1. Robert Hutton
Address: 2 Carisbrook Road,Carlton-In-Lindrick,Worksop S81 9NJ
Home: 01909 733326 Email: drnbh@tiscali.co.uk
Professional Profile
Results driven,self-motivated and well-accomplished ‘hands-on’ Project Manager with a wealth of technical and leadership
skills acquired across a range of specialisms during a successful 30 year public sector career. Capable of managing multiple
work streams across varied disciplines. Specialises in: rebuild and refurbishment; business and transitional change; IT
infrastructure maintenance, upgrades and mergers; and the implementation of new technologies. Offers recruiting
organisations an exemplary track record of delivering successful challenging projects through their full life cycle. Business
focused and a resolute completer-finisher,offering outstanding strategic planning and analysis skills,along with commitment
to deliver against key milestones, quality standards, and cost targets. Extremely comfortable with high levels of
accountability, with experience of leading high performing teams. Excellent communicator and strong team player,
accustomed to building engaging and productive working relationships. Highly successful at managing resources across
internal teams and 3rd
party suppliers. Comfortable with managing stakeholders at all levels.
Key Skills
PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Prince2 Practitioner with 10 years’ experience of full project life cycle of small and large, diverse
and complexprojects.Methodically manages change and risk management systems. Offers sound time management and
organisational skills. Prioritises skilfully and adapts quickly to fast changing needs. Confidently uses MS Project to identify
key milestones and manage day-to-day activities. Adept at gathering and defining requirements to form detailed
specifications or process maps. Possess exceptional budget management skills.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Successful IT Manager with a strong track record in managing diverse network
infrastructures over multiple sites and delivering end-to-end solutions including communication technologies, server and
desktop systems plus management information tools. Highly competent in the use of Microsoft Office desktop packages,
including excel. Excellent supplier management skills ensure contract adherence.
FINANCIAL: Highly experienced in creating, profiling,monitoring and managing budgets in excess of£6M. Effective creator
of reports to highlighttrends and reporton spends. Undertaken numerous tendering exercises via framework agreements or
via OJEU to ensure value for moneyis realised.
LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT: Possesses 15 years’ leadership experience. Influential, motivational, and engaging in
style. Highly skilled at creating a leadership pull that people will engage with and work towards. Self-driven and self-reliant,
sets goals and targets and leads by example. Efficiently promotes teamwork and collaborative focus towards shared goals
and opportunities. Effectively delivers staff training across such skills as IT, customer service and cultural change.
DYNAMIC DECISION MAKING: Excels at a problem solving approach. Skilled at forward planning, creativity and lateral
thinking. Identifies and develops opportunities;innovates and makes things happen. Capable ofanalysing data from a variety
of sources, including surveys & questionnaires to produce strategic action plans.
COMMUNICATION: A strong communicator, able to convey information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of
stakeholders. A respected and productive facilitator and inter-department liaison with the proven ability to foster productive
working relationships and partnerships.
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT: Extremely effective in successfullymanaging conflict,skilled atbalancing opposing stakeholder
requirements to effectively gain stakeholders’ acceptance and commitment. Emotionally resilient and able to drive projects
effectively for excellence against demanding targets in a complex, multi-disciplined environment.
STAKEHOLDER FOCUS: Experienced at delivering continuous improvement processes. Adheres to stakeholder
management methodologies and business plans to achieve internal and external milestones, generating stakeholder
satisfaction. Adept at stakeholder liaison and maintenance of positive relationships.
Professional Development
PRINCE2 Practitioner
ITIL Version 3 Foundation
Shared Service Architects Trust and Vision Toolbox
BTEC Professional Development Certificate in Management Studies
Certificate in Information Security Management Principles
Certified Novell Administrator V4.x (CNA4)
GCE O’ levels 7 including English & Mathematics
Key Achievements
 Led and co-ordinated on-time delivery and to budget of a £12.2M project to rebuild and refurbish multiple new
learning environments for North Lindsey College. Including the transition of services from two buildings into new
environments, office relocations plus the demolition of a redundant building. Including the introduction of new

2. teaching and learning technologies, both hardware and software to develop learners core attributes.
 Successfullyintroduced £1.4Mof new equipment at North Lindsey College to develop student learning techniques
and experiences.
 Delivered a £8M new build project for Rotherham College ofArts & Technology,which created a new learner centric
focal pointfor the College with increased social space and HE classroom accommodation. Included the relocation of
existing HE activities into the new space.
