At a time of difficult funding restraints, the advantages of sharing services to save money have never been greater.
College Leadership Services are working in partnership with Shared Service Architects in order to help you explore the route to sharing and to help you implement solutions that will not only save money but deliver improved business performance.
Some of the advantages of sharing services are:
• Working collaboratively avoids duplication and saves money
• Greater efficiencies through process review, benchmarking and re-engineering
• Functions become more business focussed with greater emphasis on customer service
• Greater scope to afford engaging expertise
• Ability to retain and share specialist staff
• Opportunity to share knowledge
• A greater voice with regional stakeholders
• Greater opportunity for procurement savings
We understand that the path to working collaboratively is not always an easy one, but we are already helping numerous colleges to save money through sharing with other colleges that are now seeking to join in as well.
We believe that our understanding and intricate knowledge of the sector has been a key factor in this success.
For further information contact Helen Anderson
tel: 0115 911 1117 or e-mail: handerson@collegeleadership.co.uk
Emanuel J Gatt
Managing Director,
Shared Service Architecture Ltd
Manny has been a leader in the field of public sector partnership and collaborative working for over 17 years, first as Chief Executive of the Enterprise Agency in Derby and latterly as managing director for Business Link Nottinghamshire. He is co-founder of Shared Service Architecture Ltd (SSA) and co-author of the ‘Shared Service Architect’s Toolbox’ and the ‘Highway Code of Shared Services’.
Manny has advised the Association of Colleges on shared services, designed and delivered training programmes on behalf of a number of Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnerships, Local Authorities and CIPFA. He is a visiting lecturer for Canterbury Christ Church University on the UK’s first Post Graduate Certificate Programme in shared services.
Simon Graham
Director of College Leadership Services
Simon is regarded as the sector’s leading expert in providing successful HR solutions and over the past ten years he has successfully devised and managed the recruitment and selection processes for many Principals and Senior Postholders.
In addition to his recruitment expertise he has built a strong reputation in working with Governing Bodies and College Principals to implement mergers, large scale restructures and other strategic change management programmes.