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Southampton, GB

London

Providing interim senior management support to The Henry Smith Charity, one of the UK’s oldest private grant making foundations.

Southampton, England, United Kingdom

Solent, United Kingdom

• Key Responsibilities
• Performance manage £200m+ LEP grant / loan programme and skills / business support service delivery.
• Advisor to Board on governance, compliance, and performance management of the LEP and subsidiaries.
• Lead Executive responsibility for the LEP's Investment, Advisory and Public Scrutiny Panels.
• Manage, develop and inspire delivery, governance and compliance teams.
• Direct, inform and support the work of the Board and Panels.

Solent, United Kingdom

• Key Responsibilities
• Directly accountable for £75.6m Getting Building Fund investment programme and legacy programmes as below.
• Nurture and develop key partnerships with central and local Government, education and business partners.
• Shape, refine and enhance operational delivery including monitoring, evaluation and audit of all LEP funds.Key Achievements
• Successfully negotiated £14m contract, including innovative clawback and profit share clauses, with national home builder which led to the construction of 3,500 new homes and supporting community infrastructure.
• Launched first-of-its-kind partnership with Crowdfunder as a response to COVID-19, supporting 98 SMEs with crucial funding totalling £226K, which unlocked £628K of additional investment and protected over 470 jobs.

Solent, United Kingdom

• Key Responsibilities
• Lead executive support to CEO and Board on all Programme Delivery matters.
• Directly accountable for £183m Local Growth Deal investment programme and legacy programmes as below.
• Recruit, manage, develop and inspire delivery team.
• Report to HM Government, and service Board and Panels.Key Achievements
• Successfully delivered £7m business grant programme, unlocking £24m private investment and creating 775 jobs.

Solent, United Kingdom

• Key Responsibilities
• Develop and deliver £28m+ Local Growth Fund investment programme for SMEs and other businesses.
• Manage team delivery of grant making processes.
• Develop and refine programme management, risk management and reporting systems.Key Achievements
• Coded powerful suite of Excel tools to strengthen management / reporting of £183m+ investment programme.
• Nurtured a strong partnership with the charity Natural Enterprise, utilising their expertise to deliver £1.65m investment into 126 rural SMEs, unlocking £2.3m private investment and creating / protecting 460 jobs.

Solent, United Kingdom

• Key Responsibilities
• Develop and deliver £24m Regional Growth Fund investment programme for SMEs and other businesses.
• Development tools for assessment, due diligence, risk management and contracting process.
• Manage own portfolio of funded projects.Key Achievements
• Established new processes to assess and rank SME grant applications, resulting in 97%+ investment success rate.
• Developed, delivered and chaired a comprehensive programme of business support events to audiences of 150+ SMEs, in partnership with local, regional and national bodies.

London, United Kingdom

• Key Responsibilities
• Develop and manage full lifecycle of grant making, monitoring and evaluating processes for Mayor of London Olympic Legacy grassroots facilities programme.
• Develop and nurture relationships with senior staff and commissioners at City Hall.
• Manage programme budget and ensure successful delivery of outcomes and outputs across all London Boroughs.Key Achievements
• Ensured successful delivery of £5.5m Mayor’s Olympic Legacy funding to 77 sports facility projects across the capital, doubling user capacity and giving each of the 32 London Boroughs at least one brand new facility.

London, United Kingdom

• Key Responsibilities
• Set strategic direction of Foundation’s £7m p.a. Community Programme of sport for social change projects.
• Continually refine and improve application and grant assessment processes.
• Manage portfolio of national football education schemes.
• Develop and nurture relationships with national charitable partners.Key Achievements
• Lead consultation with national partners to deliver the Foundation’s first Community Programme Strategy guiding £7m investment per annum into sport for social change projects.

Winchester, UK

• Key Responsibilities
• Develop, manage and deliver innovative national and international programmes of investment in school grounds;
• Maintain effective working relationships with relevant sponsors, partners and supporters;
• Monitor and evaluate programmes to ascertain success and value for money.Key Achievements
• Developed significant partnerships with Ernst & Young, Kraft Foods and Unilever to secure funding for national and international school grounds development projects, aligned with corporate staff volunteer activations.