 Deployed College wide virtual learning environments along with multiple access methodologies. Plus co -ordinated
multiple upgrades and data conversions.
 Successfully introduced multiple learning resource centres for students across various campus sites to promote
individual learning styles. Introduced online learning materials to aid in students develop at differing paces.
 Introduced the school managementinformation systems SIMS across all Doncaster schools and trained all relevant
staff in its use.
 Executed a £2.4M refurbishment, at Rotherham College of Arts & Technology, of commercial restaurant, training
and production kitchens plus engineering workshop which included part replacement and dem olition.
 Successfullydelivered multiple ITinfrastructure upgrades including replacement of core and distributed switches at
all layers; virtualisation of both servers / desktops, complete Wi-Fi coverage across multiple sites, introduction of
VoIP technology and introduced centralised managementofinformation and resources through the implementation
of Microsoft SharePoint technologies.
 Managed the merger of two College IT LAN infrastructures into a combined WAN including their services to provide
a single resilient domain providing accessibility 24x7, with the transition to corporate wide information systems.
 Defined and implemented a cross College information security manual to conform to ISO27001 principles, which
included governance, policies, procedures and responsibility matrix.
 Delivered training to all stakeholders and senior staff on security principles and ISM Manual.
 Chaired the South Yorkshire College Technical Managers Forum.
 Introduced a full resilient IP telephony solution across multiple sites at Rotherham College of Arts & Technology.
Career Highlights
9th
November 2015 –31st
January 2016 Director of Support and Resources / Operations
Yorkshire Coast College
Yorkshire Coast College is a provider of post-16 education and training in Scarborough, part of the Grimsby Institute Group,
offering a wide range of further education programmes, both vocational and academic, and apprenticeship courses at a
range of levels.
 Took a strategic role in overseeing the leadership and managem ent of the College support services ensuring the
consistent, effective and efficient business planning, delivery and review of the service.
 Ensured high standards of the quality for all support services, through monitoring and review, providing clear
management reporting and guidance to the Principal.
 Championed the learner by understanding their needs and utilised this knowledge and understanding to promote
and deliver a consistently outstanding learning experience across all support areas and services . Managed the
learner service and additional learner support functions to ensure individuals could access learning.
 Contributed towards the development, delivery and implementation of Group strategies, policies and practices to
positively enhance the learner experience and enable effective progression towards employment,further acquisition
of skills in the workplace, further study or H.E.
 Initiated, fostered and developed key stakeholder relationships within and external to the Institute to underpin the
advancementof progression opportunities for learners,the wider curriculum and contributed to the overall direction
of the College.
 Utilised external data, customer insight, learner feedback and emerging trend analysis to further advance quality &
provision and positively impact on the learner experience.
 Consistently measured the usage, satisfaction and impact of mechanisms on the retention and achievement of
learners.
 Empowered Business Managers to constantly identify and pursue opportunities to improve the learner experience .
Jan 2014 – 30th
September 2015 Project Manager (Secondment)
North Lindsey College
North LindseyCollege is the largestprovider of post-16 education and training in North Lincolnshire, offering a wide range of
further education programmes, both vocational and academic, and apprenticeship courses at a range of levels .
 Responsible for managing the full lifecycle of a project(circa £12.2M) to rebuild and refurbish multiple new learning
environments for the College to enhance the teaching and learning experience.
 Managed the transition of services, resources and staffing from old outdated facilities to a new purpose build
environment whilst maintaining a quality service to College stakeholders, primarily students.
 Implemented new IT infrastructure and services to meet the long term strategic vision of the College.

3.  Delivered all aspects ofproject managementincluding:stakeholder management; writing business cases; change
control board; portfolio and project scheduling; kick-off meetings; budget and resource planning; estimating
techniques; project/stage/team plans; lessons learned; and release schedules.
 Implemented strategies to ensure operational readiness of new environments.
 Developed key relationships with stakeholders including local residents to develop partnership links that would
enhance the success of the project and provide longevity of the resources.
 Managed a complex change control system, to ensure the project did not exceed any quality or cost tolerances.
 Proficiently managed risks and issues to ensure project completed on time with any detrimental factors mitigated.
 Led and directed internal College team, including: recruitment; staff training; objective setting and reviews;
motivation techniques; coaching and mentoring; knowledge transfer; and delegation.
