Approved Accreditation Mentor
Role: Learning and Performance Consultant
Specialities: Blended Learning, Classroom-based delivery/ Instructor led Training and Facilitation, Digital Transformation, Learning Strategy and Implementation, Live online learning/Virtual Classroom Delivery, Performance Management/Improvement/Performance Metrics, Personalisation of Learning, Social and Collaborative Learning/Social Learning Communities, Social Media
Industry Expertise: Government (local, central), Transport and Travel
Experience: 30 years
Professional Profile:
I am a qualified, experienced and award-winning L&D professional, until recently leading FirstGroup’s development, deployment & facilitation of Technology Assisted Learning across their People Development & Management learner communities. Now an independent L&D consultant. Personally, I know a little about a lot and a lot about very little! I’m a husband, a Dad, an armchair astronomer, a walker, a regular conference speaker & chair, a blogger and an enthusiastic collaborator via social media. And this is what I do and how I do it: https://www.pinterest.com/niallgavinuk/me-in-the-media/
Career History
- Group Head of Technology Assisted Learning, Nov 14 – Sept 15: FirstGroup Plc
- Interim Head of Learning & Development, Apr 2013 – Oct 2014: FirstGroup Plc
- Head of Learning Technologies, Apr 2010 – Mar 2013: FirstGroup Plc
- Group IT Training Manager, Sept 05 – Mar 2010: FirstGroup Plc
- IT Training Manager, Jan 97- Sept 05: Sussex Police
- IT Training Consultant, Aug – Dec 96: BP (via Kaleidoscope Training), Sunbury on Thames
- PC Applications Trainer, Nov 93 – Aug 96:, Neos Technology Training Ltd, Brighton
- Founding Director / Consultant, Jan 89 – Oct 93: Quadrant Training Services Ltd, London
- Office Manager, Jul 86 – Dec 88: PTRC Education & Research Services Ltd, London
- Professional Actor, 1977 – 1986
Qualifications and Awards
- Chartered Management Institute Level 4 Diploma in Management, with Distinction, University of Brighton
- IITT Part 1 TAP Certificate
- CompTIA CTT+ Certificate
- City & Guilds Training & Development NVQ Level 3
- NVQ D32/33 Vocational Assessor
- FAST Approved Software Manager & Software Auditor
- Degree: Drama and the Spoken Word (Merit)
- Gold Award Winner, ‘Training Manager of the Year 2002’, IITT Awards
- Prize for Achievement in the CMI: Level 4 Diploma in Management, July 2003
- Bronze and Silver Awards, ‘Internal Project of the Year Award’, IITT Awards, 2003 & 2004
