Position:
Director for the North
Colin came to Working Links in