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Head of HR at South West Water
Location: United Kingdom 13 work roles 2 schools
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Rachel Wicks is listed as Head of HR at South West Water, a with 1292 employees, based in United Kingdom. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Rachel Wicks.

Rachel Wicks previously worked as Associate Consultant at Nine Feet Tall and Human Resources Consultant at Impak Ltd Previously Hive Hr. Rachel Wicks holds Mcipd, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General from Bridgwater & Taunton College.

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Tenacious HR Leader with deep expertise in Operational HR, Change Management and Organisational Transformation. I founded Hive HR Consulting in 2020 (rebranded as Impak in 2023) to assist organisations in reflecting on themselves, simplify complex challenges, and deliver strategic and interim HR solutions that provide a foundation for future success. Known for balancing business efficiency with a human-centric approach, I partner with organisations directly as a hands-on leader or as a trusted external advisor to achieve key milestones and deliver tangible outcomes.With a track record of driving impactful results across diverse sectors, my speciality is project-based engagements that drive continuous improvement.Combining commercial acumen and strategic insight to build high-performing, multidisciplinary teams, I thrive when navigating complex stakeholder relationships, helping to map future destinations and guide leaders towards them.๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š-๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™›๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก๐™จ, ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™—๐™ก๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™จ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ.

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South West Water
South West Water
Head of HR
United Kingdom
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1292
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Associate Consultant

Current

London, England, United Kingdom

๐™‹๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™๐™ž๐™œ๐™-๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™›๐™ž๐™ก๐™š ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™ญ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ, ๐™ค๐™›๐™›๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™œ๐™ช๐™ž๐™™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ซ๐™ž๐™œ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™˜๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™™๐™š๐™˜๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™š ๐™›๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™œ๐™ž๐™š๐™จ, ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™–๐™œ๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ข๐™ค๐™™๐™š๐™ก๐™จ.๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€โ€ข Devised and implemented a significant transformation strategy for an internationally recognised First Aid Charity, redefining services, delivering cost savings, and restructuring the operations model. Developed compassionate transition and communication plans to support impacted individuals and teams.โ€ข Supported a technology change programme for a leading retailer, defining desired behaviours and principles associated with the initiative for 175,000 employees. Collaborated with stakeholders to identify future skills, enhance commercial decision-making, and improve sustainability.

Aug 2023 - Present

Human Resources Consultant

Current
Impak Ltd Previously Hive Hr

๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™™ ๐™ƒ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ƒ๐™ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฃ 2020 (๐™ง๐™š๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™™ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™„๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™–๐™  ๐™ž๐™ฃ 2023) ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™ž๐™™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™œ๐™ž๐™˜, ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ข ๐™ƒ๐™ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ. ๐™‹๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™™๐™ž๐™ง๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™–๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™–๐™™๐™ซ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™ฎ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™ญ ๐™ž๐™จ๐™จ๐™ช๐™š๐™จ, ๐™—๐™–๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™—๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™š๐™›๐™›๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ฎ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™ช๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™ž๐™™๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š.๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ:โ€ข Strategic HR Adviceโ€ข Organisational Designโ€ข Restructuring Programmesโ€ข TUPEโ€ข Talent Acquisitionโ€ข People Activityโ€ข Change Programmesโ€ข Reorganisationโ€ข Mergers and Acquisitions

Feb 2020 - Present

Director Hr Business Partner

Oxa

๐™Š๐™ญ๐™– ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™˜๐™ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™˜๐™ง๐™ค๐™จ๐™จ ๐™€๐™ช๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™Ž๐˜ผ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™–๐™™๐™–. Successfully aligned people strategies with business objectives, partnering with senior leadership to drive organisational effectiveness. Offering strategic counsel and operational HR leadership while guiding organisational design and change management programmes.๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€โ€ข Provided HRBP support to the organisation while systematically reviewing the HR function, concentrating on organisational effectiveness, staff retention, and restructuring. Transformed the operating model from process-driven to customer-focused, prioritising staff retention and career development. โ€ข Worked with international stakeholders to launch the first employee engagement survey, achieving a 76% score and ranking in the tech sector's top quartile.

Dec 2023 - Jul 2024

Human Capital Consultant

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™ง๐™ช๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™–๐™จ ๐™– ๐™Ž๐™ช๐™—๐™Ÿ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™€๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ (๐™Ž๐™ˆ๐™€) ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™  ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ก๐™–๐™ง๐™œ๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™—๐™ก๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™จ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ค๐™ง๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ซ๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ž๐™œ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™›๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™Ÿ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™จ, ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ช๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™š๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ, ๐™€๐™๐™‹ ๐™จ๐™ฎ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ข ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™™๐™š๐™จ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ƒ๐™ ๐™Š๐™ง๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™๐™š๐™ซ๐™ž๐™š๐™ฌ. ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€โ€ข Partnered with the UK Ministry of Defence to deliver a feasibility study for upgrading its people management system, securing stakeholder commitment for a significant 5-year programme affecting 200,000 personnel.โ€ข Served as an expert advisor on a National Security body's career and reward transformation project, impacting 1,200 employees. Aligned career paths with the private sector while addressing Treasury and Trade Union challenges.โ€ข Assessed an international learning providers, Global Business Services (GBS), focusing on HR operations. Led maturity assessments and workshops to identify key issues and goals, developing a roadmap for continuous GBS improvement and evaluation. โ€ข Led the HR systems implementation of Oracle for a major public sector client, overseeing key stakeholders, HR processes, and value stream mapping to ensure a successful deployment.

