Nicola Ninja Hewitt Chartered
Human Resources Director @Buglife
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WORK HISTORY
Human Resources Director @Buglife
Member of the Senior Leadership Team for a national conservation charity with c.60 remote and hybrid staff. Key achievements Culture: Designed and embedded the Great Conversations performance framework, a coaching-led approach to ongoing dialogue, replacing annual appraisal and driving a measurable shift in management capability. Inclusion: Built Buglife\'s EEDI strategy from the ground up, establishing a framework and assessment process for a geographically dispersed, mission-driven workforce. Governance: Led a comprehensive overhaul of the full policy library, ensuring compliance with evolving employment legislation and building a suite of frameworks fit for a values-driven, distributed organisation. Recruitment: Leads an in-house recruitment function delivering inclusive, high-quality hiring across the organisation. Continuously improving processes through candidate and hiring manager feedback, alongside agency partnerships for specialist and senior roles. Reward: Introduced organisation-wide benefits including death in service and continuation of Wellbeing Wednesday. Currently leading a full salary framework review to ensure equity and transparency across the organisation. Organisational development: Designs and delivers OD programmes that build leadership capability, embed values-led culture, and strengthen organisational resilience from SLT level to the wider workforce. Team leadership: Leads a team of two with a servant leadership approach centred on development and capability. Invested in team-wide AIHR training and professional development, modelling the coaching culture expected across the wider organisation. Board: Supported trustee skills audits and board recruitment, strengthening governance at the highest level. Employee relations: Managed a range of high-stakes ER cases including conflict of interest investigations, protected conversations, and a settlement agreement, alongside ongoing complex casework.
EDUCATION
Glasgow Caledonian University
Master of Science (MSc), Human Resources Management and Services
CIPD Qualifications
MCIPD
Glasgow Caledonian University
BSc, Psychology
ABOUT NICOLA NINJA HEWITT CHARTERED
Senior HR leader with a track record across the third sector, health and social care, and SME environments. Operates at board and SLT level, combining strategic people design with the commercial and legal rigour to deliver it. Builds cultures and frameworks that outlast the projects that created them.
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