Jane Shadforth

Experience

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  Shell

  Jun 1990 - Sept 2016

  Business Analyst/Business Interface for the global Safety and Environment (S&E) IT portfolio.• Gathered environmental reporting requirements from refineries to enable production of environmental performance reports (including standard internal and locally tailored legal) using the new global “Shell Environmental Reporting System” (SERS). • Successfully facilitated contentious SERS management decisions, enabling transition of the new system into operational support. • Managed interfaces between business focal points, external suppliers and IT teams for applications in the environmental portfolio. • Strong facilitation, progress reporting, information gathering, networking, sharing information and open/honest communications. Show less Project Manager for a variety of Information Risk Management (IRM) projects including:• Successfully implemented a standard framework of Information Risk Management (IRM) controls (hardware/software/manual processes) to manage risks to the information held in global “Shell Downstream” applications.• Delivered all project goals on time and within budget. Built good relationships with stakeholders, managed/coached a diverse, fluid virtual team made up of ~3-10 direct reports from various suppliers and ~20-80 indirect resources from many global IT teams. • Quickly learned the complex topic of IRM including how controls are implemented/operated to protect company information.• Made various changes to the project “ways of working” which resolved issues and allowed better project control turning the status from red to green. This enabled successful delivery of a complex scope despite evolving requirements and frequent team changes. • Received a Vice President award in recognition of “Shell Downstream" achieving 100% success in IRM control testing. • Provided effective change management for the integration of 2 IRM teams during an internal Shell company merger. Show less Managed a variety of challenging projects achieving project goals through strong leadership, stakeholder management, coaching and delivery focus. Highlights included:• Decommissioning approximately 300 legacy applications across 8 asset divestment projects, setting up standard decommissioning methods and coaching the new offshore team to ensure consistent delivery.• Received a Vice President award for successfully taking over and turning around the failing “Role Mapping and Training database” transition project. The new application had many defects, deadlines had been missed and confidence was low. Secured stakeholder commitment to a new schedule, reduced the defects and delivered the application on time, saving ~$600k in annual support costs.• Rolled out the Project Delivery Framework (PDF) methodology to consistently manage all “Shell Downstream” IT projects globally. Led a global virtual team to provide communications, support, compliance monitoring and end-user training to IT project managers.Took on broadening roles:• Cluster Delivery Manager: Ensured successful delivery of a “cluster” of 7 unrelated, globally diverse projects through PM coaching and issue resolution/escalation.• Interim team lead: Successfully managed the wind-down of the ERP legacy architects, a sensitive role which involved global staff engagement, compliance with HR processes and assisting/coaching my team members to find new jobs in Shell or face redundancy. • Programme Delivery Manager/Management Office – Facilitated delivery of a large multi-year programme (~$140M). Excelled managing the complex cost tracker and received recognition from Finance for accurately contributing to the overall 2009 IT estimates. Show less

  • Business Analyst

    May 2015 - Sept 2016

  • IRM Project Manager

    Jan 2011 - Apr 2015

  • Downstream Project Manager

    Feb 2007 - Dec 2010

  • Developing Downstream Project Manager

    Oct 2002 - Jan 2007

  • Team Leader - Point & Vantive Application Support

    Sept 1998 - Sept 2002

  • Analyst Programmer

    Jan 1992 - Aug 1998

  • Trainee Programmer

    Jun 1990 - Dec 1991
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  Various hosts, NGOs and Tameside Greenspace (MBC)

  Oct 2016 - now

  Developmental Sabbatical gaining voluntary experience

  Volunteered for various permaculture/organic farms, ecotourism ventures and conservation projects in mainland Europe, the Scottish Highlands and with Tameside Greenspace (MBC). Improving knowledge through study and discussions with site hosts/wardens, whilst gaining practical experience/skills including:• Conservation research: Peatland monitoring with RSPB Forsinard (peat-probing, establishing "Best Practice Management" plot); GPS navigation; path-finding; bird call recording & identification; wetland bird surveying in Nigg Bay; observation and recording of sightings; nest-counting; bear-monitoring; camera-trapping; helping to implement research protocols designed to establish the presence of bird and seal species.• Practical conservation: Fence removal & blanket bog restoration with RSPB Forsinard (removing saplings, dam-building); fencing at RSPB Corrimony; croft fence replacement; dry-stone walling; maintenance of local green spaces (weeding, planting, pruning, hay-raking, tidying, litter-picking etc); fire-break maintenance; Marshland maintenance with RSPB Ribble (removing willow trees); tern nest habitat maintenance; tree-seedling pricking out; wolf-feeding & habitat maintenance at an educational sanctuary; National Park path checking, maintenance & litter picking.• Organic farming: animal care; picking/processing/planting vegetables; preparing permaculture beds; olive/vine pruning; path-clearing.• House/garden restoration: Sanding; paint-stripping; woodworm-treating and various construction/maintenance/creative activities.• Ecotourism: Helping make a promotional/educational video; preparing for the season; wood chopping/collecting; swimming pool cleaning; grounds maintenance; weeding; flower planting; path and bridge building; outside and inside cleaning/tidying; artwork; setting up social media accounts & assisting with website development & content. Show less

