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Dallington, Gb

Dallington, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for leading the team delivering the 2023/24 Digital Programme including member journey improvement projects, the new Digital Strategy for 2024-29, new pipeline requirements and Business as Usual operational support. Manage multiple 3rd party agencies providing SaaS and IaaS services within the combined digital services estate. Autonomous budget holder and line management responsibilities delivering noticeable cost savings between financial years and providing personal development coaching. Then on-boarded to provide project management support for the transformation to a new operating model under the 'Building our Future' project.

Falmer, England, United Kingdom

Leading delivery of the evolving £77M ITS Projects Portfolio in alignment with the 2030 strategy to enhance platform capability and student experience. Line/matrix management of six Programme and Senior Project Managers as well as multiple 3rd parties to deliver a new campus wide network replacement capability, 24/7 cyber protection monitoring, Cyber Essentials Plus accreditation, Okta single sign-on, Cloud migration, Digital HR systems and Digital UX channels replacement initiatives. Successfully contributed to Annual Planning cycles, assessing/balancing proposed projects and programmes, risk assessment and governance development initiatives.

Eastbourne

Ensured successful strategic management of social housing ALMO services alongside Eastbourne Borough Council and their supporting services. Part of Audit & Risk group providing oversight on all strategic business risk and outcomes of legislator audit by internal and external auditors.

Studied for a Bsc (Hons) in Forensic Psychology - First-class Honours

London, United Kingdom

Provision of contracted management consultancy services supplying business change, business analysis, PMO and Programme Director/Manager capability for the following organisations:• Revive Associates - Dubai 2020 Expo Counter Terrorism Security PMO• Thames Valley Police & UK Home Office – ESMCP Consultant Completed facilitations with 43 Police Forces in UK-wide ESMCP (Airwave replacement) rollout and deployment planning and devised training strategies• Chaucer Digital, Home Office & National Police Chief’s Council – ESMCP ConsultantSuccessfully supported the winning £2M bid and then part of the consultancy team on site at the NPCCcompleting Portfolio Management consultancy reviews of all Home Office programmes inc. ESMCP• City of London Police - ‘Transformation’ Portfolio Manager and CoLP ESMCP liaisonAchieved £3M portfolio of change delivery inc. Mobile working, Niche CCCI & ICT infrastructure• Nursing & Midwifery Council - ‘Revalidation’ Programme ManagerCompleted £3.5M Policy & fit to practice process changes for 640,000 nursing staff across UK for both NHS and private organisations • CGI & Ofcom - Technology Transformation Programme LeadDelivered £2M multiple strands of ICT technology delivery in-house with cost savings as well asdeveloped a successful transition plan for a £50M SIAM cross-functional services bid• Post Office & Royal Mail – Portfolio Project ManagerSuccessfully scoped £2M ‘Unification’ programme with multiple operational savings forecastsAttained multiple financial product deliveries, process changes for Horizon system and managed numerous business analysis project streams looking at internal process cost saving exercises • SCC & Queen Mary University London - IT Transformation Programme LeadAchieved time sensitive delivery of £8.5M campus wide MS Office365 migration, WAN & compute capability uplift for 25,000+ users within highly constrained circumstances for 2012 Olympics site

Eastbourne

Act as Programme Manager for delivery of a £300k ICT & Business Change initiativeDevelop multiple project brief's for Enterprise Content Management, Agile Working, Customer Contact Centre, Neighborhood Working, VoIP and other ancillary projectsCarry out business process mapping exercises and interviewsLead role in Stakeholder communication Work with ICT Manager and lead upon operational PRINCE2 managed project deliveryLead on procurement of required solutionsManagement of all Programme & Project Risks & IssuesProvide ad-hoc Programme and PRINCE2 Project Management consultancyDevelopment of and subsequent management of FAT, SAT and UAT TestsContribute to Corporate ICT Strategy