Jun 2022 - Aug 2023

Hr Business Partner

๐™๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐™‘๐™ž๐™ง๐™ž๐™™๐™ค๐™ง, ๐™– ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ƒ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ƒ๐™ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ง๐™š๐™˜๐™ฎ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฎ, ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™– ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™™๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ก ๐™ข๐™ค๐™™๐™š๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ƒ๐™๐˜ฝ๐™‹ ๐™ข๐™ค๐™™๐™š๐™ก. ๐™‡๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™€๐™๐™‹ ๐™จ๐™ฎ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ข ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ค๐™ง๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ƒ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™ข ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™– ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š, ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ข๐™ค๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ ๐™ƒ๐™ ๐™™๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง 550 ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™›๐™›. ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€โ€ข Conducted a comprehensive analysis of HR and corporate functions for Viridor, reviewing, updating, and embedding policies and processes, which enabled the company to engage in strategic transactional activities. โ€ข Enhanced HRBPs' organisational knowledge and partnered with the business to develop new HR policies, collaborating with expert teams to forecast and address potential risks.โ€ข Launched a communication and engagement strategy positioning HRBPs as Ambassadors, ensuring the people strategy was perceived as fair, transparent, and effectively communicated.

Dec 2021 - Jun 2022

Hr Change Business Partner

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๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™จ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™– ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™ญ ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ข๐™ข๐™š, ๐™–๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™š๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ยฃ20๐™ข ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™จ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™ž๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™š๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™š๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง. ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™–๐™œ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ก๐™–๐™ง๐™œ๐™š-๐™จ๐™˜๐™–๐™ก๐™š ๐™๐™๐™‹๐™€ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™›๐™š๐™ง๐™จ, ๐™ง๐™š๐™™๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ž๐™š๐™จ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ˆ&๐˜ผ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™œ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ, ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™š๐™›๐™›๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™–๐™œ๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™๐™ง๐™–๐™™๐™š ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ, ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™–๐™œ๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™›๐™› ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ.๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€โ€ข Partnered with the CIO to implement a Service Integration & Management (SIAM) system, delivering ยฃ8M in savingsโ€”the largest single contribution to the ยฃ20m target.โ€ข Shaped the transition of LV='s reporting framework from a traditional hierarchy to a matrix-based structure.โ€ข Analysed LV='s financial services operations, pinpointing inefficiencies and outdated practices. Streamlined the organisation by realigning skillsets, reducing duplication, and promoting a culture of continuous improvement for a leaner, more effective business.โ€ข Guided LV= through 300 redundancies, addressing concerns from department heads by promoting cross-divisional collaboration and driving a culture strategy that empowered employees to feel valued, respected, and accountable as business owners.

Aug 2020 - Dec 2021

Head Of Human Resources (Interim)

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom And London, England, United Kingdom

๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™ง๐™ช๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ข ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™–๐™™ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ƒ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ƒ๐™ช๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™˜๐™š๐™จ ๐™›๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™ ๐™– ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ค๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™จ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜พ๐™Š๐™‘๐™„๐˜ฟ-19. โ€ข Implemented a COVID-19 People strategy, adapting swiftly to a changing environment. โ€ข Organised the repatriation of 80 staff engaged in global projects to and from the UK.โ€ข Launched an international wellbeing programme supporting colleagues during lockdown.โ€ข Conducted a feasibility study on IIED operations during the pandemic, addressing uncertainties and costs. Established excellent working relationships with Trade Unions to resolve concerns, ensuring transparent communication and strategic planning. โ€ข Recognised the significance of the BLM movement and facilitated Diversity and Inclusion workshops to promote awareness of the issues at hand.โ€ข Cleared a backlog of employee relations concerns and issues โ€ข Completed requirements exercise for the procurement of an integrated CRM system.

