Matt King Email & Phone Number

Southend-on-Sea, Essex, GB

• Leadership and management of independent local mental health and wellbeing charity, including Company Secretary
• Developed strategy, business plan, systems and processes to improve delivery for adults with mental health problems and learning disabilities, carers and disadvantaged children
• Development of strong strategic and operational partnerships, representing the broader voluntary sector in strategic forums and transformation programmes
• Multiplied annual income, with fundraising of £1.8m+ per year from contracts, grants, trading, fundraising and donations
• Achieved Trusted Charity Level 1 accreditation, won five Essex and Southend Business Awards, finalist Essex Businessman of the Year (2018)
• Replicated ‘Growing Together’ therapeutic gardening project five times in new areas across Mid and South Essex, evaluating the impact and embedding new systems and processes

London, London, GB

• Developed national child rights-based Child Friendly Communities programme from scratch – setting standards, developing and delivering guidance, training and support packages, research and development
• Developing a pilot with 6 local authorities from across the UK

Chelmsford, Essex, GB

• Managed change and restructure process, establishing and line-managing new localised multi-disciplinary teams working to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families with additional needs at an early.
• Lead officer for children’s partnership in locality, working with partners to strategically plan and jointly commission including budget of £1.5m – joint commissioning with health, schools, police and voluntary sector
• Led the Joint Commissioning Agenda in Essex – enabling joint commissioning frameworks, deployment of resources to local partnerships, embedding effective processes
• Chaired and led relevant groups and strategies – Essex Young People’s Substance Misuse Joint Commissioning Group; Children’s Centre Partnership Board; Integrated Working Implementation Group

London, England, GB

• Commissioning range of services: Implemented transformational change programme, decommissioning historic inefficient services and commissioning new integrated service
• Implemented involvement of young people in commissioning, monitoring, evaluating and delivering services

Southend-on-Sea, England, GB

London, England, GB

• Developed Lewisham Young People’s Substance Misuse Plan and commissioned services to budget of £0.8m
• Co-ordinated research projects into Hard to Reach groups

Dhaka, Dhaka, BD

• Wrote published research on street working children and child sexual exploitation
• Edited research on children living in institutions and communities in Bangladesh

London, England, GB

• Literature Review and primary research into child labour, child rights and working children in Bangladesh
• Presentations to and consultation with local and international NGOs in Bangladesh

Experienced Leaders Programme

Foundation Degree, Charity And Social Enterprise Management

Cmi Level 5 Diploma, Management And Leadership

Certificate, Commissioning And Purchasing For Public Care

Post Graduate Certificate, Addiction And Addictive Behaviour

Msc With Distinction, International Development

Ba, Literature Life & Thought

Action Learning Facilitation (Ilm Endorsed)