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Stafford, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for Cafcass’ enterprise architecture, including the design, communication and implementation of an appropriate technological vision for the organisation.Responsible for cyber security, working with partners and third parties to ensure structured and robust frameworks and policies are in place to assess, mitigate and monitor risk, as well as providing a rapid response to and recovery from security incidents. Responsible for embedding a strategic and secure approach to the development and use of innovative information technology solutions across Cafcass. Working closely with business colleagues and suppliers to ensure the alignment of technology with business requirements and support the effective running of live technology services.

Stafford

Strategic, leadership role, accountable and responsible for the delivery of secure, innovative and transformational IT solutions that support the achievement of business objectives.Responsible for programme and project management, and Cafcass’ enterprise architecture, including the design, communication and implementation of an appropriate technological vision for the organisation.Working with partners and third parties to ensure cyber security is promoted, structured and robust frameworks and policies are in place. Working closely with business colleagues and suppliers to align technology with business requirements and support the effective running of live technology services.

Stafford, United Kingdom

Leading a team of Technical Analysts, responsible for Cafcass’ enterprise architecture technology and cyber security and the designing, communicating and implementation of an appropriate technological vision for the organisation, including leading on horizon scanning. Responsible for embedding a strategic and secure approach to the development and use of innovative information technology solutions across Cafcass. Working closely with business colleagues and suppliers to ensure the alignment of technology with business requirements. Supporting the effective running of live technology services.- Deployed Microsoft Teams across the organisation- Implemented secure remote working solution for PNC- Achieved Cyber Essentials Plus

Birmingham, United Kingdom

• Professional leadership and management of the Council’s IT. Delivering high quality systems and support in an ITIL ISO27001 environment• Leading business relations linking IT and business requirements. SME and trusted advisor for identifying effective IT solutions, building Business Cases and PIDs• Management of Capex (£5million) and Opex (£3million)• Developed, introduced and responsible for IT Governance and RACI using established methodologies (Prince2, MSP and TOGAF) to standardise practice• Lead for the Infrastructure Transformation Portfolio upgrading and improving WAN, LAN and security.• Defined and designed Early Years Architecture to maximise cloud based SaaS• Leadership and development of the IT Business Analysis capability and management of IT Business Analysts• Designed and developed Microsoft SharePoint and Teams to support IT Governance and project management using universally accessible applications• Introduced Agile testing methodology for rapid system deployment

Birmingham

• Managed a portfolio of business transformation projects, Project Managers and Business Analysts improving Children's Social Care and the Council’s Ofsted rating.• Led the PMO conducting project health-checks ensuring compliance to provide effective project delivery and a strategic view of dependencies, risks, issues and financial information• Designed and implemented Birmingham MASH capturing business and IT requirements, mapping processes and implementing a logical SOA solution.• Developed a Quality Assurance framework for Children's Social Care – achieving Ofsted requirements.• Led the development of integrated safeguarding hubs – co-ordinating construction, IT and staff

Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom

• Led high value, strategic projects providing transformational and cost benefits and technical advantages in software and infrastructure supporting business change in the Revenues and Benefits Section through the introduction of a citizens portal to promote digital transactions • Procured, designed and implemented a new £5 million data centre. Co-ordinated design and build requirements, M&E, infrastructure and migration to effect a seamless go-live increasing resilience and ISO27001 compliance. • Led the transition of citywide public space CCTV from analogue to digital covering 260 cameras on 6 transmission platforms, relocating the control room and reducing operational costs • Developed and extended a private fibre network providing cost savings and reducing application latency• Introduced SharePoint across the City Council

Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom

Responsible for the statutory complaints process as applied to Children’s Social Care. Managing and clarifying the complaints process reducing the average response time for a complaint from 15 days to 10 days. Re-wrote and implemented a revised process which was also adopted by Stoke-on-Trent Youth Offending Service.

Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom

Leadership of the ContactPoint and eCAF projects in Stoke-on-Trent on behalf of DfE. ContactPoint delivered and fully operational on behalf of Stoke-on-Trent City Council on time and in full, one of only nine local authorities in England to achieve this.Developed a software tool to exchange data over a secure internet link with the DfE, the only local authority to do this and activate the system.Produced written procedures for Stoke-on-Trent City Council to support the operation of ContactPoint – these were also adopted by other local authorities including Staffordshire County Council, Cambridgeshire County Council and Coventry City Council.Led the development and embedding of the eCommon Assessment Framework (CAF) in Stoke-on-Trent as an early adopter and pilot. Member of the National eCAF Development Group and the West Midlands regional support group.

Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom

Led the development and embedding of the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) in Stoke-on-Trent as the universal tool to support the assessment and provision of support for low-level intensive needs.Member of the West Midlands CAF Development GroupLed Stoke-on-Trent to be an early adopter and pilot for the National eCAF solutionMember of the National eCAF Development Group

Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom

• Successfully managed the transition of the Stoke Speaks Out Project from a grant maintained project to a mainstream supported work function.• Successfully bid for and secured funding for Early Support in Stoke-on-Trent.• Managed Health and Safety for Children’s Services at Stoke-on-Trent City Council achieving a RoSPA Silver award.• Researched and wrote reports demonstrating the speech and language ability of children in Stoke-on-Trent. These reports are now used as national references for children’s ability.

Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom

Responsible to North Stoke PCT for the success of the Stoke Speaks Out project. Responsible for ensuring delivery of all outcomes set for the project. Responsible for the £1 million budget, quality and performance management.Responsible for managing the transition of grant funded activities from North Stoke PCT to Stoke-on-Trent City Council including balancing of finances, personnel planning, Trade Union relationships and ICT and facilities arrangements

Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom

Monitoring and evaluating grant funded activities managed by North Stoke PCT with responsibility for financial and written returns to funding bodies ensuring that projects delivered against targets

Bolton, United Kingdom

• Produced design modules for the University of Bolton’s AMI4900 Engineering Design course including:o Structured approaches to problem solving and process improvemento Regulatory requirementso Quality

Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire

Sales Advisor in the Customer Saves Department providing excellent customer service retaining customers for Vodafone and selling mobile phones and call, text and data packages.

North Staffordshire

Developed expertise in viticulture and oenology.Managed a sales region for Vicomte Bernard de Romanet conducting tasting sessions and advising clients on wines to suit occasions and mealsAchieved sales targets and built the North Staffordshire region as a profitable territory.

Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom

Management of all on-site production operations with full quality, cost and delivery responsibility alongside staff management in a 24/7/365 environment. Technical lead introducing a computerised inventory management system based on MRP principles to reduce stock levels and maintain continuous availability of supply.Project management responsibility for the company. Established a new production technique for calcined bone ash with the use of computer modelling; construction and operationalisation of a new raw materials processing plant capable of producing 20,000 tonnes per annum of ceramic raw materials; and, introduced a computerised batching system to coordinate raw material availability with blending requirements.

Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom

• Managed 250 staff in 20 teams • Managed all on-site production activities at the Royal Doulton cup making facilities - managing shift rotas of 24 hours per day over five days.• Responsible for quality, cost and delivery of all items producing up to 150,000 pieces per week.• Successfully managed production targets and schedules to eliminate late produced items.• Introduced a computerised scheduling tool to plan production and resources.• Project managed the introduction of robotic pressure casting machines for the production of cups, reducing costs and increasing consistency of design in production.• Introduced LEAN manufacturing techniques in the cup manufacturing plants at Royal Doulton.• Increased output quality and productivity levels across all functions.• Responsible for raw materials production supplying bone china and hard paste porcelain slip and pug-roll and plaster moulds to all manufacturing plants in the group.

Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom

• Managed all on-site production activities at the Baddeley Green factory on a shift basis in a 24/7 environment• Managed 150 staff in 10 teams • Responsible for quality, cost and delivery of all items producing up to 500,000 pieces per week.• Increased output quality and productivity levels across all functions.• Standardised all inspection techniques to introduce consistency in all areas.• Improved gas consumption figures through the introduction of a kiln monitoring technique to maintain optimum operational temperatures.

Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom

• Introduced a robotic ware-placing machine, included writing operating procedures and training staff in its use.• Introduced a digital timekeeping and attendance system, wrote operating manuals and ensured full understanding of system limitations.• Led on quality systems at the Baddeley Green factory steering the site to achieve BS EN ISO 9000 Quality Management Certification.

Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom

Full and firm grounding in the manufacture of ceramic tableware and production and staff management.

Ba (Hons), Ancient History With Archaeology

Msc, Operations

Hnd, Ceramic Technology

Postgraduate Diploma, Business Administration

Postgraduate Certificate, Business Administration

Hnc, Ceramic Technology

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