Dee Davis Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Project Manager and PMO for a complex change project within the HR function.Fully qualified APM professional practitioner.

Providing the project management office for a large change project which implemented a new workforce management system across the UK&I, impacting 27k people.Responsibilities included: Building and maintaining a SharePoint ‘one stop shop’ containing all resources needed for sites to deploy successfully, achieving more than 40,000 visits each quarterApplying project management procedures and processes to ensure the project was delivered as per key milestones, including the establishment of one SharePoint document library and record keeping areaStakeholder engagement - Establishing and maintaining successful partner relationships throughout the design and development, cutover and deployment stages.Project reportingRisk ManagementBudgeting and supplier management

 Developed and maintained a SharePoint document repository of all resources for bid-related activity across UK and Ireland.  Built effective relationships with internal stakeholders responsible for BidNet content, establishing procedures and processes for compliance in updating content and ensuring its relevance.  Improved the look and feel of the SharePoint site, which encouraged increased usage across the business.

 As a safeguarding and child protection SME, I wrote full and comprehensive safeguarding and child protection courses for Level 3 students for an online college provider

Coventry, United Kingdom

• Established and managed a stable and successful Sixth Form provision in collaboration with other schools in the Trust• Developed a Sixth Form strategic plan and managed all related administrative and budgetary matters• Led safeguarding and child protection for the whole school• Introduced new safeguarding IT systems which significantly improved how safeguarding was recorded, responded to and measured • Built relationships with a variety of external professionals towards improved student wellbeing• Refined and delivered training for all staff in child safeguarding and child protection• Coached and supported staff as the safeguarding expert • Updated all safeguarding policies in light of legislative changes, sharing such policies with other schools in the Trust as examples of good practice• Worked closely with the Trust HR Manager to correct and streamline the school’s recruitment processes including safer recruitment, DBS checks and the Single Central Record which led to an Ofsted ‘Good’ rating

Coventry, United Kingdom

• Led and developed a programme of effective pastoral care, safeguarding and behaviour• Accountable for the delivery of outstanding practice and improved systems and processes relating to behaviour management, alternative educational provision and values and ethos change• As the Designated Safeguarding Lead for the school, managed a continually complex in-tray of urgent concerns and issues• Developed and delivered a strategic plan for culture, values and ethos change which resulted in higher standards across the board (behaviour, attendance, values, teaching and learning) • Coached, mentored and performance managed a large staff team leading to 75% career progression • Audited safeguarding, putting a comprehensive plan of change into place which significantly improved safeguarding and child protection policy and practice • Developed whole school child protection and safeguarding training, resulting in excellent practice, and understanding • Established a successful alternative school-based educational provision for the most challenging students• Used project management skills to run successful, whole school events such as Parents’ Evenings, Open Days, themed weeks, fairs and training evenings

Warwickshire, West Midlands

Coventry, United Kingdom

• Promoted to a senior position to bring order and process to Sixth Form provision• Responsible for the leadership and management of marketing, recruitment, HE progression, student wellbeing, teaching quality and assessment, course development and data• In one academic year, established a well-recruited-to, successful and stable Sixth Form which continued to expand, raise standards and produce successful and aspirational students• Ensured the progress of teaching and learning through the development of data management tools which worked to underpin a new academic tracking system• Challenged teaching quality and led quality assurance, which resulted in the best results in recent years • Raised the standard and effectiveness of marketing through the production of newly styled materials and recruitment events• Successfully promoted to Senior Leadership to improve and manage pastoral provision and safeguarding

Coventry, United Kingdom

• Responsible for the pastoral, wellbeing and academic needs of 130 year 7 students• Established and embedded a new and successful pastoral system and the processes that underpinned it • Built new relationships with key agencies such as Social Care, Mental Health, and drug services to provide a ‘wrap-around’ provision for students• Seconded to senior leadership because of my self-motivation, vision, ability to manage a varied and demanding work-load and leadership skills

• Responsible for 200 students' wellbeing, academic progression and all pastoral needs• Established a vertical college pastoral system in a newly established Academy, developing a strong college culture, building a good foundation for academic progress and extra-curricular provision• Enabled a thorough wellbeing service for all students by taking the lead for the development of relationships with a variety of external professionals• Established a successful programme of parental engagement which increased parent/carer participation in the school vision and the success of the school, which overtime improved student achievement and progress• Became the safeguarding expert, creating the Academy’s first set of robust policies and procedures relating to child protection and safeguarding

Coventry, United Kingdom

• Responsible for widening participation in the central administrative office, establishing a comprehensive widening participation recruitment programme which saw a steady increase in the number of non-traditional students applying to Warwick• Successfully launched Warwick’s recruitment programme in the USA following a joint visit with senior academics• Wrote high quality, qualitative and quantitative reports for HEFCE, DFES, Aimhigher and senior University staff which clearly evidenced the effectiveness of my programmes• Managed a budget of £30k while successfully managing a series of complex and time-sensitive projects bringing all to fruition and on-time

United Kingdom

Project Management Qualification (Pmq) (Scqf Level 7), Project Management, Level 5 Apprenticeship - Distinction

Level 5 Diploma, Hrm, Pass

Ma, Criminology, Distinction

Ba Hons, Comparative American Studies, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Shotokan Karate, African-Caribbean Society Studied Comparative American Studies, taking a year abroad.

Ba Hons, History/Literature

1 Year abroad majoring in African-American Literature & History. Awarded the prestigious Dean's Award.

Certificate, Counselling