Mairead Devaney
Summary
Talented HR leader with 15-year career overseeing human resources operations, including employee relations, organisational structuring and policy development. Well-versed in benefits administration and legal compliance. Forward-thinking with superior problem-solving, conflict management and organisational skills.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Student Counselling Project Lead and Administrator
Technological University of the Shannon
Athlone
09.2022 - Current
- Applied MBA learning developing SOPs and Polices for the Student Counselling Service, ensuring standardisation and efficiency in processes.
- Created a comprehensive training handbook for counsellors, providing essential knowledge and best practices.
- Facilitated smooth onboarding process for sessional counsellors, including training and orientation.
- Developed training aids focusing on the CAMS framework to effectively assess and manage suicidality.
- Supported a national application rollout by collaborating with stakeholders to enhance and streamline the counseling service.
- Collaborated to develop a comprehensive strategic plan aligning counseling service with the Student Resource Centre's goals and objectives.
- Researched and developed administrative policies, procedures and guidelines to facilitate operations.
- Appraised, forecasted and determined conditions and strategies to achieve goals and objectives.
- Handled sensitive employee and company information with highest level of confidentiality and discretion.
Office Manager, Procurement & Accounts Officer
Longford and Westmeath Education Training Board, Further Education
Mullingar
03.2019 - 09.2022
- Trained and mentored administrative staff members in company policies, daily task execution and industry best practices.
- Health and Safety project Lead, risk assessment training rollout, and assigned individual responsibilities to facilitate on-time completion of planned tasks.
- SAP to P2P project lead for accounts and Covid project lead
- Met with leaders/ stakeholders to implement best practice, project-manage needs and implement process improvements.
- Negotiated and finalised vendor contracts in order to optimise pricing structures and delivery schedules.
- Assessed purchase orders, contracts and payments for goods and services for review committee.
- Prepared financial statements and expense documents for management teams.
- Performed audit procedures to validate financial report data.
HR Specialist and Manager for Southern Ireland
Arcadia
Dublin
01.2009 - 03.2019
- Assisted with recruitment initiatives by interviewing and talent sourcing.
- Provided essential support to address individual HR needs of employees.
- Safeguarded human resource information, maintaining employee confidence and protecting operations.
- Partnered with senior HR team to communicate company standards and policies.
- Worked with HR department to devise and update policies as needed for corporate accountability and workplace health.
- Analysed job descriptions and determined recruitment plan, timeline and advertising efforts to fill positions.
- Researched and analysed recruitment data to provide detailed statistical reports.
- Spearheaded diversity, equity and inclusion efforts to meet company diversity goals.
- Investigated workplace issues with professionalism and sensitivity and detailed incidents in reports to senior executives.
Multi-Site Manager
Carraig Donn
Cork
05.2007 - 01.2009
- Oversaw recruitment, interviewing, hiring and onboarding of new company staff.
- Handled employee discipline and termination to address policy infractions.
Brand Manager
Ralph Lauren at Brown Thomas
Cork
05.2006 - 05.2007
Manager
Dunnes Stores
Athlone
03.2005 - 05.2006
Credit Card Customer Service Representative
MBNA Ireland Limited
Carrick On Shannon
09.2003 - 03.2005
Junior Marketing Consultant
Coyle Hamilton Insurance Brokers
Dublin
01.2002 - 09.2002
Education
MBA - Business
Technological University of The Shannon
11.2021
Postgraduate Diploma - Business Administration and Management
Technological University of the Shannon
11.2020
Bachelor of Business Studies - Business
University of Limerick
Limerick09.2003
Skills
- Project Management, Change Management, Project Development
- Health and Safety
- Stakeholder relations
- Complex Problem Solving, Disciplinaries, Investigations, Mediations
- Industry-Specific HR Regulations
- Financial Accounting
- Onboarding, Orientation and L&D
- Team Leadership
- Talent Management
- Performance Management
- State Regulation Compliance, ESF(European Social Fund)
- Data Analysis and Statistics
- KPI Management and HR Metrics
- Microsoft Office, SAP, Sage, P2P, CoreHr, eCohesion, Teams, Zoom, CoreNet, Yellow Schedule, Agresso
Affiliations
Received Student of the year in 2019 for my grades in TUS.
Certification
MSC in HRM in progress, FDCC, QQI 6 Operations, Quality and Lean Management - 2019, QQI 6 Train the Trainer - 2021, QQI 5 Payroll - 2019, IBEC Managing People - 2020, Remote Work Foundations - 2020, Health and Safety Representation - 2020.
Timeline
Student Counselling Project Lead and Administrator
Technological University of the Shannon
09.2022 - Current
Office Manager, Procurement & Accounts Officer
Longford and Westmeath Education Training Board, Further Education
03.2019 - 09.2022
HR Specialist and Manager for Southern Ireland
Arcadia
01.2009 - 03.2019
Multi-Site Manager
Carraig Donn
05.2007 - 01.2009
Brand Manager
Ralph Lauren at Brown Thomas
05.2006 - 05.2007
Manager
Dunnes Stores
03.2005 - 05.2006
Credit Card Customer Service Representative
MBNA Ireland Limited
09.2003 - 03.2005
Junior Marketing Consultant
Coyle Hamilton Insurance Brokers
01.2002 - 09.2002
MBA - Business
Technological University of The Shannon
Postgraduate Diploma - Business Administration and Management
Technological University of the Shannon
Bachelor of Business Studies - Business
University of Limerick
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