At the school I play a central role within the School Leadership Team and make a significant contribution to whole school policies and ethos. My main responsibilities include :a ) Managing the school estate and contracted out services to provide an excellent learning and working environment for students and staffb) To be the school’s designated Health and Safety Officerc) To lead the school in relation to considering and forming a Multi Academy Trust (MAT)d) To ensure the successful strategic business management of the School and its day to day efficiency in all aspects of Finance, HR, Student Services. eServices (ICT), Commercial Management, Health & Safety and capital development, including bids to the EFAe) To provide support and guidance to the School Leadership Team on all HR, ICT, Finance and Commercial business related matters.f) To liaise with the Marketing Manager on the promotion and marketing of the School and local community relations.

I was the Director of Organisational Change at ICE Creates which had a large amount of experience in understanding behaviour, shaping programmes of change in many sectors and communities. Part of my role was to drive growth and co-deliver outcomes that individuals, communities and organisations needed. We beleived in a people shaped approach. We supported people to own and make choices, creating positive change, this allowed the transformations to happen and deliver real outcomes in real lives. We're living in times when, as organisations, we have to be efficient and effective. For many, this means there's a need to make changes and to streamline services and operations.Our Organisational Change team offered specialist advice and support to help deliver service transformation and sustainable, long-term results for organisations and communities. That meant improvements in quality and customer satisfaction, reduced costs and enhanced internal attitudes and morale.Drawing on tried and tested models such as systems thinking, our Organisational Change specialists not only focused on improved partnership and communication, but ensured we handed over learning to enable client staff and stakeholders to continue building for a sustainable future.What's more, our change work recognised the essential links between organisations, their cultures and the communities they served. We called this powerful blend SO Change (Social Change + Organisational Change) as it not only helped organisations redesign how they worked, it also enabled citizens to redesign how they live. True people-centred change.ICE had grown and learnt many new skills and were proud to be recognised as one of the UK’s leading behaviour change organisations. We understood people and their behaviour and had vast experience of how to influence and drive changes in attitude and perceptions and from this, how to support and drive people to take action.

I was the Director of Orgnisational Change at MGS Consulting and ICE Group UK. We offered specialist advice and programme management to help deliver service transformation and service efficiencies in the public sector.Our experienced consultants worked alongside a broad range of public sector bodies to provide cost-effective solutions that deliver sustainable results for communities.We offered five services that were integrated to ensure successful outcomes for our clientsOur Core Services:Service Improvement through cost-effective people change, process change and technology enablementChange Management that made a difference!Team Facilitation for senior public service staff and elected membersShared Services & Partnership Working between public sector organisations and with the private sectorProgramme & Project Management and co-ordination of multiple projects using Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) and PRINCE2 methodologies

I headed up a team of Lean Systems Thinkers working extensively on Transformation Projects in the Public Sector. We were able to support people at all levels of our client’s organisations’ to deliver sustainable improvements in quality and customer satisfaction. At the same time we enabled them to reduce costs through a proven innovative approach to Transformation using Systems Thinking (TruST).Lean Systems Thinking offers a proven methodology for implementing sustainable transformation. There are many different approaches for the implementation but they all have the same principles at their core. These are Taking the customer’s perspective; Clarity of purpose in customer terms; Measure what matters to customers; Understand the demands placed on the organization by its customer, and how the organization responds to them, end to end; Design work against demands to create value for customers; and No Targets, rather seek continuous improvement.Previously in Mouchel I was responsible for a team of consultants delivering projects & programmes relating to Transformation through use of Technology. I have a proven and successful track record of delivering technology related programmes and projects including developing ICT Strategies, procuring and implementing business applications, ICT hardware and outsource contracts, and undertaking Interim ICT Manager roles in a London Borough, Unitary and District Council. Coming from an ICT technical background I have wide and in-depth knowledge of existing, new and emerging technologies as well as many operating systems and programming languages.I have a broad and in-depth knowledge of Local Government and have extensive experience of working at levels including CEO, Strategic Director, Elected Members and Heads of Service

