Gavin Emberton

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About Gavin Emberton

A commercially minded, performance driven, strategic thinking business leader with a track record of delivering operational and cultural transformation across a range of business sectors, functions and services. Recognising the importance of stakeholder engagement in any change programme and being able to balance the economic realities behind many service transformation activities can enable people at every organisation to deliver improvement, change culture and do the right thing. With the ability to work across functional and professional specialisms, Gavin is able to cut through historic perceived complexity and silos to identify and implement process and service improvements and has an excellent track record of building multi-function teams, maximising their potential and inspiring success. CORE COMPETENCIES Experienced leader, adept at coaching and motivating teams to deliver success, championing equality and diversity. Process improvement champion, specialising in reviewing, streamlining and creating efficiencies, utilising digital solutions as an enabler of change. Programme Manager, experience of leading complex programme ensuring best practice processes that actually deliver. Stakeholder Manager, with the ability to build strong relationships internally and externally to deliver cultural change. Critical thinker, identifying key information, interpreting and disseminating as required. Solution focussed, with a pragmatic and creative approach to problem solving. Skilled communicator, clear and concise style, experienced in presenting business case. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS People and Organisational Design - Maintained high staff engagement and morale whilst delivering major structural change programmes across justice, healthcare and learning and employment sectors. Operational Mobilisation and Improvement - Design, mobilisation and operation of new shared service centre and digital transformation supporting probation cases and delivering transactional HR, payroll and finance to staff within 9 months. Efficiency and Excellence - Delivery of multi-million service efficiency programmes whilst maintaining or improving operational service delivery and performance.