The Delivery Authority is responsible for the Restoration and Renewal: Rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster. Recruiting a range roles to include architects, designers, project managers to work on the biggest and most complex renovation of a heritage undertaken in the UK. Also supporting the Sponsor Body who became a statuary organisation separate from the Parliament in April 2020. It owns the time, budget and timescale of the Restoration and Renewal Programme. Managing a portfolio of campaigns including Communication, PR, HR and Finance.

Due to a period of expansion in the Strategic Estates Team in Parliament. The Strategic Estates Team solely deal with looking after and improving the buildings of the Parliament itself, as custodians of the Estate. Providing services to both the House of Commons and House of Lords. This role which was newly formed as a dedicated resource to address and mitigate the recruitment and selection challenges faced by driving and delivering best practice recruitment activity. Delivering a large number of recruitment campaigns (200). The majority of the vacancies were for a range of specialised/skilled roles with a project/programme environment.

Met and exceeded hiring quotas by quickly and consistently hiring qualified candidates including 400 new employees.Responsible for supporting the full recruitment process, including the advertisement of all roles both internally and externally, resourcing for a variety of roles, providing candidate feedback as well as responding to all general Recruitment queries. Reporting - Meet with recruiting line managers regularly to update on progress and monitor successes. Tracked recruitment KPI's, reporting on success weekly and focusing on exceptions where needed.Recruitment Planning - developed a recruitment plan.Developed and wrote recruitment proceduresRole modelled and drove the practice of People Behaviours. Participated in daily team meetings. Drove engagement and collaboration across all departments.Managed and organized all hiring processes from start to finish. Assessing cv’s, interviewing, hiring and onboarding new staff.Supervised a team of 4 HR Administrators who supported the assessment centre and directed them on onboarding.Providing legal advice on recruitment processing and staffing issues

Responsible for providing high quality end to end recruitment support and advice to hiring mangers across the project. Ensuring recruitment campaigns (145 individual roles) are delivered in line with Crossrail standards and specifically agreed campaigns. Ensuring active and vacant roles are filled both professionally and within agreed timescales

Supporting high volume recruitment

Supporting high volume recruitment - 120 vacancies

Managing high volume recruitment for a global, complex organisation.Direct management of 2 HR administrators.Developing and implementing successful recruitment strategies for both UK and Global roles.Developing assessment events that take into account cultural differences and norms across the globe.Built successful working relations with internal stakeholders across a global organisation. Developed a deep understanding of the organisation and different local contexts in order to maximise attraction and enable best practise resource solutions. Provide advice on most appropriate employee resourcing and attraction methods including assessment designs globally. Good understanding of cross cultural workingDeveloping a strong talent pool using linkedIn. Successfully headhunted staff for key international posts.

Managing the recruitment cycle- from initial planning to candidate offers.Worked closely with line managers to support them through the process, ensuring the employment regulations are adhered to best practice is maintained. Coaching and engaging managers with the recruitment process.Identifying areas of process for improvements and opportunities to enhance the scope of services provided to the business.Support in interviews and other selection assessments and supporting managers to design the assessment process.Support managers in regards to international moves. Working in a busy and changeable environment.

High volume recruitment

Consulting with legal team advising on a large number of tier 1 & 2 visas under the new points system.

Responsible for creating, developing, updating and publishing ACU’s Human Resources recruitment & selection related policies, literature and procedures, in line with current employment law and best practiceProvided guidance, coaching and education to managers relating to employment law and HR insofar as they relate to recruitment policies and practices.Created assessment material and tools, including competency / behavioural based questionsProvided input into the evaluation of roles according to the Hay job evaluation system on jobs to ensure internal equity in reward managementDesigned and created new starter packReviewed and updating job descriptions/recruitment briefs where necessary and advising/making recommendations to the recruitment manager where necessaryEnsured that the end to end recruitment process supported a positive candidate experience at all times.Sourced/collated documentation to support the application of sponsorship license for both tier 2 and 5 permits. Successfully acquired license for organization within 3 weeks of application.

Renew Recruitment Manager dealing with high volume recruitment.Developed key recruitment processes and procedures. Strategically suggested ways for recruitment improvement across the group. Improved reporting processes and other HR initiatives.Managed PSL relationships and ensuring agencies kept to their SLA’s and KPI’s and negotiated competitive recruitment rates.Worked with the Group HR Manager to resolve any recruitment issues and ensure company process were reflective of current UK employment legislation. Helped both Director and manager’s to achieve their objectives by providing advice & guidance on recruitment/operational matters.Successfully recruited 140 staff over a 4 month period.

Coordinating recruitment activity within the I.S working with recruitment managers, interview panels and HR Support Team to ensure good quality, professional delivery of recruitment services and the timely filling of all vacancies.Provide recruitment support, advice and guidance to 12 programmes, continually identifying opportunities for improvement to recruitment systems and processes and assist in developing appropriate solution.This post was FTC

Took a lead on the in house recruitment service (using a more commercial approach) and supported the full recruitment functions across the college up to Director Level

• Lead on the management of the recruitment service for permanent members of staff advising managers on all aspects of the recruitment and vacancy approval process from approval to appointment.• Line management responsibility for 2 HR Advisors and one HRD Administrator providing day to day supervision, mentoring and guidance. • Solely responsible for writing ALL recruitment adverts for the agency