• Strategic management of professional personnel support for the Directorate, member of CFE SMT

Jenny Ives p/t
Finance Officer
& PA to CFE Personnel Manager

Stefani Thurkle p/t
PA to CFE Personnel Manager & Workforce Information Assistant

Room 3.32, Sessions House

• Provide comprehensive finance and admin support to DPM.
• First point of contact for personnel staff regarding equipment/enquiries to ensure the efficient running of the office.

• Manages the formal employee consultation structures for the Directorate and schools
• Initiates employee relations policy changes resulting from legislation or business need
• Manages the terms and conditions framework for all CFE employees
• Advises managers and other personnel consultants on complex cases and employment law.

Helen Connolly
Senior Personnel Officer
Room M4.26, Sessions House

• Provides additional personnel support to schools causing concern following OfSTED inspection.
• Deals with those staffing issues highlighted in the schools' OfSTED report which, if not addressed, will continue to undermine the school’s ability to recover within the required timeframe.

Joanne Langford
Personnel Officer
Room M4.26, Sessions House

• Manages the specialist pay, benefits, terms and conditions of service for the CFE Directorate.
• Undertakes strategic management and support for the Personnel Module of the SIMS system in schools.
• Review and maintenance of contracts of employment for the CFE Directorate.

Vacancy
Employee Relations Officer
Room M4.26, Sessions House

• Leads on equality in employment issues for the Directorate.
• Undertakes, project, policy and complex case work and resolves employment policy interpretation issues.
• Supports the Directorate and School JCC meetings
• Provides best practice guidance for personnel staff and line managers in the Directorate

Ellie Swoffer
Employee Relations Assistant
Room 3.32, Sessions House

• Team support
• Supports the administrative process for the Establishment Panel.

Teachers' Pensions Unit
Linda Woodrow
Team Manager
Room 4.26, Sessions House

• Manages a specialist Teachers' Pensions service for KCC
• Provides direct advice to schools and managers on complex and sensitive cases.
• Provides information to Teachers' Pensions
• Update teachers' records
• Complete application forms on behalf of KCC

01622 696397
01622 696397
01622 696395
01622 696396

Stephen Wood
Teacher Recruitment
& Retention Manager
Room 3.38, Sessions House

• Markets Kent as a preferred employer of teachers www.kent-teach.com
• Supports initiatives for those looking to enter the teaching profession.
• Develops programmes to increase the ethnic representation across the profession.
• Administers Golden Hello Payments
• Works with schools to gain professional status for those without Qualified Teacher Status.
• Manages the NQT Induction process for the LEA and the schools.
  Manages Retention initiatives, Well Being Programme, housing etc.

Janice Judge
Recruitment Assistant

Vacancy                                       Recruitment & Retention Officer

Caroline Mill
Recruitment Assistant

Karen Duguid                             Recruitment Marketing Officer

Jane Quickenden
Personnel Manager - Resources
Room 3.32, Sessions House

• Initiates management changes to reflect KCC' commitment to Fairness at Work, Well Being and Equality matters.
• Manages the links with Shared Services, Training and Development and other P&D specialists to ensure the delivery of improved services to managers.
• Develops a range of innovative recruitment and retention strategies and practices for the Directorate
• Advises manager and personnel consultants on the impact of relevant legislation, and on good practice, in recruitment, retention, staff development and staff care
• Coordinates management information monitoring from Oracle and reviews Directorate performance on key people management issues, especially BVPI's and any data required for APA purposes.

Anita Cross
Personnel Services Manager
Kroner House

Personnel Officers
Sessions House, Room 3.32

Jane Clayton (part-time)

Aije Barnes

Ellen Richter

Grant Dimmer

Naomi Sheppard

01622 696339

01622 221281

01622 221759

01622 221757

01622 694257 

• Implementation of corporate initiatives for staff care and wellbeing.
• Recruitment, selection & retention
• Reward and motivation
• Job design and grading
• Disciplinary issues (Conduct/Capability)
• Grievances/Harassment
• Absence Management
• Small-scale Reviews
• Redeployment
• Generalist Employee Relations issues

Personnel Officers
Kroner House
Jeanette Grundy (part-time)

01233 652157
01233 652157

Personnel Advisers
Kroner House
Emma Glenn  
Karen Delgado (part-time)

01233 898570
01233 652122
01233 652122

• Job Grading
• Occupational Health referral
• Support to Recruitment and Retention initiatives
• Provision of workforce information
• Work permits
• General Employee Relations advice

Deirdre Steele
Personnel Adviser
Sessions House, Room 3.32

• Implements corporate changes to Oracle, ensures the quality of information and develops and monitors reporting processes.
• Provision of Workforce information
• Employee redeployment
• Job grading
• Provides Generalist advice

Team Manager
Gibson Drive, West Malling

• Overall management of the team.
• Chief Officers
• Data Subject Access Requests

Coral Smith
Team Leader
Gibson Drive, West Malling

• Day to day management of the team.

Personnel Assistants
Lucy Drummond
Vicki Best
Lorna Cramp
Stevie Collin

01622 605006
01622 605751
01622 605256
01622 605274

• Issuing contracts
• Terminations of employment
• Producing Pay forms
• Changes to existing employee details
• Updating Oracle
• Routine advice

Susan Cooke
Recruitment Services Manager
Gibson Drive, West Malling

Karen McKinley
Team Leader

• Recruitment Advertising supporting the line manager in placing the advertisement for their vacancy.

• Recruitment Process Team in some cases supporting the manager from the initial contact with a vacancy through to the shortlisting process.

• Criminal Records Bureau administration

Sam Hilden
Helen Atkinson
Yvonne Crawford

01622 605267
01622 605526
01622 605515

• Process Team

Pat Luscombe
Pensions Manager
Brenchley House, Maidstone