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London, Gb

City Of Westminster, England, United Kingdom

Responding to Ministerial & Operational Policing Requirements to Accelerate the adoption of new technologies in policing. The work includes:i. Resetting delivery priorities in the context of 'systems of systems' thinking, the deployment of new technologies, and revised risk tolerance in the context of increasing sophistication in operations & Service Models.ii. Achieving sustainable business benefit through adoption of new technology driving the supporting business change to policing operating models.iii. Managing contracts to leverage best business value, and capitalise on the benefits and possibilities of the Public Procurement Act 2023.iv. Delivering the Home Office vision to capitalise on the re-use of existing data.v. Creation of additional business value through deepening inter-Departmental and inter-Governmental joint working.

Croydon, England, United Kingdom

i. Programme Management of the implementation of new networking technology, and network interfaces;ii Strategic preparations for the replacement of Public Services Network underlay in association with the Cabinet Office FN4G Programme;iii. Stakeholder engagement to ensure future network Product Ownership, Sponsorship and the development of progressive Security Assurance processes in accordance with System Driven Risk principles;iv. Development of a strategy for future networking.

Croydon, England, United Kingdom

Key roles and outcomes:Reprising key aspects of the role previously undertaken 2016-2020 to oversee Programme Closure and initiate a further Business Case for Operational Capability Refresh.Delivered: Project Brief for Capability Refresh

City Of Westminster, England, United Kingdom

Key roles and outcomes:i. Development and implementation of a strategy for Emergency Services Network (ESN) Deployment to 'Nationals and Sharers' (Non-Emergency Service) ESN Customers:• Establishment of an Agile approach focussed on developing an initial Minimum Viable Product with Customers, using Enterprise Service Management techniques• Grouping deployment into three types, with clear responsibilities of the Programme vs the Customer laid out for each type• Prioritising Deployment to those that 'must transition', whilst providing 'Community-support' options for othersii. Building the purpose and mission of the Deployment Team• Shaping posts, roles, objectives - and mentoring and coaching to develop the right skills, attitudes and behaviours• Ensuring a focus on establishing the right culture and values to support Customer focussed deployment, as much as managing the technology and business change• Alignment of Deployment support to 'Nationals and Sharers' based on existing Programme core processes and procedures, and local transition/service acceptanceiii. Engaging with 'Nationals and Sharers' to improve awareness of ESN capabilities and Deployment requirements• Engaging technical and business architects across the community, to enable Roadmap development• Alignment of technologies deployed to the business and user need, 'end-to-end' designs and priority Use Cases Delivered: Deployment tactics that have enabled pragmatic Deployment to the Nationals and Sharers community, and which engages ‘live services’ to provide practical support, whilst staying aligned with 'Mass Deployment' strategy. Increased the interest in ESN products by Nationals and Sharers, leading to increased pre-Deployment preparation (despite rising programme costs and technical development delays). First 'Nationals' have now started 'Enrolment'. Built a motivated, talented, Deployment team with a clear sense of purpose regarding how to progress.

Croydon, United Kingdom

- Pursue innovative agile delivery of a Home Office Technical Programme in a very challenging context (Brexit, changing Political, strategic and operational priorities, financial constraints, ‘Windrush’ immigration policy changes). Actively manage risks, stakeholders, integration/SIAM, Cost Model and scope to make progress; - Manages Business Case production, maintaining the strategic and technical alignment of the Programme, with stakeholder support; - Manages technical dependencies in the Portfolio and with the supplier, completing assurance on design, and solution development, and ensuring user acceptance.Delivered: Business Case development and strategic alignment; managed supporting approvals. Overseen production of IHLD ensuring technical design development is aligned with architecture principles and operational design development; building a review network. Managed successful Discovery Service Assessment and actions. Maintained Portfolio prioritization of the Programme. Encouraged ‘one team’ culture and innovation through chairing a Technical Board. Ensured accurate Cost Model estimates by drilling into assumptions. Worked with PMO to ensure suitable Programme controls established. Addressed Service Management design and delivery.

