HR Business Partnering
Working across the University our HR Business Partners are dedicated human resources professionals providing strategic support for University leadership. Partnered with the University Executive and their extended teams, they offer guidance to enable the delivery of key people initiatives which in turn maximises organisational performance.
HR Directorate:
- Anne-Marie Sitton, Executive Director Human Resources: HR Business Partner to the President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mark E. Smith, HR Business Partner to the Senior Vice-President (Academic) Professor Phil Wright.
- Sarah Hollowbread, HR Director, Service Delivery: HR Business Partner to Vice-President (Research & Enterprise) Professor Mark Spearing, HR Business Partner to Vice-President (Education) Professor Deborah Gill.
- Roberta Head, HR Director, Client Services: HR Business Partner to Vice-President (Operations) Wendy Appleby, Vice-President International and Engagement, Professor Andrew Atherton and Vice-President Engagement and International, Professor Jane Falkingham.
HR Business Partners to Faculties and Professional Services
- Sarah Flynn: Head of HR Business Partnering; Legal Services & Governance; VC Office; Human Resources; Health, Safety & Risk
- Jacqui Glynn: Faculty of Environmental & Life Sciences; Institute for Life Sciences; iSolutions; Research & Innovation Services; Sustainability and Resilience Institute; Arts & Culture
- Sarah Buchanan: Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- Luke Kelly: Estates and Facilities
- Ruth Nash: Faculty of Medicine; Change Portfolio Office; Communications
- Caroline Norris: Faculty of Social Sciences; Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences
- Charlotte Solway: Finance, Planning & Analytics; Student Experience Directorate; ODAR, Library
Industrial Relations
- Luke Kelly, Industrial Relations Business Partner.
- Lucy Grant, Industrial Relations Officer.
Our Employee Relations case management team, provide a proactive, responsive and compliant advisory service; supporting with full case management and consultations on employment-related matters. Procedural information, guidance and support is also available on our Employee Relations Toolkit.
The team are:
- Lucie Chick: Head of Employee Relations
- Rebecca Applegate: Engagement and Advancement; Estates & Facilities
- Tara Crawley: Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences; Legal, Corporate & Information Governance
- Georgina Figgins: Faculty of Arts & Humanities; VC Office.
- Samantha McLaughlin: Faculty of Environmental & Life Sciences; iSolutions; Research & Innovation Services
- Andrea Turner: Faculty of Social Sciences, Health, Safety & Risk
- Carol Read: Faculty of Medicine; Finance, Planning & Analytics, Human Resources
- Carly Crossfield: Student Experience, Strategy Office
If you have an employee relations issue which you would like advice on please contact Ask HR in the first instance: Ask_HR@soton.ac.uk.