Ben Watkins

Experience

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  Surrey Police

  Jul 2009 - Aug 2010

  HR Data Quality Desk Assistant (Placement Year)

  Whilst completing my year’s placement on the HR Data Quality Desks my main responsibilities were to monitor and look after the HR Systems within Surrey Police. I ensured that the Duty Management Systems, Training Administration System and Human Resource Management System were all correct and the information was pulling through from one system to the other correctly. I worked closely with ICT to ensure that all systems were working correctly and also worked with the duties teams creating rotas for their system. In addition, I worked closely with the Human Resource Planning Team, creating specific posts for individuals and ensuring that these posts were all correct and up to date.Many people within the Human Resource Service Centre from all desks would come to me for advice on the Human Resource Management System. During my time on the desk, I also helped the local duties administrator with some of their day to day tasks, creating individuals rotas and ensuring that their Annual Leave was correct for the year Show less

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  Surrey Police

  Jun 2011 - May 2013

  Responsibilities included processing starters, movers and leavers within the Force. This involved putting together contracts for new starters and movers, calculating salaries and annual leave entitlement. When a staff member left the force, I ensured records were updated correctly and was involved with organising retirement presentations for Police Officers.Other duties involved processing maternity, paternity and adoption leave for individuals along with career break applications. I also dealt with flexible working applications for individuals. I offered advice to staff, officers and line managers on a range of issues including policies and procedures within the Force, queries regarding sickness, guidance on managing poor performance, grievances and disciplinary actions. I was responsible for maintaining individual’s records within the HR database. Records needed to be amended with a variety of information including different job roles, sickness and absence periods, annual leave, annual performance reviews and personal contact details. Show less My responsibilities included advertising and hiring new Police Staff. This involved adding new advertisements onto the internal and external websites, short listing applications for the specific roles and arranging interviews. Furthermore I was responsible for completing all relevant checks with other departments such as Occupational Health and Vetting to ensure all candidates were suitable for the role.I have also gained valuable experience with interviews, conducting interviews for the Central Support Team, asking the candidates questions and ensuring they had the key accountable skills for the role.I offered advice to new recruits for the entire recruitment process and ensured I was a point of contact for these individuals whenever they had any questions or queries.During my time on the desk I also looked after three Pool recruitment's. It was my responsibility to ensure all clearances were made, so that when an intake became available we had people ready to come into the role straight away. It was important to have regular contact with the individuals within the pool to ensure that them that they had not been forgotten and to give them an update as much as possible to the time frame it could be until there was another intake. Show less

  • HR Desk Assistant

    Sept 2012 - May 2013

  • Recruitment Desk Assistant

    Jun 2011 - Sept 2012
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  University of Surrey

  May 2013 - Oct 2021

  I currently have full HR responsibility of the day to day operational and HR- related tasks for Surrey Business School and the Department of Sociology. I provide advice and guidance on HR policies, procedures and best practice to line managers and staff and ensure that any HR matters are handled in line with these policies and legal requirements. I deal with a wide range of generalist HR enquiries and offer professional advisory service to staff within these departments. I advise Managers on all HR related matters including sickness absence, employee relations and all other HR related queries that they may have for their team.I manage all aspects of the employee life cycle and undertake recruitment and selection activities from vacancy identification through to induction. I work closely with the recruiting manager to complete Job Profiles before recruiting and providing guidance during the recruitment process. I will sit on interview panels as the HR representative and make sure that the interview process is fair, whilst ensuring that the University is getting the best candidates for the position.I work closely with a number of other departments including occupational health. I monitor sickness and produce relevant reports as required for the HR Manager and other Managers within the departments I am responsible for.I take the lead on the termination of temporary contracts and assist managers with any employee relations investigations. I also attend employee relations investigations and meetings for individuals outside of my department, during which I am the HR representative. I assist the HR Manager in all activities and deputise in their absence. I report directly into the HR Manager and often help them with any projects that they may be completing. Show less The main responsibilities within this position at the University of Surrey included providing advice and guidance on HR policies, procedures and best practice to line managers and staff. I Undertook recruitment and selection activities from vacancy identification through contract generation and induction across multiple employment categories including associate staff. I managed all aspects of the administration involved in the employee life cycle, including taking ownership of writing Job Purposes. I Monitored absence and produced relevant reports on a weekly basis to ensure the universities sickness policy was followed and Occupational Health were advised if necessary. I completed all administrative duties within the Faculty’s HR department, such as administering the use of agency bookings across the Faculty, and monitoring and actioning UK Border Agency related administration. I was the faculty’s representative for VISA applications and completed Certificates of Sponsorships for new employees if required. Lastly I ensured all filing systems, paper and electronic were kept up to date and in line with University policy and data protection legislation. Show less

  • HR Advisor

    Jan 2019 - Oct 2021

  • Assistant HR Advisor

    Aug 2015 - Dec 2018

  • HR Assistant

    May 2013 - Jul 2015
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  Nuven Surveyors

  Oct 2021 - now

  HR Operations Manager