Dr Temidayo (Dayo) Eseonu (PhD, FHEA)

Experience

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  Christians Against Poverty

  Jan 2008 - Aug 2008

  CAP Central Caseworker

  Successfully managed my clients' financial situations by creating budgets and repayment plans to enable them to get debt free within reasonable time periods.

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  Nottingham Trent University

  Jan 2010 - Dec 2010

  Equality and Diversity Administrator

  Effectively supported the delivery of diversity and equal opportunities training events, providing management information on equal opportunity issues, supported the disciplinary and grievance processes.Key Achievement: Project managed the evaluation of the team's core training programmes.

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  Royal Bank of Scotland

  Nov 2011 - Nov 2012

  Learning Consultant

  Supported and designed fit-for-purpose learning interventions that met business and training needs in the Retail division.Managed legacy projectsOther roles included HR Specialist and HR Customer Service Officer

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  Together Trust

  Nov 2012 - Oct 2015

  Organisational Development Business Partner

  Key Achievements;Amongst other things, I led on the delivery of- a staff engagement plan following staff survey and extensive focus groups to increase engagement levels and consequently organisational performance- a new corporate induction for new starters that was fit for purpose and reducing time to become 'fit to practice'- the first phase of an eLearning platform to support colleagues' personal development and ultimately improve performance at work- groundwork for the development of Together Trust's values- framework for management development across the Trust- successful re-accreditation of the Investors in People standard- led the re-accreditation process for Investors in PeoplePrevious role as HR Business Partner for Education and Central Services Show less

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  The Growth Company

  Oct 2015 - Aug 2017

  Organisational Development Specialist

  - Contributed to and implemented the People and Organisational Development strategy- Responsible for the development of the Learning and Development strategy, approach to talent management and succession planning- Designed and delivered OD and culture Change management strategies, processes and interventions- Identified opportunities for organisational performance and employee engagement improvement- Project managed and led organisational development initiatives such as Mentoring and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion initiatives Show less

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  CDL

  Sept 2017 - Sept 2018

  L&OD Manager (FTC)

  Lead a small team to ensure completion of high quality L&OD initiatives such as values, L&D, employee engagement and well, on time and within budgets to support the delivery of the People strategy and plans

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  The University of Manchester

  Sept 2018 - Jan 2020

  Teaching Assistant

  Providing tutorial support on Politics related courses in undergraduate and master’s degrees within the Faculty of Humanities

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  GMCVO

  Jan 2020 - Jan 2021

  Connect BAME communications officer

  Connecting Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic social entrepreneurs to social investment and support infrastructure in Greater Manchester

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  The University of Manchester

  Feb 2021 - Sept 2021

  Teaching Associate

  Teaching on postgraduate taught courses and supervising dissertations in the Politics department

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  Involve

  May 2021 - now

  Member Board Of Trustees
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  The Young Foundation

  Sept 2021 - May 2022

  Principal Researcher

  Led the delivery of multiple research and evaluation projects at any one time, managing junior researchers, associates and collaborating with other colleagues as appropriateEnsured that projects are delivered on time, to budget and to the highest standardsProvided methodological expertise to ensure that research is robust and high quality, whilst remaining at the cutting edge of new techniques and approachesProduced high quality, creative and engaging research outputs including written blogs, articles, and other content Show less

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  The University of Manchester

  Jun 2022 - Jan 2023

  Research Fellow

  Working with the cutting edge of social science methodology, I focus on engagement and impact for UK Higher Education particularly on socially responsible social science research commercialisation and entrepreneurship across multiple sectors. I engage, develop and manage effective relationships with stakeholders (e.g. policy-makers, industry, public funders, partner organisations) and relationships with diverse academic colleagues.

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  Lancaster University

  Jan 2023 - now

  Lecturer in Politics and Policy
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  Racial Equity in Policy Network

  Jul 2023 - now

  Founder
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  Ethics, Values and Policy Initiative

  Oct 2023 - now

  Co Director