Colette Farrell Email & Phone Number

Flexible

In our 3rd decade in the Welfare to Work, Charitable and Private sector 'People Industries' my co director Deb Roe and I, recognised the need for a more holistic approach to Wellbeing in the workplace. We have set up The Marvellous People Company to offer a 'Top to toe service' from CEO, HR, Line Managers to all staff, with a particular emphasis on post Covid return to the workplace. We will work with you to retrain in managing remote teams, risk assessing home working, mental health awareness, mental health first aid and will tailor training to support your organisation and its needs. Visit our website at: https://www.themarvellouspeoplecompany.co.ukLet us help you 'Change the way you lead'.

England

Integral member of the Executive team.Business Development.Quality and MI.Director of the management, performance and delivery of a diverse group of contracts in Welfare to Work, Local Government and Housing industries across England.HR management, Organisational Development, Succession Planning. Management training , Wellbeing.

South East

Providing HR, Organisational Development Support Services.

London, United Kingdom

Member of Senior Management Team responsible for the Employment service delivery and the business development of this service. Managing HR delivery and performance management of employment service team to meet KPI's. Writing for bid and funding applications for new business and staff learning and development. Implementing new systems and managing change for best practice, quality and monitoring.

Westminster

3 month contract for Avanta Enterprise Ltd; Consultant on Human Resource, Organisational Development and Business Process support for the implementation of a pilot project for Employability in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. • HR and organisational development stream• Business process stream support• Recruitment and candidate packs• Job descriptions and personal specifications (Director level through to delivery level)• Recruitment selection criteria for candidate assessment• Staff diaries for management, employer engagement, L&D, employability and administration

Remploy, Acton, West London

Contracted to facilitate Remploy transition to redundancy for disabled workforce through change management, relationship building, internal and external liaison with the following group:EmployerManager and HRUnion StaffJCP and other external agencies within the local communityA challenging opportunity that required tenacity and resilience and strong people skills aligned with a high level of emotional intelligence.

Felden, Hertfordshire

As an associate of Provocative Therapy and a Master Practitioner of NLP blended with a wealth of strong management, leadership and development, HR experience and business acumen, I have spent the last year working with a private client base for companies and agencies consulting on process mapping and organisational development and now looking for an opportunity to return to permanent employment for an organisation with growth and strong ethos.

Central London, Herts, Bucks, Beds And Berkshire

Managing a diverse area of W2W contracts with DWP, LDA, ESF and local authorities and sub contracts for other leading W2W providers with additional Learndirect/Train to Gain contracts. Leading the management and development of business partners within the local communities. Strong leadership and support to effect excellent performance and strong teams and networks. In addition to this I have managed the IT/Facilities and implementation of new centres and contracts across the counties of Beds, Bucks, Herts, East London and Essex borders. With a solid background in management over a 30 year period and qualified as a Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming. Ensuring the delivery of performance targets and quality standards meet contractual requirements; using proven experience of change management and continuous improvement strategies. Identifying and implementing appropriate support to newly opened centre's to ensure effective management of buildings, facilities and health and safety company wide, securing a silver ROSPA.Solely responsible for outstanding level of staff satisfaction, consistency and teamwork, leading by example and ensuring maximum performance and the over achievement of quality standards.Consistently improved relationships between internal and external partners by clearly and confidently communicating expectations and collaborating to solve problems.Performance management both individually and across all centre's including counterpart regional manager in Kent. As a valued member of Senior Management team, influencing and determining key decisions and company values. The high income from my region implemented and sustained the set up and continuity of Flexible New Deal, now Work Program, in Kent.

Managing all contracts across London, Beds and Hertfordshire including a prime contract for Watford. Having successfully grown the latter contract and securing an extension from the original end date and moving the contract up the provider league table. Changed the dynamics of staff by recruiting professional target driven recruitment professionals and life coaches to increase performance and quality of delivery ahead of other providers. Still improving on stats and quality and implementing changes across other contracts using the same strategy. Building business network and highlighting the profile and ethos of KS with local community partnerships.

Central London

Contract manager of Getting London Working a W2W contract for DWP to place unemployed members of the community into sustained employment through action planning, target setting and motivation. Management, induction and training of all staff across the board and setting up and implementing new projects and sites. Involved in interview, testing and recruitment. Building partnerships through site visits and local community networking.

Islington, London

Coordination of courses for unemployed with a particular target of school leavers without qualifications and lone parents. Building partnerships and work placement within local community and visiting schools to promote NVQ to those leaving school without qualifications. NVQ Training and Assessment (qualifed assessor) in Business Admin, Customer Services and IT.