CURRICULUM VITAE - KAREN WILSON72 Kensington Park, Magor, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, NP26 3QH

Tel: 01633 882319/07786 667703E-mail: thewelshlady@hotmail.com/Date of Birth: 09 January 1979

PROFILEExperienced HR professional, educated to degree level, with a wide range of experience within professional services organisations. Pro-active and forward thinking, with the ability to multi-task, prioritise own workload and meet deadlines. In September 2011, my husband and I relocated our young family from Surrey to South Wales, where I was born and raised, in pursuit of a better quality of life. After a spell working in a secondary school, I am now looking to return to the corporate environment, working in a local, well-established company as a Senior HR Administrator, HR Officer or similar. I am, however, prepared to consider other roles and organisations that may be suitable.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

JUNE 2012 – PRESENTHR/Personnel AssistantSt Julian’s School, Heather Road, Newport, NP19 7XU

Full HR/Personnel-related support including; Working in the Central Admin office, providing admin support to the Assistant Headteacher in

charge of Personnel and other members of the Senior Leadership Team Being the first point of contact for all queries relating to HR/Personnel within the school Typing of all school correspondence Attending meetings to take minutes/notes, for example grievance/disciplinary meetings Responsibility for co-ordinating, preparing and distributing papers for Governor Sub-Committee

meetings Internal and external client liaison Responsibility for the processing of travel and subsistence claim forms Recording staff sickness using iTrent and responsibility for signing off and processing staff

leave of absence All aspects of school recruitment Running projects throughout the school year, for example, the production of Year 11 Record of

Achievement certificates Working closely with the Headteacher’s PA and assisting him with projects as and when

required Supporting the management of the school in an effective and positive manner Acting as an integral part of the school administrative team and continually making a

contribution to the overall aims of the school, working within agreed policies and procedures Ad-hoc project work and other, general, administrative duties as and when required

MAY 2010 - OCTOBER 2011PA to Head of Recruitment, Head of Learning & Development, HR Consultant and Learning & Development teamAllen & Overy, 1 Bishops Square, London, E1 6AD

Full PA support including; Diary management and management of Outlook calendars, arranging meetings, conference

calls, booking venues/rooms and arranging catering where necessary Typing of various documents using Omnia, a document management system Answering telephones, dealing with calls from Partners, external candidates, suppliers,

recruitment agencies and clients and forwarding messages as required Use of I-grasp system to retrieve CVs from applicants Use of E-works system to retrieve appraisals Collating meeting papers/documentation as required Producing PowerPoint presentations and reports in Excel Dealing with incoming post Arranging travel where necessary, both in the UK and abroad Maintaining files as required

Ordering stationery and materials Completing expenses claims and processing mobile phone and AMEX bills Cover for HR Director's PA during periods of absence Administrative support for the wider HR team on projects, for example Partnership Selection Collation of management information For the Learning & Development team: processing, checking and allocating invoices, input of

budget information into financial systems, liaison with the Finance team, maintaining up to date information on the Intranet, maintaining up to date contracts and contact details for external suppliers, liaising with internal production team on branding and copying materials, managing diaries

Ad-hoc project work and other, general, secretarial duties as and when required

JUNE 2008 - MARCH 2010Secretary to Head of HR Operations and Head of Learning & DevelopmentClyde & Co, 51 Eastcheap, London, EC3M 1JP

Full secretarial support including; Acting as “Gatekeeper” for both of my Managers Maintaining and updating two extremely busy and constantly changing diaries Dealing with general queries and any other tasks asked of me (these could be quite random!) Preparation of highly confidential documentation, both audio and copy typing Extensive liaison at senior level with Partners and Managers Attendance at meetings to take minutes/notes e.g. HR Manager meetings, HR Partner

meetings and grievance/disciplinary meetings Production of PowerPoint slides and other presentation material Responsible for co-ordinating, preparing and distributing monthly papers for HR Partner

meetings Involvement in Tribunal cases e.g. typing correspondence to send to the Employment Tribunal,

phone liaison, maintaining files, etc Providing help to other senior members of the team, if required, during particularly busy

periods and secretarial absence Internal and external client liaison including dealing with recruitment agents to set up

interviews Co-ordination of holidays for the HR department, approximately 30 people Invoice administration and approval Co-ordination of all administration relating to internal processes e.g. Partner Assessment Panel

and Development Centres and dealing with the aftermath of these Help with the budget spreadsheet/salary review on an annual basis Set-up of certain training courses and all of the administration that comes with this Ad-hoc project work and other, general, secretarial duties as and when required

DECEMBER 2006 - MAY 2008 Company Secretarial/HR AssistantBrixton plc, 50 Berkeley Street, London, W1J 8BX