Greenwich

• Programme Director responsible for overall delivery and management of an £16M ICT Programme of multiple workstreams: - ICT Infrastructure rollout - Data Centre build and rollout - Application and data Migration - Legacy Equipment Migration - Managed Services Transition• Management of 3rd Party building contractors and Interface Agreement contracts• Ensure full HSE compliance &enable SSSTS and SMSTS resources where required• Line management of six PRINCE2 Project Managers/PMO and ensure process compliance• Matrix management of additional resources dependent on delivery lifecycle stage• Conduct in-depth reviews of all technical designs by Solutions Architects• Sign off authority for all procurement • Maintaining up to date programme implementation plans using MS Project• Maintaining up to date programme communications plan• Maintain a process of project health checks on a regular basis and report on tolerances• Overseeing production of all Technical Specifications, PRINCE2 documents & Finance Models• Management of programme RAID - using AS/NZ4360 hybrid• Have an in-depth understanding of technologies for LAN/WAN and data centre - Cisco/HP/Dell• Maintaining and regular reporting on the programme budget - actual's & forecasts • Responsible for all regular invoicing both monthly capped T&M and Milestone• Responsible for maintaining resourcing forecasts for monthly review by Delivery Director • Senior signoff authority for all issued documentation both technical and project related• Overall responsibility for Implementation Tests and final sign off for data centre and schools• Ensuring the BSF Programme is delivered consistently to contractual commitments• Managing Performance Requirements and associated risks• Initial point of escalation for Implementation and ICT Services issues• Production & presentation of Monthly Performance Reports• Provide structured mentoring of staff

Uk Wide

Key Projects:• £7 Million HMRC/UKBA ANPR managed service project involving business impacts analysis, OJEU procurement process and Business Case writing. • 265k MVTRAC ALPR Back Office project for US wide ALPR database - provision of Technical Specification of Requirement document set.• ANPR & CCTV capability review for City of London Police - provide comprehensive capability report and five year strategy for improvement in operational policing ANPR/CCTV capability.• Dumfries & Galloway Council CCTV refresh project - Technical review, SoR and OJEU procurement.• Hampshire Constabulary Access Control Systems strategy project.I developed and rolled out internal processes for PMO capability and devised PRINCE2 templates to standardise our project management approach. Enabled granular management of project finances through introduction of Profit & Loss tools and trained our team in their use.Various other large scale bid cost models and consultancy report production.

Greater London

Key Projects:• £3 Million Council WAN infrastructure refresh• £1.2 Million Serco Corporate Headquarters relocation• £500k Data centre relocation• £300k Council offices building refurbishment • £100k Local Council Services refubishment and relocation • Various IT infrastructure projects - secure VPN, Novell IDM2, computer room refit projects varying from £30k - £100k budget• Education Department IT infrastructure projects - 50k per school• Infrastructure Project Management for local Government accounts.• PRINCE2 controlled delivery of various Local Government ICT and technical projects• Stand in Programme Manager for London Local Government account• Data centre migration portfolio management for the London Borough of Ealing• Profit & Loss management – both at Project and Programme level• Programme & Project Risk management and accountability• Resource planning, modeling and dependency mapping• Business Requirements Analysis and PRINCE2 documentation production• Stakeholder engagement to CxO level• Management of PRINCE2 aligned Project teams & technical resources• Quality Assurance of PRINCE2 documentation sets for project managers• Completion of Project Health checks• Ensure Serco proposals are commercially viable & present direct to Stakeholders• Business Development of Stakeholder and influencer bid opportunities

Contract position, working on delivery of an ITIL v2 compliant Service Desk package; Involved direct liaison with Directors and programmers and key stakeholders; Project delivered on time to budget and successfully launched by Anvil Solutions

City Of London

Key Projects:• £1.6 Million ACPO TAM Counter Terrorism initiative - C3i upgrade, CCTV system refresh, Forward Command Vehicle• Audio Visual Suite - evidential laboratory for CCTV analysis• Involved in Tetra AIRWAVE infrastructure rollout• Windows 2000 Workstation rollout• Service Management Improvement Project• ICT Service Delivery Strategy Day to day Project Management of a variety of operational Police projects for ANPR systems, network infrastructure , the techncial specification and development of these through entire PRINCE2 project lifecycle. Reporting to Head of ICT and ACPO rank management.

Contract to provide MS Exchange consultancy for clients migrating their existing systems. Delivery of consultation reports and cost models for upgrade path.

Operational policing on old '2' Area - West Ham, Hackney. Devolved into IT related duties and Area level support. Last posting to '3' Area HQ Performance & Evaluation Unit

Pgcert, Psychology Of Kindness & Wellbeing In The Workplace, Distinction

Bachelor’S Degree, Forensic Psychology, First-Class Honours