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Working with a portfolio of NGBs to support the development of their organisational and sporting health. Developed an organisational health tool for the sports sector.

Paris, Île-De-France, France

Supporting the Paralympics GB athletes and team in the Village during the Paris Paralympic Games

Board member and Chair of the Engagement and Insight Committee and active

Engagement & Insight Committee:- Ensuring the voice of the CP Sport community is heard and listened to. - Guide the development of meaningful insight to support understanding of what is needed and why- Help shape the future direction of the charity

Board member representing CP Sport

Governance & Finance Committee

Established a new Performance Management function at Sport England. Lead a team that managed the year-round performance of the Core Market portfolio of investments including the c£280m investments into National Governing Bodies. Relationship managed a number of partners including the ECB, Chance to Shine, England Lacrosse, and British Shooting amongst others. Also worked directly with partners to identify and address poor service to the Core Market consumer, generating insight, and sharing good practice and learning to optimise performance. Instrumental in the development and roll out of a radically new £600m investment approach for System Partners.

Provided programme level grants management expertise to various Sport England directorates and funding programmes. Lead the development and delivery of a number of high profile funding streams including NGB 17-21, Volunteering, Tackling Inactivity and Economic Disadvantage, Major Events.

Loughborough And London

Providing Grants Management expertise to the NGB and Sport Directorate, as well as working with Business Partnerships and Insight teams.Lead the National Governing Body 17-21 funding cycle from a Grants management perspective. This included developing a robust assessment process, managing a team of assessors and ensuring a clear audit trail for the £220m investment portfolio. Grants Management lead key Volunteering programmes which total £6m of investment.

Loughborough And London

Worked with colleagues to develope and implement new Sport for development function at Sport England. Sought out and worked with a range of new partners to develop initiatives that provided a social and sporting benefit. Drafted award documentation, and established measurement and evaluation processes whilst providing relationship management to key organisations.Grants Management Work included being the point of contact for all South East legacy awards, processing applications and post award management for Olympic Legacy programmes. I also provided assessment, assurance and compliance functions including dispute management, financial closure of awards and assessment of National Governing Body funding submissions

Loughborough

• Processed applications and post award management for the open strands of the Places People Play Olympic Legacy mass participation programmes• Assured compliance with legislation and Distributor Body requirements for all funding programmes, including applicants' compliance with award conditions and management of disputes• Managed the financial closure of awards ensuring unspent funds are returned to Sport England• Lead from a Grants Management perspective on the Flood Relief Programme• Responsible for Sportsmatch legacy work

Loughborough

Managing the Sportsmatch programme and team with an annual budget of £3,000,000 to award to not for profit organisations to deliver community sports projects.My role covered the day-to-day management of the team and programme, co-ordinating Panel meetings, assessing applications, ensuring reporting and decision deadlines were met, as well as compliance with programme process and procedure.I also managed the business support team and function out of our Shared Service Centre ensuring robust checks were carried out on applications across our funding portfolio and was involved in assessing Capital bids across other funding programmes including Inspired Facilities.

Loughborough

Worked as a Grants Officer assessing applications for funding within the Small Grants and Sportsmatch teams based in Loughborough. Sportsmatch is a programme which made awards of up to £100k to not-for-profit organisations that had secured sponsorship to deliver new community projects to grow or sustain participation in sport.Sportsmatch used money from the government to encourage new sponsorship of grassroots community sport. I was also involved in a range Olympic Legacy programmes including Iconic Facilities, Inspired Facilities and Protecting playing fields under the strapline People, Places, Play and have been involved in the Sport and National Governing Body recognition process.

Surrey

Multidimensional role that included the development of new sports equipment i.e. the design of the ‘Rambow’ Cricket range., marketing and production of literature, products, and services for these new products, reporting on sports technology, and external sales.Lead for the Scrum Machine Servicing Department, ensuring customers used the technology safely and understood the importance of maintaining the machines. Coordinating a team of staff to complete services across the UK - sales, stock management and budget control.

2:1, Sports Technology

Loughborough University’s Sports Technology degree programme is the premiere course for sports engineering and design in the country. It.

High School, A Levels: Aabc, As Level: B, 10 Gcses At A* To B