Anna Brady Email & Phone Number

Leading and overseeing the careers service and financial support for students. Responsible for the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of the careers service. Building and maintaining relationships with support and curriculum colleagues for the benefit of the service, FE and HE students and Apprentices.

Providing high quality careers and financial support information, advice and guidance to students. Working with FE and HE students across the college and delivering workshops on employability, funding and careers. Supporting students into full time and part-time employment or volunteering placements and supporting level 3 students into higher education.

Responsible for providing information, advice and guidance to apprentice applicants, apprentices, employers, partners and colleagues on all aspects of the College’s apprenticeship offering. Coached and assessed potential apprentices for interviews on either a one-to-one basis or in group and produced a range of relevant training materials. Provided a vacancy matching service for apprentice applicants and employers ensuring a good match of skills and requirements. I completed paperwork to enrol apprentices, carried out health and safety appraisals and offered support to both applicants and employers to ensure a smooth transition into the apprenticeship programme. I also provided on-going support to apprentices, employers and colleagues. In addition to this I played a key part in organising marketing and promotional events and helped to update the College website and apprenticeship marketing material.

My main duties included engaging with ‘hard to reach’ clients to enable them to access employability programmes delivered by Blackpool and The Fylde College. I offered advice, guidance and support to adults and young people who wished to access courses and helped them to overcome barriers to learning by ensuring that they were able to access all the appropriate support arrangements available in the college.

Lytham St Annes

I was responsible for all aspects of office and administration management including using Sage for accounts and payroll. I supported the Directors of the company by attending all meetings and minute taking, compiling management reports and providing statistics. I had staff responsibility for around 20 employees and dealt with customers and suppliers on a daily basis helping to resolve queries. I also looked after the HR duties for the Company, dealing with new staff inductions, managing annual leave, sickness, performance reviews and co-ordinating disciplinary meetings.

Blackpool, United Kingdom

Oval Healthcare is part of the Oval Group. I was responsible for managing a team of administrators and the administration systems and procedures of the company. I ensured clients received an excellent level of customer service at all times and I was also responsible for building client relationships and managing workloads ensuring FSA deadlines were met. I worked closely with healthcare insurers to make sure that clients received their documentation and paid their renewal premium in a timey manner. I also had the additional responsibility of being the HR Champion and the Health & Safety Advisor for the Healthcare division of The Oval Group.

Blackpool, United Kingdom

I was responsible for the management of the College Community Learning Centres. Duties included staffing and resource issues, analysing data and statistics and producing reports. Additional responsibilities included the monitoring of budgets and planning/time tabling courses and co-ordinating enrolments.

Blackpool, United Kingdom

Responsible for day to day running and management of the learndirect Centre based in Blackpool Central Library. Duties included managing and marketing the centre, producing business plans and completing monthly funding claims. Supervised a team of facilitators and administrators and implemented various systems and procedures.

Blackpool, United Kingdom

I spent 11 years as a Civil Servant working for National Savings and started as an administration assistant, progressing to an administration officer then to an executive officer which was later changed to a team leader position when Siemens took over the company. Under Siemens, I supervised team of 15 customer advisors. Duties included dealing with customer queries efficiently and effectively and completing appropriate paperwork. Additional responsibilities included staff training and development and monitoring performance.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Health And Social Care, First Class

Units included human rights, strategic management, working with families and health promotion. My 10,000 word dissertation, 'Winners.

Ocr Level 6 Careers Guidance And Development, Ceiag, Pass

Counselling Level 2, Pass

Ocr Level 3 Advice And Guidance

Level 3 Award In Education & Training

Foundation Degree, Working With Young People In The Community, Distinction

Units included, social and emotional development of young people, management and leadership, reflective practice, leading work with young.

Diploma In Management Studies, Passed 8 Units