Stephen Blunston

Experience

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  UK Ministry of Defence

  Aug 2007 - Oct 2015

  A member of several specialist departments consulting on various projects in an operational rotation ranging from short-term UK based counter terrorism response, to long-term global deployments.

  • UK Special Forces - Special Forces Communicator

    Jan 2010 - Oct 2015

  • Special Forces Support Group - 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment

    Aug 2007 - Dec 2009
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  Rescue Global

  Mar 2015 - Feb 2018

  Pathfinder & Communicator

  • Project Management - of multiple cross-sector initiatives, including academic, government, private sector and NGO partners. Managing the operational planning and budget, coordinating delivery teams, facilitating the involvement of grassroots partners and volunteers, and ultimately ensured successful delivery of international projects. I am a qualified ISO auditor using internal governance systems along with monitoring and evaluation to ensure all our deliverables are effectively and efficiently reached• Service delivery - Authored and maintained the annual training plan for all deployable staff at Rescue Global. This is the program that ensures the organisation can safely send skilled teams into high-risk post-disaster areas and enables remote teams to responsibly, professionally and economically carry out disaster risk reduction and response projects with the greatest effect. • Compliance - Authored and maintained the organisation’s Standard Operating Procedures, in line with best practice and international governing bodies. Led post service delivery reports where service or products delivered are audited, including the processes and systems used to deliver them. • Stakeholder Management – a core part of my role requires sophisticated interagency communication skills, both during complex disaster response, as well as on long-term multi-partner projects.• Risk management - Managing the risk register, tracking progress and managing mitigation and capitalisation actions throughout the programs I run or am involved in. Show less

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  Alpha 1 Group

  Mar 2018 - now

  Director

  We are a midlands based property investment, development and services company, experienced in maximising the value of existing buildings through planning uplift and conversion. We are renowned locally within the development industry for being able to maximise values by means of our substantial in-house expertise.