Sherifat Adegbesan
SunCity Estate
Summary
Accomplished professional with extensive expertise in high-end event planning and management, project development, and public relations. Demonstrates strong negotiation skills and excels in training and presentation. Proficient in grant proposal writing, budgeting, and financial management with a deep understanding of government, lottery, and trust/foundation funding. Career goal includes leveraging skills to drive impactful projects and secure funding for innovative initiatives.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Special Assistant on Intergovernmental Affairs
National Orientation Agency (NOA)
Abuja
2024.06 - 2024.11
- Provide strategic advice to the Director General on fostering intergovernmental collaborations
- Coordinate partnerships and align policies across federal, state, and local governments to promote national objectives
- Facilitate collaborations with Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) to ensure coherent policy implementation
- Develop and maintain strategic partnerships with international organisations, NGOs, and government agencies
- Organise and manage high-level meetings, conferences, and workshops with key stakeholders and MDAs
- Promote intergovernmental cooperation by developing frameworks for joint public awareness campaigns
- Monitor, evaluate, and assess the impact of intergovernmental initiatives to recommend policy improvements
- Coordinated team meetings to enhance communication and productivity.
Senior Charity Consultant
Novelty Business Solution
London
2013.12 - 2024.11
- As a senior consultant offered variety of services to help organisations, pursue, and secure external funding
- With deep knowledge on caseload of clients, work to identify most viable grant opportunities, write relevant grant proposals, from inception to delivery, often under tight deadlines
- Develop clients work plans for proposals and review these with clients on regular basis
- Research and identify potential funders for client’s project subject to clients target
- Prepare grants proposal, ensuring that first and second drafts were reviewed by client before sending off to funder
- Developed comprehensive business strategies to deliver client objectives.
- Strengthened stakeholder relationships through effective communication and engagement methods.
Executive Director of Operations
Life Changers Foundation
London
2005.01 - 2024.11
- Collected and interpreted key metrics to determine which programs met desired outcomes or required further streamlining for success
- Drive operational direction, administrative and cost efficiency and coordination of security program initiatives
- Established new team in Nigeria to support international activities
- Develop and maintain effective links between voluntary and community groups, working in partnership with the charity
- Working with management committee to ensure membership best reflects local community and local issues
- Encouraging active participation and interest of local people in life of community, partnership and local activities open to them
- Identifying potential funding sources to support initiatives developed, and support local groups to make funding applications and bid submissions
- Managing finances of the charity, with support from Trustees, Treasurer and Administrative Assistant
- Develop and oversee monitoring and evaluation in line with funder requirements
- Develop and implement effective communication strategy including regular newsletter, website and press releases
- Attend local meetings, including relevant Council meetings, on behalf of the charity
- Defined, implemented and revised operational policies and guidelines
Primary School Teacher (Middle Leadership)
Burstedwood Primary School
London
2016.09 - 2023.01
- Plan, prepare and deliver instructional activities that facilitate active learning experiences
- Develop schemes of work and lesson plans
- Coached students on physical and emotional safety as part of health curriculum
- Provide variety of learning materials and resources for use in educational activities
- Identify and select different instructional resources and methods to meet students' varying needs
- Prepare required reports on students and activities
- Prepared and administered grade-specific tests and examinations regulated by school district to monitor students' growth and to report progress to parents
- Taught core subjects of math, science, technology and history
- Established open communication and positive relationships with students, parents, peers and administrative staff
Service Development Manager
The Stroke Association
London
2008.11 - 2011.06
- Worked closely with and assisting the Head of Operations across London to ensure the effective and efficient development / management of all Rehabilitation Support Services and the delivery of high-quality services specifically designed to meet the needs of people affected by stroke, their carers and families
- Conducted research, gathered information from multiple sources and presented results
