Nat King

Experience

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  Watson Bull & Porter

  Jul 2003 - Jun 2006

  Sales Negotiator
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  AUSTIN & WYATT LIMITED

  Jun 2006 - Aug 2008

  Assistant Branch Manager
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  Adido

  Aug 2008 - Feb 2012

  • Finance Officer & Project Co-ordinator

    Sept 2009 - Feb 2012

  • Sales Administrator

    Aug 2008 - Aug 2009
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  Adido

  Nov 2012 - Jan 2016

  Accomplishments:• Promoted to the Management team, to be the HR representative for the company• Professionally and objectively executed performance, disciplinary and grievance meetings in line with ACAS Code of Practice, company policies and employment law legislation - including but limited to - redundancies, settlement agreements, appeals, performance and capability grounds, and raised grievances • Effectively reduced company absence by 37%, through data analysis, change management and communication• Effectively implemented a new Employee Benefits programme, achieved through area and sector external research, internal questionnaires, tax implications in line with ACAS, and clear and concise communication.• Recruited 9 candidates in 12 months, through extensive interview and culture selection, personality profiling (DISC), on-boarding, training and probation.Key Responsibilities:• To solely manage the HR department• HR representative on the management team on a weekly basis• To advise, facilitate and prepare reports for all grievance and disciplinary procedures• To manage the annual HR budget• To report to CEO on monthly KPI’s• To monitor timesheets, holiday, absence, and escalate where trends/and or discrepancies are evident • To ensure team events are organised, delivering on time and on budget• To manage office stationary, organise directors travel arrangements, managing client meetings, ensuring the office remains presentable and fully equipped at all times, as well as ensuring the H&S of the office by managing fire safety and evacuation policies and procedures• To delegate and oversee the submission of payroll, expenses and pension contributions• To oversee the full performance management framework, and provide advice and guidance where required• Source and implement systems/processes/documentation to improve efficiencies • To review and manage full recruitment cycle• To assist CEO with other aspects of the business Show less

  • HR Generalist

    Jul 2013 - Jan 2016

  • Finance Officer & Trainee HR Manager

    Nov 2012 - Jun 2013
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  Aruba, WestBeach

  May 2016 - Apr 2019

  Generalist HR Manager

  Working part-time, I solely manage, support and am responsible for all aspects of HR for two venues and Head Office (this is not an exhausted list) - - ER, People management, performance and sickness absence- Grievances and disciplinaries- Ability to successfully work and progress in very dynamic, unpredictable and challengingworking environments- Full recruitment cycle ( i.e. recommendations of job boards, job descriptions, vetting,interviewing, personality profiling, onboarding, induction & probation)- Change management - review, consult, review, implement and communicate.- Support venue managers with current employment legislation, advice and performance issues- Work with key stakeholders within the business to ensure the overall company objective isachieved - Provide absolute discretion and confidentiality at all times- Implementation and review of company's policies and procedures to ensure alignment withACAS Code of Practice and any new Employment Law changes- Implement training and support staff with their personal development which is aligned with the overall business objectives.- Manage annual HR & training budget- Manage and chair monthly Ops Meetings- All administration- Submit monthly payroll Show less

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  Muc-Off Ltd

  Apr 2019 - Nov 2019

  Generalist HR Manager

  Whilst working part-time - I was responsible for developing a new HR function for the business and managing all aspects of HR as a standalone Generalist role. A few focus areas included (but not limited to) -- Full recruitment lifecycle, through to onboarding and inductions.- Encouraging a culture of honesty, engagement and trust.- Streamlining processes and procedures to help improve efficiencies, and therefore productivity and profit.- Coaching and supporting line managers with HR matters.- Confidently providing impartial feedback to all key stakeholders.Furthermore, I was also expected to cover areas of operations and H&S compliance, managing the fleet of Company's vehicles, reception, office management duties, PA duties and line management duties.Key achievements -- Improved their payroll process by identifying SMARTER ways of working, saving the business time and money.- Streamlined and saved time and money on the induction process through implementing paperless systems.- Implemented an exit interview process and reported on recommendations, to help identify any trends and therefore look to improve.- I managed, consolidated and improved their recruitment process for key stakeholders, through better methods of recruiting and being proactive and consistent, therefore saving time and money.- Through managing recruitment myself, I saved the business a significant amount of money on agency fees. Show less

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  Conduent

  Dec 2019 - Jan 2022

  HR Advisor

  • USA based Company, global corporate footprint of 63,000 workforce• Hybrid/remote role, supporting across 3 separate UK based entities (approx. 1000 workforce) working in an HR team of 8 (4 UK based, 4 in Romania)• Heavy and complex ER caseload – disciplinaries, grievances & investigations, absence management, dismissals, welfares• Responsible for managing Occupational Health and ongoing assessments• Leader and champion of Conduent Apprenticeship Programmes, working closely with external training providers and managing Government levy funding• Supporting key stakeholders with (but not limited to) company restructuring, redundancies, TUPE, consultations• Responsible for providing sound HR advice and guidance to a large volume of team leaders, line managers and senior management• Heavy load of a good variety of individual projects and objectives, aligned with business objectives and goals, both globally and locally• Huge multilingual and diverse team, therefore upmost consideration required for communication barriers and patience• Providing support, empathy, confidence and trust• Updating and/or creating policies, processes and procedures to ensure they full in line with current legislation and business best practice• Responsible for the data analysis of the UK Gender Pay Gap annual reporting• Delivering training, coaching, mentoring and guidance to key stakeholders and new management on HR related matters Show less

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  Farrow & Ball

  Feb 2022 - Jun 2022

  People Operations Advisor
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  BCP Council

  Jun 2022 - now

  HR Advisor