Marc Abbott Email & Phone Number

East Ham Campus

Project management of several diverse educational and business and employer-focused projects - the development of a Higher Apprenticeship in Retail Management, Work Place Learning (ESF-funded), Creative Hub, Make It Global (both ERDF-funded), and ESF English & Maths. I am currently managing Erasmus+ funded Transnational projects designing and co-ordinating.

o Strategic commissioning role for Work Based Learning (apprenticeship and Foundation Learning) providers.o Monitoring of financial budgets and achievement targetso Responsibility for KS4 Engagement Programmeo Successfully re-commissioned providers for KS4 Programme – via Procurement and Legal teams.o Line management responsibility for small team.o Bid.

o Management/overseeing role with a wide range of training providers across funding streams including WBL, e2e, Young Apprenticeships, Train To Gain, ESF, Skills for Jobs and FE. o Worked successfully with providers to significantly increase framework completion success rates on apprenticeships. o Development of effective working relationships with.

o Managing and developing a SRB programme based in Newham with a budget of £18.75m.o Key focus on raising skills levels in disadvantaged wards and helping residents into employment.o Line management responsibilities for small team.o Successful delivery of spend/budgetary targets.o Successful delivery of output/outcome targets.o Development of large capital.

o Managing and developing a SRB programme with a budget of £7.1m.o Successful delivery of spend/budgetary targets.o Successful delivery of output/outcome targets.o Project development/implementation.o Completion and full evaluation of programme undertaken.o Under my management the programme had its formal “yellow card” warning from the London Development.