I have just completed 2 months providing interim support to Women Seeking Asylum Together (WAST) whilst they successfully recruited to their Development Manager role. I conntinue to provide some pro bono support to them. Prior to this I provided interim support as Front of House & Heritage Coordinator at the Pankhurst Centre after successfully project managing the installation of their new exhibition 'At Home with the Pankhurst Family' in the Pankhurst Museum in 2021. This work followed a 9 month part-time contract as project/interim manager for a domestic abuse organisation (Feb-Oct 2020). I also concluded a commissioned review of member care services for a friendly society. Prior to that I worked on a 17 month (2 days pw) contract with the Pankhurst Trust (incorporating Manchester Women's Aid) as project manager of an HR project and supporting with tender and other funding applications. I have provided external supervision and/or coaching for staff members in VCSE organisations and completed several other commissions over the last 3 years including service reviews, fundraising, and interim management positions.

Manager of a busy neighbourhood advice centre, which delivers face-to-face social welfare advice and support to Manchester residents. CHAC is a registered charity and company limited by guarantee. Main responsibilities included managing staff and volunteers, managing finances, fundraising/diversifying income streams, managing the building, managing and maintaining quality, managing performance, relationship building, business development.

Worked for 18 months as a freelance project manager and then as an employee undertaking a variety of work in Oldham City Council's Adult Social Care department including:June 2011 to October 2012 Managed Adult Social Care's transformation programme, setting up project documentation, reporting to board, supporting managers to redesign and restructure services to deliver savings and develop new working practices with minimal negative impact on the public. Managed several projects e.g. to merge external and internal community alarm and response services, and to deliver financial and quality improvements to the Client Financial Affairs service.October 2012 to October 2013 Project Manager successfully delivering an alternate model for social care provision - moving in-house services (involving 450 people and £15 million contract) to form a wholly owned company and set up a "new starter" company to develop new services. Delivered over £1m savings in year 1 and on course to deliver the same in year 2 whilst expanding provision and winning new markets.October 2013 to January 2015 Designed, developed and delivered a new Client Support Service, bringing together 4 disparate services into one coherent service area in 2 phases, developing new job roles and designing job descriptions, consulting with staff, trade unions and others, managing service area until handover to new Head of Service in January 2015.From January 2015 Lead Officer for the Care Act - managing a complex programme to implement the Care Act in April 2015, to modernise the operating and workforce model, to evaluate provision to inform commissioning, to deliver improvements in practice and provision, to support integration with health and others, and to implement social care funding reforms in April 2016.