Rachel Harris, Jerusalem, Israel.

Whatsapp: +447792699637. Phone 0553093479. Email [email protected]

HR, Administration and Management Professional with over 10 years experience in higher education, public and charity sectors. Offering a full range of skills, including Business Partnering, Project Management, Change Management, Recruitment, Learning and Development, Employee Relations and Operational Administration.

Middlesex University, Summer 2024: HR Business Partner (Interim)

• Provided full HR Business Partnering service to the University, including managing complex casework and restructures.

Queen Mary, University of London, UK, Summer 2022 & 2023: Employee Relations Transformation Manager (Interim)

• Managed portfolio of projects, including reviewing and implementing systems of casework management, short term contract staff, management training and review of document communication style.

University of London, UK, December 2019 – May 2022: HR Change Partner

• Led departmental restructures and building closures, including voluntary and compulsory redeployment and redundancy, with individual and collective consultations.
• Led large scale insourcing of approx. 150 security guards and cleaners from external contractor.
• Managed a Change team and oversaw rapid development and upscaling of change communications and project management documentation.

April 2017 – November 2019: HR Partner (Corporate Services)

• Provided a full HR Partner service to the University’s corporate services, including:

• Organisational change, including departmental restructures and large scale insourcing.

• Complex case management, including Disciplinary, Grievance, Performance and Absence.

• Employment Tribunal case management, including instructing legal advisors.

• Job Evaluation and Recruitment administration.

• Employee Relations, including negotiation, informing and consulting with recognised trade union and forums.

• HR policy and process development, and provision of training workshops to managers.

Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, UK October 2016 – April 2017: HR Adviser

• Member of the HR transition team, supporting a large scale project to harmonise all HR Employee and Reward policies following the merger of two UK Government departments.

Regent’s University London, UK July 2014 – October 2016: HR Officer

• Employee Relations and Change Management Casework.

• Policy development: Updating in accordance with legislative changes, legal advice and best practice.

• Maintenance of Payroll and HR Information system, including processing contracts and variation letters.

• Research & analysis projects: Pay benchmarking, casework and absence statistics, turnover figures.

• Developing & delivering HR training courses to managers.

• HR operational administration, including pay & reward, management information, recruitment and minute taking.

Norwood (health and social care charity), UK, June 2012 – July 2014: HR Officer

• HR Operations: HR policy queries, employee relations, HRIS system queries and operational administration.

• Managed employee absence and occupational health referrals.

• Managed recruitment cycle, on-boarding and background checks, Payroll & HRIS inputting.

• Learning and Development: Delivered HR training to managers.

• Casework Administration, including producing hearing packs, sending letters and taking minutes.

Technical Skills

Video conferencing- Zoom, MS Teams. HR Databases: Business World, iTrent, Resource Link.

Microsoft Office: Word, Outlook, Excel, Power Point. Graphic design: Canva.

Education, Qualifications and Training

2022-2024: Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, Israel-Full time course in Jewish Studies, including Biblical and Modern Hebrew, Talmud, Tanach and Halacha. Also completed Recruitment and Engagement Fellowship.

2021: Consensio, UK - Accredited Workplace Mediation

2021: Roffey Park, UK - Leading Organisational Design

2012-2014: Middlesex University, UK- PGDip Human Resource Management with Distinction. (CIPD Level 7)

2009-2010: University College London, UK- MA Modern History.

2005-2008: University of Manchester, UK- BA American Studies (Hons), 2:1.

Languages English (mother tongue), Hebrew (basic – currently in Ulpan).

Volunteering Limmud Festival UK Team Member 2013 and 2016, Trustee / Board Member – Borehamwood Partnership Minyan, UK, 2021-2024, Gabbait – Pardes Egalitarian Minyan, Jerusalem 2023-2024.