Director of a multi-company property development, construction and investment management firm, leading and managing the organisation’s current and future property portfolio.

Working with high profile organisations such as Heineken & Brookfield Multiplex to help shape and develop their emerging talent frameworks as well as offering innovative & strategic solutions to help engage, grow & diversify their emerging talent populations.

• Leading & motivating the Emerging Talent resource team to deliver on all aspects of the recruitment process, including pre-screening, candidate selection, psychometrics, assessment centres & interview.• Developing & initiating procedures to identify future talent requirements of the business & initiating suitable talent programmes to ensure all emerging talent strategy objectives are met.• Collaborating with business leaders to devise innovative attraction & selection campaigns that… Show more • Leading & motivating the Emerging Talent resource team to deliver on all aspects of the recruitment process, including pre-screening, candidate selection, psychometrics, assessment centres & interview.• Developing & initiating procedures to identify future talent requirements of the business & initiating suitable talent programmes to ensure all emerging talent strategy objectives are met.• Collaborating with business leaders to devise innovative attraction & selection campaigns that attract the skills, experience, attributes & diverse talents required to develop the business.• Devising an effectual marketing programme/collateral to engage the local community, liaising extensively with recognised bodies, third parties, schools, colleges & universities to promote the emerging talent programme.• Continually presenting & implementing policy & procedural changes to positively improve the recruitment & selection process for the hiring team & applicants.• Utilising multiple recruitment technology & social networking platforms to maintain accurate & contemporaneous records, provide up-to-date management reporting, extrapolate valuable metrics & identify trends.• Working on creating a new Emerging Talent development framework for both personal & professional growth & devising career paths for all disciplines to ensure smooth transition following training programmes.• Working closely with the HR business partners & L&D Team to identify potential candidates for accelerated career paths. • Promoting Balfour Beatty’s Emerging Talent programme & personal development opportunities amongst recognised bodies & career fairs to attract a high calibre of applicants to the scheme.• Extending detailed advice to hiring managers to ensure legal compliance & adherence to company policy; imparting policy, tool & process knowledge, providing help with interviewing, & assessment tools to ensure fair & consistent practice across the organisation. Show less

• Transforming Early Careers recruitment, quickly becoming a leading player by launching an effectual, high profile PR campaign.• Planning resources to fulfil Early Career programme criteria & gaining recognition as Skanska’s Early Careers Strategist.• Single-handedly achieving a headcount target, successfully recruiting 130 high calibre candidates in to suitable roles within 3 months.• Managing the Early Career lifecycle, launching a well-publicised attraction campaign & making… Show more • Transforming Early Careers recruitment, quickly becoming a leading player by launching an effectual, high profile PR campaign.• Planning resources to fulfil Early Career programme criteria & gaining recognition as Skanska’s Early Careers Strategist.• Single-handedly achieving a headcount target, successfully recruiting 130 high calibre candidates in to suitable roles within 3 months.• Managing the Early Career lifecycle, launching a well-publicised attraction campaign & making placement offers to graduates, undergraduates, interns, trainees, apprentices & students.• Fostering relationships with pertinent educational institutions to spot talent; attending careers fairs, hosting mock assessments & imparting careers advice to students interested in STEM-related careers.• Screening & selecting candidates via psychometric testing, telephone interviews & assessment days.• Leveraging the power of social media to engage with prospective candidates, applying innovative & creative techniques to devise campaigns that attract talent across all business areas.• Conducting market research & liaising with the Reward team, providing accurate salary advice & setting industry benchmarks.• Increasing the number of females entering the construction & engineering sectors at an early age, aiming to recruit 25% females in to historically male-dominated roles.• Receiving a commendation for recruiting Skanska’s first female piling operative apprentice.• Delivering women in engineering/construction presentations to students.• Facilitating the ‘OneSkanska’ approach to Early Careers recruitment by introducing joint assessment days for different operating units.• Overseeing the ex-offenders’ programme, partnering with prisons & young-offenders’ institutions to identify inmates eligible for release on temporary licence to work at Skanska.• Providing reports to the executive management team, analysing data & extrapolating key statistics to identify market trends. Show less

