Babette Powell Assoc CIPD

Experience

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  Statoil

  Mar 2010 - Aug 2014

  Main contact for Recruitment and Inductions Main contact for Recruitment and Inductions

  • HR Consultant

    Jun 2013 - Aug 2014

  • HR Admin Assistant

    Mar 2010 - Jun 2013
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  The Royal College of General Practitioners

  Feb 2015 - Jun 2015

  HR Officer

  Employee Relations:• Actively participate in the College performance management system, by administering the College Performance Review processes.• Provide advice to staff, sometimes on sensitive matters, liaising as necessary with the HR/OD Business Partners, to ensure that staff issues are resolved effectively. • Reviewed and revised template letters for Employee Relations issues, inc. Grievance, Disciplinary and Wellbeing• Analyse and contribute to the revising of policies to ensure compliance with legislation and best practice• Organise the Job Evaluation Committee, ensuring that agendas, paperwork and outcome letters, advice to staff regarding briefing sheets and appeals and feedback to EMT, are issued in a timely manner.• Update the HR Intranet home pages including uploading HR Policy updates.Employee Engagement• Support the HR&OD Business Partner with the design, production and implementation of the College Staff Survey.• Collate Staff Survey results and, with the HR&OD Business Partner produce a results report.Learning & Development• Work with the HR&OD Business Partners to produce learning and development solutions that meet individual development needs and the business needs of the College. • Work with the HR&OD Business Partners to develop effective induction and corporate induction programmes for the College• Report on Learning and Development needs identified through the College’s Performance Review process and produce a wide Learning Needs Analysis and Learning strategy • Have an understanding of e learning techniques and be involved in the creation and delivery of e learning solutions for the College.• Monitor and evaluate learning solutions via feedback questionnaires for each course and review progress of employees through follow-up questionnaires to line managers. Show less

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  DiaSorin

  Jun 2015 - May 2018

  HR Advisor

  (Key strategic responsibility) Advise managers on increasing site results through good performance management. Working in partnership with the HR Manager, Site Director, and outside partners to improve feedback, encouragement, and recognition of good and high performance.Maintain compliance with Company policies and legislative requirements by advising and influencing managers and staff. Where necessary, writing or updating policies.provide advice and guidance on employment relations and law issues.Manage the administrative tasks for HR management on site, including,a. Absence management including sickness.b. Workforce analysis reportsc. HR/payroll system (Ceridian).d. Payroll and pension/benefits providers to deliver servicese. Manage all HR records.f. Recruitment, candidate selection, and induction5. Provide advice and guidance on employee resourcing matters and manage the recruitment, selection and induction process.Manage various agreed ad hoc HR projects.Support the development and implementation of EHS projects, procedures and instructions and oversight on the correct application, including self-checks in the area of responsibility (e.g. PPE).Review incident/hazard reports and safety check outcomes and follow up corrective actions Show less

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  ABP UK

  May 2018 - Apr 2020

  People Manager

  Delivering a full HR service across the site of a site of approx. 250 employees with additional workers supplied by external agency labour providers. Managing 7 direct reports (including Canteen, Laundry/Hygiene)Partnering with the senior management team to support business objectives and implement the People Change strategy. Taking the lead in 2019 with the Site shift pattern restructure from a double shift to single shift, which included redundancy of 30 employees. • Provide timely advice, coaching and support to line managers on all HR related issues. Including disciplinary matters, grievances, flexible working applications, performance management, restructuring, absence management, etc.• Lead in recruitment and selection processes, including attendance at interviews and correspondence with applicants or their representatives.• Keep up to date with Employment Law changes and ensure all processes and procedures are legal, fair and discriminative.• Liaise with external labour providers to ensure their compliance with current legislation and company policy and procedures, co-ordinating with on-site coordinators where applicable.• Contribute to the improvement of Site and Group strategies, policies and procedures; support and promote the implementation of existing strategies, policies and procedures.• Drive the Group Modern Slavery strategy on site including ensuring compliance checks are completed, worker interviews are conducted and raising awareness within the team.• Responsible for Ethical Audits including the administration and management of the SEDEX audit portal.• Work with line managers to reduce short term absences; work with the Health and Safety Manager and the OCH provider to effectively manage and reduce long term absence.• Oversee payroll.• Collate and report on People/HR KPI metrics in line with existing strategy to ensure clarity and consistency of people data. Show less

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  BPHR Consultancy

  Jun 2020 - now

  Director

  Bespoke Personable HR ConsultancyWebsite: www.bphrconsultancy.co.ukCall: 07855 374 511