Professional Safety Advisor to the TV and Film production sector. Delivering on-site sector focused solutions in support if high end and international productions, in the studio and on locations in the UK and internationally. Providing practical and effective solutions that meet the demands of a fast past industry, by supporting production management to meet their statutory and professional obligations and achieve artistic aims.

On-Call Incident Management - collecting information from Pharos clients, providing initial safety and containment advice and support and then upward escalation as appropriate to the client's needs.Deployed to provide crisis management consultancy at the incident site or client offices as necessary.Deliver bespoke operational safety auditing and review.Operational delivery safety and crisis management training.http://pharos-response.co.uk/

Design and delivery of bespoke coaching and training solutions for corporate or individual clients. Designed to unlock individual or team potential and increase performance. One-to-one coaching to Executive level for enhanced performance in a personal or business setting.Training design and content creation for online and face-to-face training.Training delivery for individuals and groups.Facilitation of workshops and team meetings.

20th Commonwealth Games - Glasgow 201417 Sports - 71 Teams - 15 Venues - 1.5 Million spectators - 1 CityMember of the Organising Committee of the 20th Commonwealth Games to be held in Glasgow in summer of 2014. Part of the senior team in the Games Delivery Office with specific responsibility for the planning and delivery of key elements of Glasgow 2014’s testing and exercising programme. Working with the twenty three Functional Areas, Venue Teams and key external partnersDefining and developing the testing and exercising objectives and aligning these to appropriate exercises internally and including governmental, security and commercial partners.Implementing the key elements of Glasgow 2014’s testing and exercising programme including creation and delivery of materials to support teams to deliver their own exercises as well as facilitation of centrally led exercises.Support preliminary planning for both sport and non-sport test events including assessment of events and determination of scope to best suit Glasgow 2014 testing needsSupport overall project management of test event programme including risk and issue management and resolution as needed.Support tracking and risk management reporting of readiness status and support corrective action.Facilitate lessons learnt from readiness activities to be identified and applied to make improvements and changes to Glasgow 2014 plans as appropriateEncourage integration across the 23 Functional Areas and partners to achieve Games readiness.Ensure activities familiarise the operations team with Games time processes at every opportunity, particularly management structure and reporting requirements; command, coordination and communication (C3) and incident management.

Leadership• Member of the Senior Management Team, responsible for the safe delivery of a diverse range of overseas programmes for over 1500 international volunteers across four continents:• Increased financial reserves year on year.• Increased attendance on programmes.• Achieved and sustained BS8848 quality assurance accreditationOperations• Developed the operations team of 15 UK and 15 overseas staff.• Recruited and trained managers, staff and over 200 volunteers to deliver quality programmes:• 100% of delivery critical staff levels achieved.• Lowest staff turnover across the organisation.• Conducted routine and forward planning to manage delivery of UK and overseas programmes:• Increased quality of programmes as measured by user feedback ratings.• Improved consistency of delivery across four global remote sites. • Coordinated logistical support to overseas sites to reduce costs and enhance outcomes.Risk• Held overall responsibility for safety and crisis management. • Improved the internal monitoring and evaluation to drive performance and initiate new developments. • Developed and implemented new processes and policies to reduce risk.• Implemented safety and crisis training to test capabilities.• Implemented new reporting systems and KPIs to ensure compliance.• Increased levels of reporting of programme safety with reduced incidents overall.Stakeholders• Increased awareness and gained support by representing the organisation to senior stakeholders such as, local authorities, industry and sector agencies at a regional and national level.Finance• Improved efficiency of the operations budget of £3.5M pa and realised 10–15% savings.• Enhanced per-captia income levels achieved year on year.

• Developed and delivered practical and theoretical elements of leadership training and routine management of staff and delegates on residential training.

• Second in Command responsible for the business management and output at a specialist defence training school, with three satellite departments in the UK and Germany with an annual student turnover of 3,500pa. • Supported and deputised for the Commanding Officer and managed over 70 staff and 160 trainees on specialist career and personal development courses.• Developed policies to enhance training and safety whilst meeting targets.• Managed and allocated funds of £1.5m and co-ordinated budgetary planning. • Chaired various management and training committees and boards.

• Represented the Military customers’ within the pan-defence acquisition organisation responsible for procuring new specialist equipment and clothing with a budget of circa £2m pa.

• Selected and developed prospective Junior Officers to increase outcomes and reduce drop-outs and associated capital costs.• Instructed candidates in management, leadership and communication skills in preparation for independent employment in hostile environments world-wide.

• Investigated all serious and fatal accidents with a pan-Army and world-wide remit.• Conducted risk evaluation and rolled out programmes of preventive training.• Published formal reports for use as evidence in criminal and civil litigation cases.

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Fitness - sport and adventure education specialist instructor preparing junior officers for entry to full service careers.