Bridget Halpin

Experience

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  Newcastle City Council

  Apr 1998 - Jun 2002

  Personnel Officer

  2 years as generalist HR Support for Social Services Department and Tyne Tunnel. Experienced dealing with discipline and grievance cases, re-structuring, performance management and local authority job evaluation.2 years as Recruitment Specialist across a wide range of disciplines, recruiting for a variety of roles from manual workers to Director level

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  Learning & Skills Council

  Jun 2002 - Feb 2007

  HR Project Adviser

  Project support for a variety of HR projects e.g. implementation of online recruitment system, logistical planning of organisational re-structure. Experienced in process re-design and HAY Job Evaluation

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  North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

  Jul 2007 - Sept 2015

  Managing the transition to a Shared Services team, reviewing and implementing standard operating procedures across the HR and Learning Development functions. Managing the transactional team Leading on Job Evaluation, and providing Strategic HR advice to the Corporate Services functions within the organisation. Dealing with complex disciplne, grievance and attendance management cases.Member of appeal panel for employee relations cases.Overseeing due diligence in TUPE transfers.Payroll lead within the HR functionESR System Lead - ESR is an Oracle based integrated HR/Payroll/Learning Management System.HR Information Governance Lead.DBS Countersignatory.Ambulance Services Representative on National Workforce Information Review Group,Chair of North East Regional ESR HR/Recruitment/Self Service User GroupNorth East Representative on National ESR HR User Group Show less

  • Corporate HR Business Partner

    Apr 2014 - Sept 2015

  • HR Policy and Planning Manager

    Jul 2007 - Mar 2014
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  Freelance

  Nov 2015 - Oct 2016

  Freelance Recruitment Assessor

  facilitating assessment centres as part of volume recruitment campaigns

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  Multi Packaging Solutions (MPS)

  Aug 2016 - Oct 2016

  HR Generalist (Interim)

  Supporting the HR Manager in the delivery of the People Plan to increase employee engagement on site and work towards the creation of high performance teamsSupporting the site to achieve world class performance by providing exceptional serviceAbsence managementPerformance managementDisciplinary and grievance caseworkEmployee engagementChange management programmes and continuous improvement activitiesKPI reportingSupport Managers through the recruitment and selection processDevelop and deliver induction programmes for new startersCo-ordinate learning & development activitiesTalent management & succession planningReview HR processes and develop proposals to streamline and improve efficiencyHR policy writing and updatingSupporting Investors in People application Show less

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  Northumberland County Council

  Oct 2016 - Dec 2023

  HR Adviser
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  Collingwood School and Media Arts College

  Jul 2023 - now

  Human Resources Officer