Previous AssignmentsTransformation Lead (Associate at Edge Public Solutions) - Luton SEND Passenger Transport Unit Transformation - January 2023 to July 2023Interim Head of Early Years - Lancashire County Council - January 2021 to December 2022Interim Strategic Lead - Early Education & Childcare at Northamptonshire County Council - May 2019 to January 2020Business Development Consultant at London Borough of Waltham Forest - April 2018 to March 2019

• Lead the strategic and operational delivery of complex projects and service delivery across multiple locations by several partner agencies, including FEE2 capacity, quality and access• Developed high level of working knowledge of legislation and policy relating to children, families and community engagement; also of the procurement of services, goods and contracts• Manage the commissioning of children’s and community services following consultation • Supervision and appraisal of a multidisciplinary team of 40 staff across several locations to support service delivery and professional development• Effective management of £1.2 million budget, both central and grants funded, including direct reporting and auditing. Achieved best value for service delivery through high quality services within a defined budget • Managed a number of projects across full cycle, including the development of four Children’s Centres within budget and time frame• Practical working partnership with LADO and Local Safeguarding Board to ensure all children and families are safeguarding. Promotion and implementation of safeguarding values within team. • Built key relationships and further developed those relationships, including strong influencing skills, to deliver high quality outcomes• Knowledge of Children and communities – development and delivery of children’s and community services at strategic and operation level in key public sector services• Robust monitoring and evaluation of early years service delivery across designated locality area using local, national targets and KPI’s• Facilitate Team Around the Child & Family meetings alongside management of CAF’s, Child Protection plans and Children in Need• Management of Health & Safety of staff, service users and delivery sites.• Project Management of additional tasks and duties to enable and develop service delivery• Management of volunteer programme within early years team across the borough

• Development and co-ordination of links with inter-agency services such as schools, health, social services, job centre plus and other children’s centres and voluntary groups in order to facilitate a co-ordinated approach to core service provision in the community and to enable easy access for families to the services• Identify potential sources of income and funding including government initiatives. • Ensure budgets are appropriately allocated, deployed and reviewed to provide services supporting positive outcomes for children• To develop strong governance frameworks with responsibility for proposing and implementing standards, policies, protocols, operating procedures this includes reporting to and working with the Advisory Board on a regular basis.• To monitor and evaluate outcomes for all aspects of the centres including, quality of provision, value for money, and take up by the local community including targeted groups. • Responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people. Ensure that all staff are familiar with and work to the local Safeguarding Children’s Board procedures• To establish and maintain communication forums with members of the community and other stakeholders in order to obtain regular feedback about the Centres’ provision and to enable all groups to contribute to the ongoing development of the Centres.• Lead staff development, set up training events and liaise with Children’s Services in the council, health and other agencies as appropriate.

• Responsible for developing and managing of effective, accountable and transparent mechanisms of community involvement into health and wellbeing services across multiple locations. • Successful facility management of community spaces including the operation, maintenance and project development with key partners that meet local community needs• Ensuring a coherent community programme of projects, activities and services is developed and implemented, including securing funding from a range of sources• Proactive member of the senior management team of the Trust, promoting and seeking to ensure on-going service improvement• Management of a 30 strong volunteer team, including recruitment, support and development to contribute to the work of the Trust and professional development of the volunteer team• Key contributor to the development of the Trust’s communication strategy and marketing activities• Responsible for robust monitoring and evaluation processes and systems that measure performance, customer satisfaction and designated outcomes

• Led the strategic and operational delivery of complex projects and service delivery across multiple locations by several partner agencies• Developed high level of working knowledge of legislation and policy relating to children, families and community engagement; also of the procurement of services, goods and contracts• Managed the commissioning of children’s and community services following consultation • Managed a large multidisciplinary team of 24 staff across several locations, including a day nursery • Effective management of £500k budget, both central and grants funded, including direct reporting and auditing. Achieved best value for service delivery through high quality services within a defined budget • Managed a number of projects across full cycle, including the development of four Children’s Centres within budget and timeframe• Built key relationships and further developed those relationships, including strong influencing skills, to deliver high quality outcomes• Knowledge of Children and communities – development and delivery of children’s and community services at strategic and operation level in key public sector services

• Established local community forums• Acted as primary link between families in community and services provided by Sure Start• Developed community services and facilitated link between local authority and local families• Successfully developed community-led services, facilitated in partnership with multi-agency partners• Delivered high quality services that met the needs of local children and families whilst achieving government set objectives.

• Management of out of school provision for London Borough of Bexley for children aged 5-16.• Direct management of staff and sites in addition to working in partnership with external providers. • Member of the team that successfully bid for a central government grant that subsequently delivered 1064 new childcare places in the London Borough of Bexley. • Responsible for Service Levels Agreements, monitoring and service quality of the grant for out of school provision.

Daily management of large nursery and crèche. Management of staff, budget, facilities and publicity linked to service provision. Project Manager role involved working in partnership from original conception of nursery through to fully operational including working with architects, contractors, equipment purchase, contract procurement, policy writing and staff recruitment.

Senior Nursery Nurse and Nursery Director (co-operative organisation). Daily nursery nurse responsibilities in addition my role as nursery director involved, HR, budget management and legal responsibilities. Successful development and expansion of nursery provision, both physically and operationally.