Alan Wilkinson Email & Phone Number

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Melrose

Dunfermline, Fife, United Kingdom

Responsible for the military capability of an Army Reserve Regiment comprising over 400 military and civilian personnel. Through provision of strategic direction, vision and guidance, exploit limited resource to deliver against ambitious targets.• Head of Establishment, responsible for legislative compliance, including: Safety; Health; Environmental and Fire; financial propriety; and Equality and Diversity• Army lead for corporate and community engagement and Regional Resilience partnerships in Stirling, Clackmannanshire and Falkirk; focal point for promotion of collaboration between local authorities, charities and veteran organisations• Key contributor to development of Army policy to grow logistic capability, including readiness for operations, training, recruiting and personnel administration• Promoted benefit of military contribution to the United Kingdom’s Prosperity agenda through interaction with both Westminster and Scottish Governments, local authorities and employersKey Achievement: Expanded my Regiment by over 20% through leading staff retention and recruitment measures, surpassing both the ambitious growth target and capability output requirements.

Glasgow, Scotland

Responsible for implementation of Career Management policy for officers within Army Reserve logistic and technical career fields. • Led a career management review project to better support both organisational and individual development; this was subsequently adopted as best practice, brought into policy, and expanded to incorporate wider career fields• Communicated policy development and engaged stakeholders nationally, from senior director to individual customer levelKey Achievement: Designed and delivered a change project which enabled talent identification, succession planning and defined career management pathways for a cohort of over 300 officers.

York, United Kingdom

Project lead for implementation of a military Civil Engagement strategy for the North East of England.• Formed a project team, drawing from subject matter experts across public, private and the charity sector • Identified, engaged and influenced key stakeholders to exploit synergies and cohere disparate strategies in order to create mutually supportive and effective policiesKey Achievement: Established a partnership with Northumbria University Business School, designed a leadership course for 40 of their undergraduates, and delivered it to high acclaim.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Military Assistant to the senior Army Reserve Officer for Scotland, Northern Ireland and North of England.• Lead staff officer for communication of policy change, including interpretation and impact assessment; responsible for processing of change requirements and for articulating formal recommendations for process improvements • Co-ordinated deployment of 300 Reserve personnel on Operation TOSCA, the British Contingent support to United Nations in Cyprus

Dunfermline

Training/Operations Major for a Territorial Army Transport Regiment (the Scottish Transport Regiment). Responsible for strategic planning and training. Including the organisation and execution of a high profile military event (Ex PIPERS TRAIL), designed to promote the Army in Scotland. Coordinated logistic support plan for eleven major and fifty minor public events over a six week period and had primary responsibility for liaison with regional and local authorities, civilian police and all military units.

Commanded a department of 100 specialist personnel. Responsible for the execution of all strategic movements for military personnel throughout North West Europe. Trained and deployed elements for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Planned and coordinated the strategic movement of all personnel and critical equipment by air and surface means.