Experience

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  Greater Manchester Combined Authority

  • Manchester, United Kingdom

  • VCSE Accord Strategic Lead

    • Sep 2019 - Present
    • Manchester, United Kingdom

    My role includes leading implementation of the historic VCSE Accord between the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Greater Manchester Integrated Care and the GM VCSE Leaders. Products include VCSE Policy Position Paper - the future of the VCSE Sector in GM, Social Enterprise Strategy, GM Social Value Policy, supporting the GM Co-operative Commission, Mayor of Greater Manchester's Disabled People's Panel. Founder Member of the Greater Manchester Social Value Network.

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  Social Audit Network

  • Liverpool, United Kingdom

  • Director

    • Apr 2011 - Present
    • Liverpool, United Kingdom

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  Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Secondment)

  • Manchester, UK

  • VCSE Accord Lead

    • 2018 - Aug 2019
    • Manchester, UK

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  Salford City Council

  • United Kingdom
  • Government Administration
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Manager of Policy and Partnerships

    • 2016 - Aug 2019

    Team manager for policy, strategic partnerships (including Health and Wellbeing Board) and equalities across Salford City Council. Specific work includes social value policy, strategies to tackle poverty, Salford's Locality Plan under GM Devo, supporting engagement with and sustainability of the local voluntary, community and social enterprise sector....

  • Health and Wellbeing Board Strategy Manager

    • 2013 - 2016

    Governance - supporting the Health and Wellbeing Board to operate effectively, build strong and effective partnerships to commissioning and delivery of services across the Clinical Commissioning Group and the City Council. Needs assessment, strategy / policy and integration - ensure the Board is supported to meet its statutory duties. Business planning and evaluation of progress - develop and maintain performance management systems for the Health and Wellbeing Strategy and other areas of the boards work programme. Support engagement and consultation. Working with colleagues to make Salford a Social Value City.

  • Principal Auditor

    • Apr 2011 - Mar 2013

    Internal audit reviews of government grant expenditure, public sector financial systems, social care arrangements, and schools financial systems. Payment by results and energy management systems audits. Monitoring and audit assurance around corporate savings proposals. Development of social value management arrangements and social audit systems. Review of annual governance statement.

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  Charlestown and Lower Kersal NDC

  • Salford, UK

  • Finance and Evaluation Manager

    • Sep 2006 - Mar 2011
    • Salford, UK

    Responsibility for strategic financial and operational management, developing and implementing the evaluation framework for the NDC partnership; providing training and support with project and risk management, appraisal and evaluation for staff, Board, agency partners and local residents; overseeing the finance and administration functions of the New Deal partnership. Succession strategy development, options appraisal and asset management.

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  Community Technical Aid Centre

  • Manchester, United Kingdom

  • Operations Manager

    • Sep 1998 - Aug 2006
    • Manchester, United Kingdom

    Business management, overseeing financial, administration and evaluation functions, including preparation of social accounts for CTAC. Other work included national research work into the impact of community regeneration schemes for government and consultancy in social audit and project management.