Our particular emphasis was in supporting electronic government  (e-government) with strategic, cost-effective and innovative application of information and communication technologies (ICT)My responsibilities included:Provide leadership to project teams to ensure the maintenance of professional standards and high levels of motivation and commitment in the delivery of client projectsLead and manage a number of large projects to deliver project objectivesDevelop and maintain professional networks as a basis for a contribution to the development of best practice and fit for purpose solutionsProactively build relationships with contacts in order to assist the identification, development and closure of sales opportunitiesDeliver against an individual and support team sales targetDeliver high quality work in a manner that ensure client satisfactionDemonstrate ability to shape internal / external initiatives in order to improve existing practice

Mouchel PLC acquired LDA LIMITED however we continued working predominately with Local Government. Our particular emphasis was in supporting electronic government  (e-government) with strategic, cost-effective and innovative application of information and communication technologies (ICT)Responsibilities included:Work as a team member to ensure the maintenance of professional standards and high levels of motivation and commitment in the delivery of client projectsWork as a team member on a number of projects in order to deliver project objectivesDevelop and maintain a professional network as a basis for a contribution to the development of best practice and fit for purpose solutionsProactively build relationships with contacts in order to assist the identification, development and closure of sales opportunitiesDeliver against an individual and team sales targetDeliver high quality work in a manner that ensure client satisfactionSupport the shaping of internal / external initiatives in order to improve existing practice

LDA Limited was an independent management consultancy working predominantly with Local Government. Our particular emphasis was in supporting electronic government  (e-government) with strategic, cost-effective and innovative application of information and communication  technologies (ICT)My responsibilities included:Meeting with clients to determine their requirements;Working with clients to define the scope of specific projects;Planning timescales and the resources needed;Clarifying a client's system specifications, understanding their work practices and the nature of their business;Travelling to customer sites;Liaising with staff at all levels of a client organisation including Elected Members, CEO, Director, Heads of Service and Front Line StaffDefining software, hardware and network requirements;Analysing IT requirements within client organisation and giving independent and objective advice on the use of IT;Procuring and Developing agreed solutions and implementing new systems;Presenting solutions in written or oral reports;Helping clients with change-management activities;Configuring, testing, installing and monitoring new systems;Preparing project documentation including PIDs, Plans, Communication Plans, Risk Registers, Issue Logs and Highlight Reports and presenting progress reports to customers;Being involved in Business Development, Tendering, Sales presentations and client account support, and where appropriate, maintaining continuous relationships with clients

I was responsible for running a department of 10, developers, network engineers, trainers and operators with an annual budget of £700,000.Responsible for all aspects of service management, recruitment, and staff development, with full budgetary control.As Head of ICT I was the authority’s lead architect in managing and implementing ICT strategic planning projects, covering many aspects of ICT strategy.My responsibilities included:Effective strategic direction, leadership and governance of all aspects of ICT to the Council’s corporate management team and members, enabling the effective delivery of the corporate plan objectives and business plans.The development and delivery of the Council’s ICT strategies and governance arrangements to ensure resources invested in ICT provide improvements to services and value for money.The overall operational management of all ICT resources that are required to plan for develop and deliver professional and efficient ICT support to the organisation, including the management of change and the maintenance of technical standards.To promote and enable value for money services and best practice agenda, within the organisation.Accountable for the delivery, continuity, information security, risk management and effective support of the Council’s ICT infrastructure and systems.Accountable for the achievement of service performance, outcomes, targets and objectives within approved budgets for service and the Council’s portfolio of ICT enabled business projects and programmes.Principal adviser for the Council regarding the use of information and the potential of technology to enable the delivery of business benefits.Delivering appropriate ICT solutions and services to enable the strategic and business objectives of the Council in accordance with defined quality criteria.Managing the Council’s ICT investment portfolio.To develop capability in the use of technology within the Council and its partners as appropriate.