Ian Smith Email & Phone Number

Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China

Health, Safety, Security and Environmental Advisor to Pioneer Workforce working within Gouyu Shipyard in China

British Embassy Seoul

• Office Manager and direct support to Senior Army Officers who represent the UK Military to host Government.
• Managed complex visit programs for both Royal and Prime-Ministerial visits, by motivating team members to deliver very short notice changes.
• Managed delegated budget of £450,000, by analysing local economic trends together with estimating future commitments.

Birmingham UK

• Supervisor of team leaders who were responsible for the delivery of administrative support and guidance to over 6000 personnel within 5 geographically spread establishments.
• Provided guidance and best practice solutions to team leaders to develop their leadership traits.
• Nurtured and mentored team leaders to ensure staff were highly motivated to carry out all administrative tasks in the most austere conditions.
• Provide insight to Senior Army Management to influence decision making regarding military Nurses pay and contracts.

Various

• Supervising Manager for Administrating staff at highly deployable Brigade Force spanning various regional locations. Subject matter expert for 4 different administration teams whilst maintaining overarching.
• Ensured all 6000 personnel within the Brigade 5 establishments were administratively able to deploy to war fighting operations at very short notice.
• Increased deployable military strength by identifying complex problems then presenting pragmatic solutions.
• Deployed to Afghanistan with Brigade to ensure management teams were complying with force deployment rules.
• Motivated and encouraged managers to develop their teams professional development in order to improve team cohesiveness and results

Plymouth, United Kingdom

• Team leader responsible for all financial and administrational support to an establishment of 800 personnel. Line manager for 25 HR administrators and member of the management board.
• Advise commanders of current unit financial situation and offer pragmatic advice.
• Lead team of 25 administrators to deliver bespoke financial briefings together with day to day administration.
• Instigated robust management checks to ensure high standards are maintained by all team members at all times.
• Submitted highly complex reports and returns to higher formation to aid greater situational awareness.