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Warrington, Gb

Warrington, England, United Kingdom

Strategic lead for the newly created Health & Wellbeing Team, with a key focus on establishing a robust delivery framework of health and education interventions, ensuring an inclusive offer for young people, adults and families. Key responsibilities:- Initiate and maintain trusted stakeholder relationships across education, health, not for profit and commercial sectors demonstrating impact and return on investment- Supervise the management and negotiation of high value contracts to implement KPI’s in line with appropriate strategies, budgets and action plans - Operational lead for safeguarding across all aspects of the charity including liaison with relevant agencies such as Safeguarding Boards and the Police

The Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington

Responsible for delivering executive leadership for multi award winning sports charity with £500,000 annual turnover, 15 staff and 100+ volunteers.Key achievements:- Led on strategic planning and implementation of the operational model in alignment with the Wolves Foundation’s mission and goals, ensuring that the vision was clearly communicated internally and externally - Motivated key management teams to peak levels of performance, consistently developing their coaching and leadership skills to increase overall productivity levels- Leveraged employee leadership to review, evaluate and plan organisational strategies and initiatives to optimise social outcomes- Developed stakeholder relationships with agencies to leverage over £100,000 of investment through grants, corporate sponsorships, and fundraising opportunities- Systematically monitored and evaluated programme performance, impact and sustainability, working with Managers to identify gaps, maximise learning, and improve processes.- Created a people centric workforce development framework ensuring a centralised and productive environment involving all employees- Influential advocate of mental health and suicide prevention programs for adults (e.g. Offload) and young people (e.g Ahead of the Game) through ongoing engagement with network of community sports clubs, educational establishments, health partnerships and community development infrastructure

Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington

Responsible for the development, implementation and review of the charity’s strategy with the aim of improving the physical, emotional and social wellbeing of the local community, particularly those from marginalised groups, through sustainable behaviour change.Key achievements:- Managed relationships with key existing and potential partners including national health charities, Public Health England, NHS England, Sport England, commissioners, funders and project partners- Based on an understanding of national and local insight, co-created solution focused approaches (programme design and investment approaches) to reach 7000 new beneficiaries, enhance social impact and increase the charity’s profile- Developed quality assurance measures across the workforce alongside the Governance, Finance, Impact, Communications, Relationships and People teams- Ensured that all operational delivery met appropriate health and safety, safeguarding, equality, diversity, inclusion and data protection standards- Led on developing processes to improve performance (including tools & resources) developing, fostering and maintaining excellent relationships with all relevant stakeholders- Developed inclusive opportunities for supporters including the matchday Match Buddies Dementia scheme- Managed data collection and monitoring processes, ensuring programmes achieved their outputs and outcomes on time and to budget ensuring evaluation and learning was embedded into programme design- Initiated focus groups with relevant audiences, including carers of individuals living with dementia, to provide insight into key activation mechanisms, adapting project delivery as appropriate- Led on key fundraising projects, leveraging investment through donations, sponsorship and events to diversify income streams for the charity- Assisted the Marketing and Communications team in the development of press releases, website, social media, marketing materials and campaigns

Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington

Responsible for developing, coordinating and managing all aspects of the charity’s portfolio of health related projects using behaviour change principles to empower beneficiaries with the knowledge and confidence to make positive lifestyle choices.Key achievements:- Designed, implemented and delivered a portfolio of health projects in line with KPIs, ensuring effective monitoring and to agreed budgets- Worked in partnership with multiple stakeholders to support the development, testing and implementation of the charity’s behavioural change approach, embedding it into existing structures and schemes as well as developing and testing new innovations- Utilised available intelligence and insight and, undertaking scoping of available services, to identify gaps and create potential opportunities and person-centred solutions- Provided training for relevant groups within the community to increase awareness of the benefits of physical activity & healthy eating for the target groups including older people, individuals with long term health issues and families from socially deprived communities- Worked with schools, beneficiaries and health agencies to develop resources which supported the sustainability of healthy lifestyle behaviours in the local population - Collaborated with the European Healthy Stadia Network to obtain a quality mark accreditation demonstrating the value of a professional sports club in addressing health inequalities for the Club’s supporters and wider local community- Built effective and open working relationships with colleagues across the health care professionals network, being an advocate and role model for collaborative working- Supported the development and application of a robust physical activity monitoring & evaluation framework to capture and analyse insight, disseminating learnings- Prepared evaluation, monitoring and impact reports for the Board of Trustees, funders and external partners

Responsible for providing strategic and operational guidance across the primary, secondary and special school network to embed and facilitate best practice in equality, diversity and inclusion in line with legislative and regulatory requirements.Key achievements; - Supported children and young people to achieve their ambitions by providing support to overcome barriers to learning both inside and outside the school environment- Developed an inclusive sport and physical activity programme, establishing a clear pathway from participation to elite performance- Managed a team of coaches delivering high quality PE/school sport sessions in primary and secondary schools, developing personal development plans for the beneficiaries and formulating relationships with multiple education stakeholders- Liaised with internal and external partners including National Governing Bodies of Sport, regional sports associations, disability specific organisations, local authority Inclusion Teams, community sports clubs and local leisure facilities to heighten awareness of opportunities for people with disabilities - Collaborated with the Activity Alliance to provide recommendations for improving accessibility of sports facilities and access to services to encourage greater participation for people with a disability in sport and physical activity.- Provided guidance and support to 3rd sector providers and community sports clubs, to enhance their capacity to facilitate increase participation opportunities for people with disabilities- Developed a diverse inclusive disability sport competition offer for mainstream and special schools, in partnership with PE subject leads and SENCo’s- Initiated leadership and volunteering programmes for youngsters with disabilities of all ages, formulating links with nationally accredited frameworks

Luton, United Kingdom

Responsible for coordinating and delivering a portfolio of innovative activities to children and young people with physical, learning & profound and multiple learning disabilities in a caring and safe environment in a manner that stimulated beneficiaries' physical development and creativity. Key achievements:- Provided high quality educational delivery for young people ensuring that coaching sessions were delivered in line with the primary school curriculum and OFSTED guidelines- Initiated a comprehensive programme of community sport opportunities, embedding a comprehensive volunteering academy for youngsters with additional needs- Developed a network of beneficiaries, families and professionals to ensure inclusive practice and equality and diversity within the sport and physical activity sector- Initiated on-going monitoring and evaluation frameworks to ensure collection and collation of appropriate data to inform the provision of innovative physical activity opportunities.