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, Strategy Office
- Jacqui Glynn: Faculty of Environmental & Life Sciences; Institute for Life Sciences; Research & Innovation Services; Sustainability and Resilience Institute; Arts & Culture
- Sarah Buchanan/Marthie Turner: Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- Luke Kelly: Estates and Facilities
- Ruth Nash: Student Experience, Communications
- Caroline Norris: Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences
- Lisa Davidson: Finance, Faculty of Medicine
- Will O-Brien: Faculty of Social Sciences, iSolutions
- Rhiannon Billington: HR Change Manager
Industrial Relations
- Luke Kelly, Industrial Relations Business Partner
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: Communications, ODAR, 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
- Shelley Malan: Faculty of Social Sciences, Health, Safety & Risk
- Carol Read: Faculty of Medicine, Finance, 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 .