Experience

HealthBid

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Chief Operating Officer

  • Aug 2020 - Present

  As Deputy COO, I work closely with the COO, responsible for leading the Ops team and the successful day-to-day running of operations. This includes forming appropriate teams within Ops to deliver projects as sold and agreed, as well as ensuring future capacity to achieve monthly and annual targets. Other operational tasks entail: • Leading recruitment and induction• Strategic planning as required• Liaising with Sales • Assuming COO duties whilst COO is absent• Establishing and managing the Training Matrix• Leading internal training• Attending key meetings, including Sales, Capacity, and SMT• Leading Management Team meetings• Providing a link between Board and the wider Ops team, including pastoral care, soft mentorship and quality assurance, and directly supporting the SBMs• Managing expenses for the Ops Team• Leading on process improvement and implementation• Ops input into marketingMeanwhile, I remain a core member of the bid team, leading and managing complex bids whilst providing top cover to more junior bid professionals.

• Senior Bid Manager

  • Nov 2018 - Aug 2020

  As a Senior Bid Manager, my role includes:- leading multiple healthcare tenders at once,- managing and leading different teams of Bid Writers/Managers to use resource effectively,- ensuring high quality submissions for each and every client,- client management,- leading external meetings,- playing an active role in the recruitment process,- contributing to the HB Marketing Strategy,- attending weekly Sales Pipeline and Senior Management Team meetings.Seconded for two months during Summer 2020, managing and fulfilling a pipeline of bids within a respected transport management software company.

• Bid Manager

  • Jun 2017 - Nov 2018

• Bid Writer

  • Mar 2016 - Jun 2017

  We help you win work with the NHS, supporting all stages of the bidding process.As a part of the Bid Engine, I specialise in:- Writing - Reviewing- Advising- Planning- Graphic designSo far, the team has worked on a range of projects, including:- Public Health initiatives (eg. social prescribing and health checks) - Out of Hospital services- Musculoskeletal services- Patient Transport Services (PTS)- Medical equipment- Mental Health services- Sustainability and Transformation Plans- Strategy documents.



LoungeUp

• France
• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing Assistant

  • Aug 2015 - Feb 2016

  Worked as a Marketing Assistant for LoungeUp, a French startup which provides mobile applications in the hospitality industry.Responsibilities included: updating the app and creating demos in the Back Office, translation, recruitment, producing sales related documents, creating graphics with Photoshop, managing social media (including the company's blog and Facebook and Twitter accounts), analysing website traffic using Google Analytics, comment marketing and competitive analysis.



AQA

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet

• Temporary General Assistant, Unit Award Scheme

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  Returning to the Unit Award Scheme department, responsibilities included updating the new IT programme, as well as data entry, verification, printing certificates and dispatching coursework.

• Temporary General Assistant, Unit Award Scheme

  • May 2014 - Sep 2014

  An integral part of a permanent team of 10 people working in a professional office environment delivering outcomes for students. Responsibilities include data entry, verification, and communication with schools, colleges and other centres. Only Temporary General Assistant to have contract extended beyond August, working with Microsoft Excel to perform data analysis to maximise turnover and income.



St Peter's School, York

• United Kingdom
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Telephone Fundraiser

  • Jul 2012 - Aug 2012

  Telephoning previous alumni to encourage them to donate monthly to the 627 Bursary Fund, enabling children of families who could not otherwise fund a place to attend St Peter's School.