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  City of Trees

  Jun 2018 - Jan 2019

  Providing freelance services on an adhoc basis to City of Trees. Work included:- Tree planting and helping supervise / engage school children of various ages during tree-planting events at parks / schools in Greater Manchester.- Presenting engagement session to a class of school children and showing them how to plant a tree.- Entry of #AllOurTrees project survey data into iTree eco, quality assurance of peer data entry and data cleansing prior to report submission.- Helping prepare equipment & trees for tree-planting events and post-event maintenance / cleaning of tools.- Internet research into "Van pre-drive checklist" app options. Show less City of Trees is leading on the ‘All Our Trees’ initiative which will see a monetary value put on Greater Manchester’s trees & woodlands.As one of a team of field surveyors for this project my role included:- Visiting / assessing randomly generated plots of land across Greater Manchester to gather information on the presence (or absence) of trees, recording the tree species, height, width, diameter, condition & health of every tree found.- Liaising with home-owners, businesses & land-owners to gain access to private land.- Answering questions raised by members of the public we meet in the field.- Blogging / collecting & tweeting photos from "All Our Trees" surveyors to update "City of Trees" followers on the project fieldwork.- Recording the survey data in the i-Tree Eco database.- Assisting with project admin. in the office.- Assisting with other "City of Trees" activities, e.g.: Helping at the RHS Flower Show, Tatton Park (Boggart / Bird-feeder making with children, Heritage Tree-story collecting from adults); Being filmed surveying for a Woodland Trust / Al Jazeera news item.- Helping to interview & onboard new surveyors.The data gathered from 1800 plots across Greater Manchester will feed into the US Forestry developed i-Tree Eco database, which will calculate the economic benefit that trees & woods bring to the region, including pollution reduction, carbon storage, mitigating the effects of climate change & health / well-being improvements. The data will be used to identify more land for planting & protect existing trees & woods.‘All Our Trees’ is one of the most ambitious research projects of its kind in Europe due to the huge survey area. It will aid the government-backed Woodland Trust / Community Forests plans for a new Northern Forest by unlocking potential for large scale planting projects. The vision, launched earlier this year, is for 50 million trees to be planted across the North of England from Liverpool to Hull, within 25 years. Show less

  • Freelance Services - Project officer on tree related projects

    Nov 2018 - Jan 2019

  • Field Surveyor of Trees

    Jun 2018 - Oct 2018
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  Appen

  Jun 2018 - now

  Independent Agent - Social Media Evaluator

  Freelance project work including evaluation of Instagram advertisementsIndependent Agent opportunities in Appen can be found at the following link:

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  RSPB

  Feb 2019 - now

  In recent years corncrake numbers in Scotland have fallen to worryingly low levels. RSPB Scotland launched Corncrake Calling - Enhancing Scotland’s Crex Appeal in August 2020, a four-year, £740k project working with farmers, crofters, communities and Scottish Government to safeguard the future of these rare birds supported by a £375k National Lottery Heritage Fund grantIn this role, I led the delivery of activities in 3 project workstreams: Land Management; Public Engagement and Advocacy through a geographically diverse team. Land Management involved facilitating management agreements for corncrakes, advisory and training. Public Engagement activities included exhibitions, events, education and interpretation for local communities in corncrake areas, plus web pages, films and a touring exhibition to engage a wider national audience. Delivery of a successful advocacy workshop initiated working relationships with external stakeholders with whom RSPB Scotland hopes to develop and deliver more effective agricultural policies. This varied project role was a great experience for learning about corncrake land management and related conservation challenges. After moving into a more hands-on role, my hope is that the new PM will bring a fresh approach to successfully saving corncrakes in Scotland. Show less In recent years corncrake numbers in Scotland have fallen to worryingly low levels. Plans for a project aimed at saving the corncrake took a positive step forward in 2018 thanks to a grant award from the National Lottery. This enabled RSPB Scotland to develop the project ideas further in 2019 and apply for a full National Lottery Heritage Fund grant of £375k for a 4 year project.Having submitted the funding application in October 2019 my interim PM role has included:- Preparing a presentation to highlight and support the case for the project and co-presenting it to NLHF with 3 colleagues in November.- Preparing and submitting the final reports and grant claim for the development phase.- Final administration tasks to close the development phase.- Planning for the start of project delivery.NLHF confirmed their decision to fund the Corncrake Calling project in March 2020. Unfortunately, Covid-19 has delayed the start of project delivery with the result that I was put on furlough leave from mid-March to mid-June. After coming off furlough my interim PM role included:- Setting up the new project finance mechanisms and associated tools for tracking budget and cost.- Re-planning the project in light of Covid-19 delays and activity restrictions. Show less In recent years corncrake numbers in Scotland have fallen to worryingly low levels. Plans for a project aimed at saving the corncrake took a positive step forward in 2018 thanks to a grant award from the National Lottery. This enabled RSPB Scotland to develop the project ideas further in 2019 and apply for a full National Lottery Heritage Fund grant of £375k towards a £740k four year project.As Project Development Manager, my role included:- Working across a widely dispersed team to co-ordinate the development of the detail for the full grant application.- Coordinating planning for all elements of the project, liaising with stakeholders in dispersed locations across Scotland to develop a programme of public engagement activities to help current and new audiences learn about corncrakes.- Developing a clear plan for land management activity across the corncrake range as well as agreeing the materials required for the advocacy of appropriate land management and funding thereof, for the benefit of High Nature Value Farming that supports the corncrake population and rural communities.- Establishing methods of evaluation for all activities.- Producing documentation including the final application and a range of supporting papers such as project costs and cash flow, and briefs for work to be commissioned during delivery.- Submitting the final application pack with all supporting documentation in October 2019.The geographical scope of the project includes some of the most spectacular landscapes of Scotland; the Outer Hebrides, Inner Hebrides, Orkney and the North West coast of mainland Scotland. Show less

  • Project Manager

    Feb 2024 - now

  • Project Officer

    Feb 2023 - now

  • Project Manager

    Aug 2020 - Feb 2023

  • Interim Project Manager

    Oct 2019 - Jul 2020

  • Project Development Manager

    Feb 2019 - Oct 2019
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  Royal Mail

  Dec 2019 - Dec 2019

  Christmas Casual

  Various activities sorting letters and parcels during the high-volume Christmas delivery period.