Experience

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  Lighthouse School

  • Leeds, England, United Kingdom

  • Human Resources Business Partner

    • Sep 2021 - Present
    • Leeds, England, United Kingdom
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  HORSFORTH SCHOOL

  • Horsforth, Leeds

  • Human Resources Manager

    • Sep 2020 - Aug 2021
    • Horsforth, Leeds
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  Greenhead College

  • Huddersfield, United Kingdom

  • Interim HR Manager

    • Sep 2019 - Dec 2019
    • Huddersfield, United Kingdom
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  St Mary’s Horsforth Voluntary Academy

  • Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  • Office Manager

    • Jan 2019 - Aug 2019
    • Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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  Provident Financial Group - Provident HC & ...

  • Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  • HR

    • Jan 2017 - Nov 2018
    • Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

    My duties included advising managers, updating and drafting policies for the UK & Ireland, employee relations, absence management, and recruitment.

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  Bradford Grammar School

  • Bradford, West Yorkshire

  • HR Manager

    • Aug 2007 - Nov 2016
    • Bradford, West Yorkshire

    Headed up the HR department and my duties included:• Providing employment relations advice & support to all areas.• Ensuring quality recruitment & selection processes tailored appropriately • Overseeing the production of all contractual and employment related documentation, electronic and...

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  John Peters (Furnishings) Ltd

  • Leeds

  • HR and Health & Safety Officer

    • Aug 2004 - Jul 2007
    • Leeds

    In a stand-alone generalist role with a retail furniture company I successfully introduced and integrated HR and Health & Safety into the business across 13 stores and 2 warehouses across Yorkshire and Humberside. Reason for leaving – made redundant when the company went into administration.

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  Arla Foods

  • Leeds, West Yorkshire

  • Secretary to Head of HR

    • Apr 2001 - Apr 2004
    • Leeds, West Yorkshire

    Following the death of my partner I returned to a secretarial role (albeit within an HR department) for a while.Duties were the normal secretarial ones - typing, minuting meetings, inputting data onto the HR database, attending TU meetings, intercepting telephone calls, managing diaries, making t...

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  Yorkshire Television

  • Leeds, West Yorkshire

  • Personnel/Benefits Officer

    • Mar 1983 - Apr 2001
    • Leeds, West Yorkshire

    I dealt with all aspects of recruitment & selection across 4 TV stations (Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle and London); inducted new starters; drafted policies & procedures; provided statistical reports for senior management and the Board; advised management and staff with regard to employmen...