 Delivered timely reports on project process and financial status to both internal and external bodies including SMT
and Corporation Board.
 Implemented a robust aftercare system to manage client expectation after delivery.
 Promoted the new learning environments to a wide range of potential users through continued involvement
throughout the life span of the project.
 Developed appropriate Health and Safety documentation along with compliance to Diversity and Equality policies by
ensuring all matters were discussed at the both boards.
1998 – 8th
November 2015 Central Services Manager / Project Manager
Rotherham College of Arts & Technology
Rotherham College ofArts and Technology is the largest further education college in Rotherham and boasts a large variety
of vocational courses.
 Led, managed and challenged the IT Team consisting of network, operations and support professionals, providing
direction and motivation through the use of weekly updates, performance development, training and development
and counselling.
 Provided leadership and management to the reprographics team , including contract management, on b/w and
colour digital devices with online submission.
 Developed and natured a graphic design studio which produced all corporate documentation plus where appropriate
local material for a fee.
 Delivered a wide range of IT projects, examples include:
o Installation of new Student, HR and Financial management systems including the transition of data from
incumbent systems, such as iTrent.
o Implementation of document management through the use of MS SharePoint.
o Extensive server and storage hardware refresh programmes.
o Introduction of VLAN technologies across multiple sites including Wi-Fi systems.
o Desktop roll-out’s including updated operating and desktop systems for client base of over 1000 devices.
o Deployed ‘cloud’ based applications where appropriate.
o Deployment of new CCTV systems.
 Successfullymanaged estates and cultural change projects.
 Actively soughtoutopportunities to enhance the clientexperience through the introduction of updated management
information systems,mobile technologies and developmentofremote working opportunities.
 Financially managed the unit budget along with requested capital expenditure for IT and estate improvements.
 Acted as the appointed College Data Protection and Freedom of Information controller, ensuring that the College
satisfied legislation and best practice.
 Spoke at national conferences on data protection and shared services,including the trial of shared storage between
two Rotherham based Colleges.
 Orchestrated RIBA Stage D & E plans for a £45M new College which failed due to lack of LSC funding.
 Maintained the College Information Security Strategy and devised policies and procedures in-line with ISO
standards, and in support of the wider business plan.
 Managed internal Print and Design Teams to enhance the College image and leverage engagement, through the
use of modern technologies to produce high quality material.
1989 – 1998 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
Roles included: (Technical Services Officer, User Support Analyst / Programmer, Senior Computer Operator)
 Management,maintenance and developmentof all primary/ secondaryschools IT infrastructures including the
installation and supportofthe SIMS managementinformation system.
 Installation ofNovell servers within Doncaster secondaryschools.
 Integrated UNIX and PC based email systems via X400 standards.
 General maintenance ofcouncil wide IT desktop and office based service architects across all functions including
Housing Services.
 Identified an IT wide service desk for implementation.
 Installation ofX25 communications equipmentin schools for connectivity.
 Creation of a centralised database for the procurementofgoods and services which reduced costs and wastage.

4.  Actively involved in the migration ofusers from UNIX dumb terminal technologyto PC based systems and applications.
 Senior member ofstaff responsible for the operation of the council mainframe to ensure frontline services metthe
demands ofthe local community.
 Acted as the deputy for the Shift Leader and provided leadership and managementwhen required.
 Assisted with the introduction of internet services to the council for the first time to enable more effective data transfer.
1983 - 1989 Sheffield City Council
Roles included: (Computer Operator, Computer Control Clerk, Temporary Clerk in Housing Benefits)
 General administrative duties including filing inputof data, checking forms for inaccuracies and monitoring of
computerised output.
 Input jobs to council mainframe using punch cards.
 Distributing computerised outputto the appropriate departments.
 Responsible for the operation of the council mainframe to ensure frontline services metthe demands ofthe local
community.
 Cleaning and maintenance ofcouncil mainframe equipment.
 Responding to tenantrent rebate requests and calculating paymentschedules.
Technical Expertise
 Microsoft Office packages,including, Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint,Visio, Project, Access and Cloud services
 Multi-functional devices,including printmanagementsolutions
 Windows or MAC on either PC or mobile devices
 Window Server technologies,SQL Server, SharePoint
 Server, Exchange Server
 LAN and WAN using IP based switching technologies
 VMWare Server for both PC or server virtualisation
Other Information
 Driving Licence: Full clean licence.
 References: Available on demand.