Julia Davies

• Supporting daughter through A-levels and transition to university. Immediately available from 15th September 2025.
• Completed courses in Diversity in Recruitment and Storytelling for Digital Marketing.

• Utilised and updated RSM' applicant tracking system efficiently for seamless management of applications. Conducted initial applicant screenings which led to high-quality shortlists for hiring managers.
• Designed job specifications, showcasing strong and accessible employer brand on social media to attract potential candidates and to promote positive company culture.
• Collaborated closely with hiring managers for understanding specific role requirements and candidate profiles. Advised hiring managers on best practice interview processes.
• Implemented diversity and inclusion practices within hiring processes fostering an inclusive workplace environment.
• Reduced agency expenditure through action planning leading to own cost saving of approximately £1.6 million since October 2022.
• Facilitated induction programmes for new employees ensuring smooth transition into company culture and norms.
• Tracked long-term metrics to measure recruitment process, monitoring quality of hires, time to hire and cost.
• Monitored sickness absence, supporting employees through Mind Employee Wellness Plans.
• Managed annual performance reviews for employees, implemented performance improvement plans for under-performance and processed employee exits.

• Provided first point of contact support for HR enquiries on campus.
• Executed recruitment processes for temporary and permanent positions across five campuses, building strong relationships with preferred supplier agencies. Filled 80 roles within 6 months.
• Facilitated employee on-boarding and off-boarding, verifying candidate identification and visa requirements, utilising Excel to track candidate progress.
• Collaborated with stakeholders to establish best practice recruitment criteria and report on ED&I applications.
• Contributed to integration of iTrent system for enhanced HR operations.

Part of the Technical Recruitment team, placing Technical Sales talent into roles from Business Development Representative to Sales Director, focusing on areas such as Cloud Platforms and Cloud Productivity. Executive Search of multilingual sales talent for SMB accounts and projects in EMEA and APAC.

• Headhunted talent through LinkedIn Recruiter, telephone screening candidates to determine best placement within the business and compiling candidate reports to demonstrate best fit to role
• Responded to talent though Taleo, updating the Recruitment Dashboard for campaign progress
• Delivered results in accordance to KPI's, successfully hitting targets of 7 CV's/week and 4 interviews/week with Hiring Managers
• Collaborated with HR teams on determining ‘Right to Work' and promptly responding to Hiring Manager requests when campaign requirements change.

• Partnered with Hiring Managers to discern workforce needs, defining job parameters and outlining desired qualifications.
• Successfully sourcing candidates through a variety of job boards, creating further visibility through social media applications in line with branding policies. Creating a positive brand experience for candidates through regular updates on every stage of the recruitment process.
• Collaborating with executive, finance and operations teams to execute HR operations and acting as a business partner, supporting recruitment demographics and forecasting and communicating this back to the HR Director regarding prospective new school openings.

Undertaking a number of professional and personal development courses in order to pursue a return to a human resource career.

Project Manager, responsible for the successful up-selling of offshore resources and a new automated proposal application to stakeholders within the UK business.

• Collaborating with the offshore proposal team, creative writers and editors, ensuring all project targets met for delivery using ServiceNow.
• Analysing project expenditure, aligning costs to project codes, following up on outstanding payments with stakeholders.
• Designing and delivering stakeholder workshops around the UK, gaining feedback for tool and resource development.
• Updating stakeholders on project progress and developing stakeholder service level charters.

Key achievements:

• Successful uptake of automated proposal tool and offshore resources by 90% of the business during Year 1.

Talent Acquisition team member, responsible for the designing and placing job adverts through social media, sourcing and screening candidate resumes using a variety of tools and techniques, onboarding and offboarding candidates from Apprentice to Manager level, using Workday, reducing time to fill within 21 days.

• Successfully managing stakeholder relationships to provide 100% diverse interview panels, advising on best practice candidate selection, interactive interviewing techniques and general hiring practices.
• Collaborating on a global level with Workday Senior Business Solutions Analysts in order to enhance recruitment procedures and productivity at CAT Finning, successfully leading change.

• Contributed towards assessment marking; reducing workload for class teachers.
• Encouraged independent learning by providing structured study guidance to pupils.
• Liaised with external agencies as part of multi-disciplinary teams supporting child welfare initiatives.
• Aided in the development of Individual Education Plans for SEN children, improving personalised support.
• Achieved good Ofsted rating with 100% parent satisfaction rating.