1. PRIYA DEVANI
Mobile: 07961 928 292
Email: priya.devani@hotmail.com
Location: East Molesey, Surrey. KT8 0DT
PERSONAL PROFILE
A highly motivated and self-starting professional with 4 years’ experience in HR and certified
CIPD Level 7. Worked as an HR consultant for one of UK’s leading tour companies, providing HR
solutions in recruitment and training. This has complemented well with previous experience in
HR across various functions of the field within multinational organisations. Professional
strengths include building strong relationships, approaching complex tasks in an innovative
manner and maintaining a strict adherence to SLA's.
EDUCATION
MSc. International Human Resource Management (CIPD certified) Oct 2014 – Aug 2015
Kingston University Business School, London
Modules Studied: International HR and Comparative Law; Resourcing, Talent and Reward
Management; Employee Engagement & Organisational Learning; Leading, Managing and Developing
people in Context; Investigating a Business Issue; Strategic Leadership Development and Performance
Management
BA (Hons) International Business Studies Oct 2002- June 2006
University of Glamorgan, Wales
Study Exchange Program (Management) Aug 2004-May 2005
University of South Florida, USA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
GOLDEN TOURS Ltd Oct 2014 – May 2015
Sightseeing Tour Operators
HR Consultant
• Streamlined the recruitment process from start to finish within the transportation
business, reporting directly to the CEO.
• Analysed the current recruitment procedure of the department through interviews with
the line manager and company director.
• Collated qualitative data through observations of live interviews with candidates
• Designed and conducted face to face interviews with managers in other business
functions to identify differences in their recruitment process.
• Presented a report to the company with research findings and detailed
recommendations of improvements based on industry best practice; including costs and
measurement of benefits.
ATKINS GLOBAL Ltd Sept 2010 – July 2014
Multinational engineering consultancy

2. HR Administrator
Graduates
• Management of Graduate development programme – Ensuring training is delivered to
all graduate employees and their successful completion of the programme.
• Recruitment assessor for Atkins Graduates – working alongside the recruitment team in
the interviewing and assessment process for graduates.
• Managed annual event for Atkins Graduate Induction – this included all stages of
planning and managing a high profile corporate events for more than 300 attendees for
almost 3 years.
• Ongoing liaising with the venue’s event management team.
• Led on team meetings with facilitators and managers in the absence of Project Director.
• Provided support to managers who were responsible for leading various activities during
the induction event.
• Ensuring all materials required for the event are ordered and delivered in a good time.
• Processed undergraduate sponsorship payments and graduate bonuses in Oracle.
Learning & Development
• Administration of internal and external courses for employees including e-learning.
• Liaised with external course suppliers to arrange all training courses.
• Worked alongside L&D consultants to conduct training needs analysis.
• Analysed course feedback to identify areas of improvement/ changes.
• Administered the delivery of business specific training.
• Generated regular reports from L&D system to analyse training demands and to ensure
accurate supply of internal training courses.
• Advised on general HR and L&D queries via Neocase – (case management system).
Generalist – 6 month secondment
• Responded to employee queries, both by phone and email.
• Analysed all Right to Work reports to identify visa expiries.
• Corresponded to employees regarding any disciplinary, capability and grievance issues
arising.
• Administration of redundancy and redeployment process including redundancy pay,
annual leave calculations and updating of employee database.
• Liaised with Health Management and employees to arrange Independent Medical
Assessments for general and short term sickness absence.
• Processed pay adjustments for sickness absence.
PRIYA DEVANI - FREELANCE HAIR & MAKE-UP ARTIST June 2010 - Ongoing
• Hired for numerous bridal events, TV commercial productions, and stage theatre
productions.
• Working alongside the producer-director of TV commercials on set during filming.
• Approached to be a member of the hair and make-up team for ‘UK Welcomes Modi’
event at Wembley Stadium 2015.
• Hired for the ‘UK Miss India’ Launch Party event, 2015.
MI SUPPORT/ PEPSICO INTERNATIONAL Ltd Feb 2007 – Aug 2010
Multinational FMCG Beverages Company
Helpdesk Co-ordinator

3. Work alongside business teams and projects in an administrative capacity to support
organisational restructuring and high profile global marketing events.