Sustainable Development Officer - Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, UK

I have 8 + yrs experience in variety of project management roles varying from project support through to project manager in charity, public and commercial sectors.
I would like part time roles only.

Rating:	Unrated (New)
Hourly Rate:	£23.61
Available From:	Now
Seller ID:	249488
	: Hourly rate shown includes a discount of 15% for registered charities.

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CV

My background was initially a biology degree which has given me an interest in the environmental sector and provided me with good analytical skills.

I started my full time career working for an Engineering company in a variety of roles from treasury assistant through to project controls training officer. Since then, I have worked as a programme analyst for the head office of the Citizens Advice Bureau, a project manager for the Electoral Commission - public sector, a project co-ordinator for Alliance Pharmacy (now merged with Boots Pharmacy), a project manager/co-ordinator for Ricoh Limited - commercial sector, and am currently working as a project co-ordinator for SEEDA - a government environmental organisation.

In summary, I am a PRINCE2 practitioner, am highly organised and have good analytical and planning skills.

Employment History

(Dec 2006 & ongoing)

Sustainable Development Officer

Guildford

Sustainable Development Officer – Projects and Partners
- Production and management of contracts and funding agreements
- Programme approval process, process improvement, project appraisal, assisting partners/applicants with project proposal process
- Introduction of project management processes - issue logs/ progress reporting, etc
- General office work

(Aug 2005 to Aug 2006)

Project manager/co-ordinator - Contract

Feltham

- Produced project management documentation – Initiation documents, organisation structure, reporting/escalation lines, progress reports, issue tracking, communication and project plans, end of project reports for European Supply Chain, Logistics re-organisation, Internal divisional merger (including process improvement), helpdesk and telesales projects
- Organised and chaired/co-ordinated project team, end of project and issue resolution meetings
- Organised, scheduled and co-ordinated IT system user testing workshops

(Mar 2005 to Jul 2005)

Project co-ordinator - Contract

Alliance Pharmacy, Feltham

- Issue management on day-to-day basis for installation and staff training of new hardware and software systems nationwide (ROADS project), working with subcontractor project manager, branch staff, managers, colleagues across departments, training consultants and regional staff
- Held progress update meetings (checkpoint reporting) with subcontractor project manager
- Supervised training and general administration staff

(Sep 2003 to Nov 2004)

Project manager - Contract

Electoral Commission, London

Project Manager – UK-wide referendums
- Established project organisation structure, reporting and approval lines, outlined roles and responsibilities in project brief/Project Initiation documentation
- Liaised with stakeholders to incorporate lessons learned and provide estimation of costs
Project Manager – Communications and operations aspects, regional referendums
- Carried out all project management work for the two largest project areas under the regional assemblies referendums programme including production of highlight reports, production/maintenance of project plans, issue/risk registers, change control process, and identification/tracking of project interdependencies.
- Produced user requirements for electronic results collation service (central and regional)

(Aug 2001 to Aug 2003)

Programme Analyst

Citizens Advice Bureau, London

- Provided support/mentored project managers throughout the project lifecycle on variety of projects from National Workers Disabled Group (NWDG) through to Best Value projects
- Prepared/maintained project and programme budgets, plans, progress reports, risk/issue impact assessments and lessons learned reports and reviewed internal guidelines/processes
- Business/Corporate plan work - tracked departmental PIs, produced outturn reports, facilitated national consultation exercise, produced national profile document
- Facilitated production of a new reporting tool for electronic client case recording

Professional Qualifications

NCFE level 1, Interpersonal skills (preparation for counselling)
PRINCE2 practitioner
Training courses attended – Professional Presentation Skills, Programme/project management, “Persuading and influencing people”, contract administration workshop, time management, effective meeting skills, effective report writing
NVQ Level II in Information Technology – LCCI Examination board

Education

(Sep 1997 to Dec 1998)

Bangor University

MSc Shellfish Biology, Fisheries and Culture
Conservation skills, Statistics knowledge and analytical skills enhanced

(Oct 1991 to Jul 1994)

Cardiff University

BSc Hons Biology
Broad base in conservation, ecology, developmental and behavioural biology. Also studies Chemistry and Statistics as part of the course work.

(Sep 1988 to Jul 1990)

Kings Manor Sixth Form

A levels in Biology, Chemistry and Maths - Pure and Statistics
Plus GSCE in Health Studies

(Sep 1986 to Jul 1988)

Kings Manor School

GSCE Art, Biology, CDT, Chemistry, English Literature, French, Geography, PE, and Physics
O level - Maths and English Language

Skills and Strengths

Analytical: Proficient in a wide range of statistical techniques. Designed, planned and implemented the method, analytical and written aspects of scientific projects.

Communication: Production of concise and accurate reports/publications, can communicate ideas clearly on paper and verbally either on a one to one or group basis.

Co-ordination: Organised working group, committee and trustee board meetings, internal conferences and training courses, user workshops in UK and abroad.

IT: Strong computing skills – MS Office, including Word, Excel (advanced), Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook/Lotus Notes, plus statistical and project planning applications – MS Project and Minitab.
Strategic: Business planning, Performance Indicator (PI) tracking, production of/consultation for Business and Corporate Plans, programme management, change management, process mapping and improvement.

Teamwork: Excellent interpersonal skills, can work independently or in a multidiscipline team environment. Demonstrated ability to relate and work effectively within multicultural teams and liase with clients/volunteers/general public.

Project Introduction of PRINCE2 framework aspects in public sector organisation,
Management: Project/Programme planning, benefits realisation plans, budgets, estimating work, resource needs assessment and allocation, risk and issue assessment and identification of critical path and interdependencies.

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