
Claire Brookes Daniels
Director of Projects and Resources
Salary / Daily rate
London, UK
Mobility: London, Leeds, ...
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
About me
Intro
A transformative leader specialising in delivering complex, cross-functional and community centred programmes within the public and private sectors. Highly skilled with over 16 years of embedding delivery outcomes through pragmatic solutions to embed control, facilitate effective decision making and drive transformation benefits. Key areas of strength include a passion for innovative approaches to delivering new and enhanced services to affect vital change, the ability to cultivate and nurture solid relationships at every level, and a relentless commitment to residents and their needs.
Work experience
Director Project Management
Virtuoso Partners
Jun 2024 - Feb 2026
1 year 9 months
Head of Portfolio Management
Bonnier Books UK
Jul 2022 - Jul 2024
2 years 1 month
London, UK
Transformation Director
London Borough of Hounslow
Jan 2021 - Apr 2022
1 year 4 months
– Accountable for the delivery of the One Hounslow Programme which requires the setting out of the direction for teams across the Council. – Prioritising how change and programme delivery is sequenced and resourced. – Digital Communities Experience; Strategic digital lead responsible for supporting Senior Management in the shaping and scoping of the programme. – Leading the discovery work to provide a prototype for providing Information, Advice and Guidance with the blended team from Community Solutions, voluntary sector partners and residents. – This work has been expanded to include Adult Education and Works Hounslow as part of the discovery to reduce the number of websites that a resident would need to visit. – Collaboration programme: promoting the use of the collaboration tools currently available across the Council and looking at new technologies, such as the use of Robotic Process Automation to reduce the administrative burden of repetitive tasks, improve accuracy and provide faster, more responsive services. – Direct line Management of a team of Project Delivery Managers and Project Delivery Support Officers and matrix management of the delivery team.
Program Lead
London Borough of Hounslow
Sep 2020 - Dec 2020
4 months
– Accountable for the shaping and framing a number of large complex programmes and initiatives across Hounslow.
Digital Programme & Product Manager
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Sep 2018 - Aug 2020
2 years
– Accountable for leading the successful delivery of a large-scale, high profile, complex digital transformation programme, incorporating multiple projects and initiatives across both organisations. – The programme was designed to enable the councils to achieve their strategic objectives through a digital first approach to transformation which focused on user-centred design, as well as building and maturing digital capability to deliver exceptional results.
Adults' and Children's Digital Transformation Programme Manager
Southend-on-Sea City Council
May 2017 - Sep 2018
1 year 5 months
– Accountable for establishing and mobilising the Adults' and Children's digital transformation programme providing a governance framework, with clear deliverables. – Leading the provision of use cases and user journeys to define and shape the procurement requirements for new applications to reduce the need for paper assessments, plans and reviews.
Health and Social Care Programme Manager
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Sep 2016 - Mar 2017
7 months
– Accountable for establishing the Health and Social Care Systems' Programme with the appropriate governance and operational structure for the implementation of the social care system across adults', children's, health, commissioned services, and partners. – Responsible for ensuring the programme aligned to the digital, corporate and health strategies. – Also responsible for the provision of support to senior management through the change process, restructures, and new ways of working.
Digital Transformation Programme Manager
Lewisham Council
Mar 2016 - Sep 2016
7 months
– Creating the Children and Young Persons' Transformation Programme in collaboration with all key stakeholders, including both internal and external partners. – Operational delivery of the Savings and IT Strategy for Lewisham, including new ways of working to encourage paperless operations and development of online services across all services.
Transformation Programme Manager
London Borough of Waltham Forest
Mar 2014 - Feb 2016
2 years
– Working within ICT Business Change and across the Families Directorate (including adults' social care, children's social care, health and education) and the Corporate Operations Directorate (including customer contact centre, business support, IT and partnership organisations). – Development of strategic savings programmes and projects in-line with Waltham Forest's key strategies, as well as establishing project prioritisation tools and full documentation of processes. – Portfolio management for projects and programmes corporately, with an emphasis on the reduction of duplication of services.