Sophie Metcalf
HR Growth Partner @Howarths
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WORK HISTORY
HR Growth Partner @Howarths
HR LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY – Acting as a fractional HR Director to six SME’s working with Boards to coach, develop and support senior leaders in developing and delivering comprehensive and high-performance People strategies.• STRATEGIC BUSINESS PARTNERING - Coaching, mentoring, and supporting SME Directors to facilitate cohesive and constructive relationships, strategic proactive growth and harness strengths.• HR ADVISORY SERVICES - Providing expert professional advice to senior management in all areas of HR, concentrating on high risk and complex case.• EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT – Implementing Employee Engagement practices across SMEs to improve performance, reduce turnover and increase profitability.• LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT - designing and delivering Management Development training to senior leaders to create strong performing leaders.• EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT - Mentoring and coaching HR employees within SMEs to develop skills and knowledge to achieve business goals.• CHANGE MANAGEMENT - Advising on change management strategies to achieve agreed organisational outcomes.• BOARD REPORTING – Conducting reviews and analysis of people data and implementing business wide Board packs. • CAREER PLANNING – Implementing career planning programmes to support employees in SME’s wishing to progress, identifying strengths and weaknesses, aspirations and goals and creating Performance Development Plans, creating a pipeline of home-grown talent and harnessing strengths ensuring organisational knowledge retention.• PROCESS MAPPING – Reviewing operational processes across SME’s, identifying key challenges in efficiency and effectiveness in current practices and ongoing implementation of changes to address these in the short to long term.• COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS - Member of Remuneration Committee’s, completed salary benchmarking activities and ensuring employees were paid fairly.
EDUCATION
CIPD Qualifications
Level 7 Human Resource Management, Human Resources Management and Services
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British Sign Language Level 2, Sign Language Interpretation and Translation
Chartered Institute of Professional Development
Level 5 Human Resources Management Diploma, Human Resources Management and Services
Chartered Management Institute
Level 7 Award, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Chuldow Martial Arts Academy
Certified Instructor, Martial Arts
The University of Huddersfield
Master's Degree, Professional Development/ Learning and Development
Lancaster University
Master's degree, Professional Practice (Senior Leadership)
Women and Leadership International
Executive Ready Programme, Organizational Leadership
Level 7 Diploma for Executive and Senior Level Coaches and Mentors
Diploma, Coaching and Mentoring
ABOUT SOPHIE METCALF
A dynamic and experienced HR professional, recognised for being results-driven, innovative and commercially focused. Expertise in developing and implementing strategic people plans that enhance business operations and create competitive advantage. Proven success as an HR Director, driving organisational growth, supporting business development, using data and analytics to validate and inform decisions and ensuring excellence throughout the employee lifecycle. Providing thought leadership and mentorship and coaching to a diverse group of stakeholders. Highly efficient and organised, possessing exceptional communication and presentation skills. Versatile experience spans multi-industry and large-scale start-ups, as well as corporate and entrepreneurial ventures within financial services, charity sector, logistics, manufacturing and supply chain, retail, telecoms, healthcare, mechanical and engineering and sports.
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