darren mcipd

* HR Business Consultant * Reporting to Head of HR Business Partnering and Change * Providing an autonomous consultancy service to the business to support achievement of strategic objectives * Generalist that covers all areas of HR, including recruitment, TUPE, employee engagement, reward, talent management and employee relations * Coaching people managers on handling straightforward and complex employee relations cases * Manage HR change projects to deliver the people plan including restructures, reward and retention programmes * Partnering with senior management to add value to everyday business activities * Used to working in a unionised environment and building strong relationships with other organisations in a compliance led organisation

* Project managed the delivery of pay review for 14,000 employees across the UK * Built MI reporting pack for people managers to track budget spend * Delivered communication work stream for Recruitment outsourcing project

* Managed global learning and development function including delivery of several offshore programmes and managed 10 Learning and Development Consultants * Project managed the return of 60 roles from Indian contact centre to UK within budget and timescales * Introduced capability framework to support individual development and improve business performance * Designed and delivered UK-wide Leadership Development programme that improved skill-set, mind-set and tool-set of 1,500 people managers * Managed various operational teams including a technical help desk and quality and complaints teams * Wealth of experience within insurance industry

* Designed, delivered and evaluated a variety of skills based training * Worked on a number of projects including improving coaching skills in the business and developing technical insurance knowledge * Developed new performance management structure and development programme for colleagues