Description

I am results orientated, versatile and an enthusiastic project manager who has experience working to both Prince2 and Agile methodologies. I am a dedicated leader who gains trust with colleagues and motivates others to reach goals. My excellent communication skills enable me to effectively build relationships at all levels to negotiate and influence others. Data driven, I have the ability to interpret complex project information and successfully tailor it to suit my audience.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Facilitated a transformational service pilot with a multidisciplinary team, evolving systems and processes,

independently produced a data driven evaluation that informed and influenced senior leadership colleagues

resulting in the continuation to drive change across remaining adult services.

• Enhanced a regional financial education programme to national status by developing successful and on going

operational engagement with schools and colleges.

• Responsible for developing and implementing a robust framework of criteria and monitoring standards

adhered to by teachers and consultants to achieve a recognised national accreditation for their school &

colleges

Languages

English
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

London (up to 50km)

London Borough Hackney
Project Manager
PUBLIC SECTOR
May 2019 - April 2022 (3 years)
London, United Kingdom
Building excellent relationships with both internal and external stakeholders at all levels, facilitating meetings/workshops to gain a clear understanding of operational processes to execute concise planning that enables and demonstrates change.
•Interpreting complex project information, translating into presentations and communicating messaging effectively, tailored to the audience to support and inform project progression.
•Identify, manage and resolve complex issues supported by project management tools such as risk and issue logs and Kanban boards to ensure risks and mitigating actions are outlined clearly, presenting to senior management for decision making/approval.
•Developing and implementing communication planning by mapping stakeholders. Ensuring transparent and concise messaging reaches all levels of stakeholders both internally and externally through a range of channels including newsletters, Show & Share events and a variety of team meetings including Senior Management forums.
•Delivering numerous workshops to enable co production, guiding involvement with practitioners and service users to inform projects and enhance engagement.
•Work with colleagues within a Project Management Office, adult social care and wider organisation to identify and actively manage interdependencies.
•Seconded to the Borough Emergency Contact Centre during the Covid-19 pandemic ensuring essential council services remained deliverable. Data collection and consolidation producing clear reporting for CEO and senior management CEO across the borough extending to Pan London. Managing logistical planning with the army for on going test centre set up.
Young Enterprise
Programme Manager
EDUCATION AND E-LEARNING
June 2014 - April 2019 (4 years and 10 months)
London, United Kingdom
• Management of a national financial education programme, building strong relationships with a range of schools and external stakeholders to ensure specific milestones and timelines for delivery are met.
• Maintaining a high level of cross communication, feeding into the remodelling and improvement of processes to achieve positive end results.
• Manage and liaise effectively with a team of freelance education consultants, assessing training needs, designing and delivering a number of training events annually.
• Attention to detail and on going monitoring of a robust framework of criteria for schools to adhere to in order to achieve a national accreditation.
• Work collaboratively with a number of senior colleagues to ensure effective and coherent communication is accomplished with a range of stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders including providing monthly, quarterly and ad-hoc reports, capturing and recording data and communicating Key Performance Indicators in line with agreed targets.
• Work with members of the Development Team to devise new business and current partner funding proposals. Understanding the strategic pathways of Young Enterprise and developing the programme accordingly.
• Forecast, manage and keep within an annual budget in excess of £1 million.
The Prince's Trust
xl Programme Executive
EDUCATION AND E-LEARNING
September 2011 - June 2014 (2 years and 9 months)
London, United Kingdom
Source and recruit new delivery partners (schools and pupil referral units) in line with The Trusts minimum standards.
•Contract management including ensuring delivery agreements, data protection policies, safety management systems, and audits/reviews have been completed.
•Managing relationships with a caseload of delivery partners across London, including senior leadership teams and teachers to induct and deliver on going training, ensuring processes are adhered to, resulting in pupils gaining successful accreditation in a recognised Princes Trust qualification.
•Proactively source and manage a variety of initiatives, keeping to budget whilst capturing objectives and outcomes to evaluate and write impact reports for funders.
•Assist marketing colleagues in keeping programme communications updated through website and social media.