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Ballymena, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

● Established and agreed contracts with Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and HSE Sligo & Donegal for the delivery of Autism intervention and diagnostic services, adult and minors. ● Drafted, produced and submitted all business tenders and proposals to stakeholders. ● Management of all aspects of these contracts and their delivery, including weekly and monthly feedback to heads of service to ensure all targets & KPIs are met and exceeded. ● Management of all financial aspects of the business, including but not exclusive to all payroll, purchasing, invoicing and billing. This includes document collation, evidencing paper trail of transactions and the key record keeping of all financial information. ● All software and IT systems, researched purchased and implemented by myself. This includes, but not exclusive to, financial software to aid in electronic E-Billing, security software to adhere to patient confidentiality regulations, electronic booking software, shared cloud storage and workflow software. ● Responsibility for all business development, advertising and design decisions. ● Compliance checking on all staff and business documentation in adherence to both law and any contractual requirements. ● Management of all staff and patients associated with the clinic. First point of contact for all queries/issues/complaints or any matters to do with the business. ● Responsible for interviewing and vetting all new members of staff and their subsequent integration into the business. ● Manage a diverse team of twenty plus individuals. ● Created all policy documents for the business, including but not exclusive to; complaint policies, associate contracts and responsibilities, privacy policy, disciplinary procedures, workplace policies and employee code of conduct.

Belfast, United Kingdom

● Responsibility for several clients which included Asda, Addiction NI and Novartis. ● Knowledge of the planning process in Northern Ireland, organised community engagement for the objective of increasingly the likelihood that my client’s planning permission would be granted. ● Responsible for clients public relations and image, often engaged with newspapers and media on their behalf. ● Engaged with Councillors/Aldermen and MLA’s on behalf of my clients to advocate for policy change. ● Produced maintained and presented engagement reports to stakeholders and clients. ● Networked at political party conferences and business meetings to represent and promote my clients interests. ● Responsible for marketing, advertising and managing events. ● Managed office staff, responsible for interviewing and recruiting new staff members. ● Lead team meetings and monitored staff KPI’s and their time/workload. ● Introduced software to utilise staff time to improve productivity. ● Designed and implemented an online resource/database for paid subscribers and clients. This provided an intimate and in-depth view of all political players in Northern Ireland and a history of their decisions/politics.

Belfast, United Kingdom

Responsible for the delivery of Chambré Public Affair's comprehensive parliamentary monitoring service. This included the production and distribution of comprehensive reports and policy updates to clients. In a support capacity I helped deliver a series of policy events known as the 'Eye on the Hill' series.

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