Daniel Anderson Email & Phone Number

London

• Leading a thriving community in North London with a focus on strategic vision and sustainable growth, guiding the synagogue council in governance and policy development, fostering a welcoming and inclusive environment, and overseeing financial planning and resource management. Close collaboration with our Rabbi, fellow honorary officers, and council members to enhance religious, educational, and social programming, ensuring our synagogue remains a vibrant hub of Jewish life. Through strategic initiatives and community engagement, my overarching goal is to uphold our values and secure a meaningful future for our members.

London

Offering strategic oversight of the synagogue priorities and ensuring that the delivery aligned with the corporate vision. Became Chair in 2024.

London

Specialising in strategic planning, sustainability, and stakeholder engagement. Dedicated to aligning organisational goals with social impact objectives for sustainable growth. Providing impact measurement, fostering stakeholder collaboration, and driving innovation for lasting positive change.Delivery through:• Gathering qualitative and quantitative data, through designing and administering surveys, conducting interviews and collecting feedback from various stakeholders• Designing and implementing surveys covering key areas such as community connection, skills development, environmental practices, and economic impact • Examining and highlighting collaborations with various partner organisations• Providing community, social, economic and environmental impact assessments evaluating local sourcing, commitment to sustainability, especially in terms of reducing food miles and promoting eco-friendly practices• Writing and producing comprehensive social impact assessment reports

Trustee of a local charity that offers financial assistance for cultural activities undertaken by and for the benefit of young people who are ineligible for support from Enfield Council.

London

Treasurer to a local charity, fully independent community-run trust, that was founded in 1999 as part of the nationwide millennium green initiative. Public open space run by and on behalf of the community.

Press and publicity for Community First Opposition Group on Enfield Council. This included creating press releases, social media promotions and engagement etc.

Enfield, United Kingdom

Roles included:• Deputy Leader of the Council• Cabinet Member for the Environment• Chair, Health Inequality Workstream• Chair/Founder, Brexit Contingency Panel• Chair, Public Transport Consultative Group• Vice Chair, Crime Scrutiny Panel• Planning Committee Member• Overview & Scrutiny Committee MemberSELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS:As a pragmatic leader at Enfield Council, I spearheaded several successful initiatives that delivered significant positive impacts for the community.Led Enfield Council's £42m cycle project, earning two external awards and praise from the Mayor of London's cycling commissioner. Spoke at 'Liveable Neighbourhoods conference'.Established Enfield Council's multi-agency Brexit Contingency Panel, prioritising business continuity, risk management, and coordinated messaging to residents.Oversaw successful implementation of sustainable drainage schemes (SUDs), including Firs Farm, one of Europe's largest. Spearheaded Broomfield Park wetlands scheme.Initiated and chaired extensive scrutiny workstream into Health Inequality and the role of the Council's Public Health Team, authoring a comprehensive report with 15 recommendations submitted to internal and external stakeholders.

Provided financial and strategic oversight of the Council’s £6.5bn 20-year housing and regeneration project – one of the largest in Europe, which considered and reviewed the main risks in delivery and assessed the robustness of the mitigation measures that had been put in place. This included: • Questioning the critical assumptions• Assessing the beneficiaries i.e., local residents versus overseas and private investors• Evaluating the main financial risks in light of the high levels of borrowing, potential interest rate changes, changing population projections, impact of Covid etc. • Reviewing the appropriateness or otherwise of the intended housing mix, height and density, ownership versus rental, together with the levels and types of affordability • Appraising the proportion of parks, open spaces and recreational land, together with public transport accessibility; and• Examining the employment strategy, including the number, type and level of jobs createdThe resulting report made 14 evidenced-based recommendations.

London Area, United Kingdom

Founding trustee of Enfield Leisure Centres Ltd, which saw the transfer of Enfield Council’s leisure facilities to a “Not for Profit” Leisure Trust and, established and refined its constitutional framework.

London, United Kingdom

Represented Enfield Council on the London Councils' Transport & Environment Committee and its Executive Sub-Committee and provided strategic oversight on key areas, such as the London Lorry Control Scheme, the Freedom Pass and Taxicard schemes, congestion charging, CCTV camera traffic enforcement, parking and traffic appeals, waste, air quality, and public protection, for all 32 London councils and the City of London.

