Interview
Tina Woods, HR Director, shares some insight into her role.
As HR Director my role is to manage the HR team to deliver an effective service to all our employees and continue to work towards our commitment of being an employer of choice. The role involves providing support as required to all employees throughout their career lifecycle, ensuring we have an environment where people can thrive and working closely with our diversity and inclusion network groups to support inclusion within our company.
Day to day I can be involved with coaching a team member, completing project-based work or supporting and advising colleagues as required. I enjoy working closely with my team to ensure we are attracting and retaining the best talent for our business and watching the business grow. Since we floated this has given the HR team a fantastic opportunity to work with a number of different businesses and ensure we are partnering with them to provide the best service possible. I get to work on a variety or projects across the business whether this is reviewing our systems, introducing reward and recognition programmes or ensuring annual processes run effectively.
I joined Gateley in 2011 and since then there have been a lot of highlights! I am really lucky that every day I get to work with such a great team who all work extremely hard to ensure we are delivering the best service possible to all our employees. I am proud of what the team has achieved and one highlight that stands out, in particular, was the launch of our annual Gateley Team Spirit Awards. I really enjoy recognising colleagues across the business and celebrating their achievements with them. On a personal level, Gateley has given me the opportunity to develop and grow into the career I have always wanted and really supports people to achieve their ambitions.