Jim Cleland M.B.A

I believe that I am a personable character.  I like to get to know and connect with people as best I can by understanding their likes and dislikes as well as their needs and values.

I am a human resource consultant and my company name is Exceed HR Ltd.  I provide flexible, effective and practical support to businesses whether they are a small or medium-sized company requiring one-off or ongoing support based in Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Leicestershire, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire or Hertfordshire.

 

I have 13 years' HR experience spread across the legal, public, fast moving consumer goods, retail, higher education, information technology and charity sectors.  I gained a Masters in Business Administration in 2003.  My experience allows me to apply my knowledge and skills to a diverse group of clients.

I have:

• Built and maintained effective relationships - maintaining knowledge about people issues and being proactive in providing HR solutions.
  
• Successfully coached line managers and their staff to adopt best HR practice resulting in a high quality HR service to staff and effective people management.
  
• Designed and introduced best practice and best-fit HR to align with organisational strategy - maximising the performance of staff and adding value to the service provided to customers and other stakeholders.

 

October 2008 -       Interim Human Resources Officer, Information Systems Department,
October 2009         Kraft Foods, Chiswick, london

 

Provide HR advice and solutions to senior IS managers and functional IS managers based throughout Europe (Support 200 employees within a team of 3 HR staff).

 

June -                      Interim Human Resources Advisor, Central Academic Units,
September 2008   The Open University, Milton Keynes

 

Provided HR advice and solutions to senior managers, unit managers and unit HR staff (Supported 3,000 employees within a team of 8 HR staff).

 

January 2007 -      Interim Human Resources Officer, Commercial Department,
May 2008                Kraft Foods, Banbury

 

Provided the HR Management function for the commercial section of the Kraft Foods Banbury site (Supported 230 employees with line management responsibility for 1 HR Assistant).

 

July 2006 -             Interim Human Resources Advisor
January 2007        Olan Mills Photography Ltd, Wellingborough

 

Provided HR advice and solutions to senior managers, regional managers and telesales and photographic studio managers nationwide (Supported 500 employees within a team of 2 HR staff).

 

May 2005 -             Human Resources Manager
June 2006             Bindman and Partners Solicitors, London

 

Provided the HR expertise for the firm (Supported 100 employees with line management responsibility for 1 HR Assistant, 3 Reception staff and 16 Legal Secretaries).

 

March 2004 -        Human Resources Manager, HR Directorate and Legal Services Group,
May 2005              DTI (The Department of Trade and Industry), London

 

HR Practitioner within the HR Directorate and the Legal Services Group (Supported 250 employees with line management responsibility for 3 HR staff).

 

2001 - 2004         Human Resources Manager, The General Council of the Bar, London

Provided the HR Management function for the Bar Council (Supported 90 employees with line management responsibility for 1 HR Assistant, 4 Reception staff and 5 Post and Distribution staff).

 

1999 - 2001        Human Resources Manager, The Army Benevolent Fund, London

Provided the HR Management function for the Head Office and Regional offices (Supported 60 employees with line management responsibility for 1 HR Assistant).

 

QUALIFICATIONS

1996 - 2003       The Open University Business School MBA Programme MBA

 

My out of work interests include golf, sailing, classical and modern music, and travel (Western Europe, Africa and the Middle East, USA, and Asia).

 

 

 

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