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As Innovation Partner, I lead on shaping and designing new and bespoke propositions,capturing and presenting business cases for innovation alongside negotiating complexneeds of internal and external stakeholders.Responsibilities include:● Owning the delivery of commercial consultancy projects within the innovation portfolio and acceleration programmes to provide impactful activities which meet or exceed stakeholdersexpectations and defined KPIs.● Managing a small multidisciplinary team from across the Catapult and commercialR&D project consortiums● Research and capture business cases for innovation to drive and demonstrate business impact● Building strong relationships with key stakeholders to deliver project objectives● Creating and advancing new opportunities in collaboration with appropriate Digital Catapultbusiness leads● Representing Digital Catapult at events, workshops and meetings● Working with project management to effectively manage budgets, risk and resources on innovationactivities● Educating clients, co-workers and broader stakeholders on the value of technology innovation andthe work of Digital Catapult

• Manage the scoping, planning, initiation and delivery of the programme’s Innovation and Acceleration Open Calls.• Work alongside the Policy, Research and Engagement Team to conduct startup ecosystem mapping and scouting for suitable Open Call applicants.• Manage the open call process, including the coordination of the evaluation and judging processes.• Collaboratively plan key acceleration programme activities with relevant Technical, Innovation and Programme Leads.• Coordinate and manage programme related events, including pitch days and workshops.• Monitor and report on acceleration programme (timelines, budget, issues and risks) and measures of success to Programme Leads.

The Chair is responsible for the overall conduct of each Board of Governors or committee meeting. The Chair also ensures that all its business is carried out in a structured manner, and that governors operate in accordance with the Scheme of Management which reflects good management practices and procedures.Responsibilities include: - School Performance - Curriculum and Standards - Finance - Human Resources - Health and Safety - Management of Premises - Child Protection

As part of the Board of Governors my role is to assist with managing the school with a view to providing the best possible education and educational opportunities for all of the pupils.This involves:- setting the strategic direction for the school;- taking corporate decisions in relation to the statutory functions of the board of governors.

Sentinus is the home of STEM outreach in Northern Ireland, engaging more the 60,000 young people each year, in programmes designed to excite and enthuse them about science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), support their development and enhance their life skills. Working with every post primary school and about 450 primary schools each year, and linking with business and industry, the organisation supports classroom learning through engagement in activities which demonstrate the relevance of the STEM subjects in the work place.

Supporting the delivery of the BRCD Employability & Skills proposition specifically focused upon the ‘Skills for a Digital Future’ thematic priority.- Engaging with digital investment projects ensuring awareness of future employment opportunities and developing an understanding of expected skills needs, particularly in relation to digital skills;- Working collaboratively with BRCD Partners ensuring city deal employment opportunities and skills needs with a digital focus are reflected within local and organisational delivery plans, facilitating coordination and joint working where possible;- Facilitating the delivery of skills assessments and planning in order to identify resultant skills needs and to support efforts aimed at developing new skills provision, where required;- Establishing effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders including private sector to develop an informed understanding of the specific skills needs underpinning the City Deal.  - Responsibility for the end-to-end management of the Skills for Digital Future workstream including leading on a range of development projects and informing partner delivery of E&S interventions.

I worked within creative, digital and emerging technologies on behalf of the College.I was responsible for supporting the development and implementation of key SME innovation and skills programmes, projects and activities within the College's dual mandate strategy; economic development and social inclusion.This included generating leads, maximising income generation streams for the College across publicly funded programmes and EU projects.Programmes of note included #InnovateUs, #SkillsFocus, #AssuredSkills, #SkillUp, #InnovationVouchers, #ConnectedNI and #BringITOn.

Bid & Marketing Manager working across both the CSR Group and Cobra Security

Bid & Marketing Manager working across both the CSR Group and Cobra Security

Temporary contract supporting both bidding and grant application delivery to provide better outcomes for children across Northern Ireland.

