Stephen Durrant Email & Phone Number

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gb

Coaching at multiple clubs and multiple Levels including Men's (Step 6 and above) and Women's Teams (Tier 4 and above). Interim roles as Head Coach/Manager; and undertaking scouting and opposition analysis. Now moving towards full-time portfolio of work in football. Also undertake freelance leadership roles including NED, Commercial Director, Club Secretary and Treasurer.Blyth Spartans AFC | Billingham Town FC | Durham City AFC | Shildon AFC | Chester Le Street Town FC | York Central Elite | FC City of Durham | Real Athletic FC | Hebburn Town FC

The Welfare Ground, Off St Gathas Close Brandon, Durham Dh7 8Ra

Football coach at Teesside University playing in the British Universities and Colleges (BUCS) League. Contributing to the wider University's 2022 Future Football Programme.

Tier 4 Fa National Women'S League - Division One North

First Team Coach for Chester Le Street Town FC Women's Team playing at Tier 4 of the FA National League Division One North. Also undertook opposition and video tactical analysis of matches.

Blyth, Northumberland

Step 2 of the National Football Pyramid. Non Executive & Commercial Director at Blyth Spartans AFC with particular focus on Commercial Strategy, grant applications and leadership.

Quadrus Consulting Services | Advisory and Delivery Services |Programme Leadership | Strategic Sourcing | Performance Improvement | Cost Reduction | Audit |

Step 5 of the National Football Pyramid. Developed a Commercial Strategy to maximise existing and create new revenue streams. Part of wider Committee running football operations and appointments

Ebac Northern League

Step 6 of the Non League Pyramid within the EBAC Northern League. Rebuild of both First Team and Reserves from scratch during mid season. Introduction of professional standards and ways of working across Club and across all teams. Achieved best results for Club in last 5 years. Undertook scouting and opposition analysis.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

IT Director within HMRC leading the live running and transformation of the Core Business Platform towards Cloud hosted, end to end digital, micro service and DevOps based services; delivering customer needs faster and at less cost. Included 140 systems e.g. PAYE, Business Tax and Personal Tax Accounts, Student Loans; and budget over £120m.

Offices In Newcastle, Sheffield, Leeds, Blackpool And London

IT Director within DWP, part of the IT Leadership Team leading on welfare reform transformation agenda programmes of change across DWP. Head of IT Portfolio Services providing delivery assurance of the IT Business Plan and programme portfolio, IT Budget, IT Operating Model and Centres of Excellence; and IT Cost Reduction Programme. DWP Award for Excellence in Cost Reduction.Delivered the New State Pensions Programme on time and under budget to deliver positive change and increased choice in pensions provision to UK citizens. Also responsible for delivery of the pensions digital portfolio covering Pensions Tracing, Activation and Statements Services.DWP Awards for Excellence in Delivery and in Collaboration and Partnering.

Change Programme Director managing all required changes to the Commission's legacy systems to support implementation of the Commission's new operating model; and managing the subsequent decommissioning of all legacy systems to deliver significant business benefits realisation. Managing a portfolio of service improvement projects to enhance the performance of the Commission's statutory scheme.This includes Desktop Refresh/Transformation, IT Releases, Business Process Change Projects, Legilsative Change Projects and BPO Supplier Contract Projects.Stephen is also a member of the Change Directorate Senior Management Team responsible for 200 FTE covering people metrics, communications, learning and development; financial and performance targets,

National Role

A member of the Corporate Services Directorate Leadership Team with 170 FTE comprising Professional Services (change management resources across strategy and architecture, business analysis and design, testing and programme/project management) and Business Services comprising Procurement, Data Protection Unit and Executive Support functions).

First Team Coach to u23s plus coach for other age groups u7s and u11s pathways to u18s

COO for the £185m BT Strategic Partnership with South Tyneside Council comprising 450 FTE within outsourced service provision of HR, IT, Finance, Customer Service, Revenue and Benefits and Procurement functions alongside development of national BT shared services capability on South Tyneside; and commissioning of a new flagship £30m BT building.

Central Government: Leadership team for the £840m BT DWP programme for delivering outsourced Government services including telecommunications, network, desktop and business change services over 5 year contract with 650 FTE.Local Government: Delivery Director within the BT Local Government team overseeing delivery across multiple Local Government accounts including Liverpool, Edinburgh, Rotherham, Suffolk, Essex and Sandwell Council Partnerships.

London, Leeds And Newcastle

Global Subject Matter Expert for the £ multi-million PwC Business Sourcing & Alliance Programme Management practice with particular focus on performance improvement strategies including business case development for restructuring and process improvement with options for strategic sourcing (including offshore), shared services and alliance portfolio development; and related third party supplier management and regulatory compliance. Additional responsibilities for the internal development of client service offerings, methodologies, tools and techniques for delivery of performance improvement solutions including contributing to ongoing knowledge management and external thought leadership.

Global professional services provider of management consulting, business / systems transformation, information systems outsourcing and audit-related services.Direct report to Divisional Directors within key business sectors e.g. utilities, manufacturing etc. responsible for bid development and programme leadership of major transformation programmes and strategic alliance management.• Programme leadership of a £multi-million programme e.g. one of a Europe’s largest implementations of i2 Technologies RHYTHM product suite2, working with Gemini Consulting and global alliance partners within the manufacturing sector. Part of a £100m Business Transformation and £400m Outsourcing contract.• Developed global, strategic alliance relationship with i2 Technologies on behalf of the Group, working with the Cap Gemini Centre of Excellence in France and as a member of the UK Integrated Supply Chain Committee including joint go to market / implementation methodology, national sales kit, cross-sales training and support to joint bid opportunities.

Strategic direction, implementation and operational management of an independent limited company and registered charity in conjunction with a Board of Directors comprising MDs and FDs of Tyne Tees Television, Ward Hadaway, Patterson Ford, Newcastle Building Society, Rolls-Royce, Newcastle LEA and Government Office North East.Delivered strategic review and balanced scorecard measures, operational change management of EBP and development of project portfolio between Education and Business towards achievement of the National Targets for Education and Training (NTETs)4 National Curriculum and core skills development involving 300+ businesses, 10k school children (25% of population) and 200 teachers (10% of population). A number of schools obtained Investors in People in Schools, with other schools also obtaining Technology or Language Status leveraging matched funding of over 250k from the Government. Additional funding was provided via applications to the Single Regeneration Bid (SRB) mechanism involving cross-Tyneside partnerships with relevant local authorities. Managed all EBP policy formulation, marketing and PR (TV, radio and press) activities and HR including management of secondees from multiple business partners and education.

Executive Leadership Programme

Fellow Chartered Institute Of Personnel & Development (Fcipd)

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Studies

Level 3 Uefa B Coaching Certificate (Completed Course / Candidate)

Level 2 Uefa C Coaching Certificate

Level 2 First Aid For Sport

Level 3 Talent Identification : Advanced Reporting

Level 2 Talent Identification In Football

Level 2 Opposition Analysis In Football

Level 2 Technical Scouting In Football, Scouting

Level 2 Performance Analysis In Football

Association Of Accounting Technicians Intermediate

Btec National Business Studies

Btec General Business Studies

Coaching People With Different Abilities

Black Belt, 1St Dan

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