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Appointed by the Board to design and deliver the turnaround and transformation strategy for Impact Funding Partners (IFP) a leading national fund management charity and consultancy wholly focused on driving performance and building capacity of social investment across Government policy units, Local Authority HSCPs and private philanthropists for the benefit of communities across Scotland, the UK and internationally.

Senior leader responsible for strategy, implementation, partnership working, business development and communications functions, both internally and externally. Building the organisational profile across key stakeholder groups (staff, clients, local and national government, regulatory bodies, trade unions, celebrities and the general public) Develop innovative services and subsequent income diversification to deliver the life chances and opportunities for vulnerable groups across Scotland, including co-production of campaigns targeted to young people, and leading an organisational-wide quality management and transformation portfolio, all focused on preventing homelessness.

-Strategic Advisor to the UN House in Edinburgh on partnership development, income optimisation and grass-roots campaigning to enhance the impact of their social justice and inclusion activities.- Head of Philanthropic Giving for retailTRUST, launching and leading a national team to accelerate and sustain the Trust’s strategic objectives, bringing fresh perspectives and innovative solutions.- Head of Development for Social Bite, allowing them to broaden and deepen their operational impact, paving the foundations for future growth.- Advising a portfolio of corporate and growing third sector organisations on building capacity, developing resilience and restructuring to achieve growth objectives.

Senior leader responsible for leading an international fundraising team to extend the global reach of the organisation, building dynamic partner networks, across 12 countries, and successfully growing income by over 51% in 12 months.- Designed and launched the new international team, bringing together and optimising resources, blending staff and volunteers into cohesive teams, across multiple locations; all working towards a shared plan.- Developed innovative partnerships with new organisations to bring brand enhancement, to extend relational networks and to unlock new funding streams; all to enable execution of the global strategy.- Successfully led strategy development and increased international operational delivery by 50% in 12 months, accelerating the core mission to provide a daily meal in a place of education for the world’s poorest children.- Sponsored and led major change programmes to drive efficiency, effectiveness and consistency in global working; shaping and delivering the necessary people, process, technology and cultural changes.

Senior manager responsible for developing an income generation strategy directly linked to enabling and sustaining prioritised service developments, embedding transformational changes and improvement outcomes.- Championed innovation and incubation of new ideas at an organisational level, promoting a culture of partnership and collaboration, ensuring all teams were working towards agreed transformation outcomes.- Designed and implemented a Volunteer Leadership Programme, recruiting, training and overseeing the growth of a dynamic volunteer pool which was critical to the success of the organisation.- Developed a major donor strategy, building the necessary networks, pipelines, campaign plans, and cultivation plans, to bring about a step change in the maturity and impact of strategic income generation.

Manager responsible for developing innovative partnership and income strategies, building brand awareness, growing impactful networks, enhancing volunteer capacity and executing and embedding strategy.- Established and led the execution of strategic and tactical plans to deliver growing and sustainable corporate income streams in Scotland and across the UK, increasing brand awareness and service impact.- Committed to leading the delivery of innovative business engagement models with corporates, major supporters, trusts and foundations; to deliver the mission to protect Scotland’s most vulnerable children.- Developed the infrastructure for success, including Strategic Fundraising Volunteer Board, Local Geographic Boards and Volunteer Engagement Programmes to build resilience into all activities.

Senior manager responsible for the strategic management and transformation of the business development and fundraising departments, successfully doubling Individual Giving and Fundraising income in 18 months.- Developed and led innovative campaign approaches, marketing and communications plans and service development models, to achieve a step-change focused on delivering service excellence.- Designed and embedded streamlined processes and systems to drive efficiencies, to build effectiveness and to embed a culture of continuous service improvement as part of the organisational DNA.- Led the development of new ways of going to market, building new relational networks, significantly increasing the power inherent in partnerships; all to provide a robust foundation for organisational growth.

Maternity cover in leading marketing, communications, PR and business development activities for a growing law firm, ensuring it had the necessary brand awareness and market position to secure new and repeat business.

Senior manager with responsibility for devising and executing strategic marketing plans across the EMEA region, supporting four critical business units to achieve their business, revenue, and margin objectives.

Responsible for promoting the Learndirect brand and service portfolio, working with Ministers and Sponsoring Government Departments to promote service awareness, improve access and maximise impact.

Marketing products and services to the Education Market