A committed, driven and focused BD, HR and business transformation professional with proven project management skills and the ability to switch easily between strategic and operational activities. An excellent communicator with a flexible approach and a highly-developed commitment to seeing tasks through to conclusion.• Extensive senior management experience across both public and private sectors• Delivered management and BD consultancy projects across a range of settings• Led problem solving workshops (e.g. to analyse and develop Essex CC’s education traded services, identify a Babcock 4S ICT product offer for schools)• BD, including generating potential partnership leads, relationship building with senior staff• Project management of numerous successful major bids including dialogue. Worked individually and as a member of a bid team across a wide variety of education and training bids• Experienced bid writer with good written communication and ICT skills, able to produce persuasive and professional content• HR professional with experience in managing of changing staffing needs, capability & conduct management, recruitment & selection and policy development• Experienced trainer, designing and delivering courses, workshops and facilitated sessions to colleagues, teams, governors and client groups• Managed staff across BD and HR disciplines, including performance management and development by the application of coaching and mentoring skills• Developed new products from the initial idea stage through to delivery to market• Produced business cases, analysing context, need etc. with clearly argued recommendations based on relevant factual evidence• Certified in the provision of psychometric and ability testing (Saville & Holdsworth, ‘Thinking Styles’)• Experienced in recruitment and selection processes (having participated in numerous headteacher recruitment panels)• General project management skills (APM based on Prince 2 methodology)