Human Resources - Contacts

Who should I contact in Human Resources?

• Employee Services Hub - For general HR advice and admin support for managers and staff
• HR Operations (Business Partnering) - For HR strategy and case work; supporting managers with organisational change; capability, conduct, grievance and acceptable behaviour cases; workforce planning and redeployment
• Central Services Teams - International Mobility, Resourcing & Recruitment, Temporary Staffing Service
• Organisational Development - Change Management, Coaching, Equality Diversity & Inclusion, Policy & Reward, Staff Development and Staff Engagement
• HR Leadership Team

Employee Services Hub Contacts

What we offer 

The Employee Services Hub offers general HR advice and admin support to managers and staff.  IMPORTANT: Please select the most appropriate mailbox for your query from the list below and refrain from copying in other addresses as this slows up our capacity to respond.  If your message comes to the wrong mailbox we will redirect your query and copy you in.

• “On-Boarding” (new employee process)
  • Includes: staffing requests, issuing contracts & answering contract queries, Right To Work checks and security screening.
  • Contact the On-Boarding team at onboarding-employee-services-hub@bristol.ac.uk  

• “In-Cycle” (employees already established at the University)
  • Includes: relocation enquiries & expenses, initial service review, changes in hours, contract extensions and other contract changes, flexible working, maternity/adoption/partner/shared parental leave, promotion, employment references, resignation and retirement.
  • Contact according to Faculty/Area:
    • Professional Services ps-hrqueries@bristol.ac.uk
    • Arts Faculty arts-hrqueries@bristol.ac.uk
    • Engineering Faculty eng-hrqueries@bristol.ac.uk
    • Health Sciences hs-hrqueries@bristol.ac.uk
    • Life Sciences fls-hrqueries@bristol.ac.uk
    • Science sci-hrqueries@bristol.ac.uk
    • Social Sciences & Law ssl-hrqueries@bristol.ac.uk 

• Staff Immigration (overseas nationals)
  • Includes: certificates of sponsorship, visa applications/extensions, visa and relocation expenses, relocation support service for international staff moving to the UK.
  • Contact the Staff Immigration Team on staff-immigration-team@bristol.ac.uk
  • For more info on Staff Immigration see www.bristol.ac.uk/hr/resourcing/additionalguidance/overseas

N.B. The following are NOT supported by the Employee Services Hub: - Honorary/Associate staff queries (contact honorary-associate-enquiries@bristol.ac.uk). - Teaching Support Roles (TSRs/HPTs) (contact tsr-enquiries@bristol.ac.uk). - Recruitment and Resourcing (see Resourcing team contacts)

Who we are   

Your On-Boarding Team is: 

Lisa Wood (Admin Assistant)
Lily Bassett, Rhianna Bryon, Eirlys Fernilough, Becky Hutchinson, Honey Templar and Polly Clare (Administrators)
Laura Bridges and Nina White (HR Advisers)
Sharon Faulkner (On-Boarding Team Leader)
Contact the On-Boarding team at onboarding-employee-services-hub@bristol.ac.uk 

Your In-Cycle Teams are:

Professional Services, Arts & SSL
Vikki Wilson, Abbie Standerwick, Phoebe Serventi and Katie Langley (Administrators)
Mary Alexandrou (Senior Administrator)
Miriam Pearse (HR Adviser)
Contact: arts-hrqueries@bristol.ac.uk (Arts); ps-hrqueries@bristol.ac.uk (Prof Services); ssl-hrqueries@bristol.ac.uk (Social Sciences & Law)

Engineering & Science 
Lavina Cherono (Administrator)
Ethan Luke (Senior Administrator)
Kate Brown and Rachael Brasted (HR Advisers)
Contact: eng-hrqueries@bristol.ac.uk (Engineering); sci-hrqueries@bristol.ac.uk (Science)

Health Sciences & Life Sciences
Julie Lennon (Admin Assistant)
Louise Beggs and Rachel Perry (Administrators)
Sarah Harvey, Emma Robson and Anna Woolford (Senior Administrators)
Bex Upton and Beth Rogers (HR Advisers)
Contact: hs-hrqueries@bristol.ac.uk (Health Sciences); fls-hrqueries@bristol.ac.uk (Life Sciences)

Janet Cainey (In-Cycle Team Leader)

Your Staff Immigration Team is:

Jo-Ann Binns Harris and Catherine Williams (Staff Immigration Administrators)
Bridgett Amey, Rachel Coggins, Clare Stephens (Staff Immigration Advisers)
Contact the Staff Immigration team at staff-immigration-team@bristol.ac.uk or see Staff Immigration Pages

  

HR Operations, Organisational Development, Central Services and HR Leadership Team

Who do I need to contact in HR Operations?