As Senior Bid Manager I provided an accessible point of contact and source of bidding expertise from the commencement of sales opportunities through to the tender submission.Leading a small sales team, I was responsible for the commercial, financial, written response and presentation for each tender opportunity from PQQ/ RFI or commencement of the project through to the tender stages.During this time I successfully delivered £5m+ in new contract wins within both the public and private sector outsourced facilities sector.Key responsibility areas included: - Bid writing, tender preparation and response; - Providing a professional and technical bid best practice experience to the team; - Taking full ownership of the tender preparation and response process; - Liaising with the sales team and other relevant departments with regards to information required to enable the collation and presentation of exemplar tender responses and case studies; - Co-ordinating PQQ/ RFI and ITT/RFP activities and collecting market and operational intelligence for bidding; - Overseeing the maintenance of a central library of information and support material; - Contributing to the bid strategy and solutions workshops with Business Development Managers and Senior Executive Team in order to develop win themes and storyboards; - Providing support and contribute to the central development of a client intelligence and sales data base; and - Maintaining timely and effective communication to all other Mount Charles Group stakeholders throughout the process.

Working within the Home Affairs division (Policing, Justice and Home Office), I worked collaboratively with Partners, Consultants, Strategy and Operation teams to ensure a seamless bid process was followed for consultancy submissions across the firms wide array of professional services.Key Accountabilities included: - Production and submission of high quality bid documents - Management and delivery of the whole bid development process - Ensure all bids have a clear development plan/ win themes completed and communicated with relevant stakeholders - Ensuring all key bid documentation, including developing a clear bid plan and timescales, risk register is available to the bid team - Co-ordinate the end-to-end delivery of bids from responses to PQQs, ITTs, including ensuring bids are compliant - Support and assist other team members as required, to ensure the Public Sector Bid Unit provides an effective, value adding function throughout the firm.

As Bid Manager, I took a leading role in ensuring that bid opportunities were project managed effectively and completed on time and to a high standard. This involved adhering to strict governance parameters and working closely with other disciplines such as business development, commercial, HR and operations teams.I bid managed outsourced service bids worth c£27m per annum in total for both public and private sector organisations, winning £11.8m per annum worth of contracts which included £3.2m per annum of new business with a high profile public sector client.Responsibilities included: - Responsible for the effective management of bids and the bid process. - Manage the preparation of Bids, Proposals, Quotations, PQQs and Expressions of Interest and their presentation to senior management. - Develop and run in accordance with bid timetables and report on overall bid progress; to include the preparation of status briefing materials. - Work with the operations teams to develop efficient and innovative technical solutions. - Work with Finance and Commercial department to ensure that costs and prices are captured in an approved and traceable way; develop costing and pricing models to assist. - Work with Business Development and Commercial to agree the sub-contracting strategy for each major bid. - Monitor and report on all Bid/Proposal/Quotation activity. - Assist with the development and implementation of Business and Sales Plans. - Bid writing and where appropriate work with the Bid Writing team to effectively communicate the service solution, resolve outstanding issues and achieve delivery dates. - Present progress and plans at management review meetings and client workshops. - Support and assist other team members as required, to ensure bid management provides an effective value adding function throughout the business. - Ensure seamless handover of contracts to our operations teams, post contract award.

Part of a bid team that retained over £18m per annum of incumbent business and won in excess of £6m per annum new business in a 12 month period.Responsibilities included:- Compilation of PQQs and ITTs for soft FM services such as large cleaning, security, guarding and various other facilities contracts.- Provide technical and commercial support for business development proposals.- Provide solutions for complex customer requirements.

Part of a bid team that retained over £18m per annum of incumbent business and won in excess of £6m per annum new business in a 12 month period.Responsibilities included:- General tender administration.- Compilation of PQQs and ITTs for soft FM services such as large cleaning, security, guarding and various other facilities contracts. - Provide technical and commercial support for business development proposals. - Provide solutions for complex customer requirements.

- Responsible for new business in both public and private sector. - Pro-active account and relationship management. - KBS brand development.

Commencing as Commercial Assistant, promoted to Commercial Executive and subsequently Commercial Manager for Ireland.Key accountabilities included:- Responsible for commercial aspects of tenders and contracts within Ireland for the likes of office supplies, managed print services and confidential shredding. - Liaising with key client contacts and Procurement departments with respect to contract maintenance, cost reduction proposals and Management Information. - Sales support for team of 6 Account Managers.

- General administration duties. - Procuring of various supplies including office stationery and operational sundries.