Tracey Brittain

• Board member to December 2025
• Chair of Trustees from January 2026
• Assist in guiding board governance and strategic planning.
• Implement effective risk management and compliance measures.
• Contributed to sustainable growth and development of charity.
• Monitor financial performance and accountability.
• Develop and review policy and procedures documents.
• Cultivate positive relationships with trustees, partners, staff and volunteers.
• Line managed/supported of CEO.

• Managed direct line supervision of 4 policy officers to assist in achieving performance and delivery of police and crime plan objectives.
• Provided strategic advice and briefing papers to PCC and senior management team on community safety, victims and crime policy matters to support informed decision-making.
• Facilitated stakeholder engagement and service performance monitoring to help ensure effective delivery of commissioned programmes.
• Managed commissioning budgets and funding allocations up to £1.2 million
• Supported Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) in influencing national policy, contributing to portfolio work, representing OPCC at local, regional, and national forums, and built relationships with senior officials.
• Led coordination of key multi-agency partnership boards, including Cleveland Local Criminal Justice Board and Tees Tackling Domestic Abuse Partnership Board.
• Identified and secured additional funding opportunities, leading bid preparation, due diligence, compliance, and monitoring processes with partner organisations.
• Strengthened governance, scrutiny, and performance frameworks through development of robust monitoring, evaluation, and reporting systems.
• Worked closely with partners to resolve complex cross-agency issues and pursued best practice, learning, and policy development initiatives.
• Supported implementation of new legislative and statutory requirements, translating policy changes into effective operational processes and governance arrangements.
• Experienced in working in politically sensitive environments and managing communications and information.

• Trustee of Board contributed expertise around criminal justice system and offender management
• Contributed to safeguarding responsibilities
• Supported strategic development of charity

• Supported CEO and executive team with strategic leadership/direction, business growth, service development and improvement, organisational culture and performance with lead responsibility for delivery of criminal justice service area.
• Ensured all delivery activities aligned with vision and ethos of A Way Out.
• Managed Women's Criminal Justice Service contract across South Tees, including line management of 7 staff members responsible for caseloads of up to 35 women with complex needs, monitored cash-linked performance targets, conducted audits, prepared and delivered reports to board, contract partners and commissioners.
• Engaged with strategic partnerships and collaborations to ensure representation and advocacy for service users was able to influence strategic planning, partnership working, system's change and co-design/production of services within A Way Out and wider networks.
• Contribute to workforce development and training.
• Responsible for safeguarding of adults and children.

• Senior leader within (MVDA) VCS infrastructure organisation with shared responsibility for organisational vision, strategy, policy implementation, culture, workforce development, financial management and fundraising, communications and data handling.
• Provided co-ordinated infrastructure and resource management, strategic level support, capacity building, training, specialist charity sector expertise and brokerage with funders, commissioners and multi-agency strategic forums for over 200 registered, diverse, voluntary, community and faith sector organisations working in Middlesbrough and Teesside
• Engaged and co-ordinated VCS organisations in dialogue with range of partners and funders to develop VCS-led collaborative approaches to systems change/transformation through promotion of voice and advocacy of sector.
• Line management of staff and project teams across range of thematic programmes.
• Led and supported innovative projects, wrote bids, and implemented range of projects and change programmes across thematic areas including; Care Act, Children's Mental Health Transformation, Food and Family Poverty, Domestic Abuse, Asylum Seekers, Safer Communities and Housing Solutions.
• Seconded twice, specifically to work collaboratively with 1. 2016 - 2018 Middlesbrough Council to review strategic development and commissioning priorities within Early Help (Children's Social Care), influencing commissioning decisions and brokering partnership between VCSE and Local Authority Commissioning. 2. 2021-2022 Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner's Office to lead on market development and engagement of victim services.

• Demonstrated values-led commitment to communities through volunteering skills in consultancy and training, supported capacity building for community action, project development, fundraising, team development and volunteer management. Including:
• Strategic consultation, audit, planning and review
• Project development, implementation, management and review
• Financial strategy, fundraising and bid-writing
• Bespoke training development and delivery
• Volunteering strategy and support
• Event management, facilitation and evaluation

Taking Ground Churches (2019)

Supported development and strategic planning of mission-based social enterprise centre (Three13)

Clean Slate Community Chaplaincy Project (2014)

Project management of churches and criminal justice system prisoner resettlement community chaplaincy project

Love Stockton (2013-14)

Stockton Churches Together community development and social action audit

York Diocese Training (2013-2015)

Development and delivery of bespoke training for clergy, churches and Christian organisations- community safety, risk of inter-personal harm, managing challenging behaviour, and conflict resolution

Boro Street Angels (2010-2014)

Project development and management - implemented street angels project for Middlesbrough. (Achieved Mayor's Award for voluntary community action 2013)

18 years experience within the Probation Service, including at management level since 2005 in a variety of roles:

1997-2014

Leadership and management responsibilities for large numbers of staff, caseloads, teams, performance metrics, contracts and projects across a range of Probation teams and thematic areas. Including:

• Probation Accredited Programmes Manager Durham and Teesside 2012-2014
• MAPPA Coordinator and Public Protection Team Manager Teesside/Probation Approved Premises On Call Manager 2008-2012
• Victim liaison Team Manager/ Probation Partnerships Coordinator 2007-2008
• General Offending Behaviour Team Manager Middlesbrough 2005-2007
• Probation Training Practice Development Assessor 2004-2005
• Probation Officer Teesside 2000-2004
• Offender Supervisor Teesside 1997-2000