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Tabitha Falcus

Tabitha Falcus

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Operational Contract Manager at HMPPS

  • Education

    • University of the West of England

      2000 - 2001
      Certificate of Project Appraisal Project Management Distinction

      Government accredited programme for project appraisal and decision-making for allocating public expenditure.

    • Northumbria University

      1995 - 1997
      Public Administration Political Science and Government

  • Experience

    • Government Office for the North East

      Sept 1992 - Mar 1999
      Executive Officer

      Undertook various roles across the organisation including Project Management, Policy Officer, Project Appraisal, Performance Management and Monitoring and Secretariat duties for various Boards and Strategic Forums

    • One NorthEast

      Apr 1999 - Mar 2000
      Regeneration Programme Manager

      Managed several government-funded regeneration schemes across the North East with a value of approximately £10m.

    • South Tyneside Council

      Apr 2000 - Oct 2001
      Regeneration Project Manager

      Managed several grant-funded economic regeneration schemes with a combined value of approximately £7m. Performance monitoring, financial management and progress-reporting to central government.

    • North Tyneside Council

      Oct 2001 - Nov 2012
      External Funding Manager

      Managing a team of Funding Officers, co-ordinating project teams, developing new project proposals, writing bids to a range of funding organisations, project management, performance monitoring and reporting.

    • Association of North East Councils

      Aug 2013 - Aug 2014
      Regional Reducing Reoffending Project Manager

      Stakeholder engagement, partnership working, strategic planning, policy analysis, project development, implementation and management, strategy development and communications.

    • Changing Lives

      Aug 2014 - Apr 2015
      Business Development Manager

      Project Management and co-ordinating project teams to develop new bids, proposals and tenders, performance management and monitoring, stakeholder engagement, strategic planning, policy analysis and partnership working.

    • Ministry of Justice UK

      Apr 2015 - now
      Operational Contract Manager

      Contract management of criminal justice/rehabilitation services in the North East, including performance management, compliance, data assurance, stakeholder engagement, strategic planning and risk analysis/management.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • LEAP - Leadership Skills

      Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS)
      Jan 2019

    • Prince2 - Practitioner

      APMG-International

    • North East Excellent Managers (NEEM) Programme Graduate

      University of Leeds
      Jan 2008

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Tabitha Falcus
      HMPPS Contract Management Awards - DG Special Recognition Award HMPPS Nov 2023 NE Probation Contract Management Team were a finalist in the Excellence in Contract Management Award category but went on to win the overall DG Special Recognition Award by fulfilling the following criteria:* Clearly striving towards best practice and contract maturity.* Demonstrates ways of workingthat champion open communication, problem solving and collaboration.* Helps other contract management teams develop.* Pulls together to deliver the best outcomes for the business.
    • Awarded to Tabitha Falcus
      Good Practice Award NEPACS Jun 2014 Awarded a Highly Commended certificate in the 2014 awards in recognition of the project's innovative approach to improving partnership working to tackle reoffending
    • Awarded to Tabitha Falcus
      Local Government Chronicle Awards - Finalist Local Government Chronicle 2011 Community Engagement and Consultation
    • Awarded to Tabitha Falcus
      STAR Award - Community Engagement North Tyneside Council 2009