Andrew Willett

Experience

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  Ladbrokes Coral

  Mar 2009 - Oct 2013

  Marketplace Manager

  Responsible for three retail locations, with twenty+ staff and turnover of approx. £700,000 per week. Undertook staff management, recruitment, Health and Safety and financial monitoring. Regular communications with Area & Regional Supervisor/Managers providing reports on KPIs and setting business improvement targets Achievements:• Receiving several customer services awards

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  Self-employed @ Willetts Self Catering Services (Property Management)

  Jun 2014 - Jul 2018

  Company Owner

  Following a relocation, undertook market research to launch a property management and maintenance business—full P&L responsibility of staff, client, supply chain, materials and consumables. Coordinated finances, managed cash flow, bookkeeping, cost/benefit analysis, website, Facebook advertising and brand identity development.Achievements:• 100% face-2-face client sign-up success rate• High level of staff retention

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  Keep Britain Tidy

  Nov 2018 - Jul 2019

  LEQ Surveyor / Project Manager

  Planned the logistics and delivery of local environment quality surveys that included. litter, graffiti, fly posting, fly-tipping and blocked gullies and drains. Built and maintained relationships with stakeholders, creating reports and underrating presentations.Achievements:• Instigated and developed (with subject matter experts) GIS mapping and reporting• Instigated and created app-based survey forms (with subject matter experts) for Surveyors in the field

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  Southend-on-Sea City Council

  Jul 2019 - Apr 2024

  Project Manager (SECTA Construction Academies) Delivering the SECTA programme with focus on closing the skills gaps in the construction industry across Essex by providing essential skills for 16 – 24-year-olds who are out of work and education. Corporate line manager responsible for a project team of client managers, monitoring & compliance and administration. Navigating the market to stay a step ahead of competitors and ensure that SECTA is the construction training programme of choice for participants and referral partners using quarterly monitoring returns and financial claims to ESF standards.Achievements:• Sourced new stakeholders and referral routes while maintaining and strengthening existing relationships.• Improved risk and issue management reports.• Obtained new funding streams to secure the longevity of the programme.• Recognised as ‘Highly Commendable’ by the Essex Housing Awards Show less Lead programme management office (PMO) functions for bidding funding opportunities, subsequent delivery management and a “Project Management Centre of Excellence.” Taking schemes from inception, organising project applications, undertaking application assessments, developing panels, and monitoring requirements, risks, output and outcomes against milestones. Collate and present monthly programme updates to the Capital Programme Delivery Board, using information gathered and analysed from financial data and project narratives.Achievements:• Won and distributed UK Community Renewal Fund allocation of £1.1• Project Management Centre of Excellence• Award of Department of Levelling Up (Round 1) Housing and Communities• Reporting of 200-250 Capital projects, including:o £15m Homes England Infrastructure Fund grant for Southend’s Flagship ‘The Better Queensway.’o 25% programme reduction by applying MoSCoW Show less

  • Capital Programme and Regeneration

    Oct 2023 - Apr 2024

  • Project Manager

    Jul 2022 - Oct 2023

  • Capital Work Programme & Project Manager

    Jul 2019 - Jul 2022
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  Braintree District Council

  Apr 2024 - now

  PMO manager