City Of Westminster, England, United Kingdom

- Development of the Apprenticeships Directorate PMO to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of operation. Joining up approaches with the Skills Funding Agency and HMRC to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of PPM across the Programme. Coaching PM’s for improvement.- Establishing effective Portfolio Management with finance and commercial input, to provide the required corporate reporting and Governance. - Provided ‘first line defence’ delivery assurance of the implementation of the ‘16 plus skills strategy’. Delivered: Improved Portfolio Management and Governance practices with comprehensive dashboards providing better situational awareness of overall performance. A ‘single source of truth’ approach to PMO operations. Increased commonality of PPM practice across projects. Assurance of delivery activities, highlighting systematic management ‘blind spots’ and areas of weakness requiring closer management attention and Continuous Improvement initiatives. [Note: This role was previously located in the Department for Business Innovation & Skills until July 2016 when the Directorate transferred to the Department for Education].

City Of Westminster, England, United Kingdom

i. PMO improvement and leadership [Sep 13 – Dec 15]- Implemented professional PPM culture in a Technical Home Office Programme through improving PMO effectiveness (introducing ‘gated’ change control, better delivery alignment through Portfolio Management, formal procedures), and driving continuous operating improvement through PPM assurance;ii. Technical Programme Sustainment Policy [Jan 13 – Sep 13] - Responsible for developing a post programme sustainment model.iii. Technical Programme - Technical Assurance Lead [Jan 12 – Dec 12] - Responsible for the management of the testing and operational acceptance (OAT) of ICT based products supplied to the Home Office. Delivered: Introduced Change Control procedures. Introduced Project initiation and ‘Gate Reviews’ for Programme projects. Introduced Programme and Portfolio Management techniques, integrating with finance. Provided technical and PPM delivery assurance to projects, highlighting areas for improvement and identifying systematic weaknesses fed back to the Board. Worked with suppliers to improve technical acceptance and OAT approaches.

City Of Westminster, England, United Kingdom

- Designed and implemented records management capabilities, and the associated workflow; - Implemented Prince2 methodology;- Established a culture of continuous learning and operating improvement with SharePoint.Delivered: New workflow for Capability Sponsor staff as a part of SharePoint introduction. Compliant records management approaches and practices. Community of interest for IKM improvement in Main Building.

Bristol, United Kingdom

- Management of safety, technology and integration policy compliance by procurement teams in Air Support. - Project managed the introduction of 'Assisted Decision Making' safety management systems.

Bristol, United Kingdom

- Lead assurance reviews on major MOD projects ahead of key gate approvals, ensuring that the business case and supporting documentation were sufficiently mature and that risks were understood and corporately acceptable. - MOD policy lead for Requirements and Acceptance in Defence Procurement.

Bristol, United Kingdom

- Strategic organisational policy development and the accompanying project management and planning needed to design, build and implement a corporate intranet based safety & environmental management system for use by defence procurement and logistics teams.

Bristol, United Kingdom

- Development and implementation of, and management of the operational compliance with, a new ship safety environmental policy. - Expert advice on safety and environmental management system provided to project procurement teams.

Bath, United Kingdom

- Developed and implemented the corporate 'Continuing Professional Development' policy for engineers/scientists in the 'DESG' MOD development scheme.- Staffed 'milk round' graduate specialist recruitment stands. - Organised an annual CPD conference for 200+ MOD technical specialists.

Gloucester, United Kingdom

-Project managed the production of contaminated land site assessments for 12 disused RAF sites being sold. -Managed on-site contractors conducting trial pit and borehole investigations, and oversaw the production of background paper based site activity research (desktop studies).

Gosport, United Kingdom

- Lead environmental impact surveying of UK Naval operations, and development of surveying and occupational hygiene analytical methods. - Introduced NAMAS QA lab protocols to laboratory procedures.

Mba, Information And Knowledge Management, Overall 65%

Part time modular executive MBA at the University of Bath from 2000-2002. Research into organisational Information and Knowledge.

Mphil, Environmental Chemistry

MPhil from the University of Portsmouth, completed in 1999. Research into the contamination of Portsmouth Harbour by PCBs from Industrial.

Bsc Hons, Chemistry

Activities and Societies: OODS Chemistry (Physical, Organic and Inorganic) study at the University of Exeter from 1987-1990.

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