Maryam Sheikh Email & Phone Number

England, United Kingdom

Delivering an inclusive and high-quality recruitment cycle - from job design to onboarding and orientation, coordinating with internal managers and candidates. I also support with talent acquisition projects, including internships and volunteers, emergency response rosters, and succession planning.

London, England, United Kingdom

- Supported with enhancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging initiatives, and advised on how to improve recruitment to appeal to a more diverse talent pool.- Supported the Senior HR Manager with updating the digital HR folder structure on SharePoint.Left role to focus on studies and complete masters.

HR lead within the organisation, with line management responsibilities. Supported the CEO alongside the Board of Trustees, Senior Leadership Team, Employees, Volunteers, Consultants and International HR staff (in Turkey, Iraq, Yemen, Jordan, Palestine) providing an advisory and generalist HR service, as well as supporting on organisational development interventions. Achievements include:- Devising, implementing and managing a volunteer intern programme to provide work experience to local students, alongside engaging with universities, raising the profile of the charity, and providing support and manpower for the organisation. Includes designing volunteer policies, procedures, handbook, recruitment, on boarding, inducting and supervision of volunteers.- Enhanced Employer Branding of the organisation, creating content for the organisation's careers page, and employer profiles on jobsites such as charityjobs, glassdoor and university career hubs.- Following on from a restructure, successfully placed at risk employees into new roles, preventing the need for redundancies.- Filled a range of senior, mid-level and junior roles across the organisation, supporting organisational expansion. - Developed employee induction and employee handbook, making new employees feel more welcome. - Placed 3 senior employees onto senior leadership apprenticeships, alongside successfully applying for funding for non-levy paying organisations. Action For Humanity now receives grants from Mastercard to help fund apprenticeships.- Signed Action For Humanity up to the SCHR Misconduct Disclosure Scheme to strengthen safeguarding and prevent sexual abuse within the aid sector. This involved updating the recruitment process, enhancing the referencing process, and engaging with other NGOs on how the scheme could be further developed. Other duties include assisting the CEO with executive tasks, general HR administration, managing governance files, and managing organisational policies.

England, United Kingdom

Responsible for planning and executing all HR activities, and supporting the CEO with executive tasks. Achievements include:- Created and rolled out HR policies and procedures.- Lead on TUPE transfer of all staff following on from an organisational restructure where staff were transferred from a registered charity to a Charitable incorporated organisation.- Developed the HR strategy for 2021, defining budgets and deadlines.- Improved the recruitment procedure and established approval systems.- Conducted training needs analysis following on from appraisals, devised a Training Matrix, and arranged relevant training for staff.- Acted as the Risk Manager for HR, identifying risks and devising strategies to mitigate risks on an ongoing basis.- Digitised the HR records system, eliminating the use of paper.- Created standardised HR forms and templates for all general HR functions – recruitment, contracts, on boarding, performance management, employee relations, training, and health & safety. Other tasks include diary management for the CEO, writing minutes for Leadership & SMT meetings and following up with action points, proof-reading and copy-editing, advising senior management on HR policies, handling grievances, conducting investigations, collating payroll data & managing all furlough changes, dealing with all matters confidentially.

Responsible for the recruitment of junior roles - writing Job Profiles and adverts, posting adverts, shortlisting, interviewing, referencing and on-boarding of new starters, as well as HR administration and internal communications. Achievements include:- Devised a new recruitment procedure for the recruitment of call centre staff- Lead on all recruitment for the call centre - Reviewed HR Policies and proposed action points to ensure the Charity is remaining compliant.- Lead on a project to produce a Recruitment Video, as part of a wider recruitment campaign to promote equality and diversity.- Coordinated Staff newsletter to improve internal communication.- Conducted analysis of employee exit interviews and suggested improvements following on from feedback received.Other responsibilities included assisting the Business partner with senior recruitment, performance management, learning and development tasks, as well as general HR administration.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Provided a full support service to a team of 30 fundraising staff, including national tours, international challenges, major donor events, community fundraising and Executive Assistance to the Head of Fundraising. Also acted as the Risk Manager for the department – identifying risks, and planning for risk mitigation. Achievements include:- Ensured the Fundraising Code of Conduct was implemented, and developed Fundraising Policies & Procedures, conducted training on Procedures, and proposed action points for improvements to ensure the charity stayed compliant – in line with Fundraising Regulator and Charity Commission guidelines. - Organised travel, accommodation and logistics for 8 multi-city tours, 4 of which ran simultaneously during Ramadan, whilst maintaining good relations with suppliers and negotiated low costs to ensure value for money.- Produced reports, research, data sheets and content material for the Board of Directors and Board of Trustees, providing research for the fundraising strategy and continuous growth and development of the department. - Developed and maintained a national income tracker, to keep record of all monies brought in through fundraising events, and which staff member the funds could be attributed to, which went on to form the basis of Fundraising Staff’s Performance Management.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Manchester, United Kingdom

Stockport, United Kingdom

Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Manchester, United Kingdom

Manchester, United Kingdom

Manchester Airport, England, United Kingdom

Master'S Degree, Msc Human Resource Management & Development (International Development), Distinction

- Strategic Human Resource Management - Human Resource Development - Human Resource Practice - International Management - Organisational.

Bachelor'S Degree, Bsc Textile Design & Design Management

- Product Analysis - International Marketing - Integrated Design - Textile Design - Fashion Marketing and Retailing - Brand Management.

Education record

- Mathematics (A*) - Physics (A) - Textile Design (A*) - Art and design (A)

Education record

- Mathematics (A*) - Physics (A*) - Chemistry (A*) - Biology (A*) - English Language (A) - English Literature (A) - Art and Design (A*).