Vicky Ball (Nee Jones) Email & Phone Number

Chelmsford, Gb

Remote

London, England, United Kingdom

Director-level responsibility for Strategic HR & OD for a national campaigning and awareness charity with a combined staff, voluntary and consultant workforce of over 900Key Achievements:- Acted with Director-level responsibility within the Senior Leadership Team, leading a multi-disciplinary team across four operational remits- Development of the charity’s first ever People Strategy and leadership of associated workstreams- Implementation of, and recruitment to, the charity’s first People function, transitioning HR from administrative to Business Partnering function- Leadership of organisational EDI Action Group and Action Plan, establishing culture change and inclusion priorities- Development of strategic plan for the expansion of Humanist UK’s local branch model- Development of senior leadership development, including executive coaching, succession planning, talent attraction and advising on complex People issues- Establishment of revised HR policies and processes to improve best practice and legal compliance- Introduction of organisational hybrid working practices, and associated leadership development- Development of key priorities for leadership and Board succession- Acted as trusted advisor to the CEO and Executive Team on organisational and management issues

Chelmsford, United Kingdom

Key Achievements: • Organisational lead for design, implementation and project management of a major long-term succession planning project for Executive and Senior University leadership teams and subsequent talent retention approach.• Presided over implementation of strategic People workstreams associated with organisational Agile working rollout, business partnering with University Executive Team, Head of Strategic Transformation and local leadership teams.• Lead the design, procurement, rollout, impact evaluation and external relationship management for a year-long leadership development programme for 60 senior academics. This incorporated executive coaching, mentoring, psychometric assessment, senior sponsorship, talent pooling, and engagement activities.• Oversaw review of university recruitment practices, including attraction and retention, increasing parity for vocational experience, review of executive search spend, and re-design of assessment approach• Programme Manager for ARU’s membership to national Ambitious Futures graduate scheme, leading on assessment centre, graduate recruitment and attraction, external relationship management, and programme budget of £146k.• Lead on OD and engagement activity and change initiatives for organisational pulse surveys, business partnering with University Executive Team, Deans & Directors on staff engagement, internal communications, and associated project management and delivery.• Currently working on development of a “portfolio” approach to Professional Services career pathways, to enable greater organisational mobility and talent retention.

Camden

Head of corporate OD and L&D function for a leading social and commercial housing association that manages 15,000 homes across London and the South East, and a workforce of 1400.Key Achievements• Strategic project management of People and Change strands of business transformation programme, including talent and reward, engagement, wellbeing, and retention initiatives.• Designed content for 20 Executive Roadshows for Corporate Strategy Review, resulting in engagement from over 800 staff.• Lead group-wide staff engagement activity, including consultation on Best Companies survey, resulting in Sunday Times “Ones to Watch” status.• Implementation and design review of graduate recruitment, assessment and development programme for Housing Services Directorate, for a candidate pool of 200.• Review, redesign and rollout of a company wide middle management development programme for 80 people managers.• Organisational lead for implementation of annual apprenticeship levy fund to the value of £200,000• Managed an annual OD budget of £150,000.• Contract negotiation for value of £60,000 for Learning Management System upgrade

Holborn

Head of OD function, leading on all aspects of professional development, workforce engagement, talent and succession planning.Key Achievements•Lead on strategic L&D rebrand and 3 year Workforce Development Strategy in line with business expansion.•Collaborated with London South Bank University on City of London substance misuse research project.•Lead on review and development of a three-tier management development programme, including core training modules, professional coaching, 360 degree feedback, and appraisal analysis for 50 managers.•Head of Centre for an in-house Level 3 Health and Social Care qualification via OCN Direct Claim Status, managing another Assessor/Internal Moderator, for 60 learners.•Managed organisational OD budget of £86,000 to allocate resource to competing organisational priorities.•Secured status as official partner of Jamie Oliver Fifteen Apprenticeship Programme•Awarded Silver in the Charity Learning Consortium Awards for "Best Use of Organisational Resources" for our appraisal rollout.•Developed commercial links to sell in-house qualification to charity and private customers•Headed a committee of over 20 staff members to manage our Annual Organisational Away Days for over 400 staff and volunteers.•Collaborated with CEO, and Executive Team on succession planning and talent recognition scheme

Woolwich

Lead on co-ordination, design, delivery, and promotion of a business skills social enterprise course which helped people in recovery to start their own micro business project.•Built links with over 30 local employer businesses, charities, partner agencies, and social care services to support 60 service users into ETE pathways•Supported the start up of 15 successful social enterprises•Secured £40,000 JSA and Big Lottery continuation funding for project•Supported service users in achieving £15,000 in start up grants•Co-ordinated the recruitment of 20 business mentors and investment panellists from local business community.•Project managed a SEEDS Film showcasing our learners' achievements and business models to the local Greenwich commissioners, business community, and social care providers.•Delivered key outcomes of SEEDS programme, including:• 100% of SEEDS participants reporting an increase in employability skills • 95% reporting an increase in self esteem• 1 in 4 participants actively trading as registered businesses• 1/5th now volunteering• 25% pursuing further training or education• 1 in 10 in paid employment• Average of 25% increase in work readiness score

Holborn

Responsible for leading L&D operations, content design and facilitation, and management of the L&D Admin Team•Lead on organisational learning and development reporting processes, and day to day L&D function.•Instrumental in the design, delivery, and implementation of key development initiatives, including our offending interventions programme, safeguarding mapping tools, and motivational course.•Supported the Director of HR and L&D Manager in revising the learning strategy review.•Supervised internal communication of our learning strategy review to paid staff and volunteers.•Developed a new, interactive company induction for new starters, as well as electronic induction packs for a variety of clinical and non-clinical roles.•Helped to expand external training provision, including delivering drug and alcohol awareness training to Jamie Oliver's Fifteen Apprenticeship Programme.•Designed and implemented Manager's Toolkits to develop managers' training competencies.•Designed and delivered a portfolio of training courses, allowing our charity to provide the majority of our training internally.•Managed a team of Learning and Development Interns.•Assessed and successfully supported staff to achieve QCF Level 3 qualifications in Health & Social Care.

Brent

•Lead on content design, evaluation, promotion and facilitation for our “Evolve” offending behaviour support group - successfully launched the programme and trained other staff to deliver.•Developed professional networks by providing training to partnership agencies such as Brent Probation and voluntary services in the borough.•Acted as the Offending Lead and Probation Satellite Link worker, leading on assessment and referrals for offenders with Specified Activity and Licence Requirements•Provided psycho-social intervention to a caseload of drug and alcohol clients in the criminal justice sector.

North Essex

•Delivered Drug Awareness training to volunteer cohorts and Colchester Probation Service.•Lead on the assessment and care co-ordination for clients on the Drug Rehabilitation Requirement in our North Essex provision•Provided intervention to Class A drug users through the criminal justice system.