London, United Kingdom

Successfully negotiated the shift towards a menu pricing mechanism away from a levy system, which was more beneficial both financially and environmentally.Secured a commitment for a new recycling centre to be built in Edmonton, and for an air cooling, rather than a water-cooling, system on the proposed £1.2bn new waste incinerator, thereby benefiting the local community where it was situated.Secured a commitment for supplying energy from waste for the Enfield Council’s own heat network, Energetik.

London, United Kingdom

Provided strategic oversight to a team of 12 advisors administering the delivery of a £2.3bn capital investment programme in flood prevention schemes across the Thames region.Successfully pressed for prioritising areas where the risk of significant flooding was highest rather than simply one per lead local flood authority area.

Developed a challenging, but achievable strategy on sustainability focusing on ethical purchasing; waste reduction & improved recycling; and increased transparency & accountability.Developed a sustainability audit to measure current practice within the organisation.Implemented mechanisms that ensured the organisation could cut down on excessive purchasing and that any leftover produce from events be redistributed to food banks and/or local homeless charities.Created a benchmarking framework within and between events to cut down on unnecessary duplication, over-ordering and over-spending. Created, developed and designed some innovative and creative literature aimed at promoting the above objectives within the organisation.

Chair of Programming for the 2012 Limmud Conference, which attracted more than 2,000 participants from across the UK and around the world. Led a 20+ strong diverse team in planning, organising, co-ordinating and scheduling the delivery of 1,000+ sessions across five tracks, from 430 presenters during a five-day period. Implemented an innovative budget formula on a points-based system that enabled the team to maximise finite resources and achieve optimum impact. Revamped the long-standing clunky handbook. The replacement was lighter, more accessible and considerably cheaper to produce. In the post-conference satisfaction survey, 74% rated the Conference as either excellent or fantastic. 85% loved the new handbook, which also received a 90% satisfaction rate for ease of navigation.

London, United Kingdom

Offered both career counselling and integrated health well-being and life coaching.

London

Nurtured and guided teams at Woodhouse College to develop creative and imaginative ideas and then turn them into workable action plans. One team, CRE8, won Envision’s Team of the Year and National Lottery Funding for an innovative scheme to repaint park benches and were asked to showcase the organisation to a group of MPs at the House of Commons.

London

Instigated a comprehensive spending review. Restructured the membership fee system to make it fairer and more robust. Initiated a targeted membership survey and produced an outline community vision.Reconfigured the loss-making, biannual magazine, which was heavily reliant on subsidy, by renegotiating the printer contract, which saved on production costs, and increased and diversified advertising income by 50%, thereby ensuring that within two issues it became self-financing.

Barnet, North London

Developed a divisional-wide strategy for improving partnership working between employers, training providers, schools and colleges and won a company award for innovation. Produced comprehensive Labour Market Intelligence into the changing local, regional and national economic position, identifying the extent of the skills mismatch between business needs, training and further & higher education provision and proposed a realistic, but strategic way forward.Managed an area branch and led a varied team of staff with diverse responsibilities; as well as delivering career counselling services to young people and adults.

Developed a wide range of experience across diverse areas, which included a number of strategic developmental roles driving through the Council’s modernisation agenda. Implemented the Council’s response to the Government’s ‘Best Value’ regime ensuring cross-service quality standards.Vice-Chair on the Quality of Life Scrutiny Panel and led on identifying and tackling environmental concerns, such as waste, parking and the state of the street scene.On the Special Projects Scrutiny Panel scrutinised the Council budget, the effectiveness of the council's procurement strategy and led on a review of Controlled Parking Zones. Established the Holocaust Memorial Garden in the Civic Centre courtyard as a permanent feature.

London Area, United Kingdom

Directly involved in the appointment of a new Head Teacher, also Vice-Chair of the Finance Committee.

Edmonton, North London

Provision of vocational guidance to young people at key stages of transition in local schools and in career centres across the Borough of Enfield.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Psychology, Politics And Economics

Postgraduate Diploma, Careers Guidance

Diploma In Careers Guidance

Understanding Connexions

Assessment, Planning, Implementation And Review

Investigating Entrepreneurial Opportunities

Certificate In Competence In Occupational Testing (Level A)

Certificate Of Accreditation (Morrisby Profile)

Digital Marketing

The course covered the different aspects of digital marketing, from search to social media and across key concepts of owned, earned.

Career Break, Studied Jewish Law And Philosophy, Involving The Study Of Early Aramaic And Hebrew Texts

Certificate In Life Coaching

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