1. UCHENNA L.CHUKUIGWE
House 5, Lekki County Estate, Lekki, Lagos.
+2348163016010, uche.l.okeke@gmail.com
Personal Profile
Successfully completed a Master degree in Human Resource Management and a member of
charted Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), prior to that, I had also completed
successfully an intense Bachelor’s degree in Psychology.
Has recently gained experiences working in the HR departments of LeadCapital PLC and with
Hyde Group; am familiar with the HR systems - and practices – best practices and best fit.
Career History
Jan. 2014-till date Head - Human Resources, LeadCapital Plc
Maintains organization staff by establishing a recruiting, testing, and interviewing
program; counselling managers on candidate selection; conducting and analysing
exit interviews; recommending changes.
Maintains management guidelines by preparing, updating, and recommending
human resource policies and procedures.
Maintains historical human resource records by designing a filing and retrieval
system; keeping past and current records.
Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational
workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks;
participating in professional societies.
Oversees the analysis, maintenance, and communication of records required by law
or local governing bodies, or other departments in the organization
Keeps records of benefits plans participation such as insurance and pension plan,
personnel transactions such as hires, promotions, transfers, performance reviews,
and terminations, and employee statistics for government reporting.
Delivering/overseeing the delivery of training to individuals or groups of employees,
implementing, advising about and monitoring appraisal schemes
Salary processing and ensuring timely, payment of salaries - release the salary pay
out monthly, and salary slip, implement employee’s salary processing scheme for all
the employees.
supervising and monitoring progress made via training programmes or schemes and
overseeing the delivery of training to individuals or groups of employees
2. Nov. 2011- February 2013 Human Resource Assistance, Hyde Group London
Administered HR-related documentation such as contracts of employment.
Ensured the relevant HR database is up to date, accurate and complies with the
legislation of the organisation
Gave first line advice to employees who have queries around policies and
procedures ranging from basic payroll and holiday queries and advising on
maternity/ paternity benefits.
Ensured adequate staff levels to cover for absences and peaks in workload, often by
using temping agencies
Assisted my line manager in the recruitment process, staff appraisals, managing
performance and disciplining staff.
Set up interviews and relevant issue correspondence.
March 2011- Oct 2011 Student Ambassador, Middlesex University
Acted as a representative of Middlesex University in a range of school and events
within and outside the university
Facilitated and addressed students on each Learning development programme (LDP)
sections
Worked closely with the staff of the university on a range of administrative function.
Was a point of contact for the new students and dealt with wide range of queries.
Education and Qualification
Middlesex University London 2012
MA Human Resource Management
Enugu State University, Nigeria 2006
BSc Psychology (2nd class upper division)
Written works
Employment Relation: Evaluating critically the employee’s relations in the retail,
large supermarket chains. Case study – Tesco supermarket UK (March 2011)
Learning and Development: Learning needs analysis and evaluation. (April 2011)
Strategic People Management and Development: An evaluation of HR strategy
considered to be horizontally and vertically integrated into business strategy using
Paul iles best fit Model.(May 2011)
Effective management and leadership: A critical analysis of the internal and external
environment of an organisation using PESTLE, SWOT analysis, Kurt Lewin (1942),
Mckinsey 7s,Macleod &Clarke Model. Case study – Royal Mail UK. (July 2011).
Employment Reward: Managing employee reward and development. (July 2012).
Interest andActivities:Leisure learning, Reading, Watching football.