Irina Cherepanova

• Ensuring efficient and effective levels of HR support is provided to internal and external stakeholders.
• Managing the offshore HR Department overseeing four seismic vessels and a team of HR and Training Coordinators.
• Partnering with Operations Team on manning up vessels prior to project start up through to contract completion.
• Focal HR Point of Contact for Regional Offices, HQ Dubai, Singapore, Houston USA, London UK and Oslo Norway.
• End to end implementation and rollout of HRIS Software conversion from manual system.
• Supporting and advising line managers through the employee life cycle from recruitment performance management, development, promotion, transfers and exit.
• Driving annual performance review process, providing training and support to line managers and employees, facilitating calibration to ensure fairness and consistency.
• Managing and improving efficiency of internal and external recruitment for onshore and offshore positions, building talent pipeline for critical positions.
• Supporting finance with monthly payroll processing, providing advice and ensuring global compliance with employment law.
• Coordinating and implementing HR COVID-19 prevention campaign.

• Ensured that HR activities and initiatives are driven and aligned with the company business strategy, objectives, policies, procedures and employment law.
• Provided HR support including full employee life cycle process from recruitment, selecting, testing, hiring, onboarding, training, engagement, development, succession planning, performance management, disciplinary, grievances and terminations.
• Worked with operational management and marketing teams on personnel manning plan to ensure contractual and the budget requirement.
• Partnered with regional HR and Operations teams to drive project planning execution, manning up and manning down rigs.
• Collaborated with regional HR and Operations teams to evaluate and identify internal talents for transfer and promotion opportunities.
• Ensured Manpower suppliers adhered to the Compliance and HR policies and procedures.
• Completed HR Internal Audits with proposal to improve efficiency and compliance of HR process.
• Maintained data integrity and cost control.

• Led a team of 8 subordinates to set up processes from scratch for booking, tracking and administering training courses for 5000 employees globally through SkillsXP/SkillsVX system.
• Managed team performance, provided coaching and feedback to continuously foster improvement, engagement, learning and development.
• Liaised with global HR and Operations teams to understand requirements and developed structured reporting tools provided ease and transparency for tracking and improvement of the training compliance in timely and cost effective manner.
• Continuously reviewed the service delivery, exchanged feedback with regional operations, addressed challenges, streamlined and improved the service and support to the global organization.
• Maximized training course enrollments with MSA vendors, developed feedback mechanisms to monitor training enrollments, demographics of locations used, and exercised efficiencies where required. Worked with key vendors to maximize bookings via their respective portals.
• Forecasted global training budget, ensured training purchase orders are correctly raised and closed in order to pay training invoices on time to maintain a professional relationship with training vendors and travel agents.

• Planned and implemented training programs for new build drilling units aligned with the company, client and rig specific requirements, international oil&gas and marine standards.
• Developed training matrix for each rig based on the corporate training policy, international offshore drilling standards, rig specific requirements and personnel’s scope of work.
• Evaluated and identified gaps on training programs, made recommendations, developed strategies on training needs and potential progress of the training compliance & competency development.
• Drove training compliance and cost efficiency through advance planning, group booking and relationship management with training providers.
• Archived training certificates and relevant data, ensured that all records are accurately updated into HR Competency Management System - SkillsXP.
• Provided regular reports on training compliance, costs and utilization of group training.
• Provided training, reporting tools and support to drive training compliance for successful start-up of all rigs globally.

• Market knowledge, identifying potential clients, generating new business and developing relationships with both clients and candidates
• Drafting and advertising job posts
• Headhunting, sourcing, screening applications
• Approaching suitable candidates based on job description, interviewing and short-listing candidates
• Coordinating with the clients and candidates, clarifying and negotiating terms and conditions of employment

British-owned Company provided services and support to the International Oil Companies.

• Implemented logistics procedures, policies and requirements for contractors in accordance with the governmental regulations and local law
• Planned and monitored contractor’s rotation schedules and movements to ensure compliance of on-going long term operational activities and contracts
• Visa support, liaison with local immigration authorities
• International and internal (onshore/offshore) travel itineraries, hotel reservations and other travel logistics in a cost and time efficient manner
• Daily communication with contractors, up-to-date reports, maintaining data-bases, timesheets and payroll administration, consultant’s welfare support
• Administration of oil and gas related training courses
• Worked as PA to COO and Commercial Director, attended and held meetings with clients, handled phone calls on behalf of Commercial Director
• As a member of The Emergency Rescue Team was in charge of evacuation of personnel and contractors during the uprising in February 2011

• Managed administrative operations complying with the Company’s procedures and policy as well as with the government regulations
• Administrated internal processes and supportive services such as legal, financial, clerical, communication, transportation, security, information and data processing, facilities maintenance, property and equipment procurement
• Supervised Company’s HR procedures, recruitment process, payroll administration, job evaluation and benefits programs, training courses
• Administrated invoices, office inventory, budget preparation, was responsible for monthly expenses reports, credit cards expenditure reconciliation, petty cash funds
• Coordinated travel itineraries, hotel reservations, visas for staff and visitors

•Coordinate executive level travel arrangements, hotel reservations, visas
•Schedule and host meetings and special events
•Produced and translated legal and financial documents, reports, presentations
•Handle phone calls and enquires
•Maintain filing systems and database
•Procurement of office supplies and supervises maintenance work
•Work experience in London office

•Produced and translated legal and financial documents, reports, presentations
•Handle phone calls and enquires
•Maintain filing systems and database
•Procurement of office supplies and supervise maintenance work
•Coordinate travel arrangements, hotel reservations, visas for staff and visitors
•Schedule and host meetings and special events

•Marketing researches and statistical analysis to identify top brands as potential participants and competitors for “Choice and Brand of the Year” title
•Established strong long term on-going business relation with clients in order to develop most effective promotional plans using the winner’s title
•Composed PR-materials and collaborated with media on advertising campaign
•Organized festival-competition and supporting events “ Choice and Brand of the Year” rewarding ceremonies

•Coordinate executive level travel arrangements, hotel reservations, visas
•Schedule and host meetings and special events
•Produce official documents, reports, presentations
•Handle phone calls and enquires
•Maintain filing systems and database
•Procurement of office supplies and supervise maintenance work