- Marketing The charity services to an agreed number of existing and potential purchasers (Commissioners), building and maintaining relationships, to maintain and increase the spread of stroke support services across London
- Negotiating contracts with an agreed number of service commissioning agencies, ensuring that all services and projects have contracts in line with The charity policy
- Delivering the strategic business plan for stroke services in line with the National Stroke Strategy and liaising with central and other marketing, Finance and other departments for support as appropriate
- Monitoring and reporting on the quality standards of service delivery within London for internal and external use
- Providing detailed reports (internal and external) with regards to the operations carried out in London including mapping of boroughs where we have no services, number of beneficiaries, number of volunteers and population served
Employment Project Co-ordinator / Trainer
Pecan Ltd
London
2003.09 - 2005.01
- Scheduled and taught courses to increase learning opportunities
- Quickly adapted training plans for client needs, keeping timelines, budgets and desires in mind
- Motivating and inspiring clients towards job seeking, career decision, and realistic occupational goals
- Delivering job search training to group of up to 25 people
- Working with individuals and small groups to set employment and training goals
- Liaising with private organisations and jobcentre plus staff in order to provide opportunities for clients
- Negotiating high quality placement with wide range of voluntary sector organisations
- Arranging high quality training opportunities
- Liaising with training provider and monitoring development and progress of clients on placement
- Assisting clients in developing quality CVs and giving career advices
Sixth Form Study Co-ordinator
Bacons College
London
2002.09 - 2003.09
- Working closely with sixth form director for development, and other senior colleagues in developing modern and appropriate approach in support of college's strategic objectives
- Representing school on appropriate internal and external forums, e.g Southwark education / career forum and overseeing education steering group
- Providing financial estimates of LRC (Learning Resource Centre) and negotiating with senior management team over funding of LRC
- Develop and promote use of LRC
- Providing wide choice of resources suitable for supporting new curriculum development
- Exceeded goals through effective task prioritization and great work ethic
- Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment
Market Research Supervisor
National Opinion Poll
London
1999.01 - 2002.01
- Responsible for supervision of staff conducting market research telephone interview
- Other duties include: Managing and supervising 20 staff on regular basis and up to 50 occasionally especially weekends
- Liaising and consulting with senior management on matters relating to productivity and staff problems
- Motivating and inspiring colleagues to achieve optimum productivity whilst working to meet targets
- Organising deployment of staff over 3-shift system on weekends
- Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere
Education
Master of Arts - PGCE Primary with SEN (Special Education Needs)
University of East London
London 2014.09 - 2016.07
CPD - Prince2 Project Management
Maven Training School
London 2008.08 - 2008.08
Bachelor of Arts - International Business and Marketing
London Metropolitan University
London 1999.09 - 2002.07
Certificate in Business Studies - Access to Business Studies
Lambeth College
1998.09 - 1999.07
High School - undefined
Corona Secondary School
1994.09 - 1997.07
Skills
- Strong Negotiation Skills
- Excellent training and presentation skills
- High End Event Planning & Management
- Grant Proposal Writing
- Budgeting and Financial Management
- Project Management / Development
- Extensive Knowledge of Government, Lottery & Trust / Foundation Funding
- Public Relations
Languages
English
Yoruba
Custom
- Mobile, (+44) 740 267 3850
- Mobile, (+234) 905 000 2223
Timeline
Special Assistant on Intergovernmental Affairs
National Orientation Agency (NOA)
2024.06 - 2024.11
Primary School Teacher (Middle Leadership)
Burstedwood Primary School
2016.09 - 2023.01
Master of Arts - PGCE Primary with SEN (Special Education Needs)
University of East London
2014.09 - 2016.07
Senior Charity Consultant
Novelty Business Solution
2013.12 - 2024.11
Service Development Manager
The Stroke Association
2008.11 - 2011.06
CPD - Prince2 Project Management
Maven Training School
2008.08 - 2008.08
Executive Director of Operations
Life Changers Foundation
2005.01 - 2024.11
Employment Project Co-ordinator / Trainer
Pecan Ltd
2003.09 - 2005.01
Sixth Form Study Co-ordinator
Bacons College
2002.09 - 2003.09
Bachelor of Arts - International Business and Marketing
London Metropolitan University
1999.09 - 2002.07
Market Research Supervisor
National Opinion Poll
1999.01 - 2002.01
Certificate in Business Studies - Access to Business Studies
Lambeth College
1998.09 - 1999.07
High School - undefined
Corona Secondary School
1994.09 - 1997.07