Natalie Walker

HR & Tech Transformation Leader

Natalie Walker
Ras Al-Khaimah, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate

Erfahrungen

Juni 2023 - Bis heute
2 Jahren
Dubai, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate

HR Consultant & Coach

Harmony HR Coaching

Working as a freelance consultant specialising in Organisational Design that optimises HR services and processes. This service is complimented with a supportive expert Coaching service that embeds change and develops your team. Utilising my extensive experience in HR Service transformation, I deliver change to HR services for clients that provides results to the business.

The University Hospital of Derby & Burton NHS Trust:

  • HR service assessment, redesign and business case development to improve service and reduce cost
  • Coaching and improving People Partnering service
  • Reviewed quality and process of employee relations and investigations
  • Designed and implemented improvement plan
  • Assessed ROI of legal fees and service and developed business case to seek reduction in cost with increased services

Prana Wellness-AI, Dubai - Tech Start Up:

  • Provide expert advice, data points & KPI's in relation to Occupational Health & Wellbeing and ensure the product and service addresses trends
  • Influence and lead the design of the Prana Wellness-AI product and service from OH & Wellbeing perspective
  • Consider aspects of corporate HR strategy in relation to the product and service and ensure it aligns to these goals
  • Attend meetings with customers and stakeholders to provide expertise in relation to OH & wellbeing
Jan. 2021 - Mai 2023
1 Jahr 5 Monaten
Vereinigtes Königreich

Oracle Programme & Transformation Director

South Yorkshire Police

Due to my experience in technology, HR, Workforce Planning and Operational deployment, I was asked to undertake this role with a view to design and implement the technology and transform the service post implementation for effective customer service and reduced cost.

Reporting to the COO, led an Information System implementation and transformational change utilising a 30-member IT and program management team and £8 million budget.

  • Senior stakeholder engagement and management through the programme a Director
  • Leadership, development, and resourcing of program team, working to budget, risk and programme timelines
  • Developed the business case and led pre-planning, procurement and contract negotiation
  • Managed external suppliers for SI, Data Migration, and Oracle Cloud Licensing through SLA's and contractor deliverables across UK & India
  • Gained stakeholder buy-in after two failed delivery attempts by previous leads
  • Developed program communication, Oracle Data and training and sustainability Strategies
  • Led organisational change and transformation pre project work of HR, Finance and Ops Deployment
  • Assessed failing program, saved £0.5m with reduced scope, and met first phase targets in 8 weeks
Mai 2021 - Jan. 2022
9 Monaten
Vereinigtes Königreich

People & Organisational Development Director

South Yorkshire Police

Reporting to the COO led the HR & OD department of 230 HR professionals to achieve key milestones for external audit and delivery of national initiatives such as Police Officer Uplift.

  • Led the team of 230 HR professional through covid recovery and transformational HR service change programme. Improving morale through vision setting, improved communication and leadership
  • Developed the People Strategy as well and underpinning strategies in Positive Action, Wellbeing & Engagement, Recruitment and Retention
  • Led Talent Acquisition, Workforce Planning, Employee Relations, Culture & Talent, Organisational Development, Occupational Health & Safety teams with a £20 million budget
  • Navigated leadership challenges, political landscape and national projects, achieving Outstanding inspection rating under new inspection regime
  • Oversee and ensured delivery ambitious growth plans of 400 officers, new national police apprenticeship scheme, while addressing policing skill shortages
  • Developed a Wellbeing and Engagement strategy that holistically addressed both wellbeing and engagement survey results that drove tactical action and achieved strategic objectives
  • Significantly improved workforce planning integrating crime demand profiling, strategic people data, finance, resourcing and horizon scanning for a complete workforce plan that assessed both national and local issues to enable strategic decision making and planning
  • Improved service delivery, customer satisfaction and executive confidence in the HR service
Mai 2021 - Dez. 2021
8 Monaten
Vereinigtes Königreich

Head of Strategic Workforce Planning

South Yorkshire Police

The role was to lead and strategically advise on the workforce plan for the force of over 5,500 employees for a 5 year plan to ensure growth, improved talent through promotion, talent development of experience in various operational deployments, certifications and training of new officers and employees.

