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Working across northern England and the Scottish Borders to support existing training providers and to identify and develop new providers working in the land based industries. Developing partnerships and networks to increase awareness of Lantra. Quality Assurance of a caseload of Lantra Awards registered training providers to ensure provision meets national standards.Recently managed England-wide skills funds under DEFRA's Rural Development Programme. Worked with employers and partners to… Show more Working across northern England and the Scottish Borders to support existing training providers and to identify and develop new providers working in the land based industries. Developing partnerships and networks to increase awareness of Lantra. Quality Assurance of a caseload of Lantra Awards registered training providers to ensure provision meets national standards.Recently managed England-wide skills funds under DEFRA's Rural Development Programme. Worked with employers and partners to support women in under represented industries to improve their technical and managerial skills: Women & Work(UKCES funded). Identifying funding and develop projects which support the land based sector. Show less

Promoting skills development in environmental and land based businesses whilst sourcing funding and developing projects to increase skills.Managed the England-wide Forestry Skills and Knowledge Transfer of Technical skills under DEFRA's Rural Development Programme, supported by 2 staff. Account managed a caseload of Lantra registered training providers to ensure quality provision and capacity within Lantra's network. England Lead for Investor in People (IiP)licence, supporting a small team of… Show more Promoting skills development in environmental and land based businesses whilst sourcing funding and developing projects to increase skills.Managed the England-wide Forestry Skills and Knowledge Transfer of Technical skills under DEFRA's Rural Development Programme, supported by 2 staff. Account managed a caseload of Lantra registered training providers to ensure quality provision and capacity within Lantra's network. England Lead for Investor in People (IiP)licence, supporting a small team of specialists across the country to respond to business development requests from sector companies and sourcing solutions. Show less

Promoted skills development across land based industries and sourced funding from various agencies to support employer investment in development and training. Contract manager for a range of projects including Train to Gain Skills Brokerage and sucessful delivery of 2 Rural Development Skills Programmes for DEFRA, one for Yorkshire and one for East Midlands

Worked in various roles government funded training programmes for the unemployed including managing claims team. In latter years managed the NVQ assessment team and acted as Centre Coordinator for several Awarding Bodies. Worked with CEO to develop new funding bids to add value to core business.