Tim Pottle

Experience

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  Rosebery Housing Association

  Jun 1996 - Oct 2000

  Facilities and Projects Co-ordinator

  Member of the Customer Services Management Team. Responsible for the department’s budgets, the Group’s office facilities and all front line customer services. Leader and member of organisation-wide project groups.

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  Royal Voluntary Service

  Oct 2000 - Jun 2002

  National Administration Mananger

  Overall responsibility for WRVS’ National Administration Service. Managed 6 regional administration centres with 40 staff delivering high quality proactive administration throughout the organisation. Responsible for setting and monitoring £2.2m budget.

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  Viva - Together for Children

  Jun 2002 - May 2006

  Head of Development

  Responsible for fundraising team mainly based in the UK but with one part-time fundraiser in the USA. Increased fundraised income from £600k to £1m in four years. I was responsible for all internal and external marketing and communications and was a member of the senior management team providing leadership and direction for the organisation during a period of significant and exciting change.

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  National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit

  Jun 2006 - Nov 2006

  Interim Unit Administrator

  Responsible for all aspects of the Unit’s finance, personnel and facilities. Acted as Unit Health and Safety / Security Officer.

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  Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford

  Nov 2006 - Jul 2007

  Interim Deputy Administrator and Operations Manager

  Project work for the Department for Continuing Education including a full departmental Health and Safety review.

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  Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford

  Jul 2007 - Sept 2008

  Assistant Director

  Responsible for all aspects of the Institute’s finance, personnel, facilities and academic programme.

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  Regent's Park College, University of Oxford.

  Sept 2008 - Dec 2013

  Development Manager

  Fundraising from individuals, foundations, grant making trusts and statutory bodies.Alumni Relations including marketing, communications and event management. Maintenance and development of the organisation's website. IT management and development

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  Oriel College, Oxford

  Jan 2014 - Apr 2016

  Deputy Director of Development (2 year fixed term)

  At Oriel I was responsible for: the Regular Giving Programme; planned giving; gift administration; alumni relations and communications; events, and oversight of the alumni society committee.With the support of, and input from, a brilliant team I researched, prepared and implemented a new alumni relations strategy which aimed to diversify the College's events to attract a wider alumni demographic. I also instigated a review of the College's regular giving programme with the aim of increasing the number of alumni making a gift to the College. Both aims were achieved. Show less

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  Lady Margaret Hall

  Apr 2016 - Mar 2020

  Director of Development
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  TPot Coaching - life, leadership and positive mental fitness coaching

  Jan 2017 - now

  Coach (life, leadership and positive mental fitness)
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  Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

  Mar 2020 - Feb 2023

  Associate Director - Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship
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  St Peter's College, University of Oxford

  Feb 2023 - Nov 2023

  Development Director (interim)

  Job Share (with https://www.linkedin.com/in/salima-virji-coach) / Maternity Cover

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  Regent's Park College, University of Oxford

  Nov 2023 - now

  Director of Development