Responsible for a range of contracts covering Corporate, Community and Soft Facilities. Also main printed stationary buyer.Liaising with suppliers and end users. Use of Oracle and CTM

All aspects of procurement admin.. Liaising with suppliers and end users. Use of Oracle and CTM

Undertaking internal system audits and verification

• Managing and developing the Council’s community engagement activities and policy development. Working closely with senior management and Councillors to develop community engagement processes. Lead officer on establishing local community engagement groups across the council area.• Corporate lead on all issues relating to Children & Young People, Vulnerable Adults, Health Inequalities and Prevent. This involved advising senior management, councillors and others on both the policy and detailed delivery implications of government initiatives. I was also the Council representative on local Children and Vulnerable Adult Safeguarding boards• Corporate Safeguarding Officer - ensuring that staff were appropriately trained in Safeguarding isues and that plicies were both up to date and encouraging best practice.• Involved in working groups looking at fundamental restructure of the Council, especially the realtionship between the council and local voluntary & community groups• Corporate trainer on a wide range of issues, including corporate planning process, safeguarding, etc.

• Provision of an appropriate performance management framework for the CouncilManagement of 3 staff• Development of, and assistance to, the pilot Community Engagement Forum• Lead Officer on Selby Play Partnership

• Management of the Selby District £2 million LEADER+ ProgrammeThis includes staff management of the LEADER+ Support Officer. Overall financial management of the Programme. Liaison with Government Office, DEFRA, Yorkshire Forward and LEADER+ groups both within the UK and abroad. Involvement in regional and national rural policy debates. Reporting of activity and financial information to DEFRA and Yorkshire Forward. Project management of LEADER+ transnational project in conjunction with a LEADER+ group in The Netherlands. LEADER+ project development work with potential applicants. Co-ordination of LEADER+ Local Action Group. Regular reporting to LAG on activity and budgets. Liaison with external auditors.• Management of the Selby District Urban Renaissance Programme. Includes staff management of Renaissance Officer. Control of Renaissance operational budget. Liaison with Yorkshire Forward, external consultants, Elected Members and other stakeholders. Co-ordination of Town Teams.• Management of the £2 million Your Community Your Future and £200,000 Mon£y 4U funding programmes. This included criteria setting, project development, full financial accounting responsibilities.• Funding advice, primarily to the voluntary and community sectors

• General funding advice and project development assistance to the voluntary and community sector.• Management of the £2 million Your Community Your Future funding programme.

• Organising and presenting training courses in project management for European funded projects. Undertaking in-house consultancies. Carrying out systems and financial audits on European projects. Training audiences of up to 30 people at a time; production of training materials. Clients have included Local Authorities, TECs, Government Offices, voluntary sector organisations (including large national charities), higher and further education establishments, private companies.• Keeping up to date with European and UK regulations relating to funding• Representing the co-operative and community economic development sector on national and regional committees (e.g DTI and DfEE European Social Fund committees)

• promoting European funding to the co-operative and community economic development sector• guiding potential applicants through the applications proces• liaison with the Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) and Govt. Office• monitoring organisations to ensure that European regulations were adhered to• attending policy meetings at both the DfEE and Government Offices

• Promoting membership of ICOM to potential new members• Liaison with existing members• Developing member services• Administration of the membership database• Production of quarterly newsletter, The New Co-operatorThis post also involved:• Organisation of ICOM’s annual conferences and AGMs (1991/2/3), including selecting venues, devising programmes, inviting speakers, ensuring legal compliance of AGMs;• Company Secretary duties, including organising and minuting ICOM’s quarterly Council meetings and monthly General Purposes committee meetings. It also included ensuring ICOM’s compliance with Company law.

• Full day-to-day responsibility for the retail activities of the wholefood shop• Staffing and personnel (the shop employed 6 people)• Buying• Packing• Advertising

• 6/1987 – 12/1988 Manager of White Rose (Pharmaceuticals) Ltd• 6/1986 – 6/1987 Assistant Export Manager• 1/1984 – 6/1986 Computer Operator

Carriage Cleaner

• liaison with clients• translating client requirements in to software specifications• computer programming (MBASIC language)Skills:Computer programming, systems analysis, customer relationship management.

• Managing a customer service team (responsible for 4 office based staff and field team of 6)• Long term telecommunications network planning,• Co-ordination of introduction of the first generation of digital exchanges