Joanne leads the consortium’s project bidding and delivery processes. Working closely with the LEP to pursue funding streams that can help to deliver projects to close the skills gaps for employers across the Leeds City Region. Joanne leads the core project team to ensure contracts are developed, implemented and executed successfully.

Joanne has worked in the public sector for over 25 years with experience in project management of large-scale complex EU and non-EU contracts from bid inception, performance management of supply chains to project completion. She has spent 16 years specifically within further education, maximising external funding opportunities with overall management responsibility for several regional and national Prime Contractor based ESF programmes.

Email: joanne.patrickson@westyorkshirecolleges.ac.uk

Mob: 07917 378 898

Joanne is responsible for identifying and executing training and skills development programmes for employers and colleges within the Leeds City Region. Joanne leads on developing new training programmes in the Construction, Low Carbon, Transport, Logistics, Digital and Creative Sectors, to deliver a range of ESF projects.

Joanne has extensive experience of managing skills-related engagement in many sectors nationally and regionally - cyber security, digital, construction, advanced manufacturing, rail, energy efficiency, health, and climate change.

With a proven track record of project management, Joanne has developed successful proposals, costings, and secured and delivered complex and large-scale projects.

Email: joanne.harvatt@westyorkshirecolleges.ac.uk

Mob: 07773 339 352

Clair’s role involves identifying and managing various skills development programmes and maximising opportunities for employers and colleges in Leeds City Region to access funding and support. Clair leads on developing training for various sectors including creative and digital, business, finance, hospitality, retail and health and social care.

With a background in FE, Clair is an experienced relationship manager with vast experience of stakeholder and project management alongside employer engagement and has worked for the Consortium since 2009.

Email: clair.kerry@westyorkshirecolleges.ac.uk

Brydie supports businesses in West Yorkshire by identifying skills gaps and developing skills solutions within the Construction, Low Carbon, MedTech, Transport and Logistics sectors. Whilst partnering with colleges and other training providers, Brydie will work with organisations to build a strategic plan for development, whilst drawing down the ESF funding to support this.

With a background in learning and development, Brydie has worked with SMEs and large employers for a number of years to map out competencies needed by organisations and individual employees, by identifying skills gaps and providing solutions to enable individual and organisational growth.

Email: brydie.lund@westyorkshirecolleges.ac.uk

Kay is responsible for internal/external audit and compliance and also manages and co-ordinates the funding claims between the West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges and the Managing Authority. Her role encompasses all consortium projects and includes making sure that all evidence conforms to the European Social Fund guidelines, updating processes in line with any changes in guidance, making claims to the Managing Authority and facilitating any external audits.

Kay comes to the team from the Education and Skills Funding Agency, where she worked on the Provider Risk and Assurance team, a role that she first started in 2005 for the Learning and Skills Council. As such, she has a wide range of experience covering several funding streams and post 16 learning.

Email: kay.skidmore@westyorkshirecolleges.ac.uk

Mob: 07775 702 695

Georgia manages the contract and supply chain team. The team maintain and manage the relationships between delivery partners and sub-contractors and WYCC once a Funding Agreement is live. Georgia and the team manages the performance of the delivery of contracted activity against profile, ensuring quality assurance. Her role also includes coordinating WYCC procurement to expand the supply chain and offer, from advertisement all the way through to contracting.

Georgia has over 15 years’ experience working in the training and education industry both in the private and public sector, with the last 8 years spent working within FE managing relationships and contracts within externally funded projects across a breadth of industries and initiatives nationally.

Email: georgia.williams@westyorkshirecolleges.ac.uk

Joanna is responsible for developing and maintaining strong relationships with delivery partners and sub-contractors ensuring WYCC contracts are managed effectively from approval to closure.

Joanna has a wide and varied work history within HE, Commercial, Professional and Manufacturing sectors including training within the private sector. For the past 11 years Joanna has worked within the public sector managing a number of funded projects, accounts and relationships across the country.

Email: joanna.barthorpe@westyorkshirecolleges.ac.uk

Mob: 07795 061 173

Lyn is responsible for the contract management of partners and sub-contractors delivering for the WYCC once the Funding Agreement is live. Her role includes ensuring all delivery partners and sub-contractors conform to ESIF guidelines and deliver contracted training.

Lyn has 12 years’ experience working in the training and education industry mainly in public sector, working for Calderdale College. Most recently years spent working very closely with the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership delivering employer led training.

Email: lyn.palmer@westyorkshirecolleges.ac.uk

Mob: 07920 497 283

Emma is responsible for the overall development and implementation of procedures that support the effective contract management for WYCC Projects. Her role is to ensure clear linkages between engagement, supply chain and contract management, as well as the effective delivery of timely contracts to our partners.

Emma has nine years’ experience working in the training and education industry, mainly in the public sector working for Calderdale College one of the WYCC member colleges. Emma’s most recent experience was working very closely with the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership delivering employer led training.

Email: emma.ratcliffe@westyorkshirecolleges.ac.uk

Lucy is responsible for developing the reputation and brand of the consortium. Lucy’s role includes raising awareness of the ESF funded projects among stakeholders and making sure everyone is informed and engaged. She will support Joint Venture Colleges, providers and employers with their marketing and communications to deliver, successful programmes within funded projects.

Lucy’s day to day role includes stakeholder and media relations, social media management, web content development, copywriting, branding, campaign planning and PR.

Lucy has worked in public sector marketing and communications for over 20 years including further and higher education, emergency services and the NHS.

Email: lucy.davies@westyorkshirecolleges.ac.uk

Mob: 07773 338 387