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Emma Waltham

Careers after Maternity Expert

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A specialist in supporting women through the maternity transition, helping working mums thrive and organisations strengthen their female talent pipeline

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Emma is a specialist in working with organisations to help them better re-engage women returners, through maternity coaching, flexible working workshops and return-to-work consultancy. 

 

Women returners are an experienced, ambitious group of professionals who face multiple barriers returning to career roles. Businesses are missing out on this experienced talent pool.

 

As a women returner herself - Emma took a maternity break after working at director level - she knows all too well the challenges working mums face in blending a career with parenthood.

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Since returning to work Emma now specialises in helping organisations re-engage, retain and develop their women returners, to:

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  • Build and sustain a female talent pipeline, enabling more women to reach senior levels

  • Broaden the age and gender diversity of organisations, giving them a commercial advantage

  • Generate PR opportunities

  • Gain the productivity benefits that come from supporting parents effectively in the workplace

  • Reduce the gender pay gap

  • Save money, due to lower recruitment costs and increased engagement

  • Address skills gaps.

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Before taking her maternity career break, Emma was Client Services Director at Graduate Recruitment Solutions, a division of GTI which provides end-to-end bespoke recruitment process outsourcing solutions for graduate employers.

 

Following her break Emma gained a Certificate in Coaching with the University of Cambridge and now works as a consultant and executive coach, specialising in supporting women with their career development through their maternity transitions.

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This combination of personal and professional expertise in successfully climbing the corporate ladder and being a parent, gives her an insightful and valuable perspective on both the needs of women returners and the organisations they work for.

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Organisations Emma has worked with include:​

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  • Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

  • Hobsons plc

  • HSBC

  • Group GTI

  • LLUK

  • MyKindaFuture

  • Oxfam

  • Societe Generale

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To discuss the best solution for your organisation, please email emma@emmawaltham.com to arrange a consultation

 

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"Emma really helps me with momentum. The sessions are really useful and productive and I've had some key revelations about how I am behaving – and procrastinating about work"

"Emma is a very good listener and it’s been good to have the ability to share experiences
and ideas and have someone to bounce ideas off, in confidence, about how to deal with a
particular situation
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"I feel comfortable talking about anything. Coaching with Emma has helped reaffirm me on a personal level"

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