Coach and Organisational Consultant

• Mar 2023 - Present

Executive Leader

• Jun 2019 - Feb 2023

Manage the development and effective execution of the organisation's operations strategy and processes, project management, fundraising strategies and stakeholder relationships. Restore Community Church is a multi-site church based in North-East London, which includes a sister charity called Restore Community, aimed to serve the most vulnerable in the community through various projects locally and abroad. Key Responsibilities: * Conceptualising business and project plans for specialised ministries, community projects and business migration in an agile working environment. * Managing staff team of 20 + consisting of specialist clergy, non-clergy and consultants across the two sister charities. * Overseeing that all operational processes and procedures are fit for purpose and uphold legal requirements. * Ensuring reporting to all executive and non-executive stakeholders is accurate and prompt. * Delivering a high staff and volunteer training standard, regularly facilitating public gatherings and other public speaking engagements. *Provide regular one on one coaching for staff, volunteers and other stakeholders or network partners. Impact: - Optimised the customer relationship management system and processes, increasing volunteer uptake by 15% and retention rate in general. - Led the change processes to a digitally-integrated multi-location operational model, increasing online engagement by more than 30% and providing new philanthropic opportunities. - Facilitated the friendly acquisition of an established charity, resulting in an immediate 5% increase in income, providing new philanthropic, grant funding and property development opportunities. - Ensuring spending remained frugal, we replenished our financial reserves by 200%, enabling us to better fund initiatives with higher ROIs. Show less

Head Of Department in Training and Course Development

• Dec 2016 - Apr 2019

The main focus of this role was to develop and implement a holistic approach to training stakeholders for personal growth in the Christian faith. Key Responsibilities: * Ensuring training courses' delivery remained of a professional high standard. * Deploy new marketing strategies to increase the uptake of courses. * Conceptualisation of a holistic personal growth strategy. * Management of 4 highly specialised lecturers and 2 communications staff. * Management of communication and marketing projects. * Training and ongoing coaching of new volunteer lecturers. * Managing the projects relating to course revision and the rollout of new training courses. * Regular presenting of various courses, plenary and keynote speaking engagements. Impact: - Introduced 3 new courses to the personal growth strategy, reaching previously dormant segments within our market. - Drove a marketing strategy that increased training attendance by over 13%. - Conceptualised and drove the brand modernisation project and launch of online services, increasing global reach and opening new funding pipelines. Show less

Pastor

• Jan 2009 - Nov 2016

My key responsibilities over the 7 years mainly revolved around leadership, management, coaching and training. My career progression during this time grew in the scope of responsibility and exposure to various departments, i.e. social projects, training, media and communication (incl. design and video), IT and operational management. Overlapping Key Responsibilities: * Leadership development for various stakeholders * Management and training of large volunteer groups * Teaching specialised courses * Keynote and plenary speaking * Managing short to medium-term projects * Networking with national and global leaders * Operational management of specialised ministries or local church * Effectively working with and implementing customer relationship management software systems and processes. Impact: - Assisted with the conceptualisation and execution of the first Movement Day Conference in South Africa, which brought together key global thought leaders to discuss and plan greater collaboration between unconnected networks and churches. - Led the youth outreach projects, which experienced exponential growth of over 300% within its first year and became one of the largest youth programs within the group. - Managed the rollout of the first interactive online Sunday service within the Doxa Deo. Show less

PADI Diving Instructor

• May 2006 - Dec 2008

I finished my Master Scuba Diver Trainer qualification, which included 10 specialties. Responsibilities included; equipment sales, instructing necessary courses and leading scuba diving expeditions. I finished my Master Scuba Diver Trainer qualification, which included 10 specialties. Responsibilities included; equipment sales, instructing necessary courses and leading scuba diving expeditions.