Michaela Hutchinson

I am currently working for my families Property Development Business. My duties within the company have been varied and diverse, from managing the Administration and Finance function to assisting with new build interior design.

My daily activities involve liasing with Customers, Suppliers and Professional Bodies, ensuring the smooth running of the business ensuring deadlines and timescales are met.

Provide effective and efficient administration support to my Area Manager and 14 Store Managers. My role included up skilling Store Leaders in Boots administration processes and systems so that they could become more self sufficient. Key duties and responsibilities included :- providing expertise to Managers on HR data system, provide a data distribution, collection and collation service ie performance grades, analyse reports and advise on actions needed, assist Area Manager produce salary planners and analyse budget information, co-ordinate travel arrangements finding most cost effective solutions, produce holiday planning for Area Manager and direct reports, support stores in handling complex payroll problems and salary administration, support Managers with internal offer letters and invitations to meetings, take notes at disciplinary and grievance meetings, maintain staff personnel files and understand the importance of data protection.

responsible for the delievry of a HR plan for the maintenance organisation approx 1500 people with the aim of improving business performance. Ensuring the right people were recruited into the right jobs, that sickness and health was managed effectively; discipline and grievance procedures were followed successfully by advising managers on correct policy and taking minutes at every discipline and grievance stage. Undertook all HR administration required for the above tasks ie letter writing, taking and distributing minutes, compiled stats on all HR related activity from Induction to exit from the workforce.

Assisted the Area HR Manager provide professional HR generalist support to the client group by supporting line managers. Provided advice and guidance on HR issues, particularly on organisational change, welfare, equal opportunities, grievance, harassment. Undertook manpower planning with the AHRM and assisted line managers in the management of change.

Liaising with Managers to find out their manpower needs, writing adverts, liaising with recruitment agencies, sifting, shortlisting and interviewing candidates, undertaking all aspects of recruitment administration, from unsuccessful to successful letters and telephone calls, assessment centre admin, logging application forms and responding to speculative applications.

Supported the Office Manager in al aspects of Administration, helped as relief on reception, fielding phone calls, taking messages, booking conferences and training.