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Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Shaping the proposition and services of the Programme & Project Management Centre of Expertise to facilitate the pivotal and ambitious ‘Improving Project Delivery’ programme that seeks to drive consistent delivery of best-in-class portfolios, programmes and projects across the Government and its agencies. • Capturing the core essence of 7 major ‘work packages’ that will deliver capability and maturity in project delivery.• Leading the project ‘partnering’ service; providing support, guidance and advice to the most critical major projects.• Facilitating the ‘Team Charter’ with ways of working and key touchpoints to identify and communicate the specific role of the team, as well as establishing the key tools, techniques, and methods that will be used to support programme delivery.• Engaging a diverse range of stakeholders, including Executive Team representatives, functional experts and change authorities – as well as external specialists and suppliers - with the aim of collaboratively identifying improvements and scoping plans as to how these will be delivered to achieve the aims of the programme.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Shaping and delivering this Scottish Government agency’s response to Smarter Working; overseeing the development of strategy and policy to facilitate innovative new ways of working that impact all employees and strategic partners, identifying and delivering the products, services and ways of working to realise the benefits of Smarter Working.• Created the project programme to specify the methodology and approach to identify and deliver the strategic aims.• Led a multi-disciplinary team of internal and external specialists, including executive decision-makers and suppliers to deliver an ongoing programme of capital works and cultural change. • Led on wider UK and Scottish Government best practice networks to showcase the engaging, interactive, people-first approach adopted, as well as the innovative deliverables this produced – providing advice and guidance to key advisors and peer groups.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Fulfilling a personal ambition to work for the Trust, coordinating delivery of a diverse set of objectives for the ambitious, multi-million capital and operational change project of a high-profile estate.• Identified and coordinated activities to establish scope, objectives and deliverables; developing and delivering the crucial business case and delivery plan for commercial funding – pioneering a new Trust approach to project funding.• Defined and managed the procurement strategy and processes for appointing programme services and suppliers, from major contractors to regulatory advisors and key partners.• Coordinated multi-skilled representatives of internal and external specialists, national/regional decision-makers, operational teams, consultancy, finance and commercial, whilst balancing the critical heritage requirements of a bold and highly-sensitive programme.• Extensive stakeholder management with influential external bodies and suppliers, including government and specialist advisors, whilst researching best practice from similar programmes both inside and outside the sector.• Created and led a multi-disciplinary team, agreeing deliverables, key roles and responsibilities, also developing and implementing successful project governance, reporting and communication strategies to gain buy-in and build momentum.• Managed the development of operational change plans from a people and process perspective, whilst the delivery aspects of the capital works programme.• Identified and managed project finance: planning costs and establishing/tracking budgets.

In addition to my associate consulting work, I scheduled time to apply my career skills and experiences in new, overseas environments: to travel, write, learn, and immerse myself in different cultures. Key achievements include:• Managed operations for an international yoga teacher training programme. • Developed/led programmes of sports, health & wellbeing activities at Asian and European centres. • Provided project management and transformation expertise on several corporate project contracts• Numerous features and articles published in international print and digital media.• Delivered compelling content to drive consumer engagement for a range of organisations.

Various

Associate consultant managing a range of projects on behalf of Genchi Genbutsu, a Lean-Sigma Implementation specialists consultancy based in the UK and Singapore. I worked with clients to identify and develop sustainable operational improvements, working closely with Executive teams to ensure robust leadership of change initiatives, as well as local teams to develop the necessary support, skills and attitudes to deliver real, sustainable change. I also delivered several copywriting projects on behalf of clients; including website copy, sales literature, and training materials.

London, United Kingdom

• Led a team of consultants, analysts, operational experts and external suppliers on the government Smart Metering programme to deliver a challenging set of objectives and targets.• Developed strategic partnerships, driving a pioneering procurement approach; working between internal teams, external suppliers and regulatory bodies to establish and enable contractual capability.• Identified, scoped and delivered a programme of work to ensure business, customer, and external supplier readiness for the implementation of new services and associated processes.• Coordinated activities across multiple workstreams of internal operational, commercial and financial teams to identify significant cost savings.

Hove/London

• Created and led a team to identify and deliver pivotal projects, developing a unique, collaborative consultancy approach.• Coached Executive teams to provide supportive sponsorship and ownership of programmes.• Developed, implemented and delivered a successful project framework of service delivery, change management and continuous/process improvement to complement the requirements of people, processes and operations across the organisation’s largest division; developed supporting tools and techniques.• Led a £5m programme across marketing, operational and commercial functions to deliver a new product proposition; at the time the largest such initiative ever undertaken by the organisation.

London, United Kingdom

Part of the ‘Networks 1st’ Leadership Team – a transformation programme across the entire Networks business - leading the customer contact strategy and coordinating a wide range of stakeholders from across the business to identify a portfolio of projects to deliver significant improvements to services.

London, United Kingdom

Managed multiple high-profile process improvement and project delivery initiatives, engaging Executive and multi-disciplinary teams to drive strategic change; creating the required roadmaps, teams and motivated environments.

Worldwide

Fulfilled a lifetime’s aim to travel the world; immersing myself in range of environments and cultures.

Uk Wide

Simultaneously managed multiple, high-profile assignments with a diverse range of clients with projects from £500k to £3m. Developed and managed strategic client relationships at Executive level, also leading client and supplier teams.

Postgraduate Certificate, Management Of Change: Organisation Development And Design, Pass With Merit

Postgraduate Certificate, Business Administration