Chartered Fellow CIPD, Senior HR consultant

Avril is a highly professional HR consultant with extensive generalist and specialist HR experience gained over 25 years with blue-chip companies in retail, manufacturing, financial services and call-centre, SMEs and the public sector.

Avril has worked in senior HR positions for Prudential, Allied Bakeries and Argyll Stores and is experienced at an operational and strategic level.

Contracted with the Wales Audit Office and Welsh Assembly Government, Avril has supported strategy development and change management projects with several of the largest Welsh local authorities including Cardiff, Swansea and Rhondda Cynon Taff, and South and Mid & West Wales Fire and Rescue Services.

Avril also works with SME companies covering a wide range of sectors, including retail, construction, manufacturing, multimedia, design, transport, IT services, consultancy, childcare and the voluntary sector.

Her specialist experience includes: disciplinary, grievance and harassment investigations and procedures, policy development, terms and conditions/contracts of employment, employment law, recruitment and selection, competency-based frameworks, reward, equal pay, equal opportunities and diversity, appraisal, performance management, attendance management, flexible working/family friendly/work-life balance, and training.

Avril holds a MSc in Human Resource Management, a Diploma in Employment Law, is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and is an accredited advisor and auditor for the Committed2Equality standard.