Shaun Wilkinson

I started the first Ossett & Denby Dale Constituency Branch, working tirelessly with my officers, it became the most successful branch in Yorkshire.

I was then asked in mid October 2025 to open another branch for the Dewsbury & Batley Constituency, which no one else was willing to do.

Alongside my officers, I stepped up and completed this task.

We built the branches to over 2000 members.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide complete oversight and accountability for managing the two constituencies, ensuring adherence to the Branch Rules.
• Ensure that branches have access to the required IT infrastructure.
• Ensure that branches are confident using the IT infrastructure provided.
• Ensure that branches maintain up-to-date records of branch officers on Reform Pro.
• Ensure that branches are actively fundraising to support effective campaigning.
• Ensure branches are adhering to directives issued by Reform HQ.
• Ensure branches are monitoring for potential by-elections in their area.
• Ensure branch officers and activists attend any training sessions organised by HQ where required.
• Provide ongoing daily support to branch officers as and when requested.
• Ensure branches are operating in compliance with the Branch and Party Rules.
• Ensure all branch finances are monitored and up to date.
• Ensure all electoral registers are collected and up-to-date.
• Provide the National Director with regular reports on branch performance and progress.
• Promptly escalate any issues faced by the branch network to the National Director.
• Ensure branches and branch officers do not engage with requests from the press without prior approval from the HQ Press Team.
• Provide practical guidance on campaign literature, including correct imprints, and support for physical and digital campaign materials.
• Oversee and support the development of local campaign plans and coordinate the execution of national campaign projects and initiatives.
• Ensure the branches are actively campaigning both during and outside of election periods.
• Ensure branches provide mutual aid to neighbouring branches where required.
• Ensure that branches are proactive in identifying and preparing candidates for upcoming local and national elections.
• Ensure every pending by-election has a suitable candidate selected in advance of nomination deadlines.
• Ensure that branches are fully prepared for the election nomination process.

Responsible for the instruction and teaching of security practices to clients in the UK and abroad

Building good relationships with our learners and colleagues.

• Observing best practice, attending lectures in other countries and learning new techniques for future lectures and courses.
• Followed non-discriminatory practices, serving students of all backgrounds and ability levels.
• Supervised and assessed learners for issues with instruction delivery and grasp of materials.
• Recruited new participants through special events and community activities.

Assess clients’ needs and set robust plans and targets to meet their needs on an individual basis.

Prepare learners for their subsequent next steps in employment.

Prepare and assist learners to obtain their appropriate license for the industry they are involved in.

Manage data for learners including initial assessment, enrolment, daily registration and lesson planning, ensure all
requests for support needs are processed efficiently.

To insure the learners work in and efficient and effective way so as to minimise wastage of materials and resources.

My role was as a fresh and frozen food home delivery driver.

I was responsibility for optimising customer satisfaction by transporting and delivering foods, goods, merchandise, and /or other items in a safe and timely manner.

Making sure I drove in a professional and safe manner, giving excellent customer service at all times.

Adhering to company policies and procedures.

I was proud to do to this job during the pandemic.

My wife was registered disabled and suffered from mental health problems, Schizophrenia, Bi-Polar, Manic Depression, Fibromyalgia.

Responsible for her care, so many hours per week.

I also continued to work ad-hoc flying and teaching security and aviation.

I also subcontracted as a pilot GS instructor, to corporate and airlines, as and when it was possible.

I was responsible for the day to day running of the Intelligence and Security side of the business.

Covering anything from Corporate, Government and Political.

Provide Intelligence on countries in hostile environments or Political Unrest.

Advise strategies and solutions to the problems a client may be having, or the problems that may await them.

Writing courses and training clients in security, in the following areas:

Aviation, Logistics, Close Protection, Political and Government, Static, Mobile.

This also included, risk assessments, route analysis, training personal in the use of all types of vehicles, security inspections, security awareness and regular checking of all records.

Working closely with other people/groups, using cross members skills and experiences to maximum potential.

Responsible for the day to day operations of our fleet of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, and Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicles, UAV's, ROUV's.
Qualified Drone Pilot, preparing training for operators and teaching on the latest methods and government rules and regulations,

maintaining correct procedures and conducting on-site inspections.

Preparing training manuals and instructing clients.
Routine maintenance checks on all equipment and completion of maintenance records

Operating uav's in various roles inc, Security/Surveillance, S&R, Inspections, Anti-Poaching. Routine maintenance checks on all equipment and completion of maintenance records

Making sure all company procedures are adhered to at all times, including risk assessments, health & safety, all safety procedure as per our approvals are met, pre-launch, on water, pre-flight and post-flight, shut downs and all maintenance.

Making sure all mission planning software is up to date and reliable, and all programming is fully functioning, often working in far remote areas.

Working closely with other members of the team to make sure that our collective efforts surpass customer expectations at all times.

I started as a Recruitment Agency Branch Manager for 6 months and was then after psychometric testing, asked to set up a Customer Services Department for the Group, which had a turnover of £650M.

I set up the department with my base office in Luton.

I was responsible for the training of all branches staff.

After a careful SWOT analysis' of the industry, I initiated and wrote all of the manuals along with the policies & procedures, I would ensure that this would be implemented into each branch across the country.

I was responsible for 23 recruitment agency branches, from Romford in Essex, to Edinburgh in Scotland.

My main accomplishments were: 10% increase in overall turnover of the 23 branches, to £17M, client & staff retention.

Duties included supervising and managing the customer service team. Training staff members to provide the highest standards of customer services and ensuring that all company policies are followed at all times.

Responsible for providing answers to customers questions and complaints, face to face or on the telephone.

Experience of confrontation management in a busy airport environment.

I have excellent customer services skills and honestly believe that if customer spends hard earned money with you, then they deserve what I always expect, first class customer service.

Pilot flying European routes.

Trained and gained my Private Pilots Licence.

Studying for my Commercial Pilots exams.

Government Service

Selling new vehicles.

Customer service, meeting and greeting clients.

Helping customers to fulfil their dream of owning a new vehicle.

Footballer.

Football coaching school children and teenagers in Vancouver, Canada.

As an Able Seaman (radar)

My daily general duties which I performed:

general maintenance, repair, sanitation and upkeep of material, equipment, and areas in the deck department.

Including maintenance of the ship's metal structures such as chipping, scraping, cleaning, priming, and painting.

frequently maintenaned lifeboats, rescue boats and liferafts, and emergency and damage control gear.

I also operated deck machinery, such as winches and launching of lifesaving equipment.

My specialist role for watch purposes was radar operator.

This involved operating the ships different types of radars, including sea surface and air.

Government Services.