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As the Global HR adviser, I was primarily responsible for development and roll out of strategic HR initiatives both locally and globally in Asia, Africa, Europe, Middle East and South America.Business Partnered with our Management Team contribute to general strategy, business planning and operations and advise senior management team on the HR impact of business activitiesAchievements:• Talent and Development Implemented an effective recruitment and retention… Show more As the Global HR adviser, I was primarily responsible for development and roll out of strategic HR initiatives both locally and globally in Asia, Africa, Europe, Middle East and South America.Business Partnered with our Management Team contribute to general strategy, business planning and operations and advise senior management team on the HR impact of business activitiesAchievements:• Talent and Development Implemented an effective recruitment and retention strategy, including resource planning with the Business Managers• Performance Management Managed the rollout of the performance management process for the UK. Produced and delivered a training course for managers, coaching managers through the process, developing action plans and following up. The business now has an annual performance management cycle, where managers can give meaningful feedback to their employees.• Increased employee engagement. Co-ordinated the engagement strategy both locally and globally. Assisted managers where engagement was low. Facilitated meetings with the managers and assisted them to develop employee engagement action plans. Employees were involved in the process and took ownership of their action plans. As a result, managers were able to increase employee engagement in their area. For global regions, I managed the local HR Business Partner through web conferencing. Show less

Provided advice and support to the management team on the HR impact of business activities for all expatriate staff in my client group. Headcount of Client Group: 200Global MobilityManaged the global talent pool and assisted managers to determine suitable talent.Provide advice and guidance to employees, managers and senior executive on employment law and policy issuesSuch as discipline, termination and grievancesPrepared employment contracts, produce job offers and… Show more Provided advice and support to the management team on the HR impact of business activities for all expatriate staff in my client group. Headcount of Client Group: 200Global MobilityManaged the global talent pool and assisted managers to determine suitable talent.Provide advice and guidance to employees, managers and senior executive on employment law and policy issuesSuch as discipline, termination and grievancesPrepared employment contracts, produce job offers and advise on salaryAdvised all management levels on maternity, adoption, paternity, parental leave, flexible working issues.Conducted exit interviews for international employees.Developed and maintained relationships with managers and Senior Executive to ensure policies and legislation were applied fairly and consistently.Achievements:Policy re-designPart of the team to re-design Policy 710 - the policy that outlined all conditions of employment for international and expatriate staff.Determined and advised on the impact the changes would have on employees and the businessDeveloped and delivered the roll out of the new policy for all client groups to ensure a swift and successful change. Restructure and process re-designReviewed our current HR process in order to identify what sections could be off-shored to Buenos Aires.Coached and trained our Buenos Aires colleagues to take over the identified processes.Advised Managers on the redundancy process associated with the restructure. Show less

The ISA is an association for teachers in Non-Government funded schools. It is an outsourcing business where I provided employee relations' services to the clients.Responsibilities:Responsible for planning and co-ordinating industrial negotiations to determine employment contracts, policies and procedures.Mediated and managed change management processes, including redundancies.Analysed, interpreted and provided advice on relevant Employee Relation's legislation and… Show more The ISA is an association for teachers in Non-Government funded schools. It is an outsourcing business where I provided employee relations' services to the clients.Responsibilities:Responsible for planning and co-ordinating industrial negotiations to determine employment contracts, policies and procedures.Mediated and managed change management processes, including redundancies.Analysed, interpreted and provided advice on relevant Employee Relation's legislation and employment contracts for clients.Advised on the ER risks associated with the client's business decisions.Responsible to ensure workplace procedures were in accordance with employee legislationAssisted clients with their recruitment processes.Prepared and conducted workplace analysis and reportsDeveloped and conducted educational sessions about workplace legislation, including large sized seminars of up to 120 people.Achievements:Negotiated and finalised the collective employment contract for all teaching staff at Penrhos College by consulting with teachers and school management.The agreement legalised all the employment conditions and management processes for the school (such as leave entitlements, performance management and grievance handling processes). The process took 6 months. Show less

The CSA is an association that represents the interest of public sector staff; Provided advice on all aspects to Employee RelationsResponsible to ensure procedures were in accordance with legislation Provided coaching on grievance handling and conflict resolutionMaintained database Assisted in training programs organised by the association, providing training on specific issues