Experience

Race Equality Network

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Sep 2020 - Present

  Overall responsibility for the strategic, operational and financial management of REN and achieving challenging targets to advance the charity’s impact. Ensuring sound corporate governance is maintained for REN through transparent reporting on our activities, maintaining and providing detailed financial and operational records to the Chair and our Board of Trustees and complying with codes of practice in line with the Charity Commission and the Fundraising Regulator. Key achievements to date: - securing funding over £600,000 for the development of new services and provisions -recruiting and developing a dedicated team of staff, volunteers and consultants - developing a strategic vision for the charity post Covid-19 - developing training programmes around Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - developing trusted relationships with REN’s 60+ ethnically diverse member organisations and key stakeholders including local authorities, health and care sector, Bradford university and Bradford college - developing partnerships and work programmes with regional and national racial justice organisations including Runnymede Trust, BAOBAB Foundation, People's Powerhouse Racial Justice Network. - Co-producing the award winning Root Out Racism Campaign - Co-ordination and management of successful social media campaigns: Covid-19 Prevention, Covid-19 Community Champions, Message in a Bottle, Unpaid Carers Show less



WomenZone Bradford

• Bradford, West Yorkshire

• Centre Manager

  • Dec 2019 - Aug 2020

  As a member of the senior management team, my role was to develop and manage a range of services to support the mental and physical health & wellbeing, employment, education and social inclusion of women of all ages and back grounds living in one of the most deprived areas of Bradford district. Reporting directly to the CEO, I was responsible for overseeing and delegating tasks to staff, volunteers and sessional staff to maximize time, resources and productivity. I conducted monthly staff supervisions and annual performance reviews to set professional goals and led the staff team to achieve outcomes required by funders, the CEO and board of trustees. Project managing multiple projects including a women’s only gym, an over 55’s wellbeing group, ESOL courses, youth projects, holiday play schemes, a befriending service for isolated women and an employability programme. I developed 3 new provisions for the organisation which included setting up a new soft play area for 0-4 year olds, a healthy café for women and a youth project working with young people at risk of being drawn in to crime and violence. I planned and co-ordinated services delivery via online platforms during the Covid-19 pandemic to reduce loneliness and isolation of service users of all ages and abilities. I also planned events, attended meetings, managed databases and filing systems, met project deadlines and wrote policies, procedures and monitoring reports for the funders, CEO and Board of Trustees. Show less



Lancashire BME Network

• United Kingdom
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Project Manager

  • May 2015 - Nov 2019

  At LBN I developed, monitored and evaluated multiple projects to meet the needs of ethnic minority communities across Lancashire. Line managing and leading a team of project officers to successfully deliver projects around mental health, employment, advice & guidance, suicide prevention, refugee resettlement, education and organ donation. I co-ordinated and managed one of the largest projects for LBN which was a three year information, advice and guidance project delivered by four member organisations, worth half a million pounds which was funded by The National Lottery. I supported the Chief Officer to write successful funding bids and monitoring reports for funders, commissioners and the Board of Trustees. Through strategic representation and partnership development, I provided support to over 90 existing member organisations to become more sustainable through developing their governance, capacity building, business skills, strategies, funding applications and impact measurement tools. As the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Lead, I developed and delivered EDI training programmes to a range of private and public sector organisations. One of my key achievements was developing and managing the Organ Donation Programme, funded by NHS Blood & Transplant (NHSBT). This highly successful community engagement and communications campaign involved me working closely with faith and community leaders, NHS senior clinicians, key donors, celebrities as well as those on the transplant waiting list. Key outcomes achieved: 65 faith leaders and Imams trained on organ donation, three Q&A events attended by 2000 people from across the region, 688 people from ethnic minority backgrounds registered on to the organ donation register, national acclaim for the social media campaign which had over 1 million views on BBC Asian Network’s online platform. Show less