Ngozi Lyn Cole She/Her Email & Phone Number

South Tyneside

WHO I AM √ Over 20 years’ experience of coaching and managing people √ Over 10 years’ experience of senior management, internal and external engagement √ Over 18 years’ experience of grantmaking to private, public & voluntary sector organisations √ Extensive experience of developing and implementing strategies √ Qualified leadership and performance.

London, United Kingdom

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A support agency for charities, social enterprises, community businesses, not for profit organisations and public bodies. Directors Lyn Cole, Tim Davies-Pugh and Gillian Stacey have a track record of successful delivery gained through decades of experience working in senior roles at national, regional and local levels. They work with organisations to.

South Tyneside

Our goal is to provide the highest standard of care for the elderly in South Tyneside, across the North East and beyond. The dignity, welfare and happiness of the individuals we look after is our main priority. We will invest in our people and services to achieve the highest standards and work across the health and social care sector to look for.

• Led the development, delivery and performance of England’s grantmaking operations with overall operational responsibility for a wide-ranging, blended funding portfolio worth around £500m per annum. Building the.
• Led the development of BLF’s first grantmaking enabling strategy to transform grantmaking services to make them more human, connected, proportionate and customer focused.
• Led the development of a simpler small grants offer (up to £10k per application) aiming to improve the overall customer experience and to reduce application processing time by 50%.
• Overall responsibility for the delivery of the England portfolio including high volume responsive programmes (£300m per annum); high value strategic programmes (approx £700m over 8 years); endowments to three Trusts.
• Led effective internal stakeholder management including Board and country committees to enable informed decisions.
• Led effective external stakeholder engagement including one to one senior level meetings, chairing events, speaking at conferences and representing BLF in the media.

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, as part of the SMT led on the vision, strategic direction and management of the BLF. Overall responsibility for 800 staff based in 9 offices, delivering a wide range of investments with an overall grant programme budget of £550m and operating costs of £15m per annum.

• Reported to the England Director. As part of the England SMT, jointly responsible for grant programme budget of £500m and operating budget: £17.6m. Number of staff: 400 working across 9 England locations/8 direct.
• Finalised and implemented a plan to reduce operating costs by £2.7m (15%), and staffing numbers from 500 to 400, managing tensions with other objectives.
• Led the implementation of a complex change programme to realise benefits including improved staff/customer experience and better use of knowledge/learning/intelligence in decision making. This involved a restructure.
• As Senior Responsible Officer, led on the overall development and launch of the £112m Fulfilling lives for people with complex needs, engaging with multiple stakeholders, developing policy to underpin the programmes.
• Procured and oversaw multi million pound evaluation and support contracts including those led by the University of Sheffield and Making Every Adult Matter.

Reporting to the Director, supports the overall management of 700 staff based in 9 officers. My role is to help set and translate our vision into practice, develop a high performance culture, ensure all work is well planned, support non-executives and ensure good connectivity across the organisation. Responsible for overall budgeting/financial management.

Responsible for divisional planning, reporting and the delivery of strategic initiatives. Setting direction, leadership ethos and performance of circa 400 staff working across two centres. Led a team of senior managers to meet divisional objectives and strategic initiatives. Facilitated the successful development and delivery of funding programmes and.

Responsible for delivering a range of capital and revenue programme with a grant budget of £300m. Managed a team of 12 Programme Managers to effectively deliver high quality grants programmes and led the development of new grant making processes, systems and programme development. Ensured decision making committees were equipped with high quality and.

Managed a team of up to 20 Grants Officers responsible for the effective assessment of grant applications and the management and monitoring of grants within a portfolio of grant programmes with a grant budget of £100m. Responsible for recruitment, induction, performance management and development.

Advanced Diploma In Leadership And Performance Coaching

Certificate In Management

Post Graduate Diploma In Education

Ma (Hons), French/English Translation

Ba (Hons), French

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