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Brighton, Gb

Hove, England, United Kingdom

Delivering a £15m project to regenerate underused facilities and green spaces on the seafront in West Hove by creating a new park and mixed-use sports hub.Develop and monitor project plans to ensure the project progresses to agreed timeline.Develop and implement project management strategies to optimise efficiencies and team working between stakeholders and the project team. Identify, analyse and treat project risks through risk management planning and liaison with project stakeholders. Report on project progress to senior managers and stakeholders according to agreed performance indicators and programme. Manage all PMO functions. Manage client-side function through RIBA stages 1-6, including directing contractors, architects and consultants. Undertake technical reviews of development plans for buildings and built infrastructure.

• Project managed the construction of a new office and grounds maintenance depot at Gunnersbury Cemetery, which has been shortlisted for the RIBA London 2023 Awards.• Project managed the development of a masterplan for Kensington Memorial Park up to contractor tender stage including gaining planning permission. • Delivered numerous construction and refurbishment projects for council buildings, parks, playgrounds, sports facilities, and landscape features. • Successfully bid for and secured capital funds for numerous park and open space improvement projects.• Prepared and delivered numerous multi-stage community consultations and co-designs for high profile park improvement projects, involving identification of and collaboration with community stakeholders and 'Friends of’ parks groups.• Defined project budgets based on professional knowledge.• Directed external designers, consultants and contractors.• Managed procurement and evaluation of tenders.• Managed budgets and resource allocation for capital projects.• Managed pre-works and construction phase negotiations through office-based and on-site meetings.• Managed handover stage and defects period for completed projects.

London, United Kingdom

• Progressed two high profile, multimillion-pound park redevelopment projects.• Managed park masterplanning including coordinating the activities of landscape architects and facilitating stakeholder involvement.• Responded to climate change by design through incorporation of environmentally friendly technology such as ground source heat pumps, green roofs and sustainable drainage systems.

London, United Kingdom

• Successfully delivered multiple park and open space improvement projects with a combined budget in the millions of pounds.• Successfully bid for and secured capital funds for numerous park and open space improvement projects.• Prepared and delivered numerous multi-stage community consultations for high profile park improvement projects, involving identification of and collaboration with community stakeholders and 'Friends of’ parks groups.• Established a new GIS system for the Park’s Service and developed an operational ‘workspace’ that is now used by the whole team. • Defined project budgets based on professional knowledge.• Directed internal/external designers and contractors.• Contributed to procurement of parks and open space projects and manage evaluation of tenders.• Managed budgets and resource allocation for capital projects.• Managed pre-works and construction phase negotiations through office-based and on-site meetings.• Managed handover stage and defects period for completed projects.• Organised opening ceremonies for completed projects.

Lyon Area, France

Taught English to Master's level students with a focus on developing skills for professional purposes through debates and case studies.

Lyon Area, France

Taught English for business and professional purposes.

Melbourne, Australia

• Construction Permit Team’s main point of contact for major citywide utility upgrade projects, which involved coordinating community consultation and construction management as well as issuing appropriate work permits. • Facilitated the construction management process for major development projects in the municipal area.• Liaised with Project Managers, Engineering Professionals, and property owners regarding prospective developments, permits and consents.• Helped put into place a framework for assessing council issued construction permits.

Prepared a planning policy document from development of evidence base through to stakeholder consultation. The plan was subsequently adopted as council policy. Produced a Habitats Regulations Assessment to assess the likely significance of projected development on endangered or vulnerable habitats known as ‘Natura 2000 sites’. Prepared a subsequently adopted planning policy document for a neighbourhood-level shopping centre, which involved developing planning policies based on an evidence base, coordinating the workloads of professionals from various disciplines, briefing elected members, planning and carrying out consultation and preparing a formal report to a council committee with a recommendation to adopt the policy. Participated in the development of a large-scale urban regeneration project to transform a poor performing mixed business/residential area into a new gateway area for Blackburn. Prepared evidence base material for the local planning authority’s long-term strategic planning document, which was endorsed by a national planning panel and focused on identifying a portfolio of credible economic development zones over a local authority area. Acted as the Strategic Planning team’s point of contact in discussions with planning agents, architects, and landowners in relation to economic development sites.

Liverpool, United Kingdom

I handled admission applications and arranged interviews and auditions for prospective students.

Master Of Civic Design (Mcd)

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Geography, 2:1