Neil Chivers Email & Phone Number

Old Windsor

• Lead on developing and implementing our attraction strategy at Bupa• Promote our People/Employee Value Proposition (PVP/EVP) 'We make health happen' and embed it throughout the candidate journey and wider employee experience.• Working with an incredible team, we deliver solutions to improve the candidate experience and do all we can to help Bupa attract, engage and retain great talent• Innovate in the methods and channels we use for sourcing and attracting talent, engaging internal and external stakeholders and supporting the wider Talent Acquisition team to deliver the best possible service to our business• Always seeking to offer an experience full of moments that matter. • Curious and always seeking to evolve, whilst doing all we can to be inclusive to all, celebrating differences knowing this makes the difference at Bupa.

Hook, Hampshire

• Responsible for identifying opportunities to improve the employee experience at Virgin Media, consulting with the business and implementing initiatives to help attract, engage and retain the best talent.• Devised and delivered a new Talent Sourcing Strategy across all areas of Talent Acquisition in 2018• Collaborated with key stakeholders to develop a Leadership Induction to improve the experience for this important group mapping data such as focus groups, engagement surveys and competitor intelligence.• Influenced within the business by attending divisional events and hosting insight sessions or training on topics such as social media and the impact on personal brand.• Used data and insight to help influence on the moments that matter in the employee experience.• Presented the business case for investment in a new Careers Website and secured budget from the business to engage a third party to deliver the site in 2019.• Adapted to ever changing business needs as priorities changed, especially around demand planning.• Currently scoping and implementing an imbed plan across the employee experience for our new purpose and values. Engaging stakeholders from across the business and working across functions to deliver.

Hook, Hampshire

• Responsible for ensuring Virgin Media provided the best possible candidate experience, using storytelling to help leverage our employer brand to attract the best talent and target critical skills and talent.• Delivered against our Resourcing road map including careers site development, EVP, candidate experience project, social media strategy and on-boarding experience to improve candidate engagement and retention.• Led on the strategy to bring our social recruiting strategy in-house from a third party and managed our Social Media specialist to help doubled traffic from social from 6% to 12% in 12 months from 2017-2018.• Successfully launched VOLT, a candidate experience portal, which though not mandatory had been used by over 6,000 users each month in 2017/18 on average – helping improve the overall recruitment experience.• Developed a project plan for the launch of the Virgin People Promise as part of our EVP to help us deliver a consistent end-to-end employee experience.• Add value to the Resourcing team through innovative sourcing and attraction strategies that always consider the overall candidate experience and how we target critical skills and address challenges around diversity.• Contributed to revenue growth by implementing and managing our sourcing and recruitment marketing plan which drove down cost whilst continuing to deliver quality candidates into the business and reduce wastage.• Managed supplier relationships to get the best from them both creatively and commercially.• Forged strong relationships inside and outside of the People Team including Emerging Talent, Brand, Communications, Inclusion, Customer, Digital and the wider Virgin Group. • Launched Virgin Media’s first “Bring In Your Parents Day” in 2016 as part of LinkedIn’s global initiative.

Bracknell, Nr. Reading, United Kingdom

• Applied consumer marketing-led thinking to sourcing channel strategies developed for clients across various industries and geographies, targeting emerging talent, experienced hires and internal populations.• Helped clients to build their employer brand and achieve increased direct delivery through the effective use of online and offline channels in talent acquisition.• Championed innovation in recruitment marketing as well as the use of social media, mobile and bespoke content strategies across all channel plans ensuring they delivered short term and long term goals.• Ensured campaigns are effectively managed and performance is optimised accordingly. Additionally I directly managed the ROI of the sourcing and attraction strategy for RBS as part of a global team.• Member of senior management team that was involved in an organisational design project and managed work streams within a business transformation project that delivered over £500k of savings in 2013.• Led project to restructure and relocate the function from London to Bracknell and helped recruit and implement training and development programme for all new team members.• Clients included: Vodafone, HSBC, Microsoft, AstraZeneca, RBS and Deutsche Bank.

