HR & Safeguarding Coordinator - Aston Villa Football Club - Birmingham
(2016-10 - 2024-05)
- Carry out the strategic planning and coordination of the Clubs policies and procedures, to ensure they align with current HR laws and practices.
- Find and place youth players, who are taken care of by the club, with suitable Host families within the city of Birmingham.
- Delegating and managing of all the HR administrative duties such as drafting contracts, offer letters, probationary letters, applying/responding to reference requests and letters of resignations.
- Carrying out the HR and Health and Safety Inductions of all new starters within the Club.
- Monitoring and managing the sickness process of employees.
- Creating monthly HR reports on the current headcount figures, and monthly gross salaries for the board of directors.
- Carrying out the recruitment process, from the first stages of advertising the role, to shortlisting and interviewing candidates for roles with the club.
- Interpret and advise on Policies, Procedures, Terms and Conditions of Employment, and relevant legislative frameworks
- Maintaining accurate employee records, file organization, generating reporting metrics, analysing data and providing recommendations to Senior Leadership to support overall HR initiatives.
- Carrying out the DBS process for all employees who work with either vulnerable adults and children within the Club, and maintaining an up to date single central register, which is submitted to the English Football League regularly. I also ensure that all employees who require a DBS check, are signed up to the update service and monitor any upcoming expiring certificates.
HR Advisor - Hays Recruitment - Aston Villa Football Club - Birmingham
(2016-08 - 2016-10)
- Carrying out all HR administrative duties such as drafting contracts, offer letters, probationary letters, applying/responding to reference requests and letters of resignations.
- Carrying out the HR and Health and Safety Inductions of all new starters within the Club.
- Monitoring and managing the AWOL process of all match day staff.
- Creating and analysing monthly reports on the current headcount figures, and monthly gross salaries for the board of directors.
- Minute taking and typing up notes of all investigation and disciplinary hearings.
- Managing the recruitment process from start to finish.
- Assisting the payroll manager, to ensure all information is collated and accurate before the four-weekly payroll run.
- Assisting with the TUPE process within various departments of the Club, over the past year.
HR Account Executive - HR Associates - Etobicoke, Toronto, Canada
(2014-09 - 2015-04)
- Creating and maintaining my own personal portfolio of clients within the public and not for profit sector
- Meeting and liaising with clients within the Ontario Public Sector and not for profit sector, to discuss and identify their HR strategic and recruitment requirements
- Working with recruitment colleagues to devise strategies to meet the client's needs within the budget requirements set
- Liaising with, and acting as the link between, the OPS client, the recruitment team and strategic team by maintaining regular contact with all parties, ensuring that communication flows effectively
- Negotiating with clients and devising proposals to ensure we win the contract for services
- Presenting HR strategies and proposals devised to clients for approval or modification
Human Resources Advisor - Baker Tilly UK Holdings Ltd - Telford, UK
(2012-10 - 2014-02)
- Carry out the new starter process for successful candidates by providing them with relevant paperwork and information relating to their position, such as offer letters and contracts. Responsible for gathering all documents relating to, eligibility to work, occupational health and CRB clearances and previous employment references.
- Produce and process monthly payroll and sickness reports for offices based within the south of the country. I process monthly salaries for up to 1,000 staff members across the country.
- Maintain current knowledge of employment legislations which impact processes and procedures to ensure I do not act unethically within my role and also to respond to any employee inquiries efficiently whilst maintaining a professional and caring driven focus which ultimately leads to employee satisfaction and retention.
- My role involved carrying out the recruitment and selection process. This involved, advertising suitable posts, reviewing candidate resumes, short listing potential candidates, carrying out initial telephone interviews and sending out invites to all successful candidates.
- I also conducted internal and external interviews with line managers and HR managers for all posts advertised. This built my experience in the interviewing process and also my confidence to ask questions to potential candidates.
HR Recruitment Advisor - Faye Mayer Recruitment Agency - NHS SSFT - Stafford, UK
(2012-08 - 2012-09)
Ensure the successful execution of a mass recruitment project which was led by me. The project involved ensuring all aspects of the recruitment process were carried out for 100 staff nurses and healthcare professionals within a set deadline. In this role, I lead a team of 4 administrative staff members.
I identified certain key skills within my team and I delegated the workload efficiently to ensure the project was completed within the timeframe set and the quality of service provided remained at a high standard. The team I lead for this project completed the whole project in the timeframe set and all new employees were in post for the proposed dates.
- Carry out all aspects of the recruitment process, such as drawing up the conditional offer letter and contract, Obtaining CRB and occupational health clearances for all staff members to ensure they were not considered a risk to patients, carry out pre-employment meetings with successful candidates and draw up the confirmation of employment paperwork.
- Conduct the weekly team brief in which I fed back any new and relevant information to the rest of the team on a weekly basis. I welcomed the opportunity for other team members to raise any issued and concerns they had relating to aspects of their role and fed back any information to my line manager who identified ways of resolving any issues.
HR Administrator - Jaffray Care Group - Birmingham, UK
(2010-10 - 2012-08)
- Provide administrative support for different offices and care homes within the country. The role involved dealing with all aspects relating to new starters, leavers, maternity, sickness, disciplinary procedures and eligibility to work. I also carried out HR inductions for new staff members in which health and safety assessments were carried out and an overview of the company's policies and procedures are outlined.
- Producing monthly staffing reports for the board of directors and all line managers across the country, outlining statistics relating to employment figures, labour turnover and sickness levels. The role also involved producing and processing payroll reports for all regions of the company to ensure that all employees are paid correctly.
HR Recruitment Administrator - NHS South Staffordshire PCT - Rugeley, UK
(2009-03 - 2010-09)
This role required me to carry out all aspects of the recruitment process. I advertised suitable job openings on the company website and shortlisted suitable candidates to be interviewed.
- I would review all applications/resumes submitted to shortlist a pool of suitable candidates. Once identified, I would carry out telephone interviews with shortlisted applicants before the initial face to face interview took place.
