Julie is a successful Mediator and HR Investigator with many years of judicial, mediation and arbitration experience.
She served as a Justice of the Peace with the East London Magistrate Courts for over fifteen years with five of those years served as a Chair Magistrate.
Julie qualified as a Mediator with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in 2015 and has worked as an Independent Community Mediator for Hackney Homes and more recently as a HR Investigator/ Mediator for the British Red Cross.
She is experienced in conducting internal investigations into grievance, bullying and harassment cases and is skilled in all aspects of investigation including fact-finding, confidentiality, active listening, interviewing skills and impartiality.
Her considerable experience has taught and equipped her to listen well, to be fair, unbiased and to gather all the relevant facts before coming to a decision.
Julie has assisted disputing parties to resolve conflicts using specialised communication and negotiation techniques that enable her to facilitate dialogue without prejudice whilst working towards a mutual agreement. She has seen many resolutions reached by the parties involved and is passionate about the value of mediation in empowering people, resolving conflicts and to delivering reconciliation.
What people say:
“Julie’s communication with the senior management was professional and the mediation strategy was clear. Staff engaged with the mediation process and were empowered to move forward.”
Greg Ashby, Director at Money A&E