General
James is now a successful independent management consultant and trainer. He enjoyed a distinguished career as a police officer spanning 30 years.
Consultancy
James Dale
Associates Limited (JDA)
expanding list of
clients include:
Steria UK, Novare
Consulting, QI
Consulting, Sola,
the Association for
Project Management (APM),
Cobra Solutions, the
Association of Chief
Police Officers,
West Midlands
Police,
Leicestershire
Constabulary, Dyfed
Powys Police and the
National Policing
Improvement Agency (NPIA).
James is an
accredited trainer
with the APM Group
and teaches MSP and
Change Management.
He is an active
assessor for the APM
and an external OGC
Gateway Review Team
Leader.
James specialises
in undertaking
quick-time high
impact reviews of
programmes and
projects and has
completed several
successful
assignments of this
nature.
James Dale Associates (JDA) expanding list of clients include: Steria UK, Novare Consulting, QI Consulting, Sola, the Association for Project Management (APM), Cobra Solutions, the Association of Chief Police Officers, West Midlands Police, Leicestershire Constabulary and the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA).
James is an accredited trainer with the APM Group and teaches MSP and Change Management. He is an active assessor for the APM and an external OGC Gateway Consultant.
James specialises in undertaking quick-time high impact reviews of programmes and projects and has completed several successful assignments of this nature.
Recent Project and
Programme (PPM)
Assignments
James has
undertaken numerous
high profile
programme management
roles including:
Undertaking
high profile
reviews (10+)
within the Home
Office (2007 -
2010) and
policing.
Preparing a
full business
case for the
creation of a
ground breaking
unified regional
scientific
support service
(2010)
Setting up
and delivering
Tranche 1 of the
NPIA Forensics21
Programme
(2008/09)
Undertaking
accreditation
assessments for
the APM
(on-going)
Delivering
public and
bespoke PPM
training courses
(on-going)
Contributing
to the
development of
the PPM
profession as an
active member of
the APM’s ProgM
Committee (James
is the
Secretary). He
is one of the
nominated
authors of the
new Body of
Knowledge
(on-going)
In January 2008 James was appointed as the interim manager for a multi million pound UK Government programme. James was responsible for setting up the programme and completing the definition phases in accordance with MSP (UK public sector standard for programmes of transformational change). The dossier of projects includes, process improvement, competence development, procurement and new Information Systems.
James successfully headed a ‘root and branch’ review of Sussex Police which led to the development of a more local, consistent and resilient force. He also led a multi million pound programme which overhauled call taking in Sussex Police, thereby improving efficiency and effectiveness. This included centralising call taking, setting up the single non emergency number, creating a ‘one stop shop’ call centre and introducing ‘e’ contact.
Line Management:
James was a dynamic and highly successful divisional commander. An independent inspection by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary identified strong leadership and cited 10 areas of national good practice (a record at that time). Please see the Inspection Report at the foot of this page (pdf).
He went on to perform the role of Head of Operations for Sussex Police, with responsibility for 300 staff and a budget of £11 million.
Education /
Training:
James is an MBA
graduate (pass with
distinction) from
the City University
Business School
(London)
He has been
accredited by the
APM Group to train:
Managing
Successful
Programmes
The
Principles of
Change
Management
and is also
accredited by the
APM to assess /
teach their PQ, APM
and IC
qualifications.
James is
a registered
practitioner
in the following
disciplines:
Managing
Successful
Programmes (MSP)
PRINCE 2
(project
management)
M_o_R
(management of
risk)
The
Principles of
Change
Management P30
James has passed
the British
Psychological
Society examinations
in applied
psychometrics
(Competence Level A)
and also the ITIL
(version 3)
foundation
examination.
Professional
Membership
- James is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (FCIPD)
- He is a Registered Project Professional (RPP) Champion with the Association for Project Management
