Adam Ford

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Executive Director of Operations - Scottish Legal Aid Board @ Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB)
edinburgh, edinburgh, united kingdom
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Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
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About Adam Ford

Having worked in customer service for over 25 years with the last 10 as a senior professional, I have led successful transformational change in many different sectors including; government, commercial, public and charity. I have been described in my 360 feedback from my COO as "one of the most exuberant, colourful and charismatic leaders, his greatest strength is his ability to forge and develop strong teams, providing them with clarity of purpose and a strong sense of belonging.” Improvement in staff engagement results have highlighted my strong interpersonal skills which I use to motivate and inspire, both teams working for and with me. Recent national awards have been achieved through UKCCF for Most Improved Customer Strategy and personally as Customer Service Director of the year 2019. I have lead large organisations through national accreditation, achieving CCA standard, Service Mark from the Institute of Customer Service and a Gold accreditation from UK Directors Club. As an advocate for the 'Art of Being Brilliant’ methodology, I strive to be the best possible version of myself, encouraging others to do the same both professionally and personally.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Key Skills/Achievements•Winner of ‘Most Improved Customer Strategy’ and ‘Customer Service Director of the Year’ - UKCCF 19•Authoring strategies to drive improvement in business performance and customer satisfaction.•Process re-design using Six Sigma, reducing cost, improving productivity and customer satisfaction.•Multi million pound tendering experience for new services and systems.•Gold winner for Directors Club ‘National Contact Centre awards’ – July 16, Finalist for ‘Customer

Adam Ford's Current Company Details
Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB)

Scottish Legal Aid Board (Slab)

