CV, HR And Senior Recruitment Director Looking Worldwide

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Skills keywords: business development, education management, education recruitment, employee relations, executive recruitment, international recruitment, mergers, portfolio development

Current location:  England, United Kingdom - View on map

Nationality: British

Spoken languages: english

Profile

A proactive, pragmatic and highly influential HR and Executive Recruitment Consultant in the FE sector with a strong network of contacts, innovative problem-solving skills, and a proven track record of recruiting the best and most respected leaders in the sector while also helping colleges save £multimillions through restructuring and mergers

Career & Achievements To Date

HR & Executive Recruitment Consultant
2015-date

Simon Allenby Graham Consulting

• Provided HR consultancy and senior executive recruitment services for the FE sector, nationally and internationally

International Director
2013-2015

Protocol: A leading recruitment agency in the Further Education sector

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

• As International Director, established & led a team advising colleges how to achieve their international ambitions

• Helped FE institutions enter the overseas marketplace to regain funding lost due to cuts in their UK allocations

• Contracted to service the recruitment needs of 18 colleges in Saudi Arabia, China and Malaysia within 18 months

• Delivered high fill rates and strong retention figures for the colleges, winning £300k of new income for Protocol

• Recognised as a knowledge expert by UKTI, invited to attend key events and network with potential new clients

Managing Director of College Leadership Services
2011-2013

Protocol: A leading recruitment agency in the Further Education sector

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

• Managed one of the FE sector’s leading senior executive recruitment services, personally appointing key leaders

• Led the HR Task Force delivering services ranging from brief consultancy to merger and restructure exercises

• Used public sector principals while applying private sector business practices to gain consistently excellent results

• Provided quality improvement, training and inspection services for colleges and other further education providers

• Lead the interim management services including finance, curriculum support, marketing and personality profiling

• Delivered the increase in interim management provision from three interims in post to twenty five active interims

• Delivered a highly successful programme of conferences with national events aimed primarily at the FE sector

Senior Consultant
2007-2010

Protocol National: A leading recruitment agency in the Further Education sector

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

• As Senior Consultant, organised and led a team of Consultants delivering major merger and restructure projects

• Reviewed the full range of back office services for clients, and implemented more efficient business processes

• Negotiated new contracts across institutions, and re-engineered pay scales for diverse groups of employees

• Consulted with initially hostile unions, winning engagement for change process benefiting both colleges and staff

• Planned and implemented processes to reduce staffing costs while enabling FE institutions to continue to grow

• Liaised closely with a range of colleges to provide expert HR, Change Management and Shared Service solutions

• Identified economic, technical or organisational (ETO) reasons where appropriate, to nullifying TUPE legislation

• Improved engagement and retention of high performing employees while improving or replacing poor performers

• Commended for leading more projects through to a successful conclusion than any other consultant in the sector

Interim Human Resources Director
2005-2006

Simon Allenby Graham Consulting: Walsall College, Contract

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

• Interim HR director at Walsall College, implementing new employment contracts and a restructuring programme

• Devised harmonising pay scales & converted a reactive HR team into a proactive, continuous improvement team

• Increased completion of appraisals from 24% to 90% and reduced the sickness rate to 1.4% below sector average

• Personally settled three complex long-running grievances that posed a significant financial risk to the college

• Transformed a college with a 59% success rate & poor staff utilisation, to become one of the best in the sector

Managing Director
2003-2005

CSM Consulting Ltd: “one of the best training providers,” Chief Inspector of Adult Learning

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

• MD of CSM Consulting, building and maintaining a client list including Honda, BMW & leading food manufacturers

• Won contracts in 8 Learning and Skills Council Areas, producing a £2m turnover and £274k profits pa by year 2

• Attended the Prime Minister’s office to discuss how to roll out a pilot scheme for the Train-to-Gain programme

Assistant Director – Recruitment, Consultancy and Training | Personnel Director
1994-2003

Association of Colleges (2000-03) | Teesside Tertiary College, now Middlesbrough College (1994-00)

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

• Won a secondment opportunity within the Management Services Division of the Association of Colleges (2000-03)

• Sourced & filled more senior appointments than anyone else recruiting in the Further Education sector at that time

• Grew consultancy and training operations, established a HR consultancy, and helped achieve record profit levels

• Rose rapidly from the graduate trainee programme to Personnel Director at Teesside Tertiary College (1994-00)

• Managed and radically improved the HR function for 800 staff in an organisation with an annual budget of £15m

Qualifications & Training

BSc (Hons) in Economics and European Studies

Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management

Post Graduate Certificate in Management

British Psychological Society level 1 & 2

Skills & Key Competencies

• Specialist in executive recruitment in the FE sector • Charismatic, innovative and highly influential leader

• Outstanding HR, restructuring and merger expertise • Strategic & tactical thinker with clear business vision

• Vast change and performance management acumen • Shrewd and incisive decision-maker/problem-solver

• First-class client & stakeholder relationship expertise • Calm, confident & assured in pressurised situations

• Proven leadership, training & team building acumen • Natural ability to engage across all levels/cultures

• Excellent communication and presentation prowess • Professionalism, pragmatism & integrity at all times

References

Available on request