Pippa Welch

Experience

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  Premier Care Ltd

  Sept 2016 - Nov 2018

  Payroll and Recruitment Officer

  Sourced and contacted candidates for varying positions within the company, booking interviews and ensuring all paperwork complies with company policy. •Trained all new starters on the systems and created a guide on how to submit weekly timesheets to streamline the onboarding process.•Authored references and requested them for all successful interviewees and processed right to work checks.•Coordinated payroll for 300+ staff, manned the phones, dealt with clients, staff members and the Local Authority. Show less

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  Global Teacher Recruitment

  Nov 2018 - Jul 2020

  Recruitment Specialist

  Recruited graduates for English language centers in Hong Kong, Macau, and mainland China.•Managed the UK divisions business development, events planning, partnerships, social media, advertising, marketing, and designing of promotional materials. •Spearheaded the student recruitment drive by contacting Universities and establishing relationships with Careers teams across the UK and via Handshake. •Obtained new accounts and partnerships with international clients via networking events, calling and directed research projects.•Consolidated the UK divisions yearly budget of £50,000 and approved all expenditure for operational costs.•Coached graduates on topics such as CV writing and interview skills to improve conversion rates of application to placement by 10%. Show less

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  I-teachers

  Jul 2020 - Sept 2021

  Education Consultant

  •Specialised in UK graduate recruitment for schools across East London and Essex with a strong focus on preparing students for the ‘Step into Teaching’ programme. •Actively sourced, shortlisted and prepared graduates for school interviews and support them across their 1 year placement. •Consulted with clients and candidates in this 360-recruitment role was both client and candidate facing and required me to build strong working relationships via regular client visits, calls and video conferencing. •Incorporated a bespoke approach to fostering effective relationships with client schools and graduates and tailored my style accordingly. •Conducted research initiatives to boost the companies reach- headed a student engagement project via Handshake, speaking to final year students and running University employability webinars. Show less

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  London South Bank University

  Sept 2021 - Mar 2024

  Lead Employability Consultant for the School of Engineering•Curated a 12-week SummIT programme for female Computer Science and Informatics students as a long term measure to prepare them for kickstarting a career in Engineering.•Designed an internship programme and managed Graduate Employability Support Officers across 8-weeks, 50% securing full-time employment on completion.•Delivering 1:1 interventions covering LinkedIn, interview skills, CV and cover letter development, presentation skills and careers conversations.•Coaching students on a 1:1 basis offering 20-25 appointments per week and tailoring my communication style depending on their needs.•Presented a 30 minute session on the impact of the SummIT programme to University Executives at the Teaching and Learning Conference 2023.•Executed extra-curricular weekly workshops for Computer Science and Informatics students including an assessment centre, simulating a recruitment agency, and bringing in guest speakers from organisations such as BNY Mellon, IBM and Apple.•Influenced overhauling the skills model and careers registration to be used across all academic areas to benchmark student understanding of core employability skills.•Implemented an in-class strategy for L4-L6 Mechanical Engineering students and delivered this across a 12 week period to 100+ per session. Show less •Coordinating 5 Graduate Callers across the academic year to collate essential graduate outcomes data to inform the service of target areas for employability interventions.•Calculating and analysing monthly statistics for 3000+ individuals on graduate outcomes for the Head of Service.•Overhauled the projects strategy and implemented written guides for all new starters.•Created an induction programme hosted on a yearly basis with a combination of in person sessions and online collaborative workshops.•Overseeing the yearly budget and costings including staff hours, Skype costings and predicted expenditure.•Regularly providing 1-2-1 and group support for staff whilst adapting to changing project demands and updates.•Reviewing all data entry and monitoring weekly progress made across the team. Show less

  • Employability Consultant

    Sept 2021 - Mar 2024

  • Graduate Data Manager

    Sept 2021 - Mar 2024
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  Queen Mary University of London

  Mar 2024 - now

  Careers Consultant