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A results orientated, customer focused senior leader who inspires and empowers individuals and teams to perform to their best, embrace development and deliver optimum outcomes. Have extensive experience of strategic leadership in the development, delivery and quality of provision at Colleges, Independent Training Providers and Awarding organisations. Advisor and Trustee on a number of Educational boards. Have a strong consistent record of building influential relationships and successful stakeholder management with a range of employers and other organisations. Proven to create positive impact in relation to efficiencies improvements and return on investment. Extensive experience of leading large contracts, managing budgets, ensuring robust financial controls and interventions which exceed income and contribution targets. Wide experience of writing successful bids for funding and new business opportunities. Extensive experience at implementing significant change in face paced, growth centric environments. Committed to developing and sustaining a positive, high performing culture.

Currently Managing ESF SSW project for College and Shefield City Regional Lep

Interim Director of Education and Training with the British Institute of Innkeeping Award BodyTo direct and control all activity connected with the development, implementation and award of BIIAB qualifications. Propose, agree, implement and manage a plan and budget for all awarding body activities. Set and control strategic objectives for business development activity with industry and regulators ensuring that ideas, progress and final products are tested against market expectations.

• Total responsibility for the CCW operation during mobilisation, games time and demobilisation. • Project manage the venue’s timeline deliverables and dependencies for catering contractors • Manage the operational relationships between the CCW LOCOG sponsors representatives, venue contract caterers and internal LOCOG programs •Provide leadership, training and consistency to assistant managers and volunteer workforce in the functional area, roles specific, venue planning process • Report and provide feedback for programme reporting, including post-Games reporting • Monitor and manage set budgets, ensuring tight cost controls across all contracts.•Ensure the operations manual is adhered to and delivered on •Liaise with contractors, ensuring all legislation and brand protection is adhered to

Working for a variety of providers aiding in quality improvement, OFSTED preparation and curriculum planning and management to meet targets.

• Nominee for Ofsted Inspection was the main link with the inspection team. Promoted Quality Improvement Strategy and Action Plan in addition to coordinating and writing information for the SAR. •Developed curriculum strategy process with the Deputy Principal, . This strategy was utilized for the curriculum plan and course file for 2011/12 that I led. •Provided strategic leadership for a course offer of over £25 million and work with Heads of Departments from all vocational areas ensuring high quality teaching and learning with targeted evaluations and the review of courses. •Worked with SMT on the restructure of the College’s management team creating the roles of Heads of Department with greater responsibility and autonomy in ensuring there is consistency of practice and service across the 4 sites for all learners. • Led, managed and developed the College’s Train to Gain, Apprenticeship, ESF and JCP contracts worth over £4.5m. •Designed, developed and managed the commercial training unit to meet the 10 in 5 Commercial strategy and the Employer Engagement Business Plan.• Successfully achieved TQS for Employer Engagement Activity and developing Part Bs for Construction and Media with the relevant Heads of Department for 2011/12.•vWorking with Sector skills and other partners was successful in achieving a National Skills Academy in Retail for West London and launched The Skillset Craft and Technical Skills Academy for the Film and TV industry, with the college as the lead in delivery of training to this sector.• Working with the Head of International in increasing the offer of level 5 courses and above •As a member of SMT developing and implementing the College’s Strategic Plan of “Excellence through Learner First” and ensuring that I lead the College and provide vision for all aspects of the teaching, training and learning within the College.

• A diverse management role with the opportunity to deliver against strategic plan as well as direct Annual Development Plans. • Designed and promoted courses to meet needs of students, local communities, funding priorities and overall strategy, plus developed links with other UK and overseas colleges to work on joint curriculum opportunities.• Staff management, appraisals and handled capability and disciplinary issues. • Led large capital bid projects; planned and implemented new kitchens, hair and beauty salons and lecture theatre space, and created and delivered responsive, innovative and engaging curriculum to NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) students in partnership with the Lyric Theatre. • Managed assessment processes, raised success rates for learners through targeted actions and interventions. Increased work placement offers; worked with Business partners including some of the top hotels and restaurants in London and abroad, ensured all learners completed a placement as part of their course. • Managed new apprenticeship offers and introduced the Young Apprenticeship model for school delivery.

• Head of Department role with ownership of the development of courses, commercialisation of operations, and managing change to meet curriculum and facility needs. • Utilised staff management capabilities to complete staff appraisals and oversee a programme of staff development to achieve objectives. • Raised success rates of the department by accomplishing all targets. • Designed and promoted new courses such as an ESOL accredited catering qualification, National Diploma in Hospitality Management and an Access to Hospitality Management course. • Developed a work programme with Emirates Catering, to provide corporate hospitality work opportunities at the Dubai Air Show; forged partnership links with other academic institutions to offer opportunities to gain work experience. • Managed the College Training Restaurant and kitchens as a commercial operation, developed the brand and the marketing of the operation through becoming the licensee, working with staff on menu design and concepts to ensure that the learner and customer needs were met. Installed a full process of risk assessment and health and safety standards in line with legal obligations.