Michael Clark Email & Phone Number

I have spent over fifteen years working on areas of public policy, including; economic development, education, housing, public health, and civic engagement. Working in local government, higher education, and the voluntary sector, I have operated in internally and externally facing roles, bringing together colleagues from diverse backgrounds, building partnerships, and facilitating collaboration to design and deliver strategies, policies, programmes and projects.This has involved working with senior leaders from the public, private and voluntary sectors in fast-paced and demanding environments. I love working across organisational and sectoral boundaries, connecting people with each other and with information, and creating environments that enable effective collaboration and deliver results.This enthusiasm for exploring, sharing, and, acting on new insights, ideas, and best practice informed my efforts to establish a new Senior Leaders’ Group at Sheffield Hallam, and a series of complementary ‘fringe’ events, designed to inject creativity, experimentation, and innovation into strategy delivery. I have continually sought opportunities to learn and develop, from management and leadership programmes to taking on new projects and undertaking postgraduate study (pursuing my interests in politics and urban planning), to training to become a coach and a certified Prince2 Project Manager. Professional Skills:Strategy and policy development: Experience of developing, implementing and monitoring a range of high-level organisational and cross-organisational strategies Programme and Project Management: Leadership and oversight of a range of complex organisational and cross-organisational programmes and projects Governance: Designing, developing and supporting decision-making arrangements at multiple levels and in complex settingsPartnerships: Establishing and managing partnerships spanning public, private and voluntary sectors, incorporating shared strategy, planning, governance, implementation, and monitoringStaff engagement: Design and delivery of a range of events and activities to engage staff with strategy formulation and implementationCommunications: Developing internal and external communication strategies and plans and taking responsibility for regular written communications and social media contentLeadership development: Working closely with teams and groups of senior leaders to develop their collective capacity.