Sharnbrook, England, United Kingdom
A passionate and disruptive HR & People Manager, committed to people, their learning & development, well-being, and overall happiness and fulfilment at work. I am CIPD Level 5 qualified, and a mental health first aider. I am determined to improve mental health and well-being in the workplace, to reduce stigma, support individuals and improve performance. I enjoy working at both a strategic level, driving business projects, plans and profitably, as well as operationally, with the day to day challenges and activities involved as a HR Professional. A true generalist.
My mission every day is to drive high performance and a great place to work. It’s why I’m here and it’s what I’m incredibly passionate about. By embracing and leading our high challenge and high support culture, I work closely with and empower our people managers to drive high performance within their teams. Working as part of the senior leadership team, and closely with the board, I’m responsible for our people pillar and strategy at both Lifesure and Barnes Commercial. Through the delivery of key strategic projects, as well as a comprehensive learning & development initiative, I am helping to build a strong and successful future for our businesses and our people. With the support of a People & Performance Coordinator, I manage and oversee the full range of HR matters, leading and developing our managers along the way. My role is all encompassing and completely varied, ranging from employee relations, recruitment and onboarding, to payroll, wellbeing, people strategy and everything and anything in between.
Sitting on the Senior Leadership Team, I directly support the Board by heading up the People and Performance function at both Lifesure and Barnes Commerical, with the support of a L&D Coordinator. I am responsible for the entirety of the HR Function, from recruitment, employee relations and L&D to well-being and strategy. We operate on a Business Partner HR model, in a high challenge - high support culture. I am responsible for working with and training our people managers to empower them to handle daily HR related queries from their teams, while also being the central support as required.
Standalone HR Advisor, managing all aspects of the Human Resource Function, from administration, to daily Employee Relations matters, recruitment, strategic planning and project work.
I was promoted to HR Officer (Advisor) following the successful completion of my CIPD Level 5 Qualification. My duties involved Business Partnering departments within the business, supporting and handling all issues from start to finish, including (but not limited to) recruitment, on-boarding, learning & development, discipline and grievance, and mediation. Sadly, due to a team restructure, this role has become redundant, thus leading to my search for a new opportunity.
Just over a year into my HR career, I was promoted to the role of HR Coordinator, supporting the Director of HR in projects and daily tasks. I have also taken on the role of Maternity Coordinator to support the large number of colleagues we have recently experienced preparing for and going off on various types of leave, and ensuring the process is smooth and transparent for them all during the very busy time. In addition to this, I also manage Flexible Working Requests, which includes delivering training to managers as well as managing the process for each individual request. I work as a Business Partner for two of our large departments internally, working closely with the Hotel Manager, F&B Manager and Spa Manager. Together we monitor a dashboard for each team, which identifies budgets, payroll, mandatory training and headcounts etc. This tool is used to ensure the department are working at their best efficiency, whilst also compliant. I am responsible for ensuring all mandatory training is booked and attended, such as first aid and food safety, whilst also regularly researching to establish what other opportunities there may be available for staff, such as workshops on well being and mindfulness. I am also the point of call for any HR system based queries for Select HR, Flow Training and Litmos.
I am the HR Administrator for a family-run business of approximately 380 employees within the hospitality industry. I have always had a strong interest in HR and have been determined to find an opportunity to start the next stage of my career within this area. Some of my daily responsibilities include the on boarding of new starters, ensuring all paperwork is accurate and complete; organising training courses, both internally and externally, and inductions for new starters; organising chocolates and birthday cards to go to all employees on a weekly basis; keeping staff files up to date and processing any changes efficiently; ordering and organising uniforms for new starters and new roles across site. I work very closely with the payroll officer and the PA of the Managing Director on a daily basis.