Experience

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  Lancashire county council (sure start, early years & childcare service)

  Jan 2004 - Feb 2008

  Recruitment, training, quality assurance & marketing co-ordinator

  • Overall management of the Training, Recruitment, Quality Assurance and Marketing Team.• Development, delivery and sales of a substantial training programme from entry to degree level for a workforce of 11,000 across Lancashire.• Annual auditing of the skills of the childcare workforce and undertaking gap analysis.• Recruitment and training and of new childcare workers across Lancashire. • Development and promotion of routes into training and work. • Budget management c£2.5m.• Quality Assurance. • Business Planning, including meeting KPIs.• Project Management and Change Management. • Partnership development and management (including local employers, Further and Higher Education providers and the LSC, DCSF, GONW, CWDC). • Staff development including annual appraisals.• Overall responsibility for marketing the service using the full marketing mix. Show less

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  Consultant and general manager

  Feb 2008 - Nov 2008

  Consultant
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  University of central lancashire

  Nov 2008 - now

  Course Leader for the Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship (CMDA), which is a new course running from September 2017.The CMDA is new for the University and new in the sector. Developing new systems, processes and procedures within a complex environment and working with a wide range of businesses and students is highly rewarding.The course takes the student from a grounding in business and self management through to the volatile project environment, developing and enhancing the skills required of a manager through to Chartered Status.As Course Leader I teach on a number of modules, manage the programme as a whole, provide a key point of liaison across businesses and the university to ensure a quality experience. Show less My role was to contribute to and lead in the areas of employability and enterprise development for students within the Lancashire School of Business and Enterprise (formerly Lancashire Business School).I held specific responsibilities for:• Strategic planning - including horizon scanning;• Working with local employers on a range of projects, specifically supporting local SMEs with student projects to assist in business development;• Research;• Continually review UG provision to support students with the opportunity to benefit from a range of structured and supported opportunities including placements, internships, live projects, etc.;• Development and delivery of LaunchPad - an extracurricular leadership development programme for undergraduate students.My role included Course Leadership for the MSc Project Management for Business and Module Leadership for BC2000 - Transition to Work, BC3000 - Work Placement, BC3005 - Live Project, BC2005 - Live Project, and BT4300 - Organisations Aspects of Project Management. Show less

  • Reader in Work Based Learning, Degree Apprenticeship Lead and CMI Approved Centre Director

    Sept 2019 - now

  • Senior Lecturer - CMDA Course Leader & CMI Approved Centre Director

    Aug 2017 - now

  • Senior Lecturer (Employability Lead) and LaunchPad Lead & CMI Approved Centre Director

    Nov 2008 - Jul 2017