Jasmin Thomas

Working within a small team providing a HR service to 300 employees

• Managing all employment relations matters
• Provided expert HR advice to line managers
• Collaborated closely with departmental managers regarding staffing needs
• Coaching and advising managers on employee relations cases and general management issues
• Conducting disciplinary hearings, ensuring fair treatment of all employees.
• Conducting Employee Investigations
• Disciplinary, grievance and performance management
• Proactively managing company sickness and absence, short and long term sickness, by reducing absence levels and supporting employees when needed
• Engaging with Occupational Health
• Probation meetings attendance and setting targets
• Improved efficiency by streamlining HR processes and procedures.
• Developing and promoting employee engagement and well being
• Updating of company policies
• Write, review and update job descriptions
• Keeping up to date with law knowledge and legislation
• Admin tasks, contractual changes, pay change letters etc
• Maternity and Paternity processes
• Recruitment and selection including shortlisting, interviewing and inductions
• Played pivotal role in conflict resolution for fostering harmonious workplace relationships.
• Maintained strict confidentiality whilst handling sensitive personnel data and records and inline with data protection
• Maintained open communication channels with employees, fostered trust within teams.
• Maintained accurate personnel records, ensuring data privacy regulations are met.
• Fostered positive work relationships through open communication channels with employees at all levels.
• Support to the HR Manager and completing adhoc timely set tasks
• Using internal systems, work and excel

Working as HR Manager and managing the finance officer. Sole post holder of the schools HR function.

• Improved efficiency by streamlining all HR processes and procedures.
• Introduce and raised absence management and improved sickness levels
• Assisted in succession planning to ensure business continuity
• Achieved harmonious workplace environment with an open door policy
• Talent acquisition process, secured top industry talents
• Apprenticeship management
• Provided expert HR advice to line managers to tackle obstacles such as conflict resolution, and under-performance management.
• Thoroughly vetted employees' qualifications, licenses and certifications, including upcoming renewals.
• Assessed new staff eligibility through rigorous reference and right-to-work checks.
• Fostered positive work relationships through open communication channels with employees at all levels.
• Provided timely advice on employment law to avoid potential litigation issues.
• Payroll processing, inputting accurate data and monthly robust checks
• Maintaining the 'Single Central Record' up-to date
• Ensuring all safeguarding compliance was in place and maintained inline with policy

Worked as an assistant to the HR Manager.

• Maintained employee records, ensuring compliance with data protection regulations.
• Ensured adherence to employment laws, minimising legal risks.
• Reviewed job applications to identify, vet and recommend optimal candidates for available positions, maintaining positive relationships with new employees
• Maintained and updated personnel records, storing employee information accurately for traceability compliance.
• Helped with planning and execution of benefits enrolment, employee recognition events and other special occasions.
• Successfully delivered on tasks within tight deadlines.
• Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
• Monitor probation, appraisals and training
• Providing information to managers and employees regarding HR policies, procedures and processes
• Support the manager in employee relation cases
• Carry out duties and projects directed by the HR Manager

Working as the HR contact in one school and role developed into a HR Service for 3 schools and 1 children's home. Supported in the successful building of the HR Shared Services function.

• Training and development of colleagues with on job role coaching
• Assisting Managers on HR polices and procedures
• Maintained accurate personnel records with diligent attention to detail.
• Conducted confidential exit interviews to identify areas of improvement.
• Prepared relevant HR reports as required by senior management team.
• Payroll data entry processing for 140 employees
• HR Advice to Managers and employees - approx. 400 people
• Managing recruitment and selection process
• Ensuring compliancy with regulatory requirements

Started as a Retail Trainee. Joined the Personnel Team and Developed into a Assistant & Personnel Training Manager - 4 year duration, within a team of 7.

• Managing staffing budgets
• HR Advice to Managers and Employees
• Training and succession planning
• Absence Management process
• Disciplinary, grievance and performance management
• Managing a small team, providing leadership and direction
• Working to business strategies and supporting goals in timely a manner
• Handled confidential information, maintaining discretion and integrity
• Managed time effectively to meet deadlines
• Supporting shop floor duties