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Executive Director of Operations - Scottish Legal Aid Board
edinburgh, edinburgh, united kingdom
Website:
slab.org.uk
Employees:
74
Adam Ford Work Experience Details
  • Scottish Legal Aid Board (Slab)
    Executive Director Of Operations
    Scottish Legal Aid Board (Slab) May 2022 - Present
    Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
  • Hm Land Registry
    Deputy Director Customer Services
    Hm Land Registry Dec 2017 - Apr 2022
    Uk
    Reporting into the Chief Operations Officer, responsible for management of multi-channel customer facing operations for HMLR. • Member of Senior Leadership Team, responsible for corporate objectives, participation and presenting to Executive Team, Board and wider leadership teams• Responsible for leading a senior management team incorporating Customer Support Centre Management, Resource Management and Planning, and a Quality and Training function• Senior Responsible Officer for Call Handling Project – centralising multi-channel customer facing operations into 2 locations from 14• Co-Author of Customer Services Strategy 2018- 2022, changing the culture of the organisation to be Customer Focused and supporting the Corporate Business Plan• Procurement of new systems, optimising existing contact centre technologies and implementing new solutions to drive performance and improved customer experience• Operations Directorate representative to People Committee, ensuing HR and Culture decisions across HMLR are considered for the 4500 people we have working across 14 sites• Steering group member for Assured Network, ensuring HMLR is an employer of choice and colleagues across HMLR can come to work in a safe environment for equality and diversity
  • Oh Assist Limited
    Interim Head Of Contact Centres
    Oh Assist Limited Sep 2017 - Dec 2017
    Sheffield, United Kingdom
    Contractor role brought in to set up an emergency contact centre in Sheffield, creating strategic design of delivery model to include 3 other centres across the UK.• Creation of 50 seat centre within two weeks• Created new partnership working with local recruitment company• Abandoned calls rate reduction from 60% to 15 % within 5 weeks
  • Barratt Developments Plc
    Executive Of Customer Services
    Barratt Developments Plc Aug 2016 - Aug 2017
    York, United Kingdom
    A one year contract to support the Yorkshire East Division get back to 5 Star NHBC Status.• Mapped and implemented new customer journey, joining up Sales, Construction and Customer Care experience - re-aligning top five key processes• Engaged key stakeholders to be involved in the customer experience journey• Held workshops with the teams in positive thinking and best service practice• Division back to 5 Star Status NHBC Survey over 90% achieved within 6 months
  • Yorkshire Housing
    Head Of Customer Services
    Yorkshire Housing Jul 2012 - Aug 2016
    Leeds, United Kingdom
    To lead the strategic development, design and management of modern and centralised Customer Service function, including creation of a Customer Service Centre. • Business lead creating a 100 FTE Contact Centre which went live Aug 2013, merging customer services, repairs, neighbourhoods and income• Evaluation of improved neighbourhood process for the centralised centre• Author and implementor of new Complaints policy, improving performance• Project sponsor of Welfare Reform project, delivering income targets in a new way of working due to Government changes to Housing Sector• Achievement of Service Mark accreditation from Institute of Customer Services
  • Home Group
    Head Of Customer Insight And Development
    Home Group Oct 2010 - Jul 2012
    Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
    Led set up and establishment of a Customer Insight Department to improve the customer experience across the UK for 50,000 homes and over 100,000 customers. Delivery of a robust service improvement plan, engaging stakeholders and all departments to use the insight and improve the customer experience enabling the customer voice to be heard across all touch points within the business, achieving fantastic results:• 12% increase in overall customer satisfaction to 92%• 22-point increase in Net Promoter Score (29-52)• Implemented new complaints policy, system and service standards• Over 800 customers using newly created online community to support insight and service improvement
  • Rural Payments Agency
    Consultant - Head Of Customer Contact Centres
    Rural Payments Agency Dec 2009 - Oct 2010
    Cumbria
    Three-month contract to redefine customer services delivery through a multi channel customer service centre and four virtual centres for 950FTE. This contract was extended as I supported a wider cultural change programme to put customer services at the heart of the organisation.• Re-structured the contact centre creating operational efficiency and conducive centre working environment• Re-deployment of case workers to support front line services• Reduced Sickness within 3 months from 18 days to 3 days• Achieved Call Centre Accreditation (CCA)
  • Archdiocese Of Liverpool
    Seminarian
    Archdiocese Of Liverpool Aug 2009 - Dec 2009
    Venerable English College, Rome
    Explored possible vocation to the priesthood for 3 months, based in Rome, returned to the UK due to family circumstances.
  • Guinness Northern Counties
    Csc Project Manager
    Guinness Northern Counties Aug 2006 - Aug 2009
    Project manage the implementation of a contact centre and continuous service improvement plan. Reporting directly to the Executive Director of Customer Service I also reported to the project steering group chaired by the Chief Executive.• Won CCF awards Best Small Centre of Europe within 18months• Reduced induction from 6 weeks to 2 weeks, creating the ‘Voyage of Discovery’ a 12-month innovative development programme which was finalist for innovation programme of the year with Planning Forum• Host and master of ceremonies for resident open days for over 500 residents• Lead project manager for NC during Guinness merger creating a new project methodology for the Guinness Partnership• Project Managed the creation of a HR Service Centre
  • British Red Cross
    National Customer Contact Centre Manager
    British Red Cross Jun 2005 - Jul 2006
    Salford Quays
    A one-year contract to create a contact centre from a historically office-based environment. After a rigorous change programme, 18 local units nationally were merged into the centre, also managing the Belfast office which had different regulation.
  • Bss
    Team Manager / Operations Manager
    Bss Oct 2002 - Jun 2005
    Newcastle / Manchester
    A promotion and relocation to Manchester to set up a helpline for a new client NHSU. I was responsible for the operational, client and account management of the pilot service. My ability to sensitively manage changes to headcount was recognised by the client as well as my organisation. Achieved Matrix standard for the helpline in March 2005.
  • Orange
    Team Supervisor
    Orange 2000 - 2002
    North Tyneside
    Initially employed as a Team Supervisor, within a few months I was seconded to training to support the management of induction role out and on my return given a secondment to look after a community. The community consisted of 120 staff which I was responsible for ensuring excellence of customer service provided whilst operating with the constraints and objectives of the business. The team was made up of Team Supervisors, team coaches and customer service advisors.

Adam Ford Skills

Public Sector Governance Stakeholder Engagement Stakeholder Management Private Sector Change Management Customer Experience Customer Insight Customer Service Service Improvement Service Implementation Operations Management Multi Site Team Leadership Six Sigma Programme Leadership Project Implementation Culture Change Creative Services Group Presentations Conference Speaking Innovative Design Qualitative Research Online Communities Web Services Business Process Improvement Leadership Management Performance Management Policy Process Improvement Project Management Strategy Time Management

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Adam Ford works for Scottish Legal Aid Board (Slab)

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Adam Ford's current role is Executive Director of Operations - Scottish Legal Aid Board.

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Adam Ford attended Chartered Institute Of Housing, Firebrand Training, Salford University.

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Adam Ford has skills like Public Sector, Governance, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Private Sector, Change Management, Customer Experience, Customer Insight, Customer Service, Service Improvement, Service Implementation, Operations Management.

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Adam Ford's colleagues are Emma O'hara, Iain Brownlee, Kathryn Nuttall, Svenja Moser, Giorgi Kopadze, Stephen Stackhouse, Hung The Nguyen.

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