Business & Enterprise Manager

• Jul 2022 - Present

Development Manager (Employability, Local SENs)

• Nov 2020 - Jun 2022

Development Coordinator (WISE)

• Jul 2020 - Nov 2020

Business Development Coordinator/Business Advisor

• Aug 2005 - Jul 2020

Senior role in an organisation that provides a range of support services to people who wish to set up a Social Firm; a business model that operates in the competitive market but where profits are used to support a social purpose i.e. creating employment/training opportunities for people furthest from the labour market.Responsible for providing a high-quality tailored range of business development support to organisations and individuals.Extensive experience of working in partnership, project management, funding and delivery of projects across public, private and social enterprise sectors. Lead role in ‘Team Scotland’ – working partnership to develop new initiative with Scottish government, Third Sector organisations and Local Authorities; specifically tasked with project management and scoping of new training and employment/employability programme to support business case – 2013 ongoingProject Management; Feasibility Report - strategic role working with Jersey Employment Trust – scoping study and workshops delivery, JET and States of Jersey, 2010.Strategic role in supporting the delivery of pilot Business Acquisition Programme, working across sectors, developing systems and tools, organisational capacity, project management; funding and investment and business development support.Strategic role in supporting new initiatives, i.e. Ready for Business LLP, supporting programme delivery including, procurement information and training for local authority commissioners and procurement officers, provision of tender writing support/training and facilitation of brokering role.Strategic role and partnership working; i.e. with local authority commissioning team.Project managing including sourcing and securing funding to undertake a feasibility scoping study on behalf of local authority partnership proposal, fund management, facilitation of working group meetings, evaluation and reporting.

Development Officer

• Jul 2003 - Aug 2005

Successfully set up and established/developed a furniture recycling project working in partnership with a range of organisations and agencies. Leading and managing a team of staff and volunteers.Devising and developing an intensive training and employability programme.Project management, including fund raising to develop new projects including setting up and establish commercial element to sustain operations.Financial management.Evaluation and reporting to a range of key stakeholders.Devising and negotiating partnerships, including continuation of service level agreements with local authority department(s).Recruiting and staff support & supervision.Excellent communication skills at all levels while remaining dedicated to ensuring understanding of company requirements and procedures. Dealing efficiently and on own initiative with a high-volume workload. Complying with all relevant procedures and deliver high standards of safety performance during all operations.Responding promptly and effectively to changing circumstances, planning for contingencies and managing conflicting priorities.