Kate Williams has over 11 years of experience in human resources, currently working as an HR Coordinator for AMEC FosterWheeler. She holds an Associate level CIPD qualification and has experience in areas such as recruitment, talent management, employee relations, and global mobility. Her career has included roles with responsibilities for HR operations, administration, training coordination, and payroll processing.

1. Miss Kate Williams (Assoc CIPD)
Address:Cheshunt,Hertfordshire
: 07837 390 990 : katewilliams83@tiscali.co.uk
Career Objective and Profile
Objective: To continue workingina challenging HRAdvisor/Officerrole withinadynamic,
commercial organisation; providing operational support and helping to deliver
key HR initiatives that add value to the business
Profile:
 Highlycredible,diligentandbusinessorientated HRprofessionalwith11yearsgeneralist
HR experience,withthe pastfive yearsatAdvisorylevel; confident in all HR disciplines
 CIPD Qualified (Associate level) - Certificate in Personnel Practice, with plans to
undertake an advanced CIPD qualification in the future
 Employment experience in fast-paced FTSE 100, blue-chip matrix international
environments, working on challenging projects with various corporate client groups
 Pro-active,witha positive andenthusiasticpersonality,alwaysmeetingandexceeding
expectations with stakeholders and fellow HR colleagues
 Strongworkingknowledgeof UKemploymentlaw and evidenthigh-levelof bothwritten
and verbal communication skills
HR CareerSummary
I have extensive HRexperiencewithin aglobal environmentand todate myexperience covers:
- GeneralistHR - Remuneration&Benefits
- TalentManagement - Performance Management
- Project& Change Management - HR Systems Implementation
- ProcessDesign& Implementation - PolicyDevelopment&Roll-Out
- Recruitment&Apprenticeships - HR Reporting& Analytics
- Trade Unions
EmploymentExperience
AMEC FosterWheeler- HR Coordinator Feb 2010 – Present
AMEC FosterWheelerisaglobal engineeringconsultancy company (FTSE100).ThisAdvisoryHR
role is responsible forHR operational support tothe Corporate Functionsclientgroup of 1,000
employees, supporting the HR Manager and HR/L&D Business Partners.
Key Achievements:
 L&D/Recruitment: Successfullyimplementedanew ECITB accredited Trainee Designer
ApprenticeshipScheme (hiringaround7-10 apprenticesannually).Ledthe initialdesign
and development workshops and continue to run the annual end-to-end recruitment
campaign and on boarding.
 HRIS Implementation: Led the HRIS implementation project (replacing Oracle with
Microsoft DynamicsAX) witha data migrationremitfor the whole of the UK; adhering
to project/change management protocols to meet various deadlines and task streams
including user acceptance testing, process mapping (re-designing where applicable),
and delivering training workshops to wider HR teams in numerous locations

2. Responsibilities:
Generalist HR:
 Key point of contact for all HR queries (managers and employees). Responsible for
delivering inductions to new joiners and conducting exit interviews for leavers
 Supervisor to the HR Administrator (coaching, mentoring, assigning tasks, managing
performance and ensuring service level agreement deadlines are met)
 Ensure that the annual Performance Review and corresponding salary/bonus review
processis seamlessandcompletedbyall functions withintightdeadlinesanddelivering
workshops for new/junior managers
Employee Relations:
 Partner with HRBP for performance management cases (i.e. disciplinaryand grievance
and collective/individual redundancy consultations) liaising with Company lawyers
where applicable. Provide advice to managers on ER matters (ensuring Company
policies and procedures are adhered to and advising on legal frameworks) including:
absence (howtomanage absence more effectively, resultinginbusinesscostssavings),
poor performance (recommending performance improvement plans),
maternity/paternity briefings, and flexible working review meetings
 Lead on all long-term sickness cases: liaising with Occupational Health; making
recommendationstomanagers; case review meetings;incomeprotectionapplications;
and ill health dismissals.
HR Management Information & Reporting:
 Responsible for all HRMI (analysing data for distributionto the Executive Leadership
team) including:headcount/turnover;workforce plans; diversity;training;andabsence
trends
Talent Management:
 Manage the bi-annual talentreviewstoidentifyhigh-potential employeesandvalidate
succession plans. Provide support and guidance to Managers (up-skilling new
managers). Participate in meetings (alongside the HR Director, L&D Business Partner
and Operations Director) to encourage relevant discussion and challenge managers as
appropriate i.e. placement of staff in the 9-box grid and recommending practicable
examples
Recruitment:
 Support hiring managers with the recruitment process: coordination of interviews;
posting and advertising jobs; screening candidates; and conducting competency based
interviews
Global Mobility:
 Manage all inter-Companytransfers/secondmentsandall global assignments
(ensuringguidelinesare followedandpackagesare consistentandvalue formoney)
 Ensuringvisaand workpermitcompliance foremployees/new joiners/transfers.
De Beers - HR Administrator Jul 2009 to Feb 2010
De Beersisthe world’sleadingdiamondcompany. Thiswas a busy role workingin the London
Headquarters, reporting to the Senior HR Operations Manager.
Responsibilities / Key Achievements:
 Recruitmentprocessfullysupported - fromthe coordinationof interviews,postingand
advertisingjobs,screeningcandidatesandconductingcompetencybasedinterviewsfor
junior to mid level employees with hiring manager. Full end-to-end recruitment,
culminatinginproducingofferof employmentlettersandcontractsandall on-boarding
activities
 Maintaining employee services inbox, ensuring queries are managed efficiently and
within agreed service level agreements

3.  Supported the Senior HR Operations Manager following the closure of an office and
redundancies;producingletters,compromiseagreementsandoutplacementassistance
 Deliveringinductionsfornewjoiners,conductingexitinterviewsand maternitybriefings
 AppointedasBusinessContinuitychampion,updatingandcommunicatingthe HR plan
Pickfords - HR Administrator May 2003 to May 2009
Pickfords is the UK’s largest moving and storage company. This varied role (2 days generalist
HR, 2 daysin L&D, and 1 day inpayroll eachweek) reportedintothe HRManager withand was
first port of call for 1,500 workers (blue and white collar).
Responsibilities / Key Achievements:
 High volume on-boarding admin required for obtaining of references, medical reports
and CRB background checks in accordance with business regulations
 Weekly payroll processing for casual workers including overtime payments
 Diary management for the HR Director and HR Manager and generating HR reports or
standard letters for both, as required
 Taking minutes in monthly TSSA and T&G union meetings
 Coordinationof all trainingcourses - liaisingwithcourseinvigilators,bookingroomsand
refreshments/lunches, processing invoices and updating personnel records
 Maintained absence records, chasing outstanding return to work paperwork and
flagging any issues to the relevant manager
 Involved in the roll-out of the new employee engagement survey and cascaded the
results and arranged the workshops to develop action plans
Academic / Professional Qualifications
Professional:
Sep 2006 – Jun 2007 Certificate in Personnel Practice
Hertford Regional College, Hertfordshire
Further Education:
Sep 2002 – May 2003 Information Technology, Advanced (National Open College)
Sep 2000 – Jun 2001 Information Technology, Intermediate (National Open College)
AS Level Human Biology, Epping Forest College, Essex
Sep 1995 – Jul 2000 9 A - C grade GCSEs including Mathematics and English
Chingford Foundation School, London
References
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