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Colour Analysis, Full Image Advice and Personal Styling for Corporate Businesses and Private Individuals on a one to one basis.

Global

Business Growth and Development Project Management Working together to provide opportunities for nurturing enterprise and growing businesses.

• Providing advice and support to SMEs working in the industry in order to improve their environmental performance and reduce waste (including reducing CO2 emissions). • Helping SMEs address issues facing their business throughout a business improvement group using action learning techniques to stimulate business growth• Chairing budgetary and planning meetings on a monthly basis in line with ERDF statutory compliance • Measuring quality assurance and continuous improvement through various methods including client feedback sheets and analysis of work• Helping SMEs to perform better and to meet new standards for sustainable housing and construction. • Increasing knowledge transfer between Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and the construction sector at all levels and building the capacity of SMEs. • To encourage SMEs to build up their capacity to understand and deliver best value to clients by assessing their strengths and weaknesses with regard to value procurement and identifying specific knowledge in order to enable clients to win future work. • To develop a specific training plan in order to allow clients to learn and develop their bidding skills. • The coordination of external partners in relation to the successful attainment of large European (and other) multi-partnership funding opportunities. • The management and coordination of frameworks within between organisations and the city council• Showcasing best practice associated with award-winning projects by producing individual case studies which are bespoke to clients’ needs. • Promoting knowledge transfer between HEIs and industry in order to develop innovative products, services and construction practice(s) which are seeking to reduce waste and carbon emissions and create new ‘green jobs’ in the construction sector. • Responsible for stimulating the development of new business and identifying potential new work streams within the sector.

• The purpose of the role as Project Manager was to engage the local community in training relevant to their needs. This work was carried-out in conjunction with MANCAT and involved devising a training programme with parental involvement, participatory practices were used to engage with the community these practices were entitled ‘Participatory Appraisal’.• The term Participatory Appraisal describes a family of approaches that enable local people to identify their own priorities and make their own decisions about the future, with the organising agency facilitating, listening and learning. • Participatory Appraisal uses visual and flexible tools to ensure that everyone can join in regardless of background. It can be carried out in a place where people already meet in their everyday lives.• Teaching and delivering the training programmes in conjunction with MANCAT and Sure Start

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

To work in conjunction with others to ensure the effective planning, coordination and delivery of appropriate and comprehensive play, learning and childcare services aimed at children and their carers. The themes included health, community development and the play learning and childcare theme. This position involved working with other agencies to provide a range of educational and training opportunities to local people which supported the successful take up of employment opportunities. This position involved working with other agencies to provide a range of educational and training opportunities to local people which supported the successful take up of employment opportunities

Leeds, United Kingdom

The fundamentals of this position were divided into four main sections. Organisational events/conferences management, endorsement of courses, development of the centre, and maintaining support throughout the regions training centres. This involves being proactive and reactive to ensure all needs are met and furthermore helping to sustain and develop Playwork training throughout the region.To support training providers in the Statutory, Voluntary and Private sector within the region. This involves project work and networking through various methods – organisation of meetings and conferences ensuring the region is taken forward and developed with regards to playwork training and education.

Barnsley

• Develop, design and deliver extensive training programmes for practitioners of childcare, developing their skills related to their particular setting.• Develop and oversee ‘networking groups’ within Barnsley – enhancing the skills of practitioners working with children by accessing training, funding and encouraging networking with other providers and agencies.• Providing advice to parents and loan parent families about childcare support enabling them to make invaluable choices for their children.• Manage, monitor and control NOF consortium bids, providing support to providers by being pro-active and re-active throughout the process.