• Successfully managing a large senior management development portfolio, numerous corporate initiatives & business skills requirements; implementing an assortment of new programmes & recruiting suitable candidates to each programme at the optimal time.• Collaborating with the communications team to design a suite of documents, including booklets, programme overviews & certificates to support programme directives.• Originating the idea to present formal Skanska Leadership Profile Awards… Show more • Successfully managing a large senior management development portfolio, numerous corporate initiatives & business skills requirements; implementing an assortment of new programmes & recruiting suitable candidates to each programme at the optimal time.• Collaborating with the communications team to design a suite of documents, including booklets, programme overviews & certificates to support programme directives.• Originating the idea to present formal Skanska Leadership Profile Awards at the graduation ceremony, opening up voting to profile participants so appropriate candidates gain peer recognition.• Creating & implementing a common process & formal rating system to accurately evaluate learning & development activities, whilst monitoring supplier performance to continually deliver improved, quality & cost-effective training solutions.• Playing a key role to vastly improve efficiency & effectiveness of service delivery processes.• Actively contributing in a project team tasked with creating defined entry routes & specific programmes of learning for all new personnel & entry-level staff to enable professional development within the company.• Coordinating the delivery of engaging & informative training sessions to delegates, covering an array of subjects including project management, & forecasting & reporting workshops.• Winning the ‘Star of the Month’ award in the first edition of the Learning & Development Newsletter. Show less

• Implementing the Taleo talent management database, providing detailed training to enable recruitment managers to sift CVs & follow processes to select the most appropriate candidates.• Coordinating & organising assessment centres; scheduling timetables & creating numerical tests, liaising with candidates & briefing assessors to ensure the assessment process runs seamlessly.• Delivering induction presentations on a fortnightly basis, ensuring all new staff are familiar with role… Show more • Implementing the Taleo talent management database, providing detailed training to enable recruitment managers to sift CVs & follow processes to select the most appropriate candidates.• Coordinating & organising assessment centres; scheduling timetables & creating numerical tests, liaising with candidates & briefing assessors to ensure the assessment process runs seamlessly.• Delivering induction presentations on a fortnightly basis, ensuring all new staff are familiar with role requirements, procedures, & company policy details. • Successfully arranging a student meet & greet day & overseeing the entire 2010 intake process, which accepted 25 new students to the company’s various training schemes.• Maintaining the Academy Resource Centre intranet, applying detailed HTML coding knowledge to create a site that is easy to navigate & clearly presents all of the company’s product lines.• Organising & recording videos with select employees to provide a personal insight into their role, career progression & department.• Enhancing a number of existing projects by making improvements to current methods of administration Show less

• Establishing a successful wedding & events company to exploit the rapidly expanding Asian wedding market; using initiative, creativity & entrepreneurial flair to secure clients, including Barclays Capital.• Conducting client consultations to elicit full project details & determine a theme, colour scheme, decorations, invitations, cakes, venue, seating plan, flower arrangements & specialist entertainers.• Travelling to India to source products, negotiating with Mumbai traders to… Show more • Establishing a successful wedding & events company to exploit the rapidly expanding Asian wedding market; using initiative, creativity & entrepreneurial flair to secure clients, including Barclays Capital.• Conducting client consultations to elicit full project details & determine a theme, colour scheme, decorations, invitations, cakes, venue, seating plan, flower arrangements & specialist entertainers.• Travelling to India to source products, negotiating with Mumbai traders to purchase a wide variety of products to give each event an authentic feel & create the perfect atmosphere.• Building up a portfolio of trusted & reliable venue & supplier contacts for any event• Creating an impressive brand, including an easily navigable website to outline available services.• Forging excellent long-term relationships to secure repeat business & gaining multiple word-of-mouth recommendations for organising & delivering impressive events.• Networking extensively to raise the business’ profile, build relationships & generate key contacts. • Trading successfully to expand in to the marquee supply market within just 4 months of starting up. Show less