Assisting the Company Secretary with administrative and HR duties including; First point of contact for all HR related queries from employees and external suppliers Liaising with recruitment agencies Arranging new employee inductions and carrying out HR inductions Recording holidays and sickness Maintaining the HR filing system - both electronically and manually Maintaining the electronic employee database and keeping it up to date Administration relating to the company’s Pension, Medical Health Insurance and medical

examinations scheme Responsibility for updating the quarterly report for the Operations Board meeting Updating the donations/charities spreadsheet All administration relating to training Typing (both audio and copy) of confidential documents Preparation of letters and forms to Companies House Processing invoices Archiving

Assisting with the preparation of the AGM Preparation and distribution of papers for Board meetings Reporting and processing of monthly payments for Company share schemes General administration - e.g. mail merges, diary management, telephone work, cheque

requests and ad-hoc projects for the Managing Directors as and when required

JUNE 2005 - NOVEMBER 2006Secretary to the Head of HR and Assistant to the HR Training ManagerTrowers & Hamlins, Sceptre Court, 40 Tower Hill, London, EC3N 4DX

Secretarial duties including; Extensive liaison at senior level with the Senior Partner, Partners and Managers Preparation of highly confidential documentation, both audio and copy typing Extensive diary management Organising overseas travel arrangements Attendance at meetings to take minutes Co-ordination of processes such as Partner Appraisals and Partner Promotions Production of reports and analysis of data from Compel (HR database) Production of PowerPoint slides and other presentation material Arranging induction programmes for new employees/effecting HR inductions Training related administration Ad-hoc training projects (e.g. monitoring of CPD time to ensure compliance with The Law

Society) General HR duties (providing support to the rest of the HR team during holidays and other

absences, HR related administration as and when required)

AUGUST 2003 - MAY 2005Secretary to Operations & Development Manager, the Firm Accountant and Assistant to Personnel ManagerIsola & Isola, Suite 23, Portland House, Glacis Road, PO Box 475, Gibraltar

Secretarial duties including; Preparation of confidential documentation, both audio and copy typing Extensive diary management Production of monthly statistics using Excel, both personnel and operational Absence management, recording and monitoring staff holidays and sickness New joiner and leaver administration and new employee induction Management of office-wide systems including the personnel filing system, the staff training

database, employee records and administration relating to HSA Supporting the Personnel Manager in the roll-out of the Annual Appraisal process Production of staff Newsletter using PowerPoint Debt reclamation and chase up of outstanding legal bills, by letter and telephone

AUGUST 2002 - APRIL 2003Human Resources Administration AssistantGrant Thornton, Heron House, Albert Square, Manchester, M60 8GT

Heavily involved in recruitment - dealing with agencies, screening CV’s, interviewing candidates at first interview stage, graduate recruitment

Psychometric test administration Management of all new joiner/leaver processes including pre-employment medicals Involvement in and management of induction process Recording of staff sickness Co-ordination of staff training and study programmes Attendance at university careers fairs and events when necessary General administration (organised diaries, typing, filing)

MAY 2002 - AUGUST 2002Various HR temporary assignments through recruitment agencies

Lookers plc, Stretford (Assistant to HR and Training Managers), Addleshaw Booth & Co.,

Manchester (Worked in Graduate Recruitment), Railtrack, Manchester (Team Organiser for the HR department), Alpha Retail, Manchester Airport (Support to 2 HR Officers and the HR Manager).

NOVEMBER 2000 - APRIL 2002Administrative Assistant to the Legal HR AdvisorAndersen Legal, Manchester - part of Arthur Andersen

Main point of contact for HR queries from the Legal department Assisting the HR team with ad-hoc projects on a regular basis such as performance

management and firm-wide salary review Absence management including producing reports for the HR Manager Involvement in rolling out the Summer Vacation programme, 2001, a key process for the

recruitment of future trainee solicitors Administration of psychometric tests to prospective graduate joiners in the absence of the

recruitment co-ordinator Successfully implemented a secretarial recruitment project, producing a service level

agreement with the key recruitment agencies with preferential rates and high levels of service. For this I received a special achievement award

General HR administration - organising induction/training for new recruits, typing of confidential documentation, invoice registration and assisting the Legal divisional co-ordinator with a variety of tasks as and when required

EDUCATIONManchester Metropolitan University Llantarnam Comprehensive School1997-2000 Cwmbran, Gwent, South WalesBA (Hons) Sociology 1990-19972:ii 3 x A Level

10 x GCSE

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS/TRAINING

Pitman Training, StockportSEPTEMBER 2000Certificates in Microsoft Word/Excel/Access (2000)Touch Typing (Distinction)

Grant ThorntonFEBRUARY/MARCH 2003Interviewing SkillsAssertiveness Skills

Applications used: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Outlook, Lotus Notes, iTrent, I-grasp, Omnia, Compel, E-works, Social Media, E-mail and the Internet. Typing speed is approximately 65-70 WPM (tested).

REFERENCES

References are available upon request.