I am a Commissioning, Management and Project Programme professional with Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board within the NHS. I have expert knowledge in Mental Health Commissioning, inc. Voluntary Sector Engagement, NHS Continuing Health Care, Individual Funding Requests (IFR), and Primary Care Commissioning. I am currently working within the Mental Health Transformation Programme in the Lincolnshire NHS system. In addition, I have expertise and experience in leadership & management roles within Further Education, Work Based Learning, and Welfare to Work training. I have over 15 years experience of education based commercial employer engagement and business development / management of sales teams to meet targets. Similarly, I have managerial experience of leading teams of assessors and trainers. I have strong organisation and communication skills, project management skills, financial acumen, and work well negotiating and procuring new business, as well as a clear and supportive management style to ensure contracts are timely and successfully delivered. I am an excellent people manager, used to delivering behavioural change and increased performance in teams. My other skills include; sales and marketing, business generation and networking, commercial income generation, leadership, performance management against KPIs, partnership working, tendering, implementation & contract management. I have core specialisms in; Operations Management; Programme & Project Management; Commissioning; Business Development; Partner procurement (inc. negotiation & management); Contract management; Commercial networking; Training & Development