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Grimsby

Successes include:- Reshaping the creative programme for Grimsby Creates (Cultural Development Fund) by successfully launching an open process for creative leads which saw four projects with very strong local engagement selected from a national competition. - Secured a substantial grant (£90,000) from Arts Council England to bring back Festival of the Sky.

Coventry, United Kingdom

• Key successes:
• Develop and implement a strategy to achieve the Trusts and Foundations targets in doing so securing £500,000 investment from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and creating conditions for further investment from the Foyle.
• Worked with the Coventry 2021 team to secure funding from Arts Council England, National Lottery Heritage Fund and National Lottery Community Fund
• Undertake research to identify private charitable trusts and non-statutory grant makers
• Co-ordinate completion of monitoring, reporting and evaluation requirements for grant funders
• Organising Meet the Funder events for artists, community groups and creative organisations in Coventry and Warwickshire

Hull, United Kingdom

Responsible for securing the funds to enable to company to deliver its artistic and strategic priorities.Responsible for the management of relationships with all funding partners, including public bodies, lottery distributors, trusts and foundations, corporates and individuals.Success has included securing £600,000 from Spirit of 2012 to continue Hull's.

Hull, United Kingdom

Responsible for developing funding relationships with partners to develop income streams to deliver Hull UK City of Culture 2017. Leading successful funding applications National Lottery funders:- - Arts Council England including Ambition for Excellence (£750,000), Strategic Touring (£269,000) and Grants for the Arts- Heritage Lottery Fund (£3m)- Spirit of.

Hull

Responsible for managing the £8m+ Humber LEP Business Loan Fund, a revolving infrastructure fund for the Humber, which is designed to support economic growth by removing infrastructure barriers to development using Growing Places Funding.Managing a £30m Regional Growth Fund programme, Growing the Humber, with Accountable Body North East Lincolnshire.

Responsible for the performance of Groundwork Creswell, Ashfield and Mansfield, giving direction to, and ensuring the achievements of, the Trusts core aims and objectives.Work with department leads (construction, landscape, education and community)in developing and achieving the business plan targets, lead on partnerships with public, private, voluntary.

• Leading the Team at strategic and implementation levels to ensure the delivery of Renaissance and Business Programmes whilst providing other organisations with advice in all projects which include development and.
• Project manage the investment and delivery of projects in accordance with performance management framework, ranging from small scale interventions to major development schemes.
• Prepare, plan, submit, administrate and manage grant applications, strategies and plans
• Manage multi disciplinary project teams.
• Create briefs and commissions for, appoint, and manage external advisers/consultants to undertake projects and monitor their performance to ensure delivery of objectives by agreed deadlines.
• Build, develop and maintain relationships with major development stakeholders to assist in delivering regeneration and renaissance, resolving conflicts that may occur.

Represented the economic interests of North and North East Lincolnshire Councils by leading research, preparing policy and project delivery. Co-ordinating the Councils’ housing, transport and planning polices to contribute to economic development. Delivered promotion and marketing of South Humber Bank as major Ports and Logistics investment opportunity.

Led the commissioning of projects using renewal funding on behalf of the City. This was achieved through collaboration with other agencies, on the compilation and development of commissioning briefs which reflect strategic priorities. Projects were developed into deliverable interventions, appraised, monitored and evaluated. Performance was assessed.

Managed the implementation and supporting a range of initiatives and projects to generate sustainable employment opportunities, economic growth and social inclusion. Undertaking research to identify synergistic linkages to contribute to policy objectives. Managed the provision of timely research.

Responsible for Countryside Agency funded Market Town Initiative in 5 towns in Lincolnshire, this involved developing community groups and project development. Project manager for European Regional Development Fund Objective 2 grant scheme. Membership of Lincolnshire Community Business Loan Fund Panel, making decisions regarding small business investment..

Evaluation and analysis of regeneration projects in Oxford.

Property market research

Clore Social Fellow

Msc, Economic Development And Regeneration

Ba, Economics