Talent Strategy Director - UK, NL & DE

• Sep 2021 - Present

Shortlisted RPO team of the year - Maturing the Spinks On Site Solution and building attraction, engagement and retention strategies and solutions - Responsible for the successful delivery of onsite programmes across the UK and Europe - Strategic lead for implementation of new/expanded projects - Drive the team to develop comprehensive, strategic hiring strategies including passive candidate outreach, recruitment marketing plans and utilization of cutting-edge recruitment technologies - Identify the opportunities and drive implementation of innovative programs, events and campaigns to build candidate pipeline and drive recruiting strategy to meeting hiring goals - Serve as subject matter expert to current and prospective clients Show less

Co Host

• Jun 2022 - Present

Talent Savvy is a podcast on all things talent. Together we discuss talent acquisition, employer branding, HR Tech and much more Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/kw/podcast/talent-savvy/id1592824512 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tNES8Bj4WpzvPV3LUpGCI Talent Savvy is a podcast on all things talent. Together we discuss talent acquisition, employer branding, HR Tech and much more Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/kw/podcast/talent-savvy/id1592824512 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tNES8Bj4WpzvPV3LUpGCI

Community Manager

• Dec 2022 - Present

Talent Strategy Director

• Sep 2021 - Present

Operations Director

• Mar 2019 - Aug 2021

- Advising and supporting RL100 members on; vendor and supplier recommendations, sharing insight into talent market and benchmarking, shaping roles as they grow their talent teams and suggesting solutions to specific talent problems/bottlenecks etc- Project Director on RL100 special projects; this has included the development of the RL100 leadership programme (with collaboration), lobbying for policy change within the TA industry, creation of industry whitepapers and I also created, select content manage and host the RL100 virtual campfires which is where Talent Leaders come together on a weekly basis to network and learn from other members- Supplier and vendor advisory, assisting services and tech products fine tune their product, offering and positioning for their TA audience- Formalising and tracking all aspects of our process, ensuring that our teams are operating in the most efficient ways- Tracking and forecasting trends and changes in legislation to assist the business pivot and also understand the right time to return to our in-person product- Budget holder responsible for tracking and reporting spend- Sitting on the leadership team means I am involved with every aspect of our talent; performance, culture, recruitment etc Show less

Head of Client Success

• Mar 2019 - Nov 2019

Head of People Operations - UK & SE

• Apr 2017 - Mar 2019

Scede.io was founded in 2013 with a vision to embed with Europe's most exciting technology companies, to build great tech teams and great staffing practice. - Project management and launch of Peakon (engagement tool) - using the data analysis to deliver improvements in retention, operational processes, performance and internal communications. - Playing a key role in the growth of the business growing by 180%, - including direct hires (60% of new hires), resource planning and project allocation - Introduced and shaped processes of the entire people lifecycle (attraction & engagement, selection, onboarding, L&D and separation) - Production and review of all people metrics - Developed the Scede.io employer brand - Vendor and supplier manager - Job boards, LinkedIn, Avature, agencies etc ensuring we maximised return - Produced insights to allow CEO to make decisions, such as what tools to buy, or where to deploy more resources - Managing and monitoring the performance of individual talent team performances and overall team performance including P&L - Ensuring that talent teams operate in the most efficient way, by setting up the right tools and removing unnecessary friction in everyday operations - Developed recruiter training sessions, learning library, lunch and learns with external professionals etc Show less

Head of Talent and People Operations

• Jun 2013 - Mar 2017

An organisational consulting firm offering strategy and project implementation across talent acquisition, talent and people operations. Achievements: - Built a reputable Talent agency that led to two offers of a joint venture (one being a £90m turnover business) and a position in James Caan’s first Future HR and Talent Leadership Programme - Voted the top 4 best connected women on LinkedIn in the UK within the HR and Talent industry - Hr & Talent articles published in UK Recruiter, Recruitment Buzz and Recruiter Republic Focus: - People and talent advisory - Advisory and delivery of EVP builds, recruitment marketing and recruitment / pipelining events - Content creation: blog posts, podcasts, videos, email campaigns etc. Sample projects: - The design and set up of a talent function - inc developing culture, recruitment process, data & reporting and their EVP and delivering the first 3 immediate roles - Assessing an entire organization's talent to identify who would be able to assist the business pivot and who should be put at risk of redundancy through monitoring teams, analysing data and one to one interviews. I then went on to hold the redundancy consultations and work with the Commercial Director on future hires to rebuild and pivot - The design and build of an L&D Academy framework - Design and development of a confidential HRD role, in which I designed what was needed in the talent function and therefore the HRD role to help a business go through their PE journey - Design and delivery of a series of recruiter capability workshops (15 people trained) - Selection and implementation of an ATS, CRM and other recruitment tools for an startup that was building a talent function Show less

Recruitment Team Leader

• Jun 2012 - Jun 2013

Avanta Enterprise Ltd is one of the UK’s leading multi-disciplined recruitment and training providers- Management role with 4–11 direct reports. Management included; training, setting KPI's and performance reviews- Total billings of £380k. Managed team billings and achieved £2.35m- Part of a taskforce looking at how PeoplePlus can integrate more effectively with partners from a performance service and work systems perspective. I was the only non-Manager to be invited

Delivery Consultant

• Jan 2012 - Jun 2012

Delivery Consultant

• Oct 2010 - Dec 2011

Account Management for an Ecommerce recruitment specialist providing Creative, Marketing and Sales Professionals to the industry. - 100% Delivery role - Average fee of £7,000 and biggest deal achievement of £13,000. Yearly billing of £121k Account Management for an Ecommerce recruitment specialist providing Creative, Marketing and Sales Professionals to the industry. - 100% Delivery role - Average fee of £7,000 and biggest deal achievement of £13,000. Yearly billing of £121k