Rob Freestone Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

* Career Consultant to approx 300 clients (at all levels up to and including Senior Management) providing career management and development advice using guidance, counselling techniques, coaching and advisory skills to assist clients to clarify and achieve career goals. * Facilitate outplacement workshops on a regular basis to groups of up to 18 enabling.

* Programme lead for the Delivery Skills Programme creating and delivering a suite of learning activities both face to face, virtual and on-demand to a staff of up to 50.* Design and delivery of internal Personal Career Management sessions for up to 80 staff on rolling basis throughout the year* Design and creation of company wide on-boarding process.

Feltham Young Offenders Institute

• Worked with young offenders at HMP Feltham YOI, providing 1-1 advice and guidance with aim of helping them to realise potential and developing skills along with networking with employers and other support agencies with.

• Devised and implemented a range of policies for Amber Foundation in preparation for Investors in People accreditation including recruitment and selection (devising and producing an application form template), induction.

• Solely responsible for the adoption of all HR policies and procedures for a bank of temporary staff (approx. 70) in light of Fixed Term Employees’ (Prevention of less favourable treatment) regulations 2002 including.
• Formulated a structured salary grading structure for a team of 30 based in Liberia in consultancy role, liaising with heads of other NGOs in order to gain information on local salaries and benefits resulting in a fair.
• Recruitment and selection of permanent staff in UK head office for Tearfund (placing of job advertisements, short-listing with management, and interviewing)
• Managed the recruitment process (including advertising, short-listing and interviewing) for a team of 30 national and ex pat staff in Liberia on an emergency food distribution and water/sanitation programme..

Teddington

• Managed recruitment processes including placing of job adverts, co-ordination of application forms, arranging job interviews.
• Dealt with general HR queries from staff including pay and welfare issues

L&D Business Partner Level 5, Distinction

Postgraduate Diploma In Careers Guidance, Careers Guidance

Ba Hons Business Studies, Human Resources Management, 2:1