Vicki Lee
A highly experienced HR and OD professional, operating as Head of Profession for the last eight years and with over thirty years’ experience within local government, I am passionate about the value a great People function can bring to an organisation; with the energy and commitment to deliver excellent outcomes through outstanding people management interventions.
Operating at senior leadership level I am a strong generalist with solid HR credentials underpinning an OD mindset. Continuous improvement is important to me in taking both strategic and operational perspectives to service delivery.
I undertake and inspire others to create, develop and deliver business focused solutions, whilst providing a customer-first service, always with clear purpose in mind. With Chartered Fellowship of the CIPD, and as a qualified coach and mentor, I bring a valuable combination of technical HR expertise with strategic insight and practical implementation skills.
I have experience across the following broad areas:
• Culture, organisation development and workforce planning • People Strategy development, implementation and monitoring
• Organisation structure design and change management, including redundancy and TUPE transfer
• HR transformation and project management • Employee relations, including collective and case-specific consultation and negotiation with non-teaching and teaching unions
• Policy development, including policy suite reviews
• Pay structure reviews and job evaluation
• Casework, including sickness absence management, disciplinary and grievance, and managed exit including formal settlement agreements • Equality and inclusion • Recruitment, including senior appointments with Elected Member panels
• HR systems implementation • Coaching and mentoring
• Working with and formally presenting to Elected Members including Cabinet, Scrutiny, Audit and other Boards and Committees
This sits alongside significant experience in management and leadership of HR Services across all local government functions, at County, District and Unitary level, including schools, and as a member of service, directorate and corporate leadership teams.
Specialism(s): Coaching, Mentoring, Psychometric Testing, Wellbeing & Mental Health, Mediation, Peer assessment/ quality review, Investigation / Audit, Disciplinary Investigations, Grievance Investigations, Other Employee Relations casework, Job Evaluation, Diversity & Inclusion, Organisational Design, Project Management, Policy Development/Design, Transformation/Change Management, Executive Recruitment, L & D Training
No of years Public Sector experience: 30+
Sector Specialism: Local Government, Schools
Work Locations:
West Midlands, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, London. Would consider anywhere if remote or limited (1 day per week max) on-site attendance required
