Interim role working on Data Futures project (with project team of 3 FTE), along with ITT and AOR returns.

Interim position to coordinate work and provide support to team responsible for producing and submitting statutory returns, including HESA Student, and delivering the Data Futures project

Interim role to support the timely and accurate delivery of Statutory Returns such as HESA & HESES. Also holding responsibility for the production of data for reporting dashboards to external partners and internal boards within the organisation.

Contracted to work closely with senior stakeholders and team members to undertake detailed analysis of processes, data and systems, gathering data and evidence where necessary, in order to determine the most appropriate and effective solutions to be developed and to support the overall objectives of ARU’s Data Futures Project. Particularly focussed on Course and Module data, with some involvement in Student and Finance data.

Interim position with responsibility for coordinating and delivering statutory student returns. This role involves assisting with the delivery of the HESA Student, HESES, and HESA ITT returns, and responsibility for assurance and governance of the returns with the Targets & Data Reporting Group. This role also involves advising on data quality issues and optimisation of data, and for HESES21 re-developing the process for creating the data underpinning the return on the student records system.

Interim position to review and develop internal reporting. This role involves undertaking a detailed review of the current management information related to students and applicants, and development work on creating new key information sets. The role also involves advising on data quality issues and optimisation for the HESA Student return.

Interim position to assist the institution in transitioning responsibility for data underpinning HESA Student return. This role involved creating and leading on a project plan and risk register to deliver the tasks required for process and system changes, automating the supply of data or enabling departments to take responsibility for their data. The role also involved advising on the production of the HESA Student return in the Planning department, and training on how to improve the quality and content of the return. The role required leading on the institution’s involvement in HESA’s Data Futures Alpha pilot.

Interim position to assist the institution with preparing and delivering statutory student returns. This part-time role involved creating detailed project plans to manage resources through the key tasks required to complete the HESA Student individualised return and the aggregate HESES return.Key Responsibilities- Review guidance and create detailed project plans and guides to data sources- Liaise with staff to gather, validate and cleanse data, and review audit queries to monitor validity and impact of reports- Train and supervise permanent staff in delivery of statutory student returns (including the creation of audit trails and work instructions)

Interim position to assist the institution with preparing and delivering statutory student returns. This part-time role involved creating detailed project plans to manage resources through the key tasks required to complete the HESA Student individualised return, the HEFCE Medical & Dental Survey, and the aggregate HESES return.Key Responsibilities- Review guidance and create detailed project plans and guides to data sources- Liaise with staff to gather, validate and cleanse data, and review audit queries to monitor validity and impact of reports- Train and supervise permanent staff in delivery of statutory student returns (including the creation of audit trails and work instructions)

Short term volunteer position to set up and improve reporting tools used by an international NGO, based at their HQ in Phnom Penh. Friends Social Business (FSB) team covers the income generating elements of the Friends International organisation, including sales outlets, export sales, restaurants, and other businesses.Key Responsibilities- Liaise with management and staff across locations to understand reporting requirements and assess existing reports - Create or improve regular reporting relating to sales outlets, export sales and invoicing, resource planning for restaurant staff, project planning for management team, and monitoring monthly KPIs for the entire FSB area - Create and deliver training for staff to continue to provide new reporting, and develop Excel skills across the business

Working for a not-for-profit society, collecting and distributing over £600m of royalties each year to songwriters, composers and music publishers, this role involves developing and maintaining management information functions to assess the completeness and quality of quarterly royalty distributions. The role also involves managing a team of 3 FTE to provide pre and post distribution analysis to increase understanding, improve accuracy, and support the business in a challenging market.Key Responsibilities: • Develop and maintain new KPIs and regular reports to assist management in monitoring quarterly distributions • Provide ad-hoc analysis to answer specific queries from the department, from across the business (Licensing, Press, Legal, IT, Distribution Policy) and from external stakeholders (eg writer and publisher members) • Working across the department to ensure availability of information to achieve desired results (eg reduction in FTE, improvements in data quality) • Liaise with IT on development of reporting functionality and project work (including providing support to project to implement Business Intelligence tool) • Line manage team of analysts to provide the above, supporting their progression in analytical expertise and setting objectives

Working at one of the largest universities in London, this role involved the planning, preparation, delivery & quality assurance of annual statutory returns for teaching funding and national student statistics. I was responsible for producing the aggregate funding return in December (worth £60m of teaching funding) and the individualised data submission in October each year, including managing data quality & development work as necessary.Key Responsibilities:• Preparation and submission of the major student data returns that generate teaching funding and acting as the primary contact with HE agencies about these returns• Maximising the quality of data submitted in these returns, which also provide the basis for Queen Mary’s annual student recruitment strategy, school and departmental intake targets, and external performance indicators (eg league tables)• Ensuring necessary supporting tasks are completed, from supervising data corrections by other departments to liaising with internal and external stakeholders to develop, test and implement detailed change requests in line with changing requirements• Creating and maintaining accurate and up-to-date guidance relating to the production of the statutory student returns (and supplementary work) to allow thorough audit and recreation• Ensuring that the newly-implemented Student Information System was able to meet internal and external reporting requirements, by auditing and developing any existing functionality

NHS body responsible for managing supply of temporary clinical staff, this temporary role following the business relocating to Watford involved producing all scheduled and ad-hoc management information for the Doctors section of the business, developing and implementing changes (including training) to the database used by all staff.Responsibilities:• Designed and produced all regular and ad-hoc management information for internal and external stakeholders, in line with individual requirements and deadlines• Trained staff across the organisation on use of bespoke database to produce management information• Assessed database development requirements, and created development specification for use by external provider of database; implemented and tested new developments, and trained staff when changes were deployed

NHS body responsible for managing supply of locum doctors, this role involved producing all management information for internal and external stakeholders, and advising senior management on planning and direction. Responsibilities:• Forecasted and reported on a range of activities to facilitate the management of daily operations within a pressurised contact centre environment, in line with overall aims of the business plan• Worked autonomously and proactively to create management information, providing feedback and agreeing objectives as appropriate• Forecast future workflow growth and made informed recommendations to the Contact Centre Manager, Business Managers and other members of the senior management team• Liaised with all levels of senior management and key stakeholders, working in partnership to achieve operational objectives• Managed reporting and resource requirements to meet management requests within strict deadlines, working flexibly with minimum notice•Maintained accurate and up to date database systems, managing the accounts of all users, and developing and implementing updates of database system in line with user requirements

Responsibilities:• Managed short & long term vacancies and built professional relationships with NHS Trusts to ensure high vacancy fill rates and increased revenue generated for the organisation• Developed and maintained a bank of locum doctors, undertaking recruitment checks and negotiating pay and conditions for each vacancy• Liaised with external stakeholders including General Medical Council, Work Permits UK and Home Office in line with recruitment and employment legislation