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James Sefton Fisher

Hucknall,Nottinghamshire

Summary

I am someone that prides myself in my ability to learn new skills and deliver in a range of professional roles and industries.

I have been fortunate enough to work with the public in many different situations and circumstances. This has helped me fine tune my communication and reasoning skills, whilst allowing me a breadth of knowledge across multiple industries, most of which are fully transferable.

I am proud that in every review I have had professionally, I have always met or exceeded expectations.

I have an varied professional past and in each role I have been successful. This has prepared me to offer the best possible candidacy I can, for this role.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Accommodation Manager

Tatiana Ltd C/O CRM Students Ltd
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
2021.12 - Current
  • Senior manager on site for Purpose Built Student Accommodation (210 beds).
  • Team- performance/attendance/training management of accommodation team.
  • Building due diligence and H&S accountability.
  • Safeguarding lead for site.
  • P & L ownership for site.
  • Creation of rent card for each year.
  • Ownership of sales (100% occupancy since built)
  • Ownership of income (less than 0.5% arrears average)
  • Pastoral responsibility for residents.
  • Complaint ownership.
  • Responsible for adherence to ANUK guidelines (national code)
  • Mental Health First Aider (and standard 1st Aid)
  • Oversee the events calendar and engagement opportunities.
  • Weekly reporting to client.
  • Out of Hours Cover.
  • Contractor liaison and management.
  • Project manager for site refurbishments and upgrades.
  • Any reasonable task needed to ensure the continued success of the site.

Supporting Housing Manager

East Midlands Homes Cooperative
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
2021.10 - 2021.12
  • Management of Support Workers, buildings and customer journey for all supported living stock and customers.
  • Control of rental income and debt management.
  • Front line support where required.
  • Ownership of building due diligence and H&S for each stock item.
  • Design and delivery of a support model to maximise local authority income, whilst meeting KPI's as agreed with the authority.
  • Mediation
  • ASB management
  • Safeguarding lead.
  • Recruitment and training of support team.

I left this role after a short period of time due to culture issues within the organisation.

Customer Engagement Partner - Care and Support

The Riverside Housing Group
Nationwide
2019.05 - 2021.10
  • ROLE MADE REDUNDANT FOLLOWING COVID
  • Lead partner for Care and Support stock (25500 customers)
  • Created, recruited and empowered The Riverside Customer Voice, a scrutiny panel formed to hold TRG to account at all levels.
  • Designed and delivered engagement activity to grow participants in the The Customer Voice.
  • Facilitate training for empowered customers and colleagues
  • Ownership of high level complaints, not resolved at site level.
  • Attendance at regular residents meetings across the country.
  • Review of tendering documentation prior to submission to local authorities (mainly funding related).
  • Conduct audits of engagement activity at sites and develop action plans to support improvements where necessary.

SUPPORT CO ORDINATOR

NACRO
2019.01 - 2019.03
  • FIXED TERM CONTRACT
  • Delivery of support to service users with a range of different support and physical/mental health needs
  • Proactive incident management requiring calm communication, conflict management/resolution and firm leadership
  • Coordination of a range of support services and direct support with housing and social/care benefits/universal credit
  • Completion of risk assessments and ownership of safeguarding for all supportees
  • Ownership of health and safety for the hostel, residents and staff.

CUSTOMER LIAISON OFFICER

AVANT HOMES
2018.10 - 2018.12
  • FIXED TERM ROLE
  • Daily handling of customer service enquiries requiring knowledge of NHBC guidelines and processes
  • Complaint management and scheduling and deployment of subcontractors
  • Invoice processing and ordering of parts and materials as required.

HOUSING MANAGER

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE YMCA
2018.08 - 2018.10
  • FIXED TERM ROLE
  • Responsible for delivery of all aspects of housing services management for hostel residents and those living in street properties
  • Team management of tenancy sustainment team, rent account management and void/eviction ownership
  • Reactive and proactive incident management and oversight of all support teams, based on site
  • Day to day management of the hostel
  • Completion of risk assessments and ownership of safeguarding for all residents
  • Ownership of health and safety for the hostel, residents and staff.

CLASSROOM COVER SUPERVISOR

LINK3
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
2018.06 - 2018.07
  • TEMPORARY ROLE
  • Daily delivery of preprepared classes to children aged 11 to 18
  • Supervision of study sessions and delivery of all subjects
  • Daily deployment covering a number of schools in Nottinghamshire.

