Samantha King
Head of HR & Od @Fenland District Council
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WORK HISTORY
Head of HR & Od @Fenland District Council
Provide effective, inspirational and functional leadership for all HR & OD service, ensuring that all team are highly competent, people and performance focused, and equipped to achieve organisational goals, add value and deliver efficient services.Leading on the development and implementation of HR & OD strategy, policy and practice at all levels in the organisation, including developing the people management capability of line managers.Lead the strategic management and delivery of employee relations in a way that achieves organisational objectives and is consistent with good employment practices.The role has a very broad generalist remit, managing the Council\'s corporate HR/OD and Payroll team. I am responsible for ensuring that the HR & OD function provides a comprehensive consultancy and advice service to all areas of the Council, providing high standards of coaching, guidance and support on all HR & OD issues in line with policy and legislative requirements across numerous sites. I am responsible for the development, implementation and ongoing monitoring of all People Policies and employment relations processes for the Council. I develop and implement the Council’s People Strategy and HR/OD & Payroll Service Plan to ensure that the Council has a range of effective HR/OD strategies to enable it to attract, recruit, develop and retain a productive, flexible and motivated workforce. I work very closely with the senior leadership team to ensure that the HR/OD service supports the delivery of all Corporate Priorities, and I maintain a close liaison with the recognised union groups. I also manage the health and safety/emergency planning team.I have experience of training development and delivery; I am a qualified coach and an accredited mediator.I have experience of both public and private sectors and of working with unions in both sectors. Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
EDUCATION
Peterborough Regional College
CIPD PQS
College of West Anglia
A Levels
ABOUT SAMANTHA KING
An experienced HR & OD professional with a wide ranging generalist background and a wealth of practical management and leadership experience. Well versed in working both strategically and operationally, as well as cross-functionally and outside of the HR and OD arena; adept at providing advice, support, guidance and development to managers and stakeholders at all organisational levels and across multi sites.I am experienced in all aspects of Employment Relations; including leading and delivering downsizing and redundancy projects, managing change programmes, recruitment campaigns and managing large scale TUPE transfers.Throughout my career to date, which has been across all sectors, I have provided corporate and strategic support by working closely with Senior Managers on strategy execution and people planning to deliver a HR & OD service that responds to all strategic business issues. I have provided a HR and L&D function in organisations ranging in size from 5 to am passionate about helping people, and building and improving employee motivation and engagement levels. I support coaching in the workplace, and as both an NLP Master Practitioner and an ILM level 7 accredited coach I use an integrated coaching approach to suit each situation, individual or organisation. I am a Licensed Business Practitioner for Motivational Maps and am able to use this tool to ensure that individuals and teams are motivated and therefore perform as highly as possible. I am an accredited mediator and am also trained to deliver level A and B psychometric testing.
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