London, United Kingdom

• Managed a team of Channel Planners across three international locations to deliver sourcing channel strategies that met the objectives of AMS's clients and AMS by being operationally excellent, commercially astute and consistently innovative.• Responsible for the development of high complexity channel planning, marketing strategies and campaign plans requiring senior stakeholder relationship management.• Optimised revenue and cost management by delivering all projects in line with client account financial drivers (e.g. negotiate on costs/media buying, monitoring time spent against client quote, accurate billing).• Negotiated and agreed global supplier contracts that achieve the best commercial and service outcomes for AMS and clients. Ensured contracts were reviewed regularly in line with business demand.• Conducted and utilised market research and insight to develop channel marketing strategies that meet the client's brief and AMS's delivery and commercial objectives.• Delivered an excellent stakeholder experience including embedding best practice and measurable innovation in solution design to ensure I was recognised by the client as an expert in channel planning.• Made decisions to drive the operational success of all team activities, such as client allocation and process within Channel Planning team.• Clients included: Microsoft, Vodafone, Santander, Rolls-Royce and Deutsche Bank.

London, United Kingdom

• Responsible for the delivery of all operational and strategic attraction projects including bespoke multi-channel creative advertising campaigns and core sourcing and attraction channels.• Delivered quarterly and annual sourcing strategy and marketing strategies for direct sourcing activity on behalf of BAE Systems and was responsible for planning and measurement of the external attraction strategy, owning and controlling annual external hiring budget.• Provided direction and support to recruitment team as owner and developer of a 'Sourcing Channel Activation Matrix'. I also managed the purchasing and activation of channels and the delivery of channel effectiveness reporting to ensure best ROI and that we attracted talent aligned with BAE Systems values.• Manage relationship with internal and external stakeholders as well as suppliers including media owners, professional bodies and institutes and event organisers.• Presented latest innovations in sourcing and attraction including the impact of mobile and social media in the recruitment landscape.

London

• Developed clients in a dynamic agency environment, managing clients such as Microsoft and Honda with expenditure of several million pounds each year on recruitment marketing and employer branding.• Progressed career with internally move to management role within Media Planning for BZO where I managed a team that developed cross media solutions for all Barkers’ clients.• Developed bespoke and innovative offline and online media solutions working in collaboration with client services, creative and digital teams. Campaigns included an integrated £1m recruitment campaign for a central Government client and below the lines strategies for clients including Accenture and Wagamama.• Regularly liaised with Director of BZO and Chief Executive of Barkers to help develop new strategies and implement systems to increase profitability and overall efficiency of the media planning operation in BZO.

London

• Improved governance, accountability, efficiency and effectiveness of registered charities by assimilating and evaluating information, to develop practical ways to overcome challenges in this sector.• Communicated the view of the Commission to stakeholders through verbal and written correspondence.

Slough, United Kingdom

• Performed data analysis of company invoices for car-hire agreements, produced reports for senior management and provided recommendation on operational improvements to reduce expenditure and improve service.

London, United Kingdom

• Managed own client territory for this highly successful and innovative media organisation.• Applied brand knowledge, as part of the team responsible for +£1m recruitment advertising each week.• Marketed The Guardian’s products to new and existing clients, whilst working to company targets, pitching digital solutions in conjunction with print for example.• Produced monthly reports of clients’ spending and organisation plans, sector issues and market activity.

Africa, Australasia, Asia

Slough, United Kingdom

• Managed the relationships and advertising spend of multiple clients including Adecco and Manpower.• Responsible for design of recruitment marketing collateral and media buying.• Developed database of supplier and client data.• Devised and delivered presentations to new clients as part of an after sales implementation programme.

Ba Hons, History, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Student Newspaper Journalist, History and UN Society member.• Degree focused primarily on Modern History.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Deputy Head Boy, Debating Society, Rugby, Volleyball, Classroom support.A-Levels (1997): History (B).