Consultancy and Interim Leadership
How I can help you:
With extensive experience of senior leadership (with a particular knowledge specialism in the Higher Education sector) I can support you on short term focused engagements or longer term interim roles.
Business Transformation
Helping your organisation plan for and deliver change with robust and effective programme management…
Student Experience
Helping you to improve the end to end Student Experience, driving up student retention, progression and completion…
Process Improvement
Helping your teams transform their operational processes and effectiveness…
Testimonial
“Steve has worked consistently above and beyond the level expected and his contributions to our University have been valued by all colleagues. I cannot recommend Steve strongly enough. His pragmatic, energetic and “can-do” approach to all that he does has made him a pleasure to work with.”
Professor Gavin Brooks.
Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor.
Buckinghamshire New University
Previous Clients
How I have added significant value…

Director
Delivering multi million pound savings and improving student retention and completion

Associate Consultant (ongoing)
Work includes Professional Services Target Operating Models, process improvement and benchmarking studies (working with Cambridge, Oxford, Cardiff, UCL, LSTM, Nottingham, Cardiff, Sheffield Hallam and Gloucestershire universities)

Programme Manager
Delivering transformational change to the end to end student journey and experience
Business Case Consultant
Working with university stakeholders to develop the vision and business case for a Student Services Transformation Programme and designing solutions for priority needs in the end to end student journey.

Progamme Manager
Managed the University’s COVID response ensuring a safe campus for learning, living and working for their staff and students. I was as also coordinate the investiture of their first chancellor, Jay Blades, MBE

Change Consultant
Working with WhiteCap Consulting to deliver a new student development and support framework for London South Bank University
Student Journey Consultant
Mapping the end to end Student Journey and identifying opportunities for service improvement
OD Practictioner
Supporting Anglia Ruskin University with Organisational Design, and Target Operating Model expertise on their Professional Services Redesign programme

Change Consultant
Developing contingency / continuity plans, implementing new HR processes, policies and systems and planning for post COVID new ways of working

Strategic Consultant
Preparing a strategic direction paper to guide the University on their ‘Recognition of prior learning’ offer
Process Improvement Consultant
Working with the University Student Wellbeing team to improve their services and integrate with digital technologies and with IT teams to improve internal processes
Get In Touch
Tel: 07588 383939



