Desmond Bailey M.A

 

Desmond Bailey - Professional Summary:    An enthusiastic and dynamic equality and diversity professional with wide-ranging experience in managing and directing related organisational performance. Possesses excellent management and leadership skills, with ability to manage organisations, projects and staff, as well as senior levels in various public, private and voluntary sector organisations. Committed to the pursuit of social justice, has a strong publication record (available on request) and is attentive to detail. Enjoys leading, motivating and being part of a productive team; equally comfortable working on own initiative. 

 

Desmond Bailey - Professional Experience:   

 

2002-date                     Independent Diversity Consultant, t/a OWL Solutions (EU) LTD, Bedford 

 

• ·           Managing various contracts for a wide range of public sector clients and reporting directly to the board or executives of the client’s organisation
• ·           Solely responsible for liaising with the client’s organisation and advising of any legal requirements and best practice
• ·           Conducting various other tasks such as recruiting and managing consultants, contract negotiation, strategic planning and managing budgets and business planning

 

Key Achievements

 

• ·           Advisor to the Professional Standards Board at the Chartered Insurance Institute (December 2008-present)
• ·           Successfully led the review of the race equality scheme for the police at Centrex (2006)
• ·           Former Chief Diversity Advisor to the Audit Commission (2002-2005), Havering Council (2008), Transport for London (2002), London Borough of Havering (2007) and the South East England Development Agency (2009-2010)
• ·           Audited and designed the diversity strategy for the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) (2008)
• ·           Audited and produced development plan for all ten regional offices and the Headquarters of the Children and Family Courts Advisory Support Service (CAFCASS) (2005)
• ·           Audited and produced the development plan for all four regional offices and the Corporate Centre of the Audit Commission (2004)
• ·           Developed the comprehensive equality and diversity assessment toolkit used by the Audit Commission (2003)
• ·           Undertaken various equality impact assessments and drafted Equality Schemes for several organisations (ongoing)

 

2002-2002                                     Strategic Consultant (Diversity), Transport for London, London 

 

• ·           Successfully completed a 6-month contract to develop equality and diversity, responsibilities included advising Commissioner for Transport 
• ·           Conducting various other tasks such as drafting policies, reviewing services and publishing TfL’s first Equality Scheme

 

2001-2002                                   Director of Operations, Council for Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Organisations (CEMVO), London

 

• ·           Actively responsible for 7 Regional Directors and the Scottish Director and operations across these areas as well as devising regional business plans
• ·           Liaising with Government Departments and advising them on national policy, as well as advising CEMVO’s Board and Chief Executive Officer
• ·           Conducting various other tasks such as setting up regional community networks, managing budgets and representing the organisation at various public forums

 

Key Achievements

 

• ·           Successfully partnered the Cabinet Office and National Health Service which resulted in delivery of a series of regional employment road-shows and consultations between members of the Black and minority ethnic communities and government departments

1999-2001                             Head of Equalities, London Borough of Camden, London

 

• ·           Responsible for a number of service units throughout the business, such as Equality Unit (10 staff members), Welfare Rights Unit (7 Staff members) and Language Service (3 staff members) as well as managing the Home Office funded Domestic Violence team and director of this team
• ·           Playing a vital role in leading corporate developments around diversity and equality and on corporate and national inter-agency development of social inclusion
• ·           Actively managing budgets and drafting relevant committee reports and briefing notes as well as researching any appropriate diversity issues

 

Key Achievements

 

• ·           Managed and restructured 3 service units (Equality Unit, Welfare Rights Unit and Language Service) around a common business plan and budget into the ‘Equalities Service’
• ·           Successfully established quality systems and made Camden's Equalities Service the first to ever achieve ISO 9000 accreditation

 

1995-1999                     Service Development Manager: Equalities and Diversity, London Borough of Lewisham, London

• ·           Successfully leading the 40 volunteers of the out-of-hours emergency anti-harassment support team and researching into any relevant diversity issues
• ·           Liaising with manager and advising them of any legal responsibilities
• ·           Conducting other tasks such as devising the annual department Service Equality Plan and drafting committee reports and members’ briefing notes

 

 

Desmond Bailey - Education:    

 

ICTA Certificate: Quality Management Systems, Lead )Auditor (1999

PGCM: Management (1998)

MA: English Literature (1990)

BA (Hons): English Literary Studies (1989)

 

 

 

Desmond Bailey - Interests:    

 

Music, Hifi, Cinema, Football, Hiking, Poetry and Chess

 

 

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