Alistair Neil Crowther-Prescott Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

United Kingdom And Indonesia

• Self employed, I offer ad-hoc consultancy on project issues, particularly focusing on security and international issuesKey Accountabilities & Achievements
• Planning the evacuation of a British National under difficult circumstances
• Providing advice on dealing with Foreign Consulates and Embassies

North West England

• QA is one of the largest providers of post secondary school in the UK. As a short term role, to provide induction to project management learners to meet Government regulations, identify learning needs and styles and.
• Responsible for a portfolio of 32 learners, of varied age ranges and experience
• Ensured learners were inducted in course content and delivery
• Completed paper work to comply with European Union Social Funding and Education & Skills Agency regulations
• Assessed learners progress and provided guidance where appropriate
• Developed other Skills Coaches in Project Management

Greater Manchester

• Greater Manchester Police is the police force responsible for law enforcement within the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester in North West England. With over 11,000 Police and Staff it is one of the largest.
• Successfully managed the production of a business case for the replacement of mobile devices for staff
• Identified cost savings of over £30m in estates usage
• Acted as Key Task Manager as part of Silver Command for Political Party conference
• Mentored and developed staff in Project Management

Leigh

• Although having previously five stations, Leigh is now one of the largest towns in the country without direct access to rail. This has meant difficulty in commuting outward, as well as stagnation of local business that.
• Responsible for a communications strategy which involved print, radio and television
• The production of an outline business case to justify the project
• Meeting with local and national politicians to lobby for a rail station
• Acquiring £60k funding from local government to commission a 3rd party to deliver a feasibility study
• Representing the organisation at public meetings

Manchester, London, Jakarta

For 11 years I held various roles within the British Council.Working in 110 countries, the British Council is the United Kingdom’s international organisation for soft diplomacy. As such it works in conjunction with government, but maintains an arms length approach in order to show political neutrality in order to build long term relationships with future.

Manchester, United Kingdom

• The role was provide support to Project Managers delivering a portfolio of international projects of over £120m per annum as well as delivering performance reports to Senior Management.Key Accountabilities &.
• Establishing a PMO
• Refining and running PPM method to identify business needs against cost and risk
• Responsible for producing reports to the National Audit Office on project performance

Manchester, United Kingdom

• Taking over a failing project from a contractor, I had to recover it and deliver a business critical solution.Key Accountabilities & Achievements:
• Clarification of the internal business requirement
• Negotiation with 3rd party suppliers – particularly difficult as an order had already been placed
• Managing the users expectation, as the proposed solution was not as expected.

• The British Council operated a centrally funded on-line questionnaire service. This included the production of the questionnaires themselves as well as the cost per use.Key Accountabilities & Achievements:
• Evaluated the use of questionnaires
• Developed a proposal which meant that not only was the use more cost efficient if budgeted by local offices.
• Reduced the central cost by 75% and enabled more efficient use of surveys

Manchester, United Kingdom

• The British Council runs an annual Science Update Meeting for staff globally who have a science brief.Key Accountabilities & Achievements:
• Identify a suitable location
• Gather details of staff attending, including recovery of costs
• Organising guest speakers from Government, Academia and the Media events

London, United Kingdom

• With its Headquarters building in central London it had been established as a potential soft target for terrorists. There was a requirement to significantly enhance the building security whilst still maintaining a.
• Accountable to the Director General, as well as chairing meetings with other members of the Senior Management Team
• Assembling a project team which included architects, building contractors, IT specialists and Security advisors
• Overseeing the implementation of the plan, including rebase lining when the threat level changed

Greater Jakarta Area, Indonesia

• Due to a worsening security situation the British Council building in Jakarta was viewed at specific risk. Key Accountabilities & Achievements:
• Production of a Business Case to release £680k for the office move
• Creation of a project team which included Dutch, Indonesian and UK based advisors
• Management of stakeholders such as the British Ambassador and the FCO East Asia Desk

• The International Development Department of the British Council relied on two business critical legacy systems. As a new role, these needed to be maintained and improved before the introduction of a corporate wide SAP.
• Handover from existing contract staff and documentation of knowledge transfer
• Tendering and appointing for an outsourcing resolution
• Producing and implementing a Business Case to insource when appropriate

Various

Intelligence Corps personnel cover the entire specturm of intelligence tasks; from working at strategic National (Government) level in the UK and overseas, to tactical support on operations.

Master’S Degree, Project Management, Award

Activities and Societies: Student Representative for the programme. Project management skills are in demand and increasingly they are an.

Master'S Degree, Project Management, Distance Learning

Ug, Power, Dissent, Equality: Understanding Contemporary Politics

Power, Dissent and Equality. Understanding Contemporary Politics.

Security Intelligence, Protective Security, Combat Intelligence

A, Economics, Computer Science, Statistics

A Levels in Computer Science, Economics and a City and Guilds in Computer Programming and Statistics.