Jack Collier

Experience

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  Create Collaborate

  Sept 2013 - Jun 2015

  Co-Founder and Managing Director

  The Managing Director of a new digital platform for creative students at UK Universities. Use the site to share your work, find and connect with others and collaborate on projects. Now in Cambridge and Oxford (Cambridge Creatives and Oxford Creatives).

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  Department of Energy and Climate Change

  Sept 2013 - Mar 2014

  Policy Advisor

  Key responsibilities:- Identifying the opportunity to develop a policy initiative designed to maintain market confidence, influence and convince senior officials and lead the implementation of the initiative- Representing DECC and present the Green Deal policy to high-profile clients – the Development Bank of Brazil, Washington State Legislators, and Bank of America Meryl Lynch, among others- Leading and facilitate workshops with industry groups to help improve the Green Deal policy- Analysing, collating and presenting complex financial policy to senior officials and ministers, both in writing and verbally, often within very short timescales- Producing key analytical financial advice as part of policy negotiations with HMT, Cabinet Office and Number 10, often within very short timescales- Supporting the development of a financial support package worth £500m for the Green Deal which successful hit a number of complex objectives with other teams. Support the success of this through challenging colleagues in a constructive manner- Supporting key commercial negotiations between the Green Deal Finance Company and key stakeholders in order to achieve value for money, commercial outcomes for HMG- Working closely with senior officials within the Green Deal Finance Company, DECC customer insight, and senior stakeholders including Hitachi and Barclays to ensure DECC’s investment in GDFC led to advantageous outcomes Show less

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  UK Ministry of Justice

  Mar 2014 - Sept 2014

  Agile delivery Manager

  Key Responsibilities:- Responsible for the successful and consistent delivery of two cross-disciplinary developer teams and ensuring the delivery of two browser-based service products within 20 week timebox- Responsible for managing risk to delivery of two digital service products- Moved a team from being demotivated with poor delivery performance, focusing on two products, into two, highly-motivated teams with separate product focuses, resource requirements, and risk management. Convinced senior management of the need for this change- Key stakeholder engagement and change management role with colleagues within government to ensure successful delivery of products- Brief period managing both products as an interim product owner- Responsible for developing SLA, and managing support for both products- Responsible for managing MOJ DS blog and social media, and setting up a process to ensure a consistent presence on social media without dedicated resource- Responsible for innovating the way delivery manager’s shared knowledge and facilitated a bi-weekly DM retrospective- Set up content transition of a number of MOJ’s Arm’s Length Bodies’ sites to GOV.UK as an Agile Project- Advised senior project manager within the Legal Aid Agency on setting up Agile projects Show less

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  Ofsted

  Sept 2014 - Nov 2014

  Policy and Communications Officer, Private Office

  Key responsibilities: - Support South East Regional Director in delivery of high-profile investigation and report into Ofsted to demanding timescales. - Lead investigation and recommendation for the re-organisation of Ofsted capabilities to deliver exceptional high-quality outputs for Ofsted- Support Sir Michael Wilshaw at public events and internal government meetings - Co-ordinate internal professional communications

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  Ministry of Justice UK

  Nov 2014 - Mar 2019

  - Delivered internal facing tools from alpha to live in very short time scales - Community manager for cross-gov agile community, building and fostering a community based on learning and networking - Responsible for improving culture and values of MOJ Digital- Responsible for growing MOJ Digital's portfolio in 'up-stream, high-value projects' - Responsible for developing a 'Policy + Service Design' practice in the MOJ - Service Delivery Manager for Family Justice Services

  • Head of user centred policy design

    Apr 2017 - Mar 2019

  • Head of Digital Delivery: Family Justice

    Sept 2016 - Apr 2017

  • Agile Delivery Manager (CSM, CSPO, Design Thinker Lean Kanban practitioner)

    Nov 2014 - Aug 2016
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  Department for Education

  Mar 2019 - Oct 2022

  Deputy Director for Digital

  Built the DfE’s Digital team in Manchester and Sheffield. Introduced profession management to the DfE, centred on heads of practice and communities. Led the digital response to the COVID pandemic, helping to take a user-centred approach. Included enabling remote learning, providing 2million laptops to vulnerable children and making COVID testing in schools and at home a reality. Transitioned the department to a service line approach focused on key services and user groups. Led the Schools Portfolio - bringing together delivery, products and services tor school users. Worked across DfE to delivery services and products such as social care, policy design, early years, teachers and schools. Show less

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  Transform

  Oct 2022 - now

  Associate Director, Product & Delivery
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  Groundwork Greater Manchester

  Dec 2023 - now

  Trustee