Emma Guerriero BSc, MInstF (cert)

Experience

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  BBC

  Jan 1993 - Dec 1996

  Human Resources Positions

  General HR duties including training and recruitment. Managing casual employees and placements. Managing work experience placements.

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  The Oldham College

  Jan 1997 - Dec 1997

  Work Experience Co-ordinator

  Organising work experience placements for students. Building relationships with organisations to promote work experience placements.

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  Oldham College

  Jan 1998 - Jul 2000

  FUNDING MANAGER

  Managing ERDF, ESF and SRB funding. Managing Funding Department. Submitting funding applications. Managing and monitoring the funding database. Ensuring projects were supported by a full audit trail.Successfully writing and managing funding applications in the region of £1million. Producing Community Liaison Strategy and Funding strategy.

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  Chamber Business Connections

  Sept 2000 - Jun 2005

  EUROPEAN PROGRAMME MANAGER

  Managing ERDF Action Plan, contract managing 26 project partners. Managed and monitored the strategic development and delivery of quality Priority 1 support. Appraisal of expressions of interest. Carrying out an effective qualitative project evaluation. Responsible for financial claims. Evaluation and risk reporting.Managing European funding programme and creating and managing the monitoring claims database. Establishing scoring panels and audit trails. Internal quality auditor.

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  People, Communities & Society, Oldham Council

  Jun 2005 - Apr 2011

  CAPACITY BUILDING OFFICER – SPECIALIST PROJECTS

  Developed social care prevention services and strategies. Designed and implemented a funding framework for a Communities for Health programme. Carrying out audit visits. Commissioned services and developed SLA contracts. Budgetary management and approving grant claims. Facilitating consultations and focus groups. Advising on and developing a number of social enterprises. Funding and commissioning workshop facilitation. Established and managed a grants programme for Oldham’s Communities for Health programme cited as National Best Practice by the Department of Health. Prevention services developed including Chadderton Court Social Inclusion Resource Centre (mental health social enterprise), Failsworth Horticultural Facility - Grassroots-social enterprise) and Prevention Officer Service. Show less

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  Oldham Education Authority

  Jul 2011 - Jun 2012

  COLLABORATIVE BUSINESS MANAGER - FUNDING

  Funding and development for 13 primary schools. Acting as an ambassador for the schools. Carrying out needs assessments and consultation events with pupils and school staff. Secured new funding streams and facilitating partnership working, in particular, developing an enterprise partnership, Olympic inter-school partnership and outside learning partnership.

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  Self-employed

  Jun 2012 - May 2014

  Freelance Fundraising Consultant

  Developing funding applications, research, business development, funding portfolios, Corporate Social Responsibility fundraising toolkits, developing structures. Work included: interim Charity Manager, Funding applications for MIND, Werneth and Freehold Community Project, MIND, Age UK Oldham, Moston Junior Football Club, , Woodhouses Afterschool, Chadderton Together. Developing a client and monitoring database on behalf of Age UK Oldham.

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  Novus - The Manchester College

  May 2014 - Nov 2020

  Innovation Project Manager

  Securing grants and tenders for regional and national services value in excess of £700k +. Working in partnership with HMPPS and regional prisons, working with charities to secure funding to support ex offenders gain skills and employment, work experience (ROTL), social enterprise. Working with TATE Liverpool and hosting art projects

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  Tomorrow's Women Wirral

  Mar 2021 - May 2023

  Business Development Manager/Deputy CEO

  Trauma informed, women’s charity. Working with women and young girls. Prevention service supporting women in the CJS, domestic abuse, mental health, substance misuse. Providing an holistic wrap around service to support women and turn their lives around. Successfully secured premises for a Chester Women’s Centre and all funding for five years including Lottery funding, Lloyds Foundation, PCC and NHS.

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  Tameside, Oldham and Glossop Mind (TOG Mind)

  May 2023 - Nov 2024

  Development Director

  Development Director - was responsible for business development and income generation, fundraising and marketing, training and community development. Strategic planning. Reason for leaving: Redundancy 26/11/24

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  POPS - providing quality services for families who engage with the Justice system

  Jan 2025 - now

  Assistant Director -Services and Business Development

  Driving forward POPS strategic and development plans to ensure the organisations’ future growth both locally and nationally. To ensure successful operational delivery of all POPS’ Services and commissioned projects and supporting the development of new business and engaging in newly identified commissioning opportunities.Our Mission is to provide the support families identify they need and promote the changes required to enable children and families of those in the justice system to cope better and to thrive Show less