Apr 2020 - Jul 2020

Head Of Hr

Ilminster

๐™‡๐™š๐™™ ๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ง๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™›๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š๐™จ ๐™‡๐™ฉ๐™™.'๐™จ ๐™ƒ๐™ ๐™›๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™Ÿ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™–๐™˜๐™ง๐™ค๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™˜๐™๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ค๐™œ๐™ฎ, ๐™™๐™š๐™›๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š, ๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™˜๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ. ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ข๐™จ, ๐™จ๐™š๐™˜๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ž๐™œ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™›๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™จ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ง๐™š๐™™๐™š๐™›๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ƒ๐™'๐™จ ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™š ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™–๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™™๐™–๐™ž๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ.๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€โ€ข Successfully developed Harmonic's people strategy and delivered internal cultural changes, leading to several invitations to contribute to external projects, winning additional business for the agency and generating significant revenue. โ€ข Resolved a major L&D issue for a government agency, increasing mandatory compliance training completion from 23% to 89% for a dispersed workforce of 1,350 within six months.โ€ข Designed and led workshops on Target Operating Model (TOM) development, introducing new workflows. Facilitated organisation-wide discussions to ensure TOM principles were seamlessly integrated into daily operations.โ€ข Led resourcing and talent acquisition for both permanent and contract staff, assisting a client in streamlining their onboarding process, reducing the average time from 26 weeks to 12 weeks.

Feb 2017 - Feb 2020

Hr Business Partner

South Molton, Devon

๐™‡๐™š๐™™ ๐™ƒ๐™ ๐™Š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™ข๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ก๐™š ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™™๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐˜พ-๐™Ž๐™ช๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™š๐™๐™ค๐™ก๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜.1,200 ๐™š๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฎ๐™š๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™˜๐™ง๐™ค๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ง๐™š๐™š 24/7 ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™›๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™›๐™–๐™˜๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™š๐™จ. ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€โ€ข Identified factors affecting strategic execution and improved organisational design by enhancing two-way communication and performance management interventions. Achieved a 100% appraisal and one-to-one completion rate within the first year of tenure. โ€ข Increased employee engagement by 21% and manager effectiveness scores by 10%, leading a European-wide employee engagement project. Encouraged a culture of ongoing dialogue and recognition of good performance, aligning efforts with company goals.โ€ข Revitalised recognition tools, with 53% unique users for the online thank you tool, the highest in the worldwide aerospace sector.โ€ข Augmented the talent pipeline by launching succession-planning and talent review processes and an Apprenticeship Scheme, giving the business a more diverse talent pool and allowing it to build a more inclusive workforce. โ€ข Introduced a new absence management policy, reducing long-term sickness from 8.4% to 6.2%.โ€ข Gained exposure to Trade Union liaison in a manufacturing setting, including acting as the main point of contact in Employee Relations cases, a Gender Reassignment issue, pay negotiations and a new drugs/alcohol policy introduced in 2016.

Feb 2015 - Feb 2017

Divisional Hr Manager (West)

South England

๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™–๐™œ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ƒ๐™ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐˜ผ๐™—๐™—๐™š๐™ฎ๐™›๐™ž๐™š๐™ก๐™™ ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ'๐™จ ๐™’๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™™๐™ž๐™ซ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ 8 ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ 1,000 ๐™š๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฎ๐™š๐™š๐™จ. ๐™Š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™–๐™ฌ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ง๐™š๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™จ, ๐™›๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™จ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ฌ๐™ค ๐™ข๐™–๐™Ÿ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™๐™‹๐™€ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™›๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™ž๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ค๐™ก๐™™๐™š๐™ง ๐™–๐™™๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™จ.

Jan 2014 - Feb 2015

Hr Operations Manager (Promoted From Hr Adviser)

๐˜ผ๐™˜๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™ž๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™›๐™ช๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ƒ๐™ ๐™š๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฎ๐™š๐™š ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š๐™˜๐™ฎ๐™˜๐™ก๐™š ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™”๐™–๐™ง๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™‚๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฅ. ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™  ๐™–๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ƒ๐™ ๐˜ผ๐™™๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง, ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ƒ๐™ ๐™Š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™–๐™œ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™š ๐™–๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™š๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™‡๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก 7 ๐˜พ๐™„๐™‹๐˜ฟ ๐˜ผ๐™˜๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™– ๐˜ฝ๐™ง๐™ž๐™™๐™œ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™œ๐™š.๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€โ€ข Instigated a programme of actions that led to Yarlington being recognised as a "Sunday Times Top 100 Companies to work for" organisation.โ€ข Promoted on several occasions in quick succession, noted for developing internal support and efficiencies for frontline services and improving the commerciality of the business.

Jun 2009 - Dec 2013

Hr Assistant

Taunton, United Kingdom

HR support based in a centre of excellence for a large retailer. Focus on recruitment and employee relations advise in a fast paced environment.

Jun 2008 - Jul 2009
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Mcipd, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General

Acquired advanced HR capability, enhanced strategic thinking, and broadened strategic insight by completing a globally recognised Level 7.

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Gained legal expertise, practical experience, and enhanced critical thinking skills over the course of a four-year programme. Developed.

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