Head of HR Business Partnering / Senior HR Business Partners	HR Business Partners
Support managers through organisational change and delivery of strategy Liaison with trade unions Manage establishment including staff requests and workforce plans Oversee HR service delivery Reward strategy including grade M, promotions, progression and recruitment and retention premium Support equality & diversity initiatives	Support managers with the management of staff absence and health Follow up occupational health referrals with managers Support managers with ISR, capability, conduct, grievance or acceptable behaviour cases Complex maternity/cover/flexible working enquiries Job Evaluation and support for writing job descriptions Manage and support redeployment cases Support workforce planning

HR Operations

Head of Faculty People Partnering & HR Operations: Rachel Shimeld

	Head of HR Business Partnering	Senior HR Business Partner	HR Business Partner
Faculty of Science & Engineering	Jo Livesey	Ruth Robinshale	Imogen Barfield Kate Amiri Juliette Kitson-Smith Lorna Carswell
Medical School	Mel Wise	Maria Hanks	Jason Gothard Eurita Farquharson Çiğdem Higgins Jenna Miller (maternity leave) Sophie Price (maternity cover) Izzy Herrera
Faculty of Health & Life Science	Stela Holder	Concetta Dragojevic
Faculty of Arts, Law & Social Science	Catherine Stuart	Emma Doherty Catherine Manning	Caroline Veale Inoka Jayewardene Rebecca Sawkins Verity Tizley Chloe Jagger

	Head of HR Business Partnering	Senior HR Business Partner	HR Business Partner
Professional Services	Anna Duncan   Paula Stirling	Neil Buttery Paula Belsey   Jess Cain Garima Verma Oliver Scriven (starts October)	Henrietta Ingram

 

Organisational Development

Name	Role
Simon Swales	ACDP Programme Lead
Kathryn Miller	Head of Academic Staff Development
Emily Pitt	Staff Development Manager (Academic)
Claire Wrixon	Staff Development Officer (Research)
Claudia Gumm	Staff Development Officer (Research)
Jim Walker	Staff Development Officer (Research)
Lydia Klimecki	Staff Development Officer (Academic)
Clare Brophy	Staff Coaching Service Manager
Sarah McCowen	Staff Development Manager (Coaching)
Ros Hitchen	Head of Professional Services Staff Development
Isabel Frazer-Veli	Staff Development Manager
Rachel Hogg	Staff Development Officer
Bethan Turner	Staff Deveopment Officer
Magda Clark	Staff Development Officer
Sarah Armstrong	Staff Development Admin Manager
Jon Tilley	Staff Development Admin Coordinator
Emma Tweddle	Staff Development Admin Coordinator
Sara Williams	Staff Development Adviser
Holly Kennelly	Staff Development Officer
Alice Goodwin	Staff Development Administrator
Rachel Dill	Staff Development Administrator
Jack Sloan	Staff Development Administrator
Jasmine Wallis	Staff Development Administrator
Josie Dunne	Staff Development Administrator
Vickie Whitehead	Administrator

Staff Engagement

Name	Role
Claire Kinsley	Head of Staff Engagement and Culture
Imogen Hughes	Staff Engagement Adviser
Sinead Walsh	Staff Engagement Adviser
Tom North	Staff Engagement Adminstrator

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Team

Name	Role
Tracy Brunnock	Head of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Rebecca Gordge	Deputy Head of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Rhian Beattie	Projects Officer (Inclusion)
Emily Carter	Projects Officer (Inclusion)
Rowan Kinsella	Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Coordinator
Caroline McKinnon	Equality Charters Manager
Eva Poliszczuk	Projects Officer (Inclusion)
Rebecca Scott	Employability and Opportunities Manager
Helen Fullagar	Projects Officer (Inclusion)
Niah Rhoden-Edwards	Projects Officer (Employability and Opportunities)

Policy & Reward

Name	Role
Haylie Carr	Head of Reward and Policy
Sophie Colston	Deputy Head of Reward and Policy
Rob McCracken	OD Data Analyst
Kat Byrne	HR Officer (Policy)
James Vickery	Reward Officer and Analyst

 International Mobility

Name	Role
Neil Garrett	International Mobility Manager
Jorge Ramirez	International Mobility Manager
Katie Beard	International Mobility and Payroll Adviser

 

Temporary Staffing Service

Name	Role
Natasha Gregory	TSS Manager
Sacha Russell	TSS Adviser (Admin/Clerical & Payroll)
Alex Wyatt-Barton	Senior Administrator (CAG)
Giselle Volero	CAG Administrator
Jenni Gilbert	CAG Administrator
Carolyn Webb	CAG Administrator
Dominic Rayson	CAG Administrator
Alice Bewick	CAG Administrator
Kate O'Mahony	Admin/Clerical Administrator
Emily Bell	Admin/Clerical Administrator
Andrea Nicholas	Payroll Administrator

 

Resourcing

Name	Role
Liam Taylor	Resourcing Manager
Matt Ellis	Senior Resourcing Business Partner
Alexia Hall	Resourcing Business Partner
Raveena Landa	Resourcing Business Partner
Keith Leung	Resourcing Business Partner
Tracey Evans	Resourcing Assistant
Emma Paul	Resourcing Adviser
Harriet Hanson	Resourcing Adviser
Nico Bonnissent	Recruitment Systems Administrator

Human Resources Management

Name	Role
Claire Buchanan	Chief People Officer
James Bigwood	Director of People and Organisational Development
Alison Wall	Head of People Partnering & Wellbeing
Jayne Oram	Head of HR Central Services
Sarah Haworth	HR Executive Administration Manager (Tues, Wed, Fri)
Em Wheeler	HR Executive Support Assistant

Organisation Structure Charts

• HR Leadership Structure Chart (PDF, 160kB)
• HR Organisational Development Structure Chart (PDF, 169kB)
• HR Employee Services Hub Structure Chart (PDF, 183kB)
• HR Operations Structure Chart (PDF, 122kB)
• HR Central Support Services (PDF, 209kB)
• HR Central Services Structure Chart (PDF, 184kB)