Kerry Stevens Email & Phone Number

Preston, England, United Kingdom

We aim to make a difference, benefit society, and positively impact communities. We know that sustainable employment is crucial for communities and individuals. Our priority is to create meaningful employment opportunities. We work with businesses to provide essential jobs and help individuals become the best candidates for these roles. T/A Beanstalk Business Services: Provide business support, mentoring, training, and administrative services to entrepreneurs, start-ups, not-for-profit organisations, and small-to-medium enterprises to enhance their strength, sustainability, and profitability.T/A Beanstalk Employment and Skills: Provide support, mentoring, and training to individuals to access employment or training opportunities in a safe, inclusive, and empowering environment, so they can become accustomed to the world of work.T/A Beanstalk Food and Cookery: Deliver cooking and food skills, training, and development sessions principally within educational environments to support development and growth not achieved by the mainstream education system.

Preston, England, United Kingdom

The MPT project engages with and supports individuals who are unemployed or economically inactive, and who may have multiple social, emotional, and economic barriers. Eligible participants receive a tailored programme of 1:1 mentoring, physical activity sessions, training courses, employment advice and work experience opportunities.•Leads on employer engagement to create links to access training and job opportunities for participants.•Works in partnerships to create pre-interview programmes that help secure interviews for participants.•Directs pre-interview training and courses to upskill participants.•Develops work experience opportunities.•Promotes the project and establishes new relationships through networking events.•Maintains statistics and produces quarterly progress reports.

Preston, United Kingdom

Providing opportunities that develop character traits and behaviours to support progression in social mobility, wellbeing, employment, and social/community inclusion.• Management of all business processes.• Developing and maintaining relationships with partners.• Organising careers and promotional events.• Representing the Centre at networking meetings.• Managing, coaching, and supporting the administration officer.• Coordinating business services, including finance, governance, and communications.• Preparing board papers.• Developing systems for delivery of funded programmes.• Managing all data and statistics to report on a suite of key performance indicators.• Managing year end reporting and completion of the Trustee’s Annual Report.• Developing a volunteering programme.• Developing the PVC Job Club.• Effective marketing and communication activities.

Preston, United Kingdom

Supporting young people into employment, promoting social inclusion and developing the skills.• Coaching a caseload of students who are at risk of becoming NEET.• Target setting and action planning.• One-to-one and group support programmes.• Referring students for more specialist support as required.• Record keeping in a timely, factual, and objective manner.• Completion of documents to support full project compliance.• Careers advice and guidance.• Organising and attending meetings with key stakeholders as required.• Acting as a positive role model for students.• Promoting and attending college advice events.• Key point of contact in the disciplinary process. • Arranging the enrolment and induction of students.

Preston, United Kingdom

• Setting business strategies, planning, monitoring and review for annual growth and productivity.• Managing finance to include book keeping, cash flow forecasting, self-assessment returns, monthly management P&L and ledger control using Sage Line 50 and Microsoft Excel.• Marketing, advertising and promotion through social media, networking and public relations.• Focusing on good customer service and quality at all times and relaying this throughout the business.• Basic website development and maintenance.• Coordination and facilitation of tutors to lead workshops across 4 locations.• Preparation and delivery of short courses and training for adults.

Preston, United Kingdom

• Responsible for managing a team of office administrators who supported the training and HR needs of approx. 250 employees and subcontractors nationwide. • Regular liaison with the company accountant for creating, maintaining and reviewing all the company’s financial processes in line with regulations and standards set by HMRC. • Facilitating and leading team meetings, attending senior management meetings and diplomatically liaising with external government and professional organisations. • Key point of contact for all HR matters and creating the company’s job descriptions, contracts, probationary and appraisal processes and leading in all HR meetings to include recruitment, interviews and grievances. I liaised with our external legal team on litigation matters• Ensuring all teams were trained to my own professional core values with highly organised and good independent problem solving skills. • Mentoring and developing young adults on the modern apprenticeship schemes.

Member, Level 3 Certified In Bookkeeping And Accounts, Distinction 91%

Activities and Societies: Practice Licence ICB101507

Level 4 Diploma, Certified In Seo Content Writing, Distinction

Certificate, Leadership And Management Programme, Pass

Level 3 Award, Award In Education And Training (Aet) - Previously Pttls, Pass

Associate Member, Level 2 Certified In Bookkeeping, Distinction 93%

Gcse, Maths

Gcse, English Language And Literature/Letters

Level 3, Career Coaching, Merit

Nvq, Business Administration, Pass