Draft - still under development - 27/04/2008 !Communication and relationship skills | excellent training, tutoring and mentoring skills | | experience of writing for newsprint and working with news professionals – production of Stoke CAB annual report as a supplement of the local newspaper | | excellent visual presentation and design skills inc website design and desktop publishing |
| experience of broadcasting and speaking for radio | | excellent written and verbal communication skills for different audiences – plain English, non-written |
Analytical and judgement skills | realistic about what can be achieved in a given set of circumstances, and disinclined to apportion blame when things don’t go as expected |
Knowledge and experience | excellent understanding of the issues and challenges facing people who are affected by mental distress/illness | | significant personal and practical experience of mental health services as they are delivered |
Financial and Physical resources management | responsible for the day to day management of an organisational budget of £1.9 million | | an excellent record of attracting and developing funding for voluntary sector organisations |
Human resources management | able to motivate people to learn and develop their skills and potential |
Qualities | highly adaptable and flexible – I learn, and can use, new skills quickly | | systematic approach to complex tasks | | a highly creative thinker and worker | | persuasive and assertive when necessary, but can give ground gracefully in order to aid consensus | | I strive to be straightforward, honest, fair-minded and impartial | | experience in events planning and management – Sanity Fair over the last years, book launches and readings | | sensitive to the pressures on, and needs of, people living and working in challenging circumstances |
| skilled at enabling meetings to reach action-focussed consensus – both as a member and as chair | | an excellent understanding of the voluntary sector in Stoke – including the issues, people & networks | | a well developed “political” sense and can make a rapid and accurate assessment of what is going on in complex inter-personal/inter-organisational situations | | equally comfortable in discussion/negotiation with “ordinary” people, practitioners/technicians and those at the most senior level in public and private bodies | | highly motivated to facilitate change for the better in North Staffs, especially for people living in the most challenging circumstances | | sophisticated and practical understanding of equal opportunities issues – particularly as they affect service delivery | | Full clean driving licence held since 1972 |
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