Michelle O'Neill-Kiddie Email & Phone Number

Wales

Assess the quality of local Minds through the Mind Quality Mark (MQM). MQM is a set of standards covering all areas of local Mind activity. Local Minds undergo a rigorous MQM assessment, which includes a thorough appraisal of organisational policies and procedures as well as a visit and interviews with trustees, staff, volunteers and people who use services. MQM provides assurance that local Minds across England and Wales are well-run and meet Mind's expectations of good practice.

Cardiff, United Kingdom

The primary purpose of the Investment Manager role is to assess a wide-range of grant applications to the National Lottery Heritage Fund. I build relationships, network grantees, provide advice, monitor activity and financial progress. I contribute to the wider work of the team in developing a regional focus, including processing a range of pre-application enquiries, undertaking outreach activities, and pursuing other strategic objectives - more recently the new strategic framework for 2019-2023.I champion diversity and difference in the workplace, examples of this include promoting PRIDE in the workplace and sharing LGBT+ heritage with colleagues in the Wales team and across the UK. I am passionate about inclusion and share best practice with colleagues and grantees alike. An example is inspiring a local authority to install a changing place within their building. This facility was not part of initial plans but considered important to improve access to the green space.Main Duties and Responsibilities• Commissioning appropriate advice; preparing and presenting written case reports with detailed analysis and recommendations for submission to Regional/Country Committee or Board of Trustees.• Post award processing and monitoring of successful grant applications, includes: issuing standard NLHF contracts, initiating the appropriate project monitoring regime; ensuring that the contract conditions are discharged as they become due; checking project monitoring documentation received taking action as necessary if variances arise; authorising payment of grant funds in accordance with NLHF procedures; and resolving to NLHF’s satisfaction any post completion issues. • Contributing to team initiatives, attending project events and openings, participation in the implementation of NLHF’s outreach strategy by speaking at seminars, talks and presentations on the organisation’s behalf externally.

Cardiff

As an Investing in Volunteer (IiV) Advisor I worked in a collaborative way to support organisations to achieve the Investing in Volunteers Standard.https://iiv.investinginvolunteers.org.uk/inyourcountry/iiv-wales/role-of-advisor

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Job purpose• To devise and deliver an integrated communications and marketing plan for Environment Wales utilising a wide range of communication channels.• To monitor the operation of Environment Wales to ensure its adherence to best practise and budgetary requirements.• To assist with coordination of the Environment Wales Development Officer team.Main Duties and Responsibilities• To keep under review, all the Initiative’s procedures, ensuring they are clear, efficient and reflect best practice and are in compliance with WCVA policy, its service standards and the finance service and administration agreement.• To monitor the Environment Wales budgets and provide regular reports and forecasts with prompt recommendations for action. • To lead on development of the Environment Wales access database for data capture and as an interface with other communication channels. • To devise and implement the Environment Wales Communications Strategy. • Utilising existing eCRM tools (IDRIS and EMMA) to manage data, communicate with target audiences and audit contact. • Co-ordinate Environment Wales presence at external events. • Deputise for the Coordinator in Team meetings where required,• Contribute to Risk management, quality control, audit and reporting activities.Achievements:• Effective management of a £1.025m budget to support the work of the development initiative.• Assessed 100’s of grant applications to support practical action to improve the Welsh environment. • Provided development support to community groups delivering environmental projects.• Developed successful, integrated communications and marketing strategies.• Formulated marketing campaigns, produced effective copy for print and digital platforms.• Provided guidance and support for partnership colleagues.• Co-ordinated annual networking and training event for over 100 delegates.• Developed content and themes for annual networking and training event.

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Job purposeTo provide supervision and support to the Environment Wales office to ensure the smooth-running of the initiative, including support to the Co-ordinator on assessment and reporting functions.Main Duties and Responsibilities• Supervising the Environment Wales administrator to ensure the overall smooth-running of the Environment Wales office, in particular ensuring that grants payments, project registration and monitoring are carried out in accordance with service standards.• Assessing grant applications and monitoring existing grants in line with agreed procedures.• Developing and implementing the Environment Wales Communications Strategy including: Design and production of promotional materials Leading on publication of the Environment Wales newsletters and annual report Maintenance and development of the Environment Wales website and facilitation of its use as a resource by other parties Attendance at external networking and partnership events Ensuring effective communication between all Environment Wales partners• Organisation of training and networking events to assist, and maintain contact with, projects registered with the initiative.Achievements:• Successfully monitored and managed 2 external contracts, simultaneously, for services delivered which resulted in the development of a more efficient data capturing system and the production of prominent promotional materials.• Excellent financial planning and budgeting enabled effective administrative delivery of the scheme.• Helped guide the Environment Wales initiative during the Coordinator’s maternity leave.

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Job purposeTo provide effective Administrative support to the CFTF Team.Main Duties and Responsibilities• Act as a point of contact for grant recipients and enquires to the Trust fund.• Adhere to Office procedures and ensure files are organised and records meticulously maintained.• Check grant paperwork and request information required to undertake assessment.• Monitor the spend of grant recipients and check completion reports.• Provide detailed updates to the CF teams across Wales.Achievements• Excelled by undertaking work beyond my remit by proving assistance, in a voluntary capacity, to aid with grant assessments for the Russell Commission Youth Volunteering Grants round in 2008-09 and the Millennium Volunteer scheme.• Was a key player in distributing an additional £1m from the Welsh Government towards the end of the financial year, it was acknowledged that without my assistance the additional workload would have been impossible for the Team to undertake.• Excellent analytical skills allowed me to dissect the monitoring reports of funded projects and to spot irregularities in grant spend which was highlighted to the CFTF Co-ordinator for further action. • Excellent ICT skills utilised for systems to capture valuable data for monitoring and reporting.• Through advice given, community groups and voluntary organisations were better informed about the processes of the scheme and the requirements for eligibility.

Master’S Degree, Community Regeneration

In undertaking a Master’s degree I gained practical knowledge and theoretical understanding of community regeneration policy and practice.

Bachelor’S Degree, Biology, General

Activities and Societies: Final year of University travelled to Indonesia with OPWAL (Operation Wallacea) to undertake scientific research.