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United Kingdom

Nationwide

North, Uk

This role consisted of leading the resourcing/talent acquisition transformation at BMI Healthcare, the UK's Largest Private Healthcare Provider, with a focus on assessment material modernisation, recruitment systems upgrades, careers website re-brand and implementation of a direct-hire model. Supporting the business on the talent acquisition of all operational and corporate roles. I led a team of recruiters who are responsible for all talent sourcing activities including talent pipelining, headhunting, referral generation and market mapping. I was responsible for annual resourcing budget planning and creating a resourcing strategy in partnership with our media partner, including reducing the cost per hire, shortening the time to hire and reducing the need for third-party partners.A strong focus on business partnering with the business’ Senior Leadership Team, to ensure that the right talent is acquired in line with business objectives and in line with the BMI Behaviour framework. I was responsible for managing third-party resourcing related relationships, which include media and advertising partners and recruitment agencies.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Resourcing Manager for MyDentist (IDH), headed up the UK Resourcing Strategy with over 600 practices, managing a team of 12A key focus for this role is improving the number of hires and process for clinical resourcing ultimately resulting in an increase of contracts served to the NHS and to private patients to increase the company EBITDA by end of FY20, this profitability project places a big focus on resourcing as the catalyst for success. Looking for organic search & selection methodologies to be seen as a market leader and attract/engage candidates in cutting edge and inventive ways in a hyper-competitive labour market.Aspects of Role:• Designing routes to market to attract both volume roles and niche specialist roles• Build & evolve the candidate journey process via new strategies to engage with candidates• Recruitment process improvement and strategical reviews to ensure service is best in class• Partnering with senior leaders across the business to influence & guide resourcing’s agenda• Management of PSL agreements• Improving stakeholder engagement in resourcing processes• Creative work to improve EVP and employer brand within the dental and clinical arenas• Implementing new projects that target hard to fill geographies• Resourcing Key Metric Reporting• Working with Leaders in the creation of talent pathways to improve retention• Improving on-boarding process to improve candidate journey and start date lead times

Manchester, United Kingdom

As Resourcing Business Partner for the London & South East Region, my role involved:• Elements of Resourcing, Employee Relations, Reward, Learning and Development• Line management of team of 2• Designing attraction campaigns• Designed and implemented Newly Qualified & Graduate Recruitment Strategy for South East• Operated a candidate retention project • Designed and implemented selection process for internal talent development • Ran resourcing excellence sessions with hiring managers• Promoting company Employee Brand and value in the market and online• Creating and maintaining a regional recruitment and resourcing plan• Updating and ownership of resourcing MI and providing insight on resourcing metrics• Using social media as a tool to head hunt for senior appointments and covert searches• Manage 3rd party relationships with agencies• Act as subject matter expert in attraction and selection choices• Market mapping of competitor talent

National, United Kingdom

As Senior Recruitment Business Partner for Yodel my role involved:• Accountable for a team of 22 which is made up of 4 Regional Recruitment Business Partners, 2 Senior Talent Scouts and 16 Talent Scouts, ensuring the delivery of a quality pipeline of candidates across both Employed and Self-Employed areas in order to meet current and future recruitment demands.• Day to day line Management of the Talent Scout team against agreed KPI framework• Shaping annual recruitment plans through the provision of market knowledge and demographic analysis, highlighting risks and challenges to the success of resource delivery• Advising on and reviewing routes to market, identifying and adopting innovative recruitment channels where appropriate• Shaping and leading Yodel’s brand awareness (Employer Value Proposition) working in conjunction with Coms and Marketing teams to position Yodel as a compelling employer of choice• Manage third party marketing providers (SMRS) in ensuring that we get cost benefit and that all Yodel investments are measurable, giving clear ROI for each activity.• Manage team workloads and ensure resource is aligned to specific business demands• Ensure robust selection and assessment methodology is applied to screen prospective applicants against role and behavioural profiles• Upskilling managers with self-designed “Train the Interviewer” sessions • Benchmark and “Right-size” roles salaries and packages to ensure competitiveness • Liaise with Regional RBP to ensure pipeline activity meets future demand• Recommend alternative attraction methodology where traditional channels need additional support• Constantly network within the candidate community to source referrals and additional candidate pipelines• Constantly monitor and improve the Candidate experience and ensure a quality recruitment journey

Liverpool & Hatfield

This role required me to deliver the operational resourcing requirements in Support Centre (Finance, Legal, Procurement and Central Operations etc) and to manage the high volume operations recruitment team for the UK South Division (Service Centre/ Depot Level).I provided a professional in house resource partnering service to the organisation through building sustainable, strong business relationships with key stake holders, understanding their commercial requirements, and working collaboratively to deliver their manpower and resourcing requirements. My role was focussed to work within a Direct Hire Resourcing Model, to reduce the reliance on agencies within the business and to reduce costs in this area.Projects involved in:• Overseeing the implementation of a new recruitment management system (i-GRasp)• Advising operational stakeholders on interview best practice and mentoring newly appointed hiring managers in terms of recruitment processes and interview techniques• Recruiting and people managing a team of recruitment assistants to support with an insourcing project to save costs on using an external agency• Advising and supporting in the development of the third party recruitment within Yodel by undergoing the process of formally implementing and rolling out a new role profile• Supporting the Recruitment Operations Manager on team/ project management in her absence• Ongoing Ex-Military recruitment activitiesThrough this role I have experience in:• Talent Search and Attraction Tools: Job Boards including Reed, Total Jobs, Monster, CV Library, Jobsite, CW Jobs, GAAP Web, S1 Jobs, Indeed, Direct.Gov and Gumtree• Social Media Recruitment, Search and Selection: LinkedIn Recruiter, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Hootsuite• Line management of Recruitment Advisors (x3), Recruitment Assistants (x8) and Recruitment Apprentice (x2) colleagues

Northwest & Yorkshire

I managed the direct hire recruitment strategy across two main UK locations for AdviserPlus Business Solutions. My role involved:• Providing consultative resourcing support to senior business stakeholders. • Managing ATS/RMS system and complex spreadsheets• Supported in the implementation of a direct hiring resourcing model which over the course of 3 years has produced business savings of over £900k. • Interviewing of candidates and psychometric testing and analysis.• Search and selection via CV database, social media and executive headhunts.• Managed a team of 2; recruitment administrator and business administrator, who have both developed from business apprenticeships with AdviserPlus.• Recruit and resource for all departments of the business; HR, IT, Customer Services, Finance, Payroll, MI, Operations and Facilities Management.Key Achievements:• Fully resourced transactional department, consisting of a headcount of 30 staff for a new client implementation, including: 3 senior headhunts. Delivered under budget and on time.• Supported with implementation of direct hiring model which carried a £900k business savings in its first 3 years.• Awarded for delivering on a competitor analysis project via Xpert HR and private research into direct competitors salaries and benefits bench marking. • Set up successful covert talent pool via a LinkedIn Group, allows direct access to a network of over 150 privately networked HR & Payroll professionals.• Successfully resourced for an emergency back fill project for 28 failed TUPE transfer candidates with a very short deadline. Delivered on budget and on time.• Supported with successful implementation of new Applicant Tracking System and MI portal

Wirral, Merseyside