Kharima Dada

Provide strategic leadership across Camden’s Gospel Oak regeneration portfolio, including Kiln Place, Wendling & St Stephen’s Close, and Bacton Phase 2. Lead on stakeholder engagement, communications, social value, programme risk and governance across major regeneration programmes in politically sensitive environments.

Key achievements and responsibilities:

• Lead strategic communications and engagement approaches across high-profile regeneration programmes, ensuring consultation and public-facing activity is meaningful, timely and aligned to governance milestones
• Manage political, community and reputational risk, advising on sensitive messaging, escalation handling and stakeholder strategy
• Oversee social value strategy and monitoring, challenging partners and consultants to deliver meaningful local outcomes across employment, skills, inclusion and sustainability
• Shape governance and stakeholder structures, including resident and partner forums, to support transparent and defensible programme delivery
• Coordinate cross-functional input across planning, housing, communications, legal and development teams to maintain programme coherence and trust
• Support procurement, partner management and delivery planning to ensure commitments are clear, realistic and aligned to local priorities
• Line manage and support staff while also leading through influence across teams and partners

Led a sub-regional construction careers pilot across eight London boroughs, supporting collaboration on employment, skills and apprenticeship opportunities linked to S106 delivery.

Key achievements and responsibilities:

• Managed a team of 7, including a manager and 6 outreach and brokerage advisers
• Held responsibility for a £1.4 million budget and procurement of skills and training provision
• Worked across boroughs, partners and external evaluators to identify challenges and opportunities in delivering shared employment and apprenticeship outcomes
• Helped shape learning and good practice to support future London-wide collaboration

Led business development activity focused on employment and skills strategy, contracts and partnerships.

Key achievements and responsibilities:

• Identified and secured new contract opportunities
• Built and maintained partnerships with clients and stakeholders
• Secured funding through DWP and a Housing Association
• Developed a new engagement strategy that increased visibility and performance

Managed Section 106 employability and skills requirements for the Here East development, contributing to regeneration in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park area.

Key achievements and responsibilities:

• Nurtured supply chains and local partnerships
• Maximised CSR activity and performance
• Developed strategies to strengthen working relationships between residents, contractors and stakeholders
• Supported employment and skills outcomes linked to major regeneration activity

Led work focused on widening access for women entering construction and trades.

Key achievements and responsibilities:

• Managed a project delivering work placements, employment and training targets
• Led employer engagement, membership activity, budgeting and evaluation
• Supported targeted action to improve female representation in construction
• Delivered employability and training support to women to improve job satisfaction and career development

Worked across communities and mental health services to improve access and outcomes for BAME groups and service users.

Key achievements and responsibilities:

• Worked with commissioners, mental health teams and service providers to improve accessibility
• Promoted equality and diversity through community-based approaches
• Delivered training and reviewed Equality Impact Assessments
• Supported recommendations to improve services for marginalised groups

Provided housing-related support, tenancy advice and resettlement assistance to tenants with a range of support needs.