Darren Angus

Leading the Human Resources, Organisational Development and Internal Communications functions within one of Saudi Arabia’s top construction companies. El Seif has an employee base of in excess of 15, 000 people and are engaged in projects across the Middle East. My role’s key deliverables have been to create a modern HR Function capable of supporting an ever expanding and driven company, to design and develop a Training Academy and to embed a change and business improvement culture throughout the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as key advisor to the Executive on Change Management and Business Improvement
• Responsible for the Performance Management of the Company
• Responsible for the Talent Management and Career Development for the Company
• Responsible for the Culture, values and behaviours for the Company
• Responsible for the Organisational Design of the Company
• Responsible for conducting the business capability review
• Responsible for developing Localisation Strategies
• Responsible for HR Strategy, Policy and Process design and implementation
• Member of the Senior HR Management Team

Leading a HR and Management Consultancy Company serving the Private and Public Sectors, specialising in HR Management and Leadership, Change Management and Organisational Development with a distinct focus on modernisation and business improvement and efficiency gains. In addition to confidential client roles involving complex ER cases and Leadership development, personal assignments undertaken have included:

Engaged as a HR Consultant to lead a major Business Change Initiative focussing on reducing duplication and compression within the Organisation’s structures, defining the roles of the Director Generals, Directors and Deputy Directors, creating the competencies for these positions and drawing up the Departmental Organisational Design principles. Consequently, I influenced the scope of the dependant HR packages needed to support the project (Performance Management, recruitment, flexible deployment) and improving the management capability of my client.

Engaged as the Interim Senior HR Business Partner and Head of Resourcing leading a team of HR Business Partners, HR Advisors and Recruitment Specialists I was responsible as the Imterim HR Services Delivery Manager for the HR Generalist and Recruitment Services to the Clients Executive. As a start up operation I lead on the Organisational Design of the HR Team, the degree of Service Provision and establishing the End to End Processes to be followed resulting in a commercially viable customer focused service.

Alshaya Retail, a leading Middle Eastern retailer, covers a wide variety of sectors, including the latest and best recognized names in Fashion, Footwear, Kid's clothing, Health and Beauty, Homestyle, Casual Dining, Prescription Eyewear, Pharmaceuticals and Sports fashion, including Debenhams, Boots, H&M, Next, Mothercare, Dorothy Perkins, MAC, The Body Shop and Starbucks.

With responsibility for over 550 stores and 3500 staff plus the Logistics Organisation and leading a team in excess of 85 multi-nationals HR Staff I was the HR Department Function Head for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Responsibilities:

Leading a multi-national HR Function to ensure an efficient and effective delivery of HR Solutions (including high volume recruitment and L&D) across all Divisions and Brands within the Kingdom of Saudi, and to plan and execute the HR Element to enable the opening of a further 100+ stores. Also to provide strategic HR advice on matters pertaining within the Kingdom on all professional HR and development subjects to the Division VPs, MDs, Brand and Country Managers by providing Operational and Strategic Support.

Leading a HR and Management Consultancy Company serving the Private and Public Sectors, specialising in HR Management and Leadership, Change Management and Organisational Development with a distinct focus on modernisation and business improvement and efficiency gains. In addition to confidential client roles involving complex ER cases and Leadership development, personal assignments undertaken have included:

Adult Social Care, Culture, Heritage & Adult Ed, Crime & Disorder, Healthier Communities:

Engaged as an Interim HR Business Partner to develop and implement a corporate People Strategy for the County Council and assist the County Council and Directorate in achieving its strategic aims and objectives through the development and implementation of effective human resource strategies, policy and practice. Additionally I provided strategic HR advice within the Communities Directorate on all professional HR and development matters and liaised with Mouchel Business Services on all HR issues relating to the corporate projects or Directorate work, leading Mouchel HR advisers on complex operational issues, resulting in IIP accreditation for the Directorate.

Engaged as the Interim HR Business Partner and the HR Service Centre Manager for 2 HR Service Centres (London and Manchester) to deliver the HR Vision to the IPS Headquarters (450 staff), London Regional Office (350 staff) and the Interview Office Network (650 staff). My primary purpose was to consult and collaborate with key stakeholders to proactively identify areas where HR can add value to the organisation and to lead in developing and implementing solutions which support successful attainment of strategic goals and organisational performance and to actively seek to improve the quality of the HR service provided to IPS Headquarters, London Regional Office, the Interview Office Network, colleagues and staff, working closely with the Service Centre Managers and Head of HR Operations.

Head of HR

HR Generalist Role