Achievements included:

  • Aligning crime demand analytical teams to workforce planning to create a comprehensive demand, skills and financial reports to the executive team
  • Improved workforce planning strategic reporting and increased confidence to both the leadership and stakeholders. This enabled the team to retain its good rating from HMICFRS that impacts funding and budgets from central government
  • Successfully recruiting over 600 new officers to match budget and government targets to ensure the right people were employed at the right time
  • Small organisational design and service business case to increase the team to enable a smoother service and transition services from Operational deployment
Apr. 2018 - Jan. 2021
2 Jahren 10 Monaten
Vereinigtes Königreich

Head of People Partnering & Wellbeing

South Yorkshire Police

Reporting to the Director of HR & OD, led the Occupational Health & Wellbeing, Employee Relations and Central Advice team of 40 HR Professionals, responsible for £4 million budget.

  • Student Officer Development Lead for the Force. This included leading a team of officers and staff to ensure quality training and deployment of new officers. Successfully led a project to adapt from 2 year to 3 year national training. This included demand mapping the student journey to operational resilience and changing the workforce planning modelling to account for reduced operational hours during transition
  • Develop the Disability Positive Employer Strategy and process design to ensure reduction in risk and cost associated with poor decision making. Taking this process from reactive to proactive and an enabler of our ED&I strategy. Saved circa £0.9m
  • Designed an Employee Relations strategy, saving £1.2 million
  • Redesigned HR Shared Service centre, saving £66% of budget and improved processes and customer experience
  • Advised Executive Team on Employee Relations and organisation transformation projects, saving £1 million
  • Assessed and re-designed the HR Employee Relations Service and introduced a Business Partnering model. Saved £0.8m through reduced structure and significantly improved service delivery and ER associated costs and performance improvements
  • Redesigned the Occupational Health service, improving service quality from poor to good in 18 months
  • Collaborated with Head of OD & Learning to devise cultural change program and agenda. Drove the change through policy, process, Employee Relations strategy and Business Partnering to affect change and drive the cultural change
  • Undertook the Terms and Conditions review working with a TU colleagues and re-negotiation of policies to save £0.5m
  • Led COVID HR response, ensuring safety and operational resilience to deliver key services
Jan. 2015 - März 2018
2 Jahren 3 Monaten
Vereinigtes Königreich

HR Business Partner

Tarmac

Held various roles both national and regional during my service reporting to the Head of HR and MD for the area.

  • Designed apprentice development program that was adopted and rolled out nationally
  • Developed Graduate recruitment program for the North & Scotland that was adopted nationally
  • Create the first workforce recruitment & succession plan within Tarmac that aligned to the five yearly business plan and expansion opportunities
  • HR lead for national TUPE associated with a simultaneous acquisition and divestment of 25 assets. Worked as part of a strategic project team to ensure smooth transition and embed across the business
  • Delivered re-structure across the Concrete and Aggregate business that impacted 3000 staff
Feb. 2015 - Dez. 2015
11 Monaten
Vereinigtes Königreich

HR Business Partner - FTC

Cross Keys Homes

HR Business Partnering role supporting the operational delivery and maintenance departments as well as supporting functions such as It and Marketing.

  • Supported re-design of full benefits package and rolled out across the business
März 2011 - Nov. 2014
3 Jahren 9 Monaten
Vereinigtes Königreich

HR Officer

Hargreaves Services PLC

  • Providing recruitment, training and employee relations support and advice to Group, Surface Mining and Coal Trading divisions
  • Led the HR support for the factory close down of tyre recycling plant with 100 employees and successfully retained skills to successfully close factory to deadline and met budgeted costs
Aug. 2007 - März 2011
3 Jahren 8 Monaten
Vereinigtes Königreich

HR Assistant

Ward Hadaway

  • Responsible for Graduate recruitment, bursary and work experience placement schemes
  • Managed the training budget and assisted with HR administration tasks
  • Created comprehensive onboarding programme for new recruits
  • Responsible for law and career fair marketing and attendance

Zusammenfassung

HR Transformation & Technology Leader HR Tech Specialist Change & Organisational Design Expert

Sprachen

Englisch
Muttersprache

Ausbildung

CIPD

Certificate in Human Resource Practice

CIPD

Advanced Diploma in Human Resource Management

Zertifikate & Bescheinigungen

Bps Test User Ability (Level A Psychometric Testing)

Cipd Advanced Diploma In Human Resource Management

Cipd Certificate In Human Resource Practice

Cmi Level 5 – Coaching Practice & Theory

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