Cath Evans

Experience

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  Melville Craig

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2001

  Receptionist & Facilities Manager

  First point of contact for a busy, city centre recruitment company, with responsibility for looking after the facilities and day to day maintenance of the building.

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  KingstonSCL

  Apr 2000 - Feb 2002

  Bid Manager

  Co-ordinated the responses to Requests for Information (RFIs) and Requests for Quote (RFQ) from mobile telecommunications companies across the world by liaising with technical and sales experts within the company to prepare bid documentation to challenging timescales.

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  Convergys

  Feb 2002 - Apr 2003

  Personal Assistant to VP

  Confidential secretariat support to the Vice President of Sales (Europe and Middle East).

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  Lothian & Borders Police

  Apr 2003 - Apr 2013

  Supported and monitored the Force's programme of projects. This included providing consultancy advice on the use of Programme and Project management methodology throughout the Force, developing and delivering project training and preparing management reports.Maintained and reviewed the Force's formal project management procedures and promoted and facilitated their widespread use.Role involved supporting a diverse range of project types (legislative, operational, corporate/organisational, IT, partnership) and dealing with a wide range of stakeholders from operational police officers to local government and executive leads. Show less Provided executive support to the Chief Constable / Deputy Chief Constable / Assistant Chief Constables / Director of Corporate Services and Director of HR. Main duties included: discreet and confidential support to executive officers by preparing reports, organising correspondence, researching information, responding to enquiries and liaising with other police forces across Scotland and the UK, and partner organisations such as COPFS, Scottish Government and Scottish Prison Service.Carried out administrative duties and provided support in relation to Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS) Portfolios and committees held by the members of the Force Executive together with a wide range of secretarial duties. Show less

  • Senior Project Manager

    Aug 2009 - Apr 2013

  • Personal Assistant to Deputy Chief Constable

    Apr 2003 - Aug 2009
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  Police Scotland

  Apr 2013 - Sept 2015

  Providing professional guidance and support throughout Police Scotland in all aspects of organisational change across Scotland through the current Transforming the Service (TTS) Portfolio. Proactive in the promotion of recognised methods and standards to improve the successful delivery of programme and projects that contribute to the Police Scotland key principle of Keeping People Safe.Providing Programme Senior Responsible Owners with appropriate and effective Programme capability and supporting the SRO in ensuring that governance arrangements, delivery capability and performance of the programme is in line with the SRO’s expectations.Providing direction for emerging Organisational Development ideas and facilitate assessments to determine the scale of projects.Providing specialist technical support to a Programme (typical durations 2-3 years) of strategic transformational change and engaging with multi-disciplinary teams located across Scotland.Facilitating the design and development of programmes ensuring that all milestones are logged and monitored. Assisting the Organisational Development Portfolio Support Manager with programme-level activities including tracking (with projections over 3-5 years) and oversight. Show less Currently providing Project and Programme expertise as part of a small team within Police Scotland Organisational Development department, delivering business change programmes to realise significant savings.Main role is supporting the delivery of the Corporate Strategy for the next two years through a significant number of projects encompassing ICT, HR, Finance, Information Management, Communications, Training and Development, Procurement, Estates and Fleet and other key corporate functions. Show less

  • Programme Team Leader

    Oct 2014 - Sept 2015

  • Senior Project Manager

    Apr 2013 - Oct 2014
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  RBS

  Oct 2015 - Mar 2020

  Secondment focusing on Wellbeing, Diversity & Inclusion

  • Business Manager - Colleague Proposition, HR Chief Operating Office

    Jul 2019 - Mar 2020

  • Business Manager

    Apr 2018 - Jul 2019

  • Head of Resourcing - Implementation

    Jun 2017 - Apr 2018

  • PMO Manager

    Jan 2017 - Jun 2017

  • Lead PMO Analyst

    Oct 2015 - Jan 2017
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  NatWest Group

  Mar 2020 - now

  Delivered resourcing transformation and strategy support across multiple business areas, focusing on forecasting and constructive challenge.

  • Lead - Operations and Insights Team - Global Resourcing

    Oct 2022 - now

  • Performance & Business Manager - Strategy & Transformation

    Mar 2020 - Sept 2022