Experience

ANSYS Europe Ltd.

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• HR Generalist

  • Mar 2019 - Present



ANSYS, Inc.

• HR Generalist; UK, Sweden and Israel

  • Aug 2011 - Dec 2015

  Main Responsibilities• Work in a stand-alone role to provide direct guidance, advice and support managers in the UK, Sweden and Israeli businesses on employment issues such as; grievance, disciplinary, ill health capability, and performance management.• Organising staff training and assist in the full remit of recruitment.• Assist the HR Manager in harmonising terms and conditions.• Develop and implement new employment policies to assist in creating consistency across all ANSYS entities following acquisitions of other businesses.• Act as lead officer in planning, negotiating and introducing a collective agreement within the Sweden subsidiary.



West North West Homes

• Principal HR Officer

  • Apr 2010 - Aug 2011

  Main responsibilities• Work alongside the Principal HR Officer in reducing organisation absence levels by a target of 25% and help transform the existing culture of sickness absence within the organisation.• Collate and analyse attendance statistics and deliver comprehensive reports to senior management on a monthly basis. • Provide direct guidance, advice and support to managers on employment issues such as; grievance, disciplinary, ill health capability, performance management and recruitment.• Provide support at the consultation stage prior to introduction of the proposed Managing Workforce Change Policy.• Introduce and implement the new Attendance Policy by providing coaching for managers within the organisation through the development and delivery of Managing Attendance Workshops.• Formulate and implement new business management systems to enforce the implementation of the new Managing Attendance Policy at management level to achieve the target improvement in attendance.• Negotiate and prepare compromise agreements• Assist in the development of guidance notes for the new Managing Attendance Policy.



Little Chef

• United Kingdom
• Restaurants
• 100 - 200 Employee

• HR Advisor

  • Aug 2009 - Apr 2010

  Main responsibilities:• Provide guidance and advice to managers on employment issues such as grievance, disciplinary, performance management, welfare, maternity and paternity sickness management and any contractual issues.• Assist in revising and updating employment policies. I have recently updated and revised the expenses policy, maternity policy and search policy.• Write up contracts for new starters and administer contract amendments.• Assist in the recruitment of management for the restaurants including recruitment administration and participating in the assessment centres.• Ensure managers are kept up to date with any changing and up coming employment legislation• Provide HR statistics and reports for restaurant and regional managers when required• Project work



Creative Support

• HR Officer

  • Apr 2007 - Aug 2009

  Main responsibilities: • Support in providing guidance and advice to Line Managers on a range of issues including grievances, discipline, sickness absence, welfare, performance, terms and conditions of employment and legislation• Design and deliver HR Workshops and other interventions for Line Managers on the skills required to manage HR issues• Assist in revising and updating HR policies to ensure the organisation is in line with current legislation.• Chair all relief staff interviews on a weekly basis• Assist the HR manager with company restructures and redundancies• Work along side senior managers to ensure the smooth transition for TUPE transfers• Liaise with the payroll department to ensure that starter and leaver and contractual changes documentation is completed and actioned on a timely basis.• Ensure personnel files are kept up to date and securely• Assist the Personnel Administrators in any training requirements and act as a mentor.• Provide more complex statistics and reports to the Service Directors, Area Managers as and when required.• Project work. I revised and updated the disciplinary and grievance and flexible working policy. I also helped to ensure the organisation was employing legal workers by conducting a company wide audit.