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London, England, United Kingdom

Ipswich, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Working across the portfolio of work (Transition, Smart, Cyber and Sport) providing project leadership and business management.

Hendon

Appointed to oversee strategic and operational delivery at the UK’s largest Jewish charity, managing a £2M budget and 65 staff providing holistic support during the pandemic. Enhanced flexibility and responsiveness, restructuring social work / family support services for a whole-life pathway in learning disabilities and autism. Revitalised working practices, overhauled inefficient service models and refocused family services. Led a Residential Short Breaks service transformation, upgrading Ofsted rating from inadequate to good in five months. Secured essential funding through clear articulation of unique services, engaged philanthropic organisations and leveraged digital innovation for ongoing support. Restructured operations for remote / online service delivery, ensuring resident and staff support. Applied advanced data analytics and prioritised human engagement, providing in-house emotional support for staff and residents.

London, United Kingdom

Strategic Lead Children & Young People (Families)Entrusted to provide strategic leadership and a comprehensive understanding of children and families with low physical activity levels to refocus impactful service offerings. Allocated £40M strategic fund to leverage the transformative power of sport, aiming to enhance lives and communities through physical activity and encourage increased participation of children and families together. Expanded sport-oriented funding to include lower socio-economic groups and commissioned £20M worth of innovative partnerships with family organisations to prioritise whole-family activities. Led initiatives that advanced physical and mental wellbeing, fostering community cohesion and championed innovative programmes that increased funding for intergenerational activities. Accelerated scalability and nationwide collaboration on funding and training initiatives.

Essex

Established a purpose-driven consulting practice specialising in interim management and consultancy services for charities, not-for-profit and public organisations. Oversaw and led numerous projects; enhanced commercial awareness and optimised operational efficiency, reducing costs for Action on Hearing Loss. Utilised outsourced service providers to manage telesales and website sales operations.Improved tender processes, overseeing the bid writing for two significant tenders on behalf of a Family Support Service for The Children’s Society, which facilitated the acquisition of £3M in funding. Leveraged social media for funding initiatives, provided crucial advice on social financing, and expanded income generation opportunities for charities. Strengthened funder and stakeholder commitment by developing the effectiveness of a charity’s services.* Operations Manager, Action on Hearing Loss* Associate Consultant with the Children's Society (tender writing and bid management)* Associate with the Campaign for Learning (Family Learning and Animation)* Consultant for Ormiston Children's and Family Trust (report on Child Trafficking in the East of England)* Mentor, The Social Investment Business* Partner, Ethos VO Ltd

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Led a team of 50 across four geographical clusters at an independent charity, one of the UK’s largest providers of advocacy and involvement services. Provided oversight for £2M budget, delivering Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA), Independent Mental Capacity Advocate and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (IMCA / DoLS), Relevant Person’s Representative (RPR), Care Act, and Professional Advocacy. Secured £700K in new County Advocacy contracts by designing and presenting two tenders to the counties of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, ensuring the provision of essential and comprehensive advocacy services. Implemented a strategic redesign of the service framework, prioritising a more focused and participatory approach and deepening appreciation and understanding of user experience.

Peterborough

Operations lead for the commercial services products and finance team.

London, United Kingdom

Led the management and expansion of 35 regional services delivering practical, emotional and financial support to disadvantaged and socially isolated families. Achieved a 22% increase in supplementary funding by negotiating with local authorities, external funders and the NHS to secure additional contracts for collaborative service provision with other charities. Won £900K bid from the Big Lottery Fund, enabling the establishment of family and community-led support service for vulnerable families. Secured agreements with the Local Authority and oversaw the management of seven sub-contractors in the delivery of services.

Managing research into practice group for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, and creating and implementing an innovative programme of peer support, conferences, learning events and publicationsInitiating and building positive professional relationships with the Department of Health, Child and Adolescent Faculty and other appropriate industry bodies

Managing and advising corporate groups and NHS Trusts providing mental health services, and reviewing, negotiating and agreeing work contracts, budgets and plansAdditional responsibility for monitoring and quality assuring colleagues’ mental health work

London, United Kingdom

Managed and assisted healthcare organisations to gain accreditation in the UK and overseas.Created and delivered support and training packages to participating organisations, as well as leading the peer-review audit process.Selected, recruited, trained, mentored and evaluated new surveyors.

Witham, Essex

Project managed key areas of strategic plans, operational developments and process change, including implementation of the Investors in People standards and the NHS 50th Anniversary celebrations.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

NHS Management Training Scheme

Peterborough, United Kingdom

NHS Management Training Scheme

Peterborough, United Kingdom

NHS Management Training Scheme

Ba Hons, Theology

Post Graduate Diploma, Strategic Leadership In Social Care, Merit

SCIE

Masters, Healthcare Ethics & Law

Diploma, Management, Pass

NVQ Level 4 NHS Management Training Scheme