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Tracey Wood

Caterham,United Kingdom

Summary

Highly organised Project Manager and Training Course co-ordinator with 10+ years’ experience overseeing national training programmes across education and health sectors. Accustomed to taking on new roles and challenges whilst prioritising workload and multi-tasking to meet deadlines whilst paying attention to detail. Helpful and flexible team player proficient working in a busy team environment and on own initiative. Ability to communicate with a diverse range of people at all levels. Ability to learn fast thus becoming an integral part of a team in a short space of time.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work history

Project Manager / Training Course co-ordinator

Creative Education
12.2014 - 05.2025
  • Initially the role was a 3-month contract as administrator for one project delivering training to school and college teachers. However, I was offered a permanent role as the Managing Director felt the positive experience of my administration of the project had enabled the company to secure future contracts with the ETF (Education and Training Foundation) the DfE (Department for Education) and the Department of Health and Social Care.
  • I am now the Project Manager/ Training Course co-ordinator responsible for the delivery of all our company training delivery projects to schools and colleges, 4 projects currently (see below).
  • Planning and overseeing the delivery of Senior Mental Health Lead training; Eating Disorder Prevention Programme; Staff Wellbeing Award; Supervision training.
  • Planned and oversaw the delivery of various teacher training programmes including: teacher support for resit learner’s post-16; Core Maths training; English Enhancement Programme.
  • Ensuring we have a record of project spending.
  • Recruiting trainers for course delivery.
  • Ensuring that key resources, including the website, are up to date and available on time for training participants to use.
  • Liaising with trainers about the allocation of delivery sessions on projects.
  • Maintaining an up-to-date timeline for training/project delivery, raising issues when appropriate to ensure there is a clear list of ‘next step’ actions.
  • Organising internal meetings, checking reports are submitted and circulating actions.
  • Providing information to key stakeholders as requested, ensuring accurate data is provided.
  • Producing internal reports and drafting client reports in a timely manner.
  • Ensuring evaluation and other quality data is processed.
  • Managing training course venues, ensuring they make suitable provision for all delegates whilst adhering to budget.
  • Ensuring delegates receive timely, full and accurate information for all the elements around their face to face or online training course.
  • Tracking the collection of participant course evidence from trainers and seeing through to course certification.
  • Co-hosting and supporting the running of launch webinars for training/projects and collect participant information.
  • Assessing risks for project delivery and mitigating accordingly.
  • Managing staff where necessary.

Job Seeker

Job Seeker
02.2014 - 12.2014
  • Organised my mother’s house move, created a time plan; dealing with all solicitor’s paperwork; researching moving costs; advising utilities.
  • Attended work programme courses with the Job Centre to improve my employability; registering with job sites; setting up daily email alerts and following up on appropriate vacancies; regularly checking large organisations websites for job vacancies.

PR Administrator

AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians)
03.2009 - 02.2014
  • Supporting the work of the Public Relations team in all aspects of administration for the AAT promoting the organisations accounting courses.
  • Proactively finding new case studies to promote the organisations qualifications and sending out case study forms.
  • Uploading new case studies to the database and ensuring a monthly update on case studies was sent to all relevant staff.
  • Managing all aspects of the case study database and reviewing its functionality on a regular basis.
  • Writing up case study quotes to support PR campaigns.
  • Liaising with AAT staff to provide content for the magazine and ensuring all proofs were checked and signed off by agreed deadline.
  • Managing a list of paid subscribers to the magazine ensuring renewal notices were sent out in a timely manner and payments processed on CRM.
  • Organising and attending the magazine editorial meetings, taking minutes and ensuring distribution of minutes and editorial schedules.
  • Supporting the magazine publishers by sourcing and supplying case studies to support magazine features.
  • Monitoring and recording of media coverage where AAT were featured.
  • Quarterly production of PR newsletter distributed to all AAT staff.

Divisional PA/office manager

AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians)
02.2001 - 03.2009
  • Responsible for: PA support to Director of Marketing (diary management; arranging meetings; minute taking and typing of notes; preparing presentations for Board meetings).
  • Line management of Marketing Assistant.
  • Preparing various budgets and ensuring they were kept under regular review and any variances reported.
  • Sourcing of merchandise for marketing campaigns and management of merchandise sales to AAT members.
  • Managing a network of AAT career advisors who attended events in schools/colleges.
  • Ensuring office relocations ran smoothly without any issues.
  • Arranging staff team building events.
  • Organising travel/hotel requirements for staff.

Education

NVQ Level 3 -

Business and Administration

GCSE’s - undefined

Skills

Technical Skills

  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • HubSpot
  • MemberPress/WordPress
  • Padlet
  • Zoom
  • Vimeo
  • Descript
  • Bespoke CRM systems


Professional Skills

  • Event planning/Venue Sourcing
  • Leading meetings and Webinars
  • Excellent customer service skills
  • Note taking at meetings
  • Proof reading
  • Diary management
  • Line management

Custom

  • NVQ Level 3 in Business and Administration
  • GCSE’s

Timeline

Project Manager / Training Course co-ordinator

Creative Education
12.2014 - 05.2025

Job Seeker

Job Seeker
02.2014 - 12.2014

PR Administrator

AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians)
03.2009 - 02.2014

Divisional PA/office manager

AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians)
02.2001 - 03.2009

GCSE’s - undefined

NVQ Level 3 -

Business and Administration

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