Kathryn Barker (Assoc. CIPD)

Experience

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  The Crewe Arms Hotel

  Oct 2011 - May 2014

  Waitress

  - Gained excellent communication skills in welcoming guests into the restaurant, checking room numbers, and taking their orders- Gained good teamwork skills in working as part of a team to manage the hotel restaurant- Gained excellent organisation skills in multitasking to ensure that all duties were complete by the end of each shift -Gained good punctuality skills through my strong attendance record-Gained excellent presentation skills, in presenting both myself and buffet food in a professional way Show less

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  Cheshire East Council

  Jul 2013 - Jul 2013

  HR Work Experience

  - Gained an insight into how the various HR sub-departments operated, of HR Delivery, HR Strategy and Organisational Development. - Assisted with administration duties, including reviewing grievance cases, preparing letters, scanning, printing, photocopying- Attended an OD meeting - Assisted at an Interview Skills event at a local high school, aiming to help Year 7s ask effective interview questions

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  Fayrefield Foods Ltd

  Apr 2014 - Jun 2014

  Technical Assistant

  Gained quality control experience and attention to detail skills in this role, through preparing food samples to be tested for their quality. Conducted test bakes to assess the consistency of different ingredients, which involved adhering to catering and machinery guidelines. I ensured that the ingredients used in foodstuffs were safe to use. I made popcakes using catering machinery which were sent to a local hotel to be served at breakfast.

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  Peninsula Business Services

  Jul 2015 - Nov 2015

  Employment Advice Services Internship

  Gained insight into fast-paced HR consultancy environment through• Taking inbound calls from clients, transferring them to the correct advisor• Proactive calls – ensuring clients are satisfied with the service• Managing advisor workloads; jobbing and sweeping tasks from/into task lists• Overtime payroll • Conducting client advice reports • Monitoring employee pen portraits • General administration duties; posting letters, faxes, scanning

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  Arriva TrainCare

  Dec 2015 - Dec 2015

  Administrative Assistant

  - Reception - taking incoming calls, welcoming visitors- Administration - archiving employee leaver files, creating letters, scanning

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  Grupo Antolin

  Jan 2016 - May 2016

  HR Placement ( voluntary )

  - Booking holidays for both permanent and temporary employees - Reviewing staff absences and spotting any trends - Checking staff timesheets and employee clock in/clock out times - Organising training forms - Note taking formal meetings - Devising three spreadsheets for employee contact details, absences, and disciplinary notes

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  Cheshire East Council

  Jun 2016 - Sept 2016

  Data Quality Monitoring Officer

  • Assisting with the migration of clientele data between two IT software systems of PARIS and Liquid Logic, including uploading client referrals and financial assessment requests• Posting financial assessment packs to assess client’s financial contribution towards receiving community/residential care

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  Turning Point

  Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

  HR Administrator

  • Completing employment, letting and mortgage references for current and previous employees • Completing leaver letters• DBS renewals • Project co-ordination; booking meeting rooms, inviting attendees, devising clear and informative agendas and minute-taking for organisation compliance records • General administration duties; posting letters, printing, scanning, photocopying

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  Project One

  Sept 2017 - Feb 2018

  HR Administrator

  • Supporting the HR department to become GDPR compliant, in accordance with the new regulation which came into force in May 2018. This includes scanning employee files onto their electronic folder, and ensuring information is saved accurately and in line with company standards • Providing administration support for the Contract Consultation process; including assisting with contract date and clause amendments, frequently updating a tracker (Microsoft Excel) with employee queries and responses, producing reports on statistics for the HR Director • Assisting with employee pre-employment checks; including Disclosure Scotland and Know Your Candidate • Preparing new starter packs • Updating new starter and leaver details on the HR database• HR projects – including supporting the HR assistant to streamline the business induction process • Posting letters Show less

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  WEX Europe Services Limited

  Feb 2018 - Jun 2018

  HR Administrator (Europe)

  • Issuing of offer packs including contracts of employment, and country specific new employee documents for the UK and Europe offices • Collection of new starter documents for UK and Europe • Processing of new starters and leavers, including ensuring new starter and leaver paperwork is handed to payroll• Management of HR system (Snowdrop), including adding new employee details onto the software, making necessary changes to employee details when required, handling Snowdrop notifications e.g. end of probations, end of fixed term contracts • Management of absence recording tool (E-Days), including adding new employees onto the system and amending absence reporting lines • Facilitation of Resource Committee; creating meeting agenda, tracking and processing meeting outcomes • Providing parent companies with reports and data upon request; employee and contractor headcounts for Wex Inc. and new starter and leaver information for employee benefits provider, Capita Show less

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  Cheshire East Council

  Aug 2018 - now

  Social Care Business Support and Finance Administrator