Experience

King Edward VI School, Southampton

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of HR

  • Nov 2015 - Present

  • Strategic HR leadership in a dynamic and fast paced environment. • Lead a team of 3 HR professionals working collaboratively to create a professional, approachable and values driven HR team. • Guide senior leaders on complex HR matters, challenging where appropriate to reach pragmatic solutions. • Effectively manage operational HR issues, including disciplinaries, grievances and redundancies. • Pro-actively manage sickness absence and wellbeing issues. • Ensure the Schools meet all compliance requirements relating to the employment, induction and training of staff. • Lead on all aspects of the recruitment process. • Support managers with Staff Induction, training and appraisals. • Pro-actively develop HR policies, procedures and documents to meet changing legislative needs. • Provide training and development on HR disciplines to enhance best practice and line management capability. Show less

• HR Development Advisor

  • May 2014 - Present

  To support both the secondary and preparatory school in effectively managing operational HR issues and to assist in reaching successful HR solutions for all Teaching Staff across both sites. In particular, provide support to SMT on grievance, disciplinary, sickness absence management and redundancy consultation processes.To be pro-active in developing HR policies and procedures to meet changing school and legislative needs. To ensure the School meets all compliance requirements relating to the employment, induction and training of staff.To revise, drive and monitor the Teaching Staff Induction, Continuing Professional Development and the Performance and Development Process. To provide training and development on HR disciplines to enhance the School’s best practice.To work with the Head’s PA to provide full recruitment support for Teaching Staff vacancies. Show less



Westover Group

• Human Resources Advisor

  • Jun 2012 - Apr 2014

  Coached and advised managers in all employee relations matters across multiple sites, ensuring that Company and legal standards were maintained. Areas of expertise included disciplinary, grievance, sickness absence monitoring and welfare meetings and performance management. Exit Interviews – responsible for completing face to face exit interviews with all leavers. Developed an annual report which included summary data, feedback and recommendations for the Board. Projects - Recruitment Toolkit - shortlisting matrices, interview questions and guidance for line managers of the pitfalls of the recruitment process - Managers Handbook - guidance on the key areas of the employee lifecycle - Employee Handbook - review and update of the handbook Show less



Nuffield Health

• United Kingdom
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• HR Advisor

  • May 2006 - Sep 2010

  HR advice and coaching to Nuffield Health line management and local HR contacts across more than 50 sites. Areas of advice included Performance and Sickness Absence Management, and the Disciplinary, Grievance, Redundancy and Recruitment processes. Recruitment - assisted managers in the preparation of Job Descriptions, advertised roles through the appropriate media, which often involved liaising with agencies, interviews, offers of employment, temporary assignments, work visa applications. HR Policy Review -assisted in the review of the Maternity, Paternity, Parental Leave and Flexible Working Policies. Project work - Intranet based Induction for Hospital staff - chaired a working party to develop the content, uploaded the content and developed a process to monitor completion. Show less



MVA Ltd

• HR Administrator

  • Oct 2002 - Apr 2006

  Provided advice and guidance to managers and employees on HR policies and procedures. Administered wide ranging HR matters including Private Health Care scheme, Company Car scheme, annual salary and bonus review, joiners and leavers, work permit applications, maternity, paternity, and parental leave. Graduate Recruitment - responsible for reviewing the process for the 2006 graduate intake. Researched and put recommendations forward for the use of Graduate Assessment Centres. Assisted in the design of the Centres and was responsible for running the assessment days. Other responsibilities included producing the graduate brochure, updating the website, liaising with university careers' services, shortlisting, arranging attendance both of candidates and assessors, acting as an assessor and making offers of employment. General Recruitment - liaised with agencies to agree rates and to set up interviews, obtained references, produced contracts of employment. Maintained the HR database and used the information stored to provide reports. Liaised with payroll. Show less



Panasonic, Bracknell

• Sales Administrator

  • Nov 2001 - Oct 2002

  Administered sales for five Regional Sales Managers and their clients. Liaised with clients, the UK distribution centre and factories in Japan. Administered sales for five Regional Sales Managers and their clients. Liaised with clients, the UK distribution centre and factories in Japan.



John Lewis & Partners

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• HR Administrator

  • Jun 2001 - Nov 2001

  Fixed-Term Administered the employment of 60 part-time members of staff in preparation for Sunday trading. Fixed-Term Administered the employment of 60 part-time members of staff in preparation for Sunday trading.