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Anastasia Mary Simpson FCIPD, MBA, MSc

Specialisms

I specialise in the following areas:

  • Executive Coaching
  • Investigations
  • Organisational Development

Anastasia is a Human Resources Leader with extensive experience in developing and leading Human Resources and delivering public service improvements.

With her proven track record of developing successful award winning HR teams and fostering collaborative relationships between local authorities, businesses, and third-sector organisations to achieve shared objectives, she has excelled in managing complex projects, optimising service delivery, and supporting organisational growth through innovative partnership approaches.

She has experience managing multi-faceted projects from concept through to completion and comes with a wealth of value add knowledge, guidance and support.

Anastasia also has experience in setting up a Unitary Council (Southend Unitary), leading many TUPE projects, both bringing employees into the organisation and moving employees across to other organisations e.g. Council to DWP.

Key Strengths/Area of Expertise

  • Strategic Human Resources Leadership
  • Public Sector Leadership
  • Human Resources (HR)
  • Strategic Partnerships
  • Political Awareness

Professional Qualifications

  • FCIPD
  • MBA
  • MSc (Strategic HR)
  • Qualified to undertake Counselling, Mediation, Coaching and numerous psychometric testing e.g. WAVE, OPQ, Belbin, Hogan

Testimonials/Case Studies

“Immensely professional, calm, effective and supportive of others, Anastasia is able to deal really well with difficult and complex projects. With excellent interpersonal skills, she also has a solid academic background. No only did we work alongside one-another for many years in senior local government roles, we also did our MBAs together and Anastasia has a great approach to research and putting academic learning into practice, and visa versa. Anastasia has a huge amount of knowledge and experience in the fields of HR and public health and bring organisations together into successful partnerships.” – Gary Guiver, Corporate Director, Tendring District Council – Nov 2024

Notable Achievements

  • PPMA Chair for East of England and London Councils 2019 – 2024
  • Written articles for MJ
  • Achieved IIP Gold , Military Covenant for Employers (Gold) , Disability Confident Leader (first Council to achieve this in Essex), Various PPMA Awards – Winner Public Sector/Trade Union Partnership

Relevant Sector Knowledge

  • Experience of working across every Public Sector structure – County, Unitary, London Authority , District and Town.
  • Private Sector – Amey Plc
  • Outplacement Coaching – Private Sector
  • Experience supporting with LGR, including setting up Unitary Councils

Training/Coaching Programs/Workshop Offers

Anastasia is a trained coach and has recently supported three employees with Outplacement coaching.

She also has the capacity to create and deliver bespoke workshops as and when required.

Useful Links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anastasiamarysimpson/

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