Husna Begum
Newcastle Upon Tyne,
Summary
HR professional with track record of driving strategic HR initiatives and fostering strong team collaboration. Skilled in talent management, employee relations, and organizational development, with focus on aligning HR strategies to achieve business goals. Adaptable and dependable, known for navigating dynamic environments and delivering impactful results. Strong communicator with knack for building trust and fostering positive work culture.
HR & Payroll experience in UK, Europe and North America.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
HR Business Partner
Filtronic plc
03.2024 - Current
- HR Business Partner for senior stakeholders within the business; providing guidance and expertise for high growth strategies
- Reporting monthly HR and budgetary KPI’s to board directors
- Lead HR for supporting US manufacturing site with all HR processes
- Implementing a robust recruitment and retention plan within a high growth environment
- Managing the talent strategy and creating a talent pipeline through implementing apprentice and graduate schemes
- Lead the design and implementation of talent development by building leadership capability, enhancing employee engagement and driving high performance
- Full employee lifecycle support: includes supporting hiring process, facilitating pre-boarding, induction and new hire
- Offboarding and exit interviews
People Partner
Fenwick Ltd
03.2024 - 07.2024
- Providing Employee Relations advice and support to key stakeholders to ensure timely resolved issues and enable a good working environment, high engagement and decrease in turnover
- Provide support and guidance to senior stakeholders around ET1 claims
- Being data led by providing KPI data to Senior leaders on own area remit to address issues across the business to lower attrition and absence, drive high performance, reduce formal processes using monthly data insights meeting, appraisals and9 box
- Own organization design and structure for areas by maintaining org charts and undertaking job evaluation exercises
- Review and update People policies ensuring legislative changes and business changes are compliant and cascaded to the business
- Proactively understand workforce planning requirements across stores / functions / logistics and own relationship conversations around budget and resourcing requirements
- Lead initiatives around employee wellness, diversity and inclusion and employee experience
- Support and collaborate with wider People functions (Talent Acquisition, People Admin) on People strategy and delivering timely projects to the business
HR Business Partner
Rosen UK Ltd
01.2020 - 01.2024
- Company Overview: Global Engineering Consultancy with circa ~500m turnover and4000+ employees
- Responsible for delivering global HR strategy within the UK covering170+ employees across multiple locations
- Stakeholder management on a UK basis to fully understand the challenges and opportunities of the UK businessemployee experience
- Coaching senior stakeholders with company policy, legislation and best practices
- Full responsibility for developing and maintaining policies in all areas, as well as a strategic partner to local management
- Coached, designed and developed leadership training material to managers on a wide range of topics
- Responsible for talent acquisition, guiding managers with selection tools and competency based interviewing as well as working with agencies in a highly competitive market, ensuring managers promote competitive brand throughout the process
- Leading on the sponsorship of non-EU employees andoverseeing the UK Visa and Immigration process which is business critical due to shortages in the market for highly skilled professionals in a global market which requires a sound knowledge of UK immigration and visa law
- Managed the implementation of a new appraisal system linked to pay and reward scheme
- Responsible for annual employee opinion survey and action improvement plan to encourage better employee engagement
- Introduced a companystaff committee to help improve culture and environment and provide a platform for employees to share and discuss ideas which was positively received
- Built an inter-personal network across the HR function to deliver value added service for management and employees that reflects business objectives of the organisation
- Collaboration with global HR, understanding challenges on an international level and sharing best practice
- Alongside HR role, I temporarily took on the responsibility of Payroll Manager (maternity cover)overseeingmonthly processing of payroll and pensions for ~150 employees
HR Advisor
Houghton International Ltd
02.2017 - 12.2019
- Reporting directly to the HR Director, responsible for the delivery of the full HR remit including training, occupational health surveillance, recruitment, performance reviews, health and wellbeing, disciplinary and grievance
- Building strong professional relationships across the business and understanding business priorities and challenges
- Responsible for the rolling out of the ‘Better Health at Work’ awards by delivering health and wellbeing events and identifying health advocates across the business
- Coaching and developing managers in areas such as interview skills and performance management
- Generalist HR support with ER cases, personal development plans and recruitment
- Ensuring staff handbook and relevant procedures are up to date with latest legislation and best practice
- Producing and maintaining data and reports to monitor KPIs
- Coordination of the Working Matters forum; an employee focus group
- Developing the employer brand to increase awareness of the business by working with universities, schools and supporting STEM events
- Coordination of the recruitment and apprentice open events to assist with business growth
- Deputise for HR Director during annual leave ensuring business continuity
HR Coordinator
Houghton International Ltd
10.2015 - 02.2017
- Delivery of HR admin service supporting the full employee life cycle and related HR projects
- Conducting interviews for new roles and supporting the recruitment and on-boarding process
- Admin support for employee training and development, health surveillance and occupational health
- Maintaining effective HR records to enable the business to provide up to date accurate information supporting delivery of the HR function
- Facilitating the training and development of all employees within budget
Education
CIPD Level5 - HR Management
Newcastle College
Newcastle01.2020
CIPD Level3 - HR Practices
Newcastle College
Newcastle01.2018
BA Combined Honours - Business Management and English
Newcastle University
Newcastle01.2012
Skills
- Leadership coaching
- Talent Acquisition & Management
- Employee relations, Employee Engagement, Health & Wellbeing, Pay & Reward, Succession Planning, Performance Management
- STEM Ambassador and responsible for driving STEM activity within the business and influencing the local community
- Diversity and inclusion
- HRIS systems
- Strategic Planning
Knowledge / Training / Personal Achievements
- 2019 HR Modules including:- Employment Law, Disciplinary and Grievance, Recruitment, Performance Management & Absence Management.
- 2019 Leadership Coaching Bootcamp.
- 2019 Excel skills – Intermediate level.
Personal Achievements
- 2019 Ranked 8th in the Journal’s North East Best Places to Work Awards.
- 2018 Winner of the CIPD HR&D Excellence in SMEs Award.
- 2018 Winner of the AEMT Contribution to Skill Award for an Apprenticeship Programme.
Languages
English
Native language
Bengali
Proficient
C2
French
Beginner
A1
Timeline
HR Business Partner
Filtronic plc
03.2024 - Current
People Partner
Fenwick Ltd
03.2024 - 07.2024
HR Business Partner
Rosen UK Ltd
01.2020 - 01.2024
HR Advisor
Houghton International Ltd
02.2017 - 12.2019
HR Coordinator
Houghton International Ltd
10.2015 - 02.2017
CIPD Level5 - HR Management
Newcastle College
CIPD Level3 - HR Practices
Newcastle College
BA Combined Honours - Business Management and English
Newcastle University
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