David Coffey

• Employed as an independent operational security training consultant and mentor who has worked on projects globally. Specialising in the delivery of bespoke operational training, and mentoring programs to various indigenous military forces toward the overall development of their defence capabilities.

Appointed as the project manager and chief instructor for a multi-million-dollar Canadian-led foreign training project for the overall enhancement of military defence capabilities.

• Identified and managed budget, and timescale, and recommended actions and improvements to meet project goals.
• Built and nurtured professional relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Acted as a single point of contact for customers and internal stakeholders.
• Delivered on projects' key objectives and remained within agreed budgets, timelines, and standards.
• Identified and deployed resources with individual responsibilities for project enhancement and overall completion.

Employed as an operational security training consultant specialising in the delivery of bespoke training and mentor programs for indigenous forces to ensure development needs are met and achieved.

• This would include creating innovative and challenging training to maximise client engagement.
• Provide challenging and realistic tasks for the overall development of working as an effective team.

Employed as a College lecturer/Tutor in Public services delivering BTECH levels 2 & 3.

• Offered academic and pastoral support to students requiring additional help.
• Monitored students' progress against educational targets, implementing positive interventions.
• Reported on program data to support course management.
• Varied teaching strategies, catering to the educational needs of young adults and mature students.
• Lectured classes using exceptional communication techniques to enhance engagement.
• Organised educational activities and events to drive learning objectives and promote engagement.
• Followed safeguarding principles to maximise student health and well-being.
• Graded periodic exams, inputting marks and feedback onto a computer system.
• Conducted screening interviews with incoming students to gauge preparedness.
• Encouraged students to develop skills in reflection, critical thinking, and analysis.
• Delivered lectures across several subjects (Leadership, Discipline, Team building, Media, Communication), etc.

• Led teams of up to 200 personnel from junior to manager level in various hostile operational environments and settings.
• Oversaw all aspects of crisis management, welfare, team development, and performance management.
• Delivered effective mentoring and training to personnel whilst serving on operational tours worldwide.
• Managed teams through high-threat, demanding, and challenging situations, ensuring missions and objectives were met and achieved.

• Delivered a GROUND-BREAKING initiative designed to modernise the British military training culture. Grounded on an empirically proven framework of human performance psychology. The program was delivered to 280 military training staff resulting in a paradigm shift in training attitudes and behaviours, which significantly increased recruit first-time pass rates and produced an annual financial saving of approximately £300k per year.

• My workshop deliveries of the psychological framework were also identified as a best practice by OFSTED (2014) and to be implemented throughout all British military training establishments.