HR business
Clyde & Co LLP
Total years of experience :8 years, 11 Months
partners on annual salary review and moderation processes across fee earning
groups, compiling evidence for appraisal and promotions from internal billing system and appraisal documents.
● Undertaking investigations for capability hearings and completing correspondence in relation to these meetings.
● Drafting settlement agreements and liaising with Employment Law team in respect of any changes.
● Full HR generalist and reporting support across 12 different fee earning practice groups, including problem solving
and utilisation planning.
● Delegating to HR Administrators, signing off their leaver and starter processes.
● Managing ER issues including underperformance, sickness and internal team disputes, advising and supporting
senior stakeholders on these.
I was an integral part of the HR Generalist team which deals with high volumes of change in the organisation.
● Complex use of the SAP HR system for 30 new joiners per week, including offer letters, booking inductions and
payroll set up.
● Liaise with key stakeholders and support the HR Business Partners on employee relation issues including
redundancy, disciplinary and grievance procedures, the possible risks and options available to senior managers,
providing sound advice on the best way forward. Delivering key information to employees in respect of these
employee relations.
● Full oversight in the processes of maternity and paternity leave, sabbatical requests, flexible working applications.
● Liaise with the recruitment and L&D teams on employee relations at all stages of the employee lifecycle.
Full management of employee lifecycle from resourcing, induction, development, promotion and dismissal. Offering
coaching and support to team leaders on HR policies and high risk dismissals.
● Case management of disciplinary and grievance cases.
● Analysis of weekly and monthly KPI's for appraisal.
● Ownership and implementation of psychometric testing and personality profiling at junior and senior levels with
specific six week timetable for new staff.
● Increasing the profile of the business for graduate recruitment using social media.
● Supporting the two Directors on organisational change and strategy by planning the development of senior
consultants into leadership roles.
Made redundant in December 2016)
● Running training sessions across the business; reviewing contracts; supporting the business as a whole with
strategy and change with the legal implications involved in redundancies.
I partook in employment law know-how sessions, updating the team on recent developments in the law.
● I liased with public sector clients on the implementation of agency employment contracts and worked with the team
to resolve any issues.
● I undertook risk and compliance checks for new clients when referred from PwC.
● I attended investigation meetings with Partners.
● I drafted consultancy agreements and undertook vital research on points of law for Senior Managers and Partners.
I supported a team of five partners and two associates, working mainly for the partners in the team; attending all
client meetings with them, taking attendance notes and writing all client care letters to clients after meetings.
● I drafted employment contracts and settlement agreements, managed correspondence, researched points of law
and raised invoices.
● I assisted the Business Development Team in preparing for and attending various client facing events including the
firms summer party, client seminars and Christmas carol service.
Ad hoc work undertaken during my studies
8 awards A*-C
courses: Legal Practice Course ● Electives: Employment Law, Advanced Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property
:
Law (B) Film Studies (B) English Literature (D)
8 awards A*-C