Strategic Investment Board- Buy Social Development Officer SIB • Extensive stakeholder management and experience in developing mitigation measures to assist in smooth project delivery that meet the needs of the client, the contractor and the public• Regular attendance at stakeholder engagement meetings and as a guest speaker at community groups• Developed and created the new Buy Social, social clause model for the construction industry in Northern Ireland. • Organised quarterly meetings with Northern Ireland construction companies who wre delivering Buy social Key performance Indicator targets on their projects• Resourcing and developing public relation reports for media organisations• Works directly with tier one construction companies and their supply chain to ensure maximization of social and economic benefits to local communities where projects are being delivered• Has developed long standing and repeat relationships with strategic contacts and influencers within local community groups, the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), Institution Of Civil Engineering (ICE) schools, colleges, universities, jobcentre plus and third sector organisations as well as operational relationships to drive the sustainable achievement of high value outcomes for communities and projects• Engages with the procurement departments of local authorities and other government bodies including direct liaison with the Central Procurement Directorate (CPD)• Responsible for developing and implementing a Stakeholder Engagement and Communication Plan for each individual construction project• Board member of both Women’s Tech and Women in Enterprise and regularly organises and facilitates Women in Construction “Building Bridges” events• Developed Construction Employers federation Buy Social reference group

Developed, delivered and managed community and stakeholder engagement for varied civil construction projects ranging from £25m to £100m throughout the United Kingdom. Attended bid interviews to inform clients how the community engagement, communications plan and community engagement plan will be delivered during the pre- construction and construction phase of the project. Achieved and surpassed all employment and skills and community engagement targets contractual agreed on projects • Carried out extensive bid research to identify community stakeholders and engaged with them prior to tendering to develop a tailor-made employment and skills package that met local community needs• Developed long standing and repeat relationships with strategic contacts and influencers within local and national organisations• Provided business support to project/site management teams to deliver employment and skills and specific social clause targets contractually attached to each project• Worked with schools and colleges to deliver various types of support such as educational curriculum activities related to STEM, construction skills, mock interviews, advice on developing a CV, construction career information and acted as a judge on various panels• Attended regular stakeholder engagement meetings and as a guest speaker at community groups and planning meetings to inform the local community of any specific construction project and provided updates on progress and any likely disruptions/effects on the local community• Responsible for reporting on the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility for each construction project to both client and head office• Company strategist on Equality and Diversity policies• Implemented CITB’s Be Fair Equality and Diversity Framework into company policies and procedures and was awarded Bronze Level accreditation on this framework• Achieved numerous Considerate Contractor’s scheme awards from bronze to gold levels