Experience

North Cumbria CCG

• United Kingdom
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CLIC Programme Lead

  • Mar 2021 - Present



Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Workforce Engagement & Organisational Development Lead

  • Jul 2016 - Mar 2021

• Organisational Development Practitioner

  • Jun 2015 - Mar 2021



Mediate North West

• United Kingdom
• Alternative Dispute Resolution

• Director

  • Feb 2014 - Mar 2021

  -Working with businesses, communities and individuals to resolve disputes through mediation-Supporting organisations at informal, formal and post formal stages of conflict-Offering general conflict resolution services – including team and individual development, coaching and workplace investigation-On the Associate Register to provide services for NECS (NHS North of England Commissioning Support Unit)Other services include:-Business coaching-Organisational development and change management-Training and development-HR services



Cumbria Business Growth Hub

• United Kingdom
• Nonprofit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Growth Hub Advisor

  • Jan 2015 - 2015

  Contracted to the Growth Hub to provide business counselling and advice services in the following areas:-HR-Female Led Businesses-Start-UP Businesses-Women's Start-Up Businesses



CGP Books

• United Kingdom
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of HR

  • Apr 2013 - Jan 2014

  -Senior strategic role within educational book publisher-Resource Planning – helped the board to articulate future strategy & define the people plan-Succession & talent management, including graduate recruitment, selection & development-Employee engagement strategies- with internal communications accountability-HR policy & procedures – reviewing, writing and embedding through training-Training & development activities



Arriva Bus (UK)

• United Kingdom
• Truck Transportation
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Head of Training and Development

  • Jan 2010 - Apr 2013

  Responsible for-The learning strategy within UK Bus national division-Working with leadership teams to help shape the business 'People Plan' in line with their business objectives-Identifying and meeting training and development needs to support business objectives and measuring the effectiveness of the interventions used-Engaging HR Business Partners and senior managers in the development of their managers in key skills and competencies as part of an integrated UK People Plan. This covered the recruitment, identification, development, deployment and engagement stages of an individual’s employment-Management of the UK Bus development budget to achieve key business objectives and sourcing funding opportunities where relevant and as appropriate-Development of a performance coaching culture for HR BP’s and senior managers -Developing and promoting a proactive, self managed learning and development culture across the business

• Management Development Manager

  • 2003 - 2010

  -Accountable for training and development needs of workforce - including management and supervisory development-Worked with regional HR Business Partners to identify, design & deliver training interventions, source training providers and conduct business evaluation-Explored learning opportunities to support increased employee engagement-Introduced on-line booking processes and access to e-learning resources-Accountability for national performance management systems, recruitment activities and succession planning