Steve Allison

Award winning, pioneering Curriculum, Learning and Quality Specialist with over 20 years of experience in educational leadership, quality management and curriculum design. 
Proven track record of achieving 100% 'good' or 'outstanding' ratings from learners and employers through expertly designed development workshops and materials, complemented by exceptional skills in management and leadership training. 
Recognised for consistently delivering high-quality learning experiences that engage and inspire learners. 
Ready to leverage expertise to enhance programme effectiveness and learner outcomes in a progressive learning environment.

Hawk Training (Jan 2017 to date) – one of the Uk’s largest Independent Training Providers, Ofsted Grade 1 “Outstanding”

Curriculum Lead for Management & Leadership and Coaching & Mentoring (Jan 2022 onwards)

• Engineered a comprehensive suite of over 30, high-quality management & leadership and coaching & mentoring learning and development programmes for apprenticeship, internal and commercial learners 
• Conceptualised and implemented internal End Point Assessment (EPA) processes and support materials, including EPA preparation workshops
• Consistently attained over 3.5 years a 100% 'good' or 'outstanding' rating from over 300 learners and 50 employers re. materials and workshops
• 100% EPA Pass rate, 99.5% EPA first time pass rate; 84% distinctions at EPA
• Overhauled the entire curriculum in response to business needs in 2023 resulting in a doubling of achievement rates within 2 years
• Rated Ofsted Grade 1 "Outstanding" in 2023
• Winner of the CMI Presidents Award for "Most Innovative Training Provider" 2022

Internal Quality Assurer (Jan 2019 to Dec 2021)

• Successfully facilitated the professional development of a team of 12 Leadership and Management tutors by enhancing their coaching, teaching, and assessment skills leading to improved achievement and feedback ratings
• Led the organisations strategic relationship with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), hosting all monitoring and audit visits resulting in a 100% pass rate
• Played a key role in the introduction of the first “flex-assess” model for CMI qualifications and apprenticeships

Leadership and Management Tutor (Jan 2017 to Dec 2018)

• Effectively nurtured the development of over 100 individuals at senior levels within organisations across the private, voluntary, and public sectors with a 72% qualification achievement rate (set against national averages of approx. 52%)

London Skills Partnership (Aug 2005 to July 2012) – the most successful consortium based Higher Level Skills (HLS) Partnership in London delivering over £2.75 million of HLS training

Founder and Board Member 

• Led the development of a consortium of training providers in response to changes to minimum contractual size limits as Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) changed to Learning and Skills Councils (LSEs)
• Surpassed all contractual partnership targets for my organisation (SAA Ltd)

Steve Allison Associates Ltd (SAA Ltd, Jan 2000 to Dec 2014) – Independent Training Provider serving the public, private and voluntary sectors with a range of vocational qualifications and courses

Founder, Owner and Managing Director

• The first private sector training provider to achieve Training Quality Standard (TQS) status – a recognition of excellence in employer responsive training
• 100% pass rate for all external audits and inspections from the European Social Fund (ESF), Skills Regeneration Budget (SRB), TECs, LSCs, the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) and Cache, City and Guilds, ILM and CMI Awarding Organisations

Waltham Forest College – one of the largest FE Colleges in the UK (Jan 1994 to Dec 1999)

Curriculum Manager 

• Led the development of accredited centres for the delivery of vocational qualifications in management, training and development, early years, playwork and adult care
• Quickly recognised as a centre of excellence by Awarding Organisations

Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Level 7 Certificate in Senior Leadership (ongoing)

CMI Level 5 Certificate in Management and Leadership

Certificate and NVQ in Business Improvement Techniques

CMI Level 3 Award in Coaching and Mentoring

City and Guilds level 5 Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector (DTLLS)

City and Guilds A1 and V1 Assessor and Internal Quality Assurer qualifications

ILM NVQ Level 4 in Leadership and Management 

City and Guilds D32, D33, D43, D36 Assessor, Internal Verifier and APL Advisor qualifications 

BSC Hons Upper Second degree in Business and Management (HR and training and development specialism)