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Bristol, England, Gb

England, United Kingdom

Nailsea, England, United Kingdom

Exeter, England, United Kingdom

Employee Relations Manager for Pennon Group. Leading a team of five HR Advisors, supporting Head of People alongside the HRBP team.

Nailsea, England, United Kingdom

Working as an HR Business Partner for the Wessex Water YTL group, in an Interim position until January 2024 supporting Pelican Business Services UK Ltd, water2business, Turnbull Infrastructure & Utilities Ltd. and Wessex Water Enterprises Ltd.

Nationwide

Integral and innovative member of the Senior Leadership team accountable for the people strategy focussed on employee culture, diversity & inclusion, change management, mental health & wellbeing and employee engagement. Managing Regional HRBP team (six HRBP covering circa 900 sites with 42,000 employees; 100 Area Managers, Regional Managers, General Managers) supporting: - strategic planning & execution, - talent management/team building and leadership, - management training and management development, - resolution of complex/critical employee relations issues, - project management, - stakeholder engagement across UK & Ireland. Line management of an HR Manager and the team of three Regional Personnel Advisors in an HR hub addressing project management, HR policies and procedures. Responsible for leading strategic estate wide projects with multiple stakeholders, including: Diversity & inclusion Mental health & wellbeing Antisexual harassment (in partnership with EHRC) Network groups Management development Modernisation of working practices & organisational development (including practices related to Britain's Top Employer) TUPE & redundancy consultation/management and related change management Employee voice, participation and engagement. Accountable for all employment litigation defence. Collaborating with L&D & Recruitment on the embedding of D&I, anti-harassment, and performance management strategies. Senior member of the estate Whistleblowing committee.

Nationwide

Business partnering South West & Wales operations Region. Management of Company's Helpdesk Centre in Watford. Overall responsibility for employment litigation defence, including advocacy. Reviewing and rewriting Company employment policy and procedures.Member of Senior HR team developing and implementing people strategy. Day to day tactical interventions in complex employee relations situations.Delivering training and development for line managers, middle and senior management.

Nationwide

Managed nationwide team of 6 Regional HR Managers (& 8 office based personnel advisors) supporting operations team, 12 Regional General Managers, 80 Area Managers, 880 pubs.Retained business partner role with Regional General Manager, 12 Area Managers. Developed & managed delivery of Strategic Personnel Plan Years 1-5 Developed and implemented new people policies & procedures, including a new Capability Management procedure and new appraisal process. Managed annual P&L budget for personnel Working with counsel & chambers on Employment Tribunal defence

Watford, United Kingdom

Rewrote Company’s People Management Guide & Employee Handbook Developed & delivered Employment Law training/application for Company’s Middle Management team (approx 100)Reviewed and revised all contracts of employment for compliance with changes to Employment Law and introduction of time & attendance systemDeveloped & delivered new policy/procedures & training on TUPE compliance to support new openings expansion programme Assisted in all TUPE transfers that arose as part of Company expansion Member of Company’s Standard Operating Procedures group who codified standard operating procedures for entire pub estate Inducted 5 new Area Managers from pubs to multi-site management role

Swindon, Oxford, Reading, Henley & Newbury

Multi-site management over 13 sites in Swindon/Reading/OxfordshireDelivered 3 million on profit with LFL Profit +3% & Sales +2%Record Sales & Record Profits at 3 PubsFinished 16th out of 75 Area Managers in for Full Year KPI performance Opened 2 new pubs, beating budgeted sales (50k & 30k/week) Most improved Area Manager August 2010

Field Based

Managed Nationwide Team 7 Regional HR Managers Took Employment Tribunal defence in-house at saving of £250k/annumReduced Employment Tribunals by 80% in first 6 months & did advocacy on pre-hearing reviews and case management discussionsDeveloped and delivered training & development on areas of People Management for Area Managers, Pub Managers & Shift Managers

South West, Wales, Midlands

Field based HR support to 2 General Managers/16 Area Mgrs/200 Pubs Providing instant/bespoke advice & support on all employee relations issues, TUPE transfers, critical incidents, team development Coordination of regional training & recruitment plans and achievements Delivery of bespoke training sessions including team management customer service & sales building

Cardiff & South West

HR Generalist responsible for Wales & South West HR support, reporting to the MD with leadership responsibility for the Regional Recruiter, Regional Trainer, and an HR Coordinator.

Chartered Fcipd, Human Resources Management And Services, Chartered Fcipd

Chartered Mcipd, Personnel, Mcipd

Advanced Certificate Employment Law, Employment Law, Study

Advanced Diploma Leisure Retail Management, Leisure Retail Management, Merit

Cipd Associate, Cipd, Associate Membership

Ba Hons English 2:1, English Language And Literature, General, 2:1

Business And Finance Hnd, Business Studies