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United Kingdom

Kent

Provision of IT Project Management services

Surrey And Sussex Police Forces

Hawkhurst, England, United Kingdom

• During the Coronavirus Pandemic, the Hawkhurst Community Support Group (HCSG) has been established to provide support to the elderly, vulnerable and NHS staff in our village. Taken on a co-ordination role, managing a.
• Liaise with the Client to understand their requirements and ensure the relevant details are entered into the Airtable Database.
• Identify a suitable volunteer to assist the Client and provide the necessary paperwork and information to the Volunteer.
• Maintain regular communications with the Clients and the Volunteers and act as a point of escalation and support, if required.
• Maintain a WhatsApp group for the volunteers, to share information, provide support and as a communication channel.
• Completion of some hands-on volunteering for Clients, including collecting prescriptions, dog walking and going food shopping.

London, United Kingdom

• Led a workstream to prepare and complete all the readiness tasks for an IT Transformation utilising the latest Microsoft Technologies (including Windows 10), starting in UK and then moving to 16 countries across.
• Planned and managed the migration of 700 users PST archive files and the migration of their local documents to OneDrive. Liaising with users, managing the technical resources and reporting to the Programme Director.
• Worked with the UK IT team to gather and collate site and user data in preparation for rollout.
• Managed the relationship between the proposed rollout partners and ensured communications were kept open and relevant information was shared.
• Ordered and tracked the hardware order for the UK, being the sole contact for the supplier in Belgium.
• Worked closely with the Head of Group IT to rationalise and quality assure the companies people data, working with HR, to ensure accuracy and to have any inaccuracies updated.

Reading, United Kingdom

Worked as part of a wider transformational change programme (Electronic Management of Assessment) to improve the way the University handles its end to end assessment process, by delivering a number of projects to automate and digitize these processes. Responsible for scoping, planning and managing the delivery of the Core Systems Integration Projects.

Kent

Initiated, led and delivered an infrastructure upgrade to the Intelligence system for Kent Police, the highest priority system for the Force, managing a project team, including technicians and the external supplier. Delivered on time and within budget.

London, United Kingdom

Responsibilities:- Lead a team of project managers, responsible for the Facilities Management Portfolio of projects, facing into the Business Unit, provide guidance and leadership to ensure all projects within the FM portfolio are delivered to time, cost and quality.- Manage the expectations and satisfaction of the project sponsors/stakeholders.- Support.

Maidstone, Kent

• Responsibilities:
• Managing high profile, strategic projects throughout the entire project lifecycle, following Prince2 methodology.
• Ensuring the implementation of multiple business priority systems meets specified business requirements, delivering expected business benefits on time and within budget.
• Maximising the potential of the team by implementing strategies that develop team members, providing direction and leadership and creating an environment where they are motivated to achieve results.Achievements.

Maidstone, Kent

• Responsibilities:
• Managing, co-ordinating and implementing a portfolio of medium to large sized projects for the force, producing all relevant project documentation, writing and implementing a communication strategy, reporting to.
• Management of high level risks, managing multiple budgets, working with both external suppliers and internal IT teams.
• Managing and delivering 15-20 projects at any one time.Achievements:- Managed and planned the Programme workload; managed, supported and provided leadership to Project staff; contributed to the IT Business Plan and.

Maidstone, Kent

Monitored and managed risks and issues, tracked changes, provided a point of communication for the customer, liaised with Suppliers. Provided support to the Tactical Projects Manager on a range of small to medium projects.Achievement:Sucessfully managed the implementation of a Geographical Interface Software package (GIS) to multiple departments across the.

Staplehurst, Kent

Kent Air Ambulance is a registered charity established to relieve sick and injured people in South East England and surrounding areas, raising money from public and private donations. Reporting to the Chief Executive of the Trust and responsible for:- organising and planning fundraising events, including managing the budget- managing incoming enquiries.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Language And Literature/Letters, 2:1

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