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Ben Dance

Senior Executive Officer - Policy and Project Manager
London

Summary

I am a conscientious and professional Policy and Project Manager with predominately public sector and education capital development experience. I am an organised and diligent individual who has been involved in various, high profile policy areas within Government, including the delivery of a complex large scale multi-million-pound capital investment programme.

Work History

Senior Executive Officer - Project Manager

Department for Education - Civil Service
London, London
06.2017 - Current

Project Manager for five of Governments new Institutes of Technology in England, including multimillion pound capital projects.


Head of Institutes of Technology performance management and Key Performance Indicators.


Lead policy official and Ministerial briefing lead for Institutes of Technology data.




Senior Executive Officer - EU Relationship Manager

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Civil Service
London, London
10.2019 - 01.2020

Led the communication with all internal and external stakeholders to gather updates on the development of EU Exit negotiations to create a situation report for a Senior Ministerial Group.


Developed and led the review of the EU Exit planning in the Department to produce a lessons learned report for Ministers and recommendations to improve the Departments current report processes.

Executive Officer - Parliamentary Bill Assistant

Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy - Civil Service
London, London
09.2015 - 06.2017

Assisted in the management of the Technical and Further Education Bill through Parliament to implement an insolvency regime to all FE Colleges in England.


In addition to this role, I was part of the FE College funding approval board and assisted the Director of Technical Education at funding committee meetings.


In an additional voluntary role, I led the correspondence team for the Secretary of State and Junior Ministers for three months during a period in change within Government.

Education

Level 4 Higher National Certificate Diploma - Business Studies

Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship
London
09.2015 - 07.2017

Level 4 National Vocational Qualification Diploma - Business Administration

Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship
London
09.2015 - 07.2017

A-Level - Business Studies

St. Martins Sixth Form College
Essex
09.2013 - 06.2015

A-level - Geography

St. Martins Sixth Form College
Essex
09.2013 - 06.2015

A-level - ICT

St. Martins Sixth Form College
Essex
09.2013 - 06.2015

GCSEs - 10 GCSE qualifications, grade A-C, including Mathematics and English (Literature & Language)

Hall Mead Secondary School
Essex
09.2008 - 06.2013

Skills

Multiple project coordination

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Timeline

Senior Executive Officer - EU Relationship Manager

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Civil Service
10.2019 - 01.2020

Senior Executive Officer - Project Manager

Department for Education - Civil Service
06.2017 - Current

Executive Officer - Parliamentary Bill Assistant

Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy - Civil Service
09.2015 - 06.2017

Level 4 Higher National Certificate Diploma - Business Studies

Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship
09.2015 - 07.2017

Level 4 National Vocational Qualification Diploma - Business Administration

Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship
09.2015 - 07.2017

A-Level - Business Studies

St. Martins Sixth Form College
09.2013 - 06.2015

A-level - Geography

St. Martins Sixth Form College
09.2013 - 06.2015

A-level - ICT

St. Martins Sixth Form College
09.2013 - 06.2015

GCSEs - 10 GCSE qualifications, grade A-C, including Mathematics and English (Literature & Language)

Hall Mead Secondary School
09.2008 - 06.2013
Ben DanceSenior Executive Officer - Policy and Project Manager