Learning & Development Partner

• Mar 2022 - Present

Learning & Development Partner

• Jul 2021 - Mar 2022

Standalone role encompassing professional qualifications, apprenticeships, blended solutions for management development, behavioural and technical skills, L&D communications and curating and driving take-up of licensed learning content. Standalone role encompassing professional qualifications, apprenticeships, blended solutions for management development, behavioural and technical skills, L&D communications and curating and driving take-up of licensed learning content.

Leadership Development Specialist

• Aug 2020 - Apr 2021

Programme Lead for flagship suite of management development initiatives. Responsible for content design, materials, management of faculty, delivery, and budgets. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS: ► Inherited multiple pilot programmes in-flow but incomplete, comprising numerous workshops scheduled to happen imminently without any defined or designed content; led the scoping and design of all outstanding workshops across all programmes, successfully averting any postponements and consistently attaining high net promoter scores. ► Diagnosed and addressed learning impact barriers by proposing and implementing clear and consistent target audience selection criteria, best practice enrolment procedures, communication plans, learner accountability and line manager engagement processes.

Learning Partner

• Aug 2019 - Dec 2019

Business partner realising key initiatives to transform knowledge, capability and performance. KEY ACHIEVEMENT: ► Instructionally designed and project-managed (9 concurrent projects) a rejuvenation of Ofcom’s compliance e-learning, collaborating with policy leads, internal subject matter experts and third parties and winning the trust of all stakeholders to speedily and cost-effectively develop and implement a suite of tailored digital solutions. Business partner realising key initiatives to transform knowledge, capability and performance. KEY ACHIEVEMENT: ► Instructionally designed and project-managed (9 concurrent projects) a rejuvenation of Ofcom’s compliance e-learning, collaborating with policy leads, internal subject matter experts and third parties and winning the trust of all stakeholders to speedily and cost-effectively develop and implement a suite of tailored digital solutions.

Technical Learning Team Lead

• Jan 2019 - Jul 2019

Senior Project Manager leading global team based across 5 international regions, supporting technical skills for 15,000 professionals. Senior stakeholder engagement. Assessing business requests, assigning resource, managing project progress and budgets, coaching team member performance. KEY ACHIEVEMENT: ► Initiated a simple, clear framework providing practical direction and step-by-step milestones to the team's mission-critical but previously undefined task of building stronger relationships with key stakeholders, resulting in new learning initiatives in formerly unengaged business units.

Talent & Learning Partner

• Nov 2016 - Jan 2019

Internal consultant. Strategic advice and hands-on support to senior business leaders on talent management/succession planning, and wider initiatives to support people development including career and learning pathways. KEY ACHIEVEMENT: ► Partnered with senior leadership and internal subject matter experts to develop and implement a talent management solution. Programme made permanent following an acclaimed pilot. Internal consultant. Strategic advice and hands-on support to senior business leaders on talent management/succession planning, and wider initiatives to support people development including career and learning pathways. KEY ACHIEVEMENT: ► Partnered with senior leadership and internal subject matter experts to develop and implement a talent management solution. Programme made permanent following an acclaimed pilot.

Learning Manager - Business Development Academy

• Oct 2014 - Dec 2015

Programme Lead, responsible for helping to grow the top line by upskilling the commercial capabilities of all fee-earning partners and staff. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:► Learning needs-analysed presenting-to-clients capabilities throughout the organisation, developed a competency framework covering all team roles and seniority levels, and modernised the related curriculum to meet emerging business conditions.► Project-managed the UK-wide roll out of a commercially critical change programme. UK training strategy adopted internationally.

Learning and Development Manager - Talent, Learning & Development

• Jan 2011 - Sep 2014

Programme Lead, with full ownership of leadership and people development initiatives through all stages of the L&D cycle including delivery. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:► Designed and implemented a highly regarded new corporate induction, successfully reconciling divergent stakeholder requirements.► Produced a suite of training videos on behalf of HR leadership enabling their strategic initiative to transform performance management practices.

Learning Manager/Business Development Manager (secondment) - Sales & Marketing

• Feb 2010 - Dec 2010

Regional Lead for client skills development. Proposals Advisor. Client Account Management.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:► Designed, delivered and follow-up coached an invitation-only talent management programme for select senior managers (identified as high potentials). Post-programme evaluation measured a doubling in participants' client skills capabilities.► Project-managed the successful retention through a competitive tender process of a client with annual billings of £millions.

Learning and Development Manager - Talent, Learning & Development

• Sep 2005 - Jan 2010

Programme Lead.KEY ACHIEVEMENT:► Headed the Europe-wide talent programme for high-potential managers, collaborating closely with the sponsoring KPMG partner and chairing a European project team to implement a business needs-aligned revamp and revitalisation of the previous offering. Introduced real-life learning transfer and business results-based evaluation.