Emma Appleton

I am a driven and sociable person seeking a position in the HR field. My work and volunteer experiences have equipped me with crucial skills in leadership, collaboration, as well as important IT and communication abilities. As a result, I have developed a strong capacity to cultivate positive relationships with various levels of management, employees, and the broader community. This has significantly contributed to my growth and experience in my professional role over time.

Trading Assistant - Sainsburys

(2021-01)

Management responsibilities due to my additional role of responsible colleague. Developing my role through training programmes to gain experience in additional roles such as the bakery and responsible colleague, which has given me a large amount of management experience.

• Leading shifts and delegating job responsibilties to other colleagues
• IT experience in schedules, retail and management processes
• Customer experience: handling discretions, complaints and queries
• Handling external processes such as scheduled and on demand deliveries, audits as well as charities and tradespeople
• Creating management handovers
• Cash handling
• Dealing with documents and filing
• Time management in line with duties and staff hours within a busy environment
• Hands on experience in resolving dilemmas and aiding employees develop their skills

Vice-President - Grizedale College, Lancaster University

(2023-01 - 2025-01)

• Leading multiple teams across the college effectively
• Organising social events and maintaining relationships with Senior members of the University, the Student Union as well as local businesses
• Sharing responsibilities in managing and strategising events and meetings concerning student wellbeing, sports and financial budgets
• Being apart of initiating and incorporating University by-laws into the college and the wider student community
• Organised multiple events, including balls and fresher events
• Leading a team of student representatives through training to prepare for new students
• Created successful initiatives for student wellbeing, onboarding of new students, and charity events

BA (Hons) - History - Lancaster University (2021-01 - 2025-01)

MSc - Human Resource Management - University of Lancashire (2025-01 - 2026-01)