EXAM LEAD INVIGILATOR (WRITTEN, AEA)

ADECCO
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
2018.05 - 2018.06
  • SEASONAL TEMPORARY ROLE
  • Line management of the invigilating team, ownership of the exam papers before and after completed
  • Running of exams and adherence to strict rules of exam invigilation in higher education establishments.

Housing with Support Manager - Special Projects

METROPOLITAN HOUSING TRUST
Nationwide
2016.03 - 2018.03
  • FIXED TERM CONTRACT (Extended)
  • Having applied to MHT on a general application, a unique opportunity was created for me
  • A fixed term, 18month contract with rotations throughout different areas of the Housing with Care and Support Directorate, to understand the breadth of the housing/care and support industry
  • I was due to end this temporary contract in September 2017 but that was extended to March 18, leading up to a reshuffle and merge with another large housing provider.

RESTAURANT MANAGER

TGI FRIDAYS UK LTD
2010.07 - 2015.10
  • Line management of over 100 front of house team members
  • Ownership of all complaints and regional lead for customer journey improvements
  • Health and safety responsibilities for customers and colleagues, training lead for all front of house team
  • Personal licence holder and Level 3 food hygiene completed also
  • Recruitment and all HR duties for all team and lead on internal investigations
  • Stock control for restaurant including consumables and bar stock.

WOMENS RUGBY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION
2008.11 - 2010.06
  • FIXED TERM CONTRACT (prior to the role being made redundant by the restructure)
  • Delivery of rugby in 8 counties to grow participation
  • Regional manager for Womens Rugby World Cup which including multiple budget ownership, participation targets and engagement targets
  • Targets were all exceeded through excellent management of the volunteer network, delivering suitable support to each participating school or club, tailored to their individual ambitions
  • National safeguarding lead for all female participants of rugby union
  • Referee liaison for Womens Rugby World Cup.

POLICE CONSTABLE

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE POLICE
2005.06 - 2008.11
  • Day to day uniformed policing of the city centre including the training and mentoring of new probationers into the service
  • Specialist in the investigation of sexual offences and interviewing children and vulnerable persons
  • Whilst servicing I received a Chief Constables award for my services to victims of serious sexual assaults.

CUSTOMER ADVISOR

BARCLAYS BANK
2004.09 - 2005.05
  • Sales of financial services, complaint management and delivery of financial advise to branch customers.

SERVICE QUALITY MANAGER

RBS GROUP
2002.06 - 2004.09
  • Sales of financial services and complaint management.
  • Ownership of the customer journey through the branch
  • Teller responsibilities as required by the cash team.

SHIFT MANAGER/MARKETING ASSISTANT MANAGER

PIZZA HUT
1998.05 - 2002.06
  • Daily shift management, cash handling and recruitment/training
  • Marketing support for new products, including the national promotion via local radio and store events.

Education

Nottingham Boys High School
1991.09 - 1998.07

Skills

    Mental Health 1st Aider

    1st Aider At Work

    Strong Communicator (written and spoken)

    Strong problem solving skills

    Mediation

    Conflict Management

    NLP awareness

    Fast skills acquisition

Additional Information

Full, clear, enhanced DBS certificate registered with the update service.

Custom

References available on request.

Timeline

Accommodation Manager

Tatiana Ltd C/O CRM Students Ltd
2021.12 - Current

Supporting Housing Manager

East Midlands Homes Cooperative
2021.10 - 2021.12

Customer Engagement Partner - Care and Support

The Riverside Housing Group
2019.05 - 2021.10

SUPPORT CO ORDINATOR

NACRO
2019.01 - 2019.03

CUSTOMER LIAISON OFFICER

AVANT HOMES
2018.10 - 2018.12

HOUSING MANAGER

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE YMCA
2018.08 - 2018.10

CLASSROOM COVER SUPERVISOR

LINK3
2018.06 - 2018.07

EXAM LEAD INVIGILATOR (WRITTEN, AEA)

ADECCO
2018.05 - 2018.06

Housing with Support Manager - Special Projects

METROPOLITAN HOUSING TRUST
2016.03 - 2018.03

RESTAURANT MANAGER

TGI FRIDAYS UK LTD
2010.07 - 2015.10

WOMENS RUGBY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION
2008.11 - 2010.06

POLICE CONSTABLE

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE POLICE
2005.06 - 2008.11

CUSTOMER ADVISOR

BARCLAYS BANK
2004.09 - 2005.05

SERVICE QUALITY MANAGER

RBS GROUP
2002.06 - 2004.09

SHIFT MANAGER/MARKETING ASSISTANT MANAGER

PIZZA HUT
1998.05 - 2002.06

Nottingham Boys High School
1991.09 - 1998.07
James Sefton Fisher