Della Thomas Email & Phone Number

Ongoing: Business Coach/Mentor 2024: Business Support Advisor - Halton Business Support Programme. 2023 – ongoing: Project Manager - Local Skills Improvement Fund Project commissioned by Wirral Met College: Developing Employer Partnerships. In collaboration with all FE Colleges within LCR. Local Skills Improvement Plan.2023 - ongoing: Development & Facilitation of Coaching and Mentoring and Service Excellence Workshops - uniting colleagues around a common goal in line with their company's strategy, ethos and culture 2022: Facilitator - Hartree National Centre for Digital Innovation Project. Daresbury2020 – 2022: High Growth Innovation Fund Grant Assessor (High Growth Business Support Programme)Sept 2021 - 2023: Liverpool City Region High Growth Peer 2 Peer Network Delivery Partner. Facilitating Action Learning Sets and providing 121 Coaching and Mentoring to SMEs May 2020 - May 2022 commissioned through the Progress Group to support Rutherford Health Plc (a UK wide group of Cancer Centres and Diagnostic Centres) with their Talent and Skills piece including the formation of a skills board, a framework and the Rutherford Academy brand.December 2019 - March 2020Supported STFC Daresbury Labs in the production and delivery of a Talent and Skills Survey and the production of final report and recommendations. Member of the STFC DL Skills CommitteeJune 2018 – 29th November 2019Through the Sci-Tech Daresbury Joint Venture (JV), commissioned as Lead on the development and implementation of the Sci-Tech Daresbury RADAR Talent and Skills Strategy plus Tactical Action Plan. Chair of the Talent and Skills Board reporting to the JV Board. JV Skills Group = Langtree Properties, Halton Borough Council, Science and Facilities Technology Council (STFC) as part of UKRI.UKSPA Awards 2019 - Excellence in Science, Innovation and Collaboration; Sci-Tech Daresbury awarded Highly Commended in the Successful Project Category for the Independent Skills Brokerage Project.

Jan 2018 – March 2018Commissioned through the Greater Manchester (GM) Growth Company and GM Combined Authority to develop a GM Visitor Economy Sector Talent approach; picking up from the work that had been undertaken, developed a GM VE Sector Alliance approach to enable a timely response in lieu of a National Tourism Sector Deal.Jan 2016 - July 2017Northern Logistics Academy; engaged by two Partner Colleges as Project Manager following a successful collaborative skills capital bid to the Liverpool City Region Growth Deal. Support to both St Helens and Knowsley Colleges to drive forward the set up and growth (including strategy, processes, steering/governance, new curricula, business development and marketing) of the Northern Logistics Academy with a focus on 3 key growth areas of employment:- Supply Chain Operations and Management- Warehousing and Storage- Freight and Passenger Transport Sept 2015 to May 2017A strategic piece focusing on the production of a paper linked to Employment and Skills in the Liverpool City Region for the First Ark Group; First Ark Group are a business with a Social Purpose. Recommendations in relation to the role of First Ark linked to this challenging Agenda, together with support to drive them through which included support and mentoring of the Investment and Operations Manager of One Ark, the social investment arm of the Group.

City of Liverpool College Group / First4Skills Ltd - circa £70 million contract valueUndertook a dual role for Group. As a member of the Senior Leadership team, leading teams involved in Marketing & Communication, Innovation & Product/Service Development, Business Development and Stakeholder Management, Bid Writing and Proposals. Seeking out synergies aligned to strategic objectives enabling growth through vested interest and added value.

Liverpool

Led the Employer facing arm of the College in relation to Workforce Development - the focus was on Enterprise, Skills and Training support.Development and innovation of new products and services in line with regional skills requirements. New collaborations.Project Management.

Chester

Led and managed the Partner link for West Cheshire College of the largest CoVE in the country made up of 5 FE Colleges and the TGWU - funded through the NWDA and LSC £3.2m. Worked with Partners, the Sector and all key Stakeholders to develop and implement a Logistics Skills and Training support service.

Chester

Responsible for the area of Workforce Development which included Partnerships, Workbased Learning, Commercial Training.

Wrexham And Chester

Led and managed a team of Recruitment Executives across a range of Industry Sectors for both temporary and permanent vacancies. Sectors included Technical, Industrial, Commercial and Catering.Assisted in the set up and management of a Chester branch. Managed the Head Office in Wrexham.

Involved in various businesses geared to the visitor economy.Base Manager for Sunsail yachts.

Ilm Level 7, Exec And Senior Level Coach & Mentor

Ilm Level 5 - Executive Business Coach, Level 5

Sfedi Level 5 Diploma - Business Advisor And Skills Broker

Cmi Level 4 Chartered Manager Diploma

Education record

Level 5 Personal Performance Coach, Ilm Endorsed

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