Peter Kearney

Current

Radio Presenter at Dublin City 103.2 FM
HR Consultant at PKonsult

Past

Head of Human Resources at ADS Ireland
Resourcing Specialist at Meteor Mobile Communications
HR Officer & DOS at Dorset College

Clerical Assistant at Irish Rail

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Education

Keele University
National College of Ireland
Dundalk Institute of Technology

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Peter Kearney’s Summary

Peter's vision is a Creative and Harmonious Workplace & Society where all members of the team are Engaged and a Culture of Learning is of core importance to the organisation.

Peter has worked in Ireland and Europe in Training & HRM. Worked on a freelance basis with Daimler Chrysler and Banca Commerciale Italiane, training staff in Business English communication. Worked for Dorset College, Meteor Mobile Communications and ADS Ltd.

Peter has coordinated a number of business development projects such as:

o Managing and developing Performance Management and Recruitment & Selection processes through a Competency based approach.
o Learning Needs Analysis and organisational Training Programmes
o Mediation & Employee Engagement Projects
o Designing Induction programmes
o HR Policies and Procedures for the business
o Company Handbooks
o Employment Law consultation
o Contracts of employment
o Management of Redundancies in the north and south of Ireland.
o HR and Training quality programme
o Implementation and coordination of CIPD certificate courses

Has been a regular assessor and lecturer on CIPD, JEB, FETAC and ACCA courses covering such topics as Employment Law, Human Resources Management and Communications at Dorset College as well as on in-house training courses at ADS Ltd.

Holds a BA in HRM from the NCI and an MA in HRM & Industrial Relations from Keele University. He is a member of the Institute of Management Consultants & Advisers (IMCA) and holds membership of the IITD and the Irish Computer Society.

Peter Kearney’s Specialties:

Mediation of Employee Disputes & Conflict, Employee Engagement, Employment Cycle implementation, Return On Investment, Career Planning, HR Training for Supervisors & Managers, Redundancy & Restructuring and Employment Law

Peter Kearney’s Experience

Radio Presenter

Dublin City 103.2 FM

(Non-Profit; Entertainment industry)

April 2010 — Present (6 months)

Present a weekly half hour show called Engage Your Mind every Thursday @ 3pm. This show looks at changing the mindset in the Irish workplace so business owners, managers and employees can take more positive action in their organisations and working lives.
HR Consultant

PKonsult

(Human Resources industry)

January 2009 — Present (1 year 9 months)

HR & Training Consultant since January 2009. PKonsult is my own enterprise.
Head of Human Resources

ADS Ireland

(Public Company; ADS; Information Technology and Services industry)

December 2007 — January 2009 (1 year 2 months)
Resourcing Specialist

Meteor Mobile Communications

(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

April 2007 — July 2007 (4 months)

Recruited IT and Infra staff.
HR Officer & DOS

Dorset College

(Education Management industry)

May 2003 — April 2007 (4 years )

Training & Education provider of Business & IT courses.
Clerical Assistant

Irish Rail

(Public Company; Human Resources industry)

1993 — 1994 (1 year )