Experience

Eastside Primetimers

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Development Manager

  • Mar 2019 - Present

  Responsible for growing and developing Eastside's consultancy opportunities with a particular focus on social investment and income generation. Currently responsible for developing relationships with funders and social investors that we can leverage for our clients to secure the funding that they need to grow and build resilient organisations. Mobilise talented teams and deploy to support organisations with needs such as business planning, financial modelling, measuring impact, governance, market analysis, income diversification, mergers and partnerships. Secured delivery partner roles with Power to Change, Reach Fund, Enterprise Development Fund, Clinks, Growth Impact Fund etc.



Jo Simpson

• United States
• Medical Practices

• Business Consultant

  • Jun 2013 - Mar 2019

  19 years of experience in the not for profit sector. Consultant for Eastside Primetimers on business development, M&A and trustee recruitment projects. Work included programme management of a financial inclusion project funded by City Bridge Trust, merger search for a housing association and a £20m disability charity, organisational diagnostics for small health sector charities, funding bids for women's refuges. Programme lead for Eastside Primetimers for programmes funded by the Big Lottery: Power to Change, Reaching Communities and Big Potential. For 4 years as company secretary for a cooperative bookshop. Combined with part time work in a local florist for over 2 years.

• Project and Resourcing Manager

  • Mar 2009 - Jun 2013

  Eastside Primetimers- social enterprise formed through the merger of the Primetimers and Eastside Consulting - provides a full range of consulting and recruitment services delivered through a large, diverse and quality assured network of selected consultants. Acted as project manager responsible for delivery of a national contract for the Department of Health providing targeted consultancy support to 150 volunteering organisations operating in the health and social care sector worth £38 million, managing the delivery of a range of consultancy services across the UK. Managed multiple relationships with DH, our partners in the programme, our consultants and CEOs at the voluntary organisations. Resourcing and development of EP's pool of talented, high calibre consultants. Included executive, interim and trustee recruitment for charities, social enterprises and other not for profits. Organisation lead on mentoring and measurement of value and impact.Particular expertise in sectors such as health, social care, education, young people and social housing.



Shelter UK

• United Kingdom
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Service Manager and Area Lead

  • Aug 2005 - Jul 2007

  Set up and managed a new service for Shelter in East London which was focused on the provision of legal housing advice to those who are homeless or in poor housing. This project was a pilot for Shelter with a focus on developing new methods of delivery to reach a more diverse audience with a particular focus on black and minority ethnic communities, whose take up of housing advice was much lower than other groups but were disproportionately more likely to end up in housing need. Role involved coordinated working with directors and department heads nationwide. The project was funded externally and extended. The project piloted new ways of delivering advice to those who needed it, created opportunities for a more diverse workforce and was then adopted as the delivery model for the rest of London.



Notting Hill Housing Trust

• United Kingdom
• Retail

• Volunteer Programme Manager

  • Jul 2002 - Aug 2005

  Notting Hill Housing is one of the leading providers of affordable housing in London. Managed the volunteer programme for Notting Hill which included corporate teams and individual volunteers working on multiple projects to benefit Notting Hill's vulnerable tenants. Included employee volunteering projects with key corporate clients such as Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, BBC and Disney and coordination of Make a Difference Day. Also recruited and managed volunteers for Notting Hill's highly regarded charity shops in exclusive areas of London, and volunteers to support the most vulnerable and elderly through befriending schemes.



Lloyd's of London

• Insurance

• Community Affairs Executive

  • Mar 2000 - Jul 2002

  Lloyd's is the leading market place for specialist insurance. The Community Affairs team was responsible for the Lloyd's Community Programme (LCP) coordinating employee volunteering and corporate social responsibility for the underwriters and broking houses of Lloyd's.Delivered a centrally coordinated employee volunteering scheme involving over 30 key broking houses and underwriters helping in 25 schools in the neighbouring borough of Tower Hamlets. Recruited new organisations, identified funders, ran events, built partnerships with key local stakeholders (Tower Hamlets Education Business Partnership and East London Business Alliance) and delivered training. The project developed multiple schemes to assist underachieving students at both primary and secondary schools with the aim of helping those most disadvantaged.



City and Guilds

• South Africa
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Administrator

  • Sep 1999 - Mar 2000

  City and Guilds is the leading provider of vocational qualifications in the UK. Provided administrative support to two different teams, firstly HR and Training and secondly the Affinity team. City and Guilds is the leading provider of vocational qualifications in the UK. Provided administrative support to two different teams, firstly HR and Training and secondly the Affinity team.



Glenthorne High School

• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Subject Area (Teacher)

  • Sep 1997 - Sep 1999

  Started at Glenthorne as secondary school teacher and was promoted to head of subject area at the end of my first year. Responsible for delivery of curriculum in my area, management of new staff and form tutor. Introduced, wrote the curriculum and taught a new A' Level subject, and ran the girls football team. Part of a small team taking 60 children on a water sports holiday to Spain. Started at Glenthorne as secondary school teacher and was promoted to head of subject area at the end of my first year. Responsible for delivery of curriculum in my area, management of new staff and form tutor. Introduced, wrote the curriculum and taught a new A' Level subject, and ran the girls football team. Part of a small team taking 60 children on a water sports holiday to Spain.