Richard Dominy

Experience

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  Maldon District Council

  Mar 2004 - Jan 2006

  Graduate Trainee on the National Graduate Development Programme for Local Government

  The NGDP was a challenging two year programme that gave graduates the skills and experience to pursue a management career in local government. I worked on several projects, including:- Working as part of a team to deliver a £2.8m of funded improvements to local parks.- Successfully applying for £110k of matched funding from the Football Foundation for sports changing facilities in a local park.- Line managing the Council’s parking enforcement service, turning around the performance of a poor performing team.- Creating a property asset management database.- Writing a set of ward profiles. Show less

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  Chelmsford Borough Council

  Jan 2006 - Nov 2006

  Corporate Strategy Officer

  - I wrote the Council’s submission for a national 'Beacon' award for emergency planning, which was shortlisted to the national finals.- I also led on a review of the Council’s equalities and older persons strategies.

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  Haringey Council

  Feb 2010 - Jan 2011

  - Project management and service improvement work across highways, waste management, parking and environmental enforcement services.- I project managed a restructure of the Council’s Street Enforcement service, including extensive change management with staff and partner organisations and a review of business processes to identify improvements and efficiencies.- I was involved in a project team that recommended a strategy for the future commissioning of waste and highways services.- Performance management.- Risk management.- Business continuity planning.- Responsible for a range of internal and external communications including briefing notes for councillors, staff training events and web publishing. Show less A six month secondment in the office of the Director for Urban Environment. Key responsibilities included:- Assessing the impact of local and national policy initiatives on the delivery of services in the Urban Environment directorate.- Performance management.- Lead officer for a thematic board of the Local Strategic Partnership.- Part of the Directorate Management Team, responsible for agenda setting, writing and coordinating papers for meetings.- Member of corporate Strategic Commissioning team, tasked with developing the Council's commissioning approach and leading on one of four pilots to test the Council's commissioning policy. Show less

  • Business Improvement Project Officer

    Nov 2006 - Jan 2011

  • Executive Policy Development Officer

    Feb 2010 - Jul 2010
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  Broxbourne Borough Council

  Dec 2010 - Jun 2011

  Business Development Manager

  - Responsible for Broxbourne Services’ £1.8m external business portfolio.- Created and implemented a programme of promotional activity for services.- Developed new services for commercial customers.- Implemented and managed a range of financial and service based performance indicators for external business activity.

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  Homes in Havering

  Jul 2011 - Apr 2012

  Service Review Officer

  Managing a series of service reviews to identify improvements and savings in Tenancy Management, Community Wardens and Leaseholder Services.Using the Four Cs of challenge, compare, consult and compete to undertake service reviews, and reviewing processes using Lean Thinking methodology.

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  CAFOD

  Apr 2012 - now

  I manage organisational change and fundraising projects for CAFOD. These include high profile campaigns such as our biannual flagship Fast Day appeals, DFID UK Aid Match, compliance with GDPR and fundraising regulations, and projects that form part of our strategic change programme such as a review of leadership and management. I design and review internal processes, including for humanitarian emergency appeals and other supporter initiatives. I also enable and support others in CAFOD to manage projects using CAFOD's Project Management Framework (tailored PRINCE2), including a suite of elearning courses that I produced for all staff. Show less

  • Project Management Office Manager

    Apr 2019 - now

  • Project Management and Development Officer

    Apr 2012 - Apr 2019