Managing Consultant Kerry McGowan FCIPD F.Inst.Pa

 

Kerry McGowan is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (FCIPD) with qualifications in business and Personnel Management and a Qualified Member of the Institute of Paralegals (F.Inst.Pa). She is skilled and qualified manager and HR professional with over 25 years experience working for large retail organisations, such as House of Fraser, Marks and Spencer and Tesco, and providing HR support at a strategic level in public sector organisations including policing and education.

Kerry spent 8 years at Essex Police in a variety of senior HR roles including provision of operational HR support, strategic planning, resource management, organisational change and project management.

 

 

Her experience was initially gained in the private sector which has helped Kerry maintain a commercial approach to HR and training.  She was a senior HR lead for an absence management initiative that saw £1.5 million savings in absence costs. Her style is to seek to understand how your business operates and work with you to identify the statutory, ethical and business needs that impact your organisation.

Kerry is a Fellow of the CIPD (FCIPD), Qualified member of the Institute of Paralegals (F.Inst.Pa) and a member of SHL Partner Solutions holding a licence to act as an independent psychometric tester at levels A&B using SHL psychometric tools.

A member of the Federation of Small Businesses, Bishop's Stortford & Harlow Chamber of Commerce,  Bishop's Stortford Business Connections, Enterprising Women and a number of other associations & networking groups.

 

The oldest incorporated professional body for paralegals in the United Kingdom. A not-for-profit organisation, working to turn paralegal jobs into careers, and to get the paralegal occupation recognised as a profession. Setting the standards for non-lawyers doing legal work and work regularly with government and the legal profession.  Incorporated in 2003. In 2005, granted institute status by the Secretary of State for the Department of Trade & Industry, after proving they met the government's requirement that they were a "professional body of the highest standing".  Their application for institute status was supported by, amongst others, The Law Society of England & Wales, the Bar Council, the Crown Prosecution Service and Citizens Advice.

 

 

 

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is

Europe's largest HR development professional body.

A globally recognised brand with over 135,000 members.

 

 

SHL is a World Leader in Talent Assessment Solutions operating in 40 countries and 30 languages.  With the World’s largest portfolio of assessment tools, SHL works with thousands of organisations including 80% of FTSE 100 companies.SHL has a strong pedigree of science, research and development.

 

 

The Federation of Small Businesses is the UK's largest campaigning pressure group promoting and protecting the interests of the self-employed and owners of small firms. Formed in 1974, it now has 215,000 members across 33 regions and 230 branches.