Jane Wilson

I am an HR Consultant with 15 years experience working across many sectors including financial services, law firms, manufacturing, charities and various SME and owner managed businesses. I moved into consultancy after a 15 year career in-house within professional services.

HR Consultant - self employed at Jane Wilson HR (2024-11 – Present)

• UK charity - Acting L&D Manager developing a manager capability framework and helping to recruit the new L&D manager.
• Women's Health Charity - Designed and project managed redundancy and change process, advising Board and SLT, designed full set of HR paperwork (forms, letters, contracts and handbook).
• Coffee business - designed and trained in full handbook and HR document set, supported on case resolution of ER issues.

Co-Director at Teal Street (2019-10 – 2024-11)

Three part role in a start-up business

• Business Development - to build and grow a branch of the consultancy focusing on HR, L&D and Employment law. This team grew from 3 to 9 supporting in excess of 30 clients.
• Culture Creation - working with the Directors to design and build a consultancy culture
• HR Consultant - supporting clients directly on projects such as job evaluation, pay grading, ER case management, HR Strategy development and HR document design and production.

HR Director at Alpaca (2017-07 – 2019-09)

• Leeds Playhouse as HR&L Director designed and created an HR&L function, and worked alongside the Senior Leadership Team to advise on culture and people issues.
• Workers Educational Association as Consultant project managed an HRIT implementation which included full process mapping, system specification and training of the HR team.

HR Consultant at Jane Wilson HR (2015-04 – 2017-07)

• Designed and delivered management training programmes which combined HR & Employment Law. Delivered virtually and in person
• National Charity - trained 200 managers on an 8 module leadership training course - delivered virtually in 18 months
• Financial Services Organisation - delivered 6 Diversity and Inclusion workshops across 4 sites
• Manufacturing Business - trained 24 managers on a 4 module course over 2 years
• University - trained their HR team on ER investigations
• University - designed and created a 4 video online training course on investigations and managing disciplinaries and investigations

HR Director at Addleshaw Goddard (2011-11 – 2015-03)

Responsible for the delivery of HR&L including recruitment and graduate recruitment across all offices with a team of 30 HR&L professionals

• Restructure of team to deliver with smaller headcount - implementing business partner roles and centres of excellence and specification and implementation of Oracle HRIS system
• Creation of central shared services function to deliver benefits, payroll and HR administration

HR Services Manager at Pinsent Masons (2007-11 – 2011-11)

Responsible for the delivery of recruitment and graduate recruitment, HR Shared Services and Benefits across the organisation with a team of 20 HR professionals

Senior HRBP at Banco Santander (2007-11 – 2011-11)

HR Shared Services Manager at Yorkshire Building Society (2005-08 – 2006-01)

Head of HR at Bright Finance (2004-11 – 2005-08)

HR Project Manager and HR Manager at Eversheds (1999-10 – 2003-11)

MCIPD (2002)