Alexander Lardner Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

England, United Kingdom

Working in an Agile setting for Early Innovation in Learning and Development as the Squad Coach. This role is part of the wider Learning Transformation for HMRC.

London, England, United Kingdom

Temporary loan to HMT from ONS leading the work with the Graduate Development Programme and various other development opportunities for new talent in HMT.

London

Coaching, mentoring and supporting graduates through their placements across government and industrial placements

Worthing/London + National

As the IT Skills Development Analyst I am dedicated to implementing a broad range of day to day activities that underpin the skills and capability strategy for the IT division, working to align development activity with the IT strategy and business goals to deliver measurable improvements.A key element of this role is supporting the Skills Development Manager with the recruitment and day to day management of up to 20 apprentices in London, Worthing and nationally as required. I also provide expertise and support to the HR apprenticeship co-ordinator with identified cross-agency apprenticeship schemes such as surveying and operational delivery. I grade manage up to 20 apprentices carrying out their induction into the Agency and Digital Group, and day-to-day line management. I advise the team leader on the scope of the apprenticeship in terms of that team’s day to day work, how quality will be evaluated, best techniques for coaching and developing each individual apprentice, ensure that each apprentice’s work is correctly supervised and they are given sufficiently challenging work to develop and achieve their apprenticeship.• Grade manage up to 20 apprentices, overseeing deployment into various IT and digital work streams and monitoring academic progress and work performance.• Set up contracts, liaising with HR, arranging and managing rotations, work with the training provider to ensure delivery and assessment, individual counselling of apprentices including support for job seeking at contract end.• Ensure the provision and maintenance of learning and information resources for divisional staff.• Provide guidance and expertise to cross-agency apprenticeship schemes including recruitment, placement, assessment, liaison with external training providers and mentoring.• Prepare job descriptions and selection criteria and deliver recruitment campaigns to meet the skills and capabilities strategyThough this list is non-exhaustive as I also support Agile teams.

Worthing

The Valuation Office Agency gives the government the valuations and property advice needed to support taxation and benefits.As part of the Digital Services team, my position is to ensure that all service requests, such as survey equipment and laptops, are completed as best of the department’s ability. Such roles as:• Monitoring of incoming and outgoing of secure and confidential items• Organisation and maintenance of the fixed asset register and transfers• Prioritising incidents and requests based upon value adding and business critical needs• Contacting internal customers to answer enquires and investigate problems and requests• Provide a high quality IT based customer service and support to personnel often less adept in the subject, using non-technical language for ease of understanding• Validating and confirming hardware requestsDuring my time with the VOA, I assessed and investigated the need for a new secure and confidential post system, which has resulted in an improved process saving time and personal stress, reducing complications and money by decreasing the need for equipment postage costs.

Uae - Predominantly

Owen Kelly is an independent Business Consultant specialising is Balanced Business Plans & Strategies, Change Management and Employee Engagement – Most work undertaken in the Middle East• Assisted the management of 2 employee engagement surveys conducted in Abu Dhabi• Managed and ran numerous team building events that ran alongside business events for high level executives from Saudi Arabia and UAE with some very prominent figures of the business community• Have been Personal Assistant to Mr Kelly whenever employed – Organising: travel, hotels, meetings, events and workshops• Gained a wide range of personal experience and shown that I can step into a new role and perform independently as well as maintaining the ability to organise and communicate across many levels and nationalities.

Mauritius

WildWind Adventures is a globally recognised Royal Yachting Association training centre for sailing, windsurfing and powerboating• Delivered excellent customer service• Provided One-to-One training for both customers and staff• Promoted the centre to tourists and the local population• Ensured Health and Safety regulations and responsibility for First Aid• Ensured local law and procedures were adhered to• Managed staff rotas and equipment maintenance• Liaised with hotel staff and management that the centre shared a site with• Discussed the further collaboration between WildWind and the Hotel group for potential Team Building Activity packages for local and international companiesKey Achievements: Successful promotion of the centre and boosted the customer base by a very healthy proportion. Being the first and only centre of its kind on the island, presented a challenge to stimulate interest in it, which was exacerbated by it being the winter season.

Brighton, United Kingdom

• With limited experience in recruitment or finance, made 3 successful placements of permanent staff within first few months• Promoted Hays brand and my own services through calls, emails and social media communication • Reviewed and assessed applications and CVs for quality candidates• Interviewed, by phone and in person, candidates to hand pick the best one for a current position• Conducted on-site meetings with current and potential clients to create business relationships

Balmoral Beach, Sydney, Australia

• Managed the centre efficiently and effectively in the absence of the owner, to make it as profitable as possible whilst maintaining the reputation of excellent service and family focus. • Managed and maintained staff rotas and group allocation – taking into account qualifications and experience relevant and required for the needs of each group• Planned and delivered one-to-one and group sessions/lessons• Managed office operations and schedules for lessons, payments and health and safety• General operational duties such as cash handling, First aid and incident reporting, and recruitment• Liaised with local authorities and other organisations in the local area

A sailing centre for the armed forces, predominantly the Navy for adventure training in sailing and powerboating in Portsmouth Harbour and The Solent. • Conducted weekly planning and running of RYA sailing and powerboat courses • Managed overall safety of all activities being run from the centre• Maintained facilities/equipment including 40+ craft and store of safety equipment• Liaised with high ranking officers of the Royal Navy regarding performance and training• Collected and ratified hundreds of qualifications from visiting volunteer instructors with outside groups who used the facility, to conform to insurance and operating procedures• Managed all courses run from the centre – up to 20 per week at peak times• Organised and inspected craft brought to the centre from visiting groups

POC was a city council run activities centre mainly for the use of the local schools and colleges, offering various watersport, ecology/biology and teambuilding activities.As a Senior Instructor my responsibilities included:• Lesson planning and running• Group coordination• Ensuring high level of service and integrity of qualification instruction• Education, organisation and training of less experienced staff• Management of the centre and activities at weekends as person in charge• Cash handling, H&S and other admin• Facility and equipment managementThis was my first full time role as a watersports instructor, entering as a newly qualified individual and with a complete ‘hands on’ approach to everything, I developed and advanced in the industry over the years I was there. I was made redundant when the management of the centre was outsourced to another company away from the council.

Bachelor’S Degree, Hr Management, 1St Year - Ongoing

I am undertaking a Lv5 Apprenticeship in HR Management as part of my personal development. As apprentice manager, this not only gives me.

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