A highly experienced and qualified HR and OD professional with a significant track record of achievement across a wide range of public sector organisations in England and Wales. I have developed a reputation for strong, innovative and award-winning HR practice and a creative and solution-based approach to resolving complex and sensitive people management issues. I have a strong strategic focus, a keen focus on performance management and a commitment to the role of HR in improving front line services. I am a Fellow of the CIPD, hold a Master’s Degree in Employment Law and I am a qualified coach, mediator and shared service architect.
Key Consultancy Services
In providing consultancy services, my aim is to help organisations strengthen their positive people management practices through employee engagement, leadership, personal development and the effective management of conflict. I am someone with a propensity for hard work, a high degree of creativity and a proven ability to build effective and collaborative working relationships.
A summary of my consultancy services are as follows:-
Background and work history
I have over 35 years’ experience in local government, working at the highest level in a range of local authorities in England and Wales and from both a strategic and operational basis. I have led large teams of staff across the full range of HR/OD and in the delivery of consultancy and business focused HR services. I have delivered ‘equal pay/single status’ agreements in three different authorities, led large scale TUPE and shared service projects, delivered award winning innovations in staff engagement, absence management and employee recognition and received national recognition for the development of an organisational wide ‘Leadership Café’. I have a reputation for collaborative working, a passion for personal development and have led the development of strategic HR and OD practice at both a regional and national level.
Qualifications
A summary of my academic and practical based qualifications is as follows:-
