James Thompson MBA, MSc, BSc(Hons)

Experience

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  Royal Navy

  Jan 2009 - Aug 2023

  Supporting delivery of career management of a range of professions within the Royal Navy. Career Manager for Logistics specialist regular military personnel (approximately 2600). Head of Department responsible for the delivery of outputs from a team of 34 including supply chain, HR, Catering, hospitality and medical. Based on a high tempo, operational ship. Responsible for leading a team of 20 in the delivery of business support activity to a high tempo organisation. Responsible for delivery of HR related support and broader administrative activity to senior leadership. Logistics officer and second in command of a deployed team of thirty to support humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in the aftermath of an incident. This role also involved the building of resilience in local organisations to such disasters. A member of a team responsible for the coordination of the annual financial planning cycle with individual responsibility for in year resource change request management. Deputy in a team of thirty responsible for the delivery of logistics support to a deployed Royal Navy unit.

  • Career Manager

    Jan 2023 - Aug 2023

  • Career Manager

    Mar 2021 - Jan 2023

  • Chief of Staff

    Apr 2018 - Mar 2021

  • Logistics Officer

    Sept 2016 - Apr 2018

  • Support Manager

    Apr 2015 - Sept 2016

  • Executive Assistant

    Jan 2013 - Apr 2015

  • Logistics Officer

    Apr 2012 - Dec 2012

  • Planning Team Officer

    Sept 2010 - Apr 2012

  • Deputy Logistics Officer

    Jan 2009 - Sept 2010
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  Defence Academy of the United Kingdom

  Sept 2023 - now

  Advanced Command and Staff Course Member

  Student on full-time professional military education course, inclusive of MSc in Defence Innovation with King’s College London.