedures.

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Reporting to the GM, and a part of the Senior Management team, at this aerospace engineering company. Key customers of the Company included Boeing, Airbus, Rolls Royce and the U.S. Government. Responsibilities included multi-site HR responsibility (3 sites), pay negotiations, managing organisational restructure, managing redundancy programmes, senior recruitment campaigns, succession planning, management development, introduction of communication policy (works forum, newsletter, team briefs), introduction of policies and procedures manual, implementation of appraisal system.

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Stand-alone role reporting to the MD at steel engineering company - 500 employees. Activities included introduction of Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual, implementation of new Works Rules, Disciplinary and Grievance Procedure and an Appraisal system, update of Induction procedures, overhaul of the Time and Attendance system, improvement of site communications (introduction of newsletter and team briefs), and introduction of absence reporting system for staff grades.

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Steel manufacturing company (previously known as British Steel) on a site of 350 employees. HR activities included manpower planning, redundancy counseling, compilation of business reports, facilities contract management, absence and disciplinary matters, policy implementation, Graduate and other training programmes.

Msc, Human Resource Management

Diploma, Personnel And Development

Obtained Graduate Membership of CIPD

Llb, Law, 2.1