Experience

ClearCourse

• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Project Management Office Analyst

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  London, England, United Kingdom Delivering process improvement across a number of brands in the areas of project governance, resourcing, planning and budgets. Key tasks include: - Planning and allocating project resources while tracking utilisation across projects, support and sales - Supporting process owners in embedding agile and waterfall methodologies - Defining and identify process improvements in current ways of working to embed across functional delivery teams - Foster a gross margin culture and… Show more Delivering process improvement across a number of brands in the areas of project governance, resourcing, planning and budgets. Key tasks include: - Planning and allocating project resources while tracking utilisation across projects, support and sales - Supporting process owners in embedding agile and waterfall methodologies - Defining and identify process improvements in current ways of working to embed across functional delivery teams - Foster a gross margin culture and tracking within teams in ClearCourse Membership Services Delivery (Project Delivery) - Monitoring and reporting on compliance to new ways of working and delivery - Tracking, supporting, monitoring and managing resource utilisation - Liaising with commercial and client services teams to ensure opportunities are understood and captured from the perspective of the resource management capability - Supporting project tracking and governance across phases of pre-sales, sales and delivery - Subject expert for company wide project management system (Mavenlink / Kantata) - Champion for initiatives driven by the Project Operations team across the division and within specific brands. Show less



Scottish Hockey

• United Kingdom
• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Domestic Game

  • May 2016 - Apr 2022

  Glasgow, United Kingdom A senior leadership position with accountability for development and growth targets within the strategic Plan. Drive, monitor and report on domestic game programmes incorporating the development, competition and coaching teams. An essential element of this role was to lead, motivate and inspire the wider community through embedding world class structures, support networks, events and competitions to grow the sport while creating a competitive performance pathway which inspires the next… Show more A senior leadership position with accountability for development and growth targets within the strategic Plan. Drive, monitor and report on domestic game programmes incorporating the development, competition and coaching teams. An essential element of this role was to lead, motivate and inspire the wider community through embedding world class structures, support networks, events and competitions to grow the sport while creating a competitive performance pathway which inspires the next generation of athletes, coaches, officials and volunteers. Establishing and delivering great opportunities for new participants to the sport through ongoing enthusiasm, commitment and partnership working which deliver clear plans with benchmarking to identify success. An essential element of the role was communication, with the ability to sell the organisations vision to a diverse range of stakeholders, in turn building great relationships. The Head of Domestic Game position enabled organisation wide integration of teams to ensure, and benefit from, shared projects as standard practice.

• National Development Manager

  • Jul 2014 - May 2016

  Lead the development team to achieving 40% membership growth in two years. Major projects included: • National participation initiatives -----o 2014 Legacy and activation programmes -----o Games accreditation -----o Community focussed resources - inflatable pitchs and MUGA activity -----o Stronger club support documents -----o Joint planning and delivery of GB initiatives • Creation of a nation wide Facilities strategy • Child protection -----o Lead Child Wellbeing… Show more Lead the development team to achieving 40% membership growth in two years. Major projects included: • National participation initiatives -----o 2014 Legacy and activation programmes -----o Games accreditation -----o Community focussed resources - inflatable pitchs and MUGA activity -----o Stronger club support documents -----o Joint planning and delivery of GB initiatives • Creation of a nation wide Facilities strategy • Child protection -----o Lead Child Wellbeing and Protection Officer -----o Overhaul of all CWPO support and guidance for all Scottish clubs -----o Delivered change in status to "Secondary Organisation" for over 100 clubs. • Created, imbedded and Volunteer strategy • Design and deliver a suite of tools to support membership growth • Establish Service Level agreements with Local Authorities and external agencies to enhance local offer • Successful applications to grant funders and sponsors - £240k additional resourcing in two years

• Regional Development Manager

  • Jul 2013 - Jul 2014

  West of Scotland Work with designated focus clubs within Scotland to establish best practice and membership growth. As a new programme I lead on creating selection criteria and support documents for this role. A "Toolkit" for development was formed and linked to the existing "help for Clubs" section on sportscotland's website (of which I was part of the steering group). The aspirational targets set for this role were then adopted as national targets for all regions. Part of this role was to… Show more Work with designated focus clubs within Scotland to establish best practice and membership growth. As a new programme I lead on creating selection criteria and support documents for this role. A "Toolkit" for development was formed and linked to the existing "help for Clubs" section on sportscotland's website (of which I was part of the steering group). The aspirational targets set for this role were then adopted as national targets for all regions. Part of this role was to lead in the design and delivery of a Legacy programme after the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

• Glasgow & West Hockey Development Officer

  • Dec 2011 - Jul 2013

  Glasgow, United Kingdom Lead on Cashback initiative for the 13 Local Authorities in the West of Scotland: Establish location, deliverer, groups through liaising with local partners. Monitoring, collating statistics and reporting to Scottish Government. Lead and support West districts and hockey development groups to implement a regional development plan. Align the sport in Scotland's largest city to Glasgow Sport's programme of activities.



North Ayrshire Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Active Schools Coordinator

  • Mar 2009 - Dec 2011