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DAVID ROSSELLI, DIRECTOR

David works in local government currently, and also as a freelance consultant with local authorities, SMEs, NGOs and charities. He worked for 30 years as a local government officer, and then in consultancy since 2006. He has 'hands on' experience in frontline services, team & service management, and in policy & strategy development. 

David is skilled in working with key stakeholders, decision makers (CEOs, councillors, etc), partnership networks, project teams, managers, staff, members of the public, service users, the media and contractors

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Winning new business: won contracts valued up to £150,000 and was part of large bid teams that successfully won contracts valued up to £140 million
  • Lower costs & higher quality: identified 20% cost savings in local authority frontline services and at the same time also improved KPIs, quality and public satisfaction
  • Inspected Councils resulting in many improvements in frontline services (e.g. cleaner streets) and in corporate systems (e.g. better customer care)
  • Social marketing: created media campaigns that changed Nottingham’s public opinion so that the people were ready to accept kerbside recycling collections

KEY SKILLS

  • Councils, SMEs, charities, NGOs: knowledge of their culture, services & workings
  • Coaching: empowering individuals to learn, develop and improve at work
  • Project management: quality outcomes, on time delivery, within budget
  • Procurement support: cost reduction, options appraisals, writing/evaluating bids
  • Business development support to help clients grow their business
  • Independent evaluations and inspections of frontline services & corporate systems
  • Redesigning improved frontline services that work better for less cost
  • Change management & organisational development to achieve better outcomes
  • Communication skills to engage with politicians, CEOs, managers, staff, customers
  • Benchmarking of service costs, charges and performance quality
  • Research analysis to identify past, present & future data and performance trends