Simon Rees Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Brighton, United Kingdom

Institute Of Development Studies - Brighton

Admin:I am responsible for providing full administrative support to the Programme Manager, CEO, Research Directors and other members of the ICTD team. I also provide occasional support to the IDS Governance team if required.Event Management:Organising conferences, meetings, capacity building workshops and short courses; including all travel, visas, accommodation, venue, catering, equipment booking.I have been fully responsible for organising and facilitating large, high profile conferences. These events were attended by stakeholders from all over the world, and included representatives from the IMF, World Bank, OECD, UN, European Commission, Action Aid and Christian Aid.Finance:I am responsible for all financial processes including expenses, procurement, raising and payment of invoices.IT:As well as using the full Microsoft Office package on a daily basis, I also use the below software to carry out the following activities.CRM – Writing and managing contactsFarCry – Creating web pages and uploading publicationsSharePoint – I am in charge of the design and implementation of the ICTD site. Running workflows, managing documents and calendarsLyris – Writing and distributing the newsletterAdditional interests:I am part of the Wellbeing at Work focus group and a direct contact for staff. This involves assisting with the monitoring and evaluation of IDS staffs’ wellbeing, and contributing ideas and initiatives to improve people’s experience of working for the organisation.I help organise and play football each week, with students and other members of staff.

Hove - Sussex

Property Management:I was in charge of six Red Cross centres across East Sussex, which included running the hall hire programme, building maintenance, contract management and negotiation with suppliers / service providers. It was my responsibility to ensure that the buildings met with Health and Safety guidelines, completing risk assessments monitoring and reporting. Service Support:Providing full administrative support (and occasional reception cover) to the East Sussex sector. Organising meetings, training sessions, workshops and communications exercises; including all travel, accommodation, venue, catering, equipment booking. Databases creation and maintenance, collating monthly and quarterly statistical reports on service provision, design and implementing local financial / office procedures.Design and production all of the local marketing materials for the sector - proofreading and branding.Finance:Budget management - tracking, analysis and reporting. I developed systems for analysing and monitoring expenditure across the area.Procurement, invoicing, payment of invoicesFully trained on ‘Agresso’ finance system – I was also a sector support contact for colleagues and volunteers.HR responsibilities:I was the line manager for the Service Support Assistant (staff), as well as a large number of volunteers and interns. Managing the online recruitment system (main contact) I was also a CRB ‘ID Verifier’ –and fully trained on the online CRB system. I was responsible for maintaining staff and volunteer records as well as carrying out appraisals and disciplinary procedures.

Hove - Sussex

This position was very similar to the above role, but I provided less services to a wider area. I was responsible for all of the above ‘Service Support’ work, but to the whole of Kent and Sussex, and held the same staff line-management responsibilities. I developed systems for analysing and monitoring expenditure across the area. Managed and negotiated contracts with new suppliers and service providers. Provided monthly and quarterly statistical reports on service provision and accident / incident reporting.

Working within the Community Fundraising Team, I was responsible for implementing and project managing national fundraising activity within the South East, distributing materials and information to the territory team, keeping accurate paper and electronic records.I was central point of contact for the Territory, liaising and building effective relationships with Fundraisers, internal departments and relevant stakeholders.Organising, Coordinating and attending training sessions / meetings as required. I also organised countywide fundraising activity where there was no Fundraiser in post, including recruiting and managing volunteers. I exceeded targets and previous results in all activities.

Bahons, Dance, 2:2

Apm Project Management Qualification (Pmq), Project Management, Pass