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ANNEKA COLLINS

Peel,Isle of Man

Summary

I am an accomplished professional with expertise in payroll, recruitment grievances, and team management. I constantly demonstrates strong organisational awareness and excel in stakeholder engagement and project planning. I am skilled in conflict resolution, critical thinking, and problem solving, with a proven ability to work under pressure. I am committed to enhancing workplace efficiency through effective grievance investigation and strategic planning.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
6078
6078
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work history

HR Assistant Manager

Manx Utilities
Douglas
11.2020 - 07.2025
  • Progressed from HR Administrator to Officer and then Assistant Manager, currently managing team of 5.
  • Developed project plan for electronic timesheet system, detailing timelines and resource allocation.
  • Facilitated team engagement between Employees, HR, and Third Party Developers for seamless operations.
  • Completed monthly payroll for over 400 staff and processed annual pay rises punctuality.
  • Managed payroll training, equipping colleagues with necessary skills for effective payroll processing.
  • Conducted recruitment and onboarding, ensuring new starters received essential equipment and guidance.
  • Performed thorough investigations on grievances, producing detailed reports for sanctions.
  • Represented HR in stakeholder meetings, addressing topics like harmonisation and pay negotiations.

Customer Care Officer

Manx Utilities
Douglas
05.2018 - 11.2020
  • Processed payments for invoices, security deposits, refunds, and account closures.
  • Executed reception duties by greeting and assisting diverse guests and customers.
  • Reviewed billing discrepancies and corrected them promptly.
  • Served as first point of contact for customer queries, directing them to appropriate teams.

Central Operations Specialist

Spark Digital
Wellington
06.2015 - 05.2018
  • Support provided to both Hardware and Software Franchise teams dealing with all aspects of ordering process.
  • Managing orders, ETA's, SLA's.
  • Reviewing payments to ensure Vendor terms and conditions were met.
  • Building and maintaining good relationships with Sales, Vendors and Clients to ensure process of dealing with Spark Digital is a good experience for everyone.

Desktop Support Administrator

Ministry of Justice
Wellington
02.2014 - 05.2014
  • Organising deployment of Windows 7 Upgrade program throughout New Zealand.
  • Liaising with customers and third parties to arrange schedules. Incident management for all migrated users.
  • Completing all aspects of administration, software and application support to customers and team.

Career Break

05.2013 - 01.2014

In this time I was travelling New Zealand.

Business Support Manager

Douglas
11.2010 - 04.2013
  • Business Support Administrator promoted to Business Support Manager.
  • Managing support team of five staff for Financial Advisors.
  • Maintaining team moral, checking and signing off work, customer service levels, meeting deadlines, report writing, handling any complaints or queries, and commission controls.

Education

Standard Grade - Business Management, Physical Education, Geography, Mathematics, English, Physics, Biology, German

Arbroath High School
08.1999 - 06.2003

CIPD Level 7 Advanced Diploma - Strategic People Management

CIPD Level 5 Associate Diploma - People Management

CIPD Level 3 Foundation Certificate - People Management

ILM Level 1 Introduction to Leadership and Management - undefined

Skills

  • Ability to Work Under Pressure
  • Conflict resolution
  • Critical thinking and problem solving
  • Payroll administration
  • Recruitment and onboarding
  • Grievance investigation
  • Team management
  • Project planning
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Organisational awareness

Custom

References available upon request

Personal Information

  • Date of birth: 01/06/87
  • Nationality: British

Accomplishments

    2025 Volunteer Mentor of the Year for the Junior Achievement Company Program

Affiliations

  • I am a Mum of two active children and enjoy spending our time at the weekends as a family exploring the island.

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

HR Assistant Manager

Manx Utilities
11.2020 - 07.2025

Customer Care Officer

Manx Utilities
05.2018 - 11.2020

Central Operations Specialist

Spark Digital
06.2015 - 05.2018

Desktop Support Administrator

Ministry of Justice
02.2014 - 05.2014

Career Break

05.2013 - 01.2014

Business Support Manager

11.2010 - 04.2013

Standard Grade - Business Management, Physical Education, Geography, Mathematics, English, Physics, Biology, German

Arbroath High School
08.1999 - 06.2003

ILM Level 1 Introduction to Leadership and Management - undefined

CIPD Level 7 Advanced Diploma - Strategic People Management

CIPD Level 5 Associate Diploma - People Management

CIPD Level 3 Foundation Certificate - People Management

ANNEKA COLLINS