Mike Bowler

Experience

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  Protocol National Ltd

  May 2002 - Jun 2009

  Recruitment Manager

  Management of a recruitment team, providing staffing solutions to the Further Education and training sectors on both a permanent and temporary basis.

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  Remploy Ltd

  Sept 2009 - May 2010

  Account Manager

  Responsible for helping long-term unemployed job seekers back to work, business development with local companies to secure vacancies while delivering employability to workshops to prepare job seekers for the employment market.

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  Central College Nottingham

  Jun 2010 - Jan 2013

  Responsible for the audit compliance of £10m worth of Government training programmes ensuring documentation met all funding regulations. (Apprenticeships, Train2Gain / Workplace Learning).Managed relationships with 16 external training providers who delivered training on the college’s behalf, trouble shooting and advising on correct procedures to help maximise funding opportunities. This was a temporary generalist HR role, responsible for providing advice and guidance to senior managers on recruitment procedures, management of the full recruitment cycle, took the lead during the interview process, interviewed staff members and witnesses in relation to unfair dismissal cases.

  • Audit & Compliance Team Leader

    Feb 2011 - Jan 2013

  • HR Assistant (Temporary)

    Jun 2010 - Feb 2011
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  Vision West Nottinghamshire College

  Jan 2013 - Sept 2015

  Operations Manager

  This role was a data management post, where I was responsible for analysing the performance of the college from top-level through to detailed information at course and individual lecturer level. In addition, reporting on the performance of external training providers the college sub-contracted Apprenticeship provision to.

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  Nottingham Trent University

  Nov 2015 - Dec 2015

  HR Assistant (Temporary)

  This was a temporary role have been made redundant from my role as Operations Manager at West Nottinghamshire College.I took this position to gain some current experience in a HR function as this a a career which I wish to pursue.The role was a generalist one, managing the entire recruitment cycle, advising hiring managers on processes and procedures, writing contracts and ensuring all on boarding documentation was in place prior to successful candidates commencing employment.

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  Nottingham Trent University

  Feb 2016 - Oct 2018

  • Manage fast-paced large volume recruitment, placing vacancies, arranging interviews, issuing offer letters/contracts, liaising with agencies• Active member of interview panels with recruiting managers• Provide first line HR generalist advice on ad-hoc basis to managers• Supporting HR Assistants with sickness, maternity and paternity cases• Note taker in grievance and disciplinary meetings, fully aware of processes and procedures involved• Deliver training to managers and other staff on the use of recruitment software (Group and 1:1)• Full responsibility for visa, eligibility to work in UK and on-boarding procedures Show less

  • Human Resources Assistant

    Nov 2017 - Oct 2018

  • HR Administrator - Professional Services

    Feb 2016 - Nov 2017
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  Nottingham College

  Nov 2018 - Sept 2021

  People Services Officer (covering 8 sites)

  • Management of highly complex and sensitive casework covering all aspects of employee relations and change management, including Pay and Grading, Job Evaluation, performance, disciplinaries, redundancies and sickness absence.• Coach and develop managers to evaluate employee relations issues, provide solution-led advice, appropriately apply policies and procedures to reach appropriate outcomes in line with best practice and legislation. • Analyse workforce metrics to produce regular reports to the Senior Leadership Team. Identifying trends in data used to develop appropriate strategies, objectives and contribute to organisation-wide changes.• Manage and implement departmental restructuring, organising redeployment and redundancy exercises appropriately. • Mentor a People Services Assistant and People Services Administrators.• Developed, re-designed and launched a college-wide new Staff Benefits portal with a zero budget. Show less

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  University of Nottingham

  Sept 2021 - now

  Assistant HR Business Partner