SIMRAN KANDOHLA
Coventry,West Midlands
Summary
With four years' HR experience, I now work as a People Partner for the House of Commons, partnering with senior leaders across high‑profile parliamentary offices including the Executive Office, the Speaker's Office and the Research & Information Team. I provide clear, risk‑aware advice on complex ER issues, coach leaders through sensitive decisions and use data to identify trends and shape preventative action. This drives stronger organisational performance by building manager capability and embedding clear, consistent approaches to people issues.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
People Partner
House of Commons
London
07.2025 - Current
- Deputy to the Lead People Partner and primary people contact for leaders across the Executive Office, the Speaker's Office, and the Research & Information Team, high‑profile parliamentary offices working closely with the Clerk and the Speaker of the House.
- Delivering strategic people support for multiple restructures across the organisation.
- Managing high‑risk ER cases, including ill‑health capability and gross misconduct, applying organisational policy, employment legislation and Legal guidance while liaising with trade unions to ensure fair and proportionate outcomes.
- Using absence trend analysis to identify systemic drivers of sickness, coaching senior leaders on how to address root causes and strengthen early‑intervention practices that reduced long‑term absence risk and improved workforce resilience.
- Acting as a mentor to the People Adviser, peer‑reviewing work, providing targeted training on areas for development and building capability through ongoing guidance and support.
- Conducting pay band assessments for newly created roles, working closely with the Reward team to ensure consistent, fair and evidence‑based job evaluation that maintains internal equity and alignment across the organisation.
People Adviser
House of Commons
London
11.2023 - 07.2025
- Supporting the People Partner in delivering people management support to leaders across two large, operationally focused teams - the Parliamentary Maintenance Team and the Customer Experience Team.
- Managing end‑to‑end casework across performance, grievance, disciplinary and attendance matters, handling a high volume of complex queries and providing expert, tailored advice to ensure early, effective and compliant resolution.
- Supporting redundancy processes, including those for non‑returning Members of Parliament following the 2024 General Election.
- Co‑designed and delivered manager workshops with the Learning & Development team for a cohort of 30 managers, developing and presenting tailored content that built leadership capability and strengthened confidence in handling complex people issues.
- Working with the People Policy team to review People Management policies in the Staff Handbook, providing feedback on wording and improve clarity so guidance is easier for managers to understand and apply.
HR Advisor
Severn Trent
Coventry
11.2022 - 10.2023
- Providing high-quality customer service to the business on a wide range of employee queries related to people policies, casework, reward and benefits, payroll, recruitment, and onboarding.
- Acting as the first point of contact for employee relations matters, coaching managers to handle people management issues proactively, encouraging informal resolution, and de-escalating matters before they reach a formal stage.
- Working closely with Payroll to resolve pay‑impacting issues such as incorrect allowances, overtime queries and missed changes, ensuring employees were paid accurately and on time.
- Producing clear, accessible guidance for employees and managers in the form of a toolkit, improving understanding of HR processes and reducing repeat queries.
- Using SuccessFactors and iTrent to process high‑volume employee lifecycle changes with complete accuracy, ensuring data flowed correctly into payroll reporting.
HR Administrator
Fundify
Birmingham, UK
10.2021 - 05.2022
- Managing a high-volume HR inbox, prioritising queries effectively, and responding within agreed SLAs across the business.
- Processing new starter, contractual change, and leaver actions accurately in HR systems.
- Auditing employee files to identify missing or incorrect information, updating records to improve data integrity
- Supporting GDPR compliance by managing confidential employee information securely and following strict data‑handling protocols.
Education
Master of Science - Work Psychology & Business
Aston University
Birmingham01-2022
Bachelor of Science - Psychology and Business
Aston University
Birmingham01-2021
Additional Skills and Qualifications
- CIPD Level 7
- Complex ER & Risk Management
- Workforce Planning
- Senior Leader Coaching
- Trained in Pay Band Assessment
- Process & Policy Improvement
- Proficient in HRIS (SuccessFactors, iTrent)
- Advanced Microsoft Office Skills (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
References
References are available upon request.
Timeline
People Partner
House of Commons
07.2025 - Current
People Adviser
House of Commons
11.2023 - 07.2025
HR Advisor
Severn Trent
11.2022 - 10.2023
HR Administrator
Fundify
10.2021 - 05.2022
Master of Science - Work Psychology & Business
Aston University
Bachelor of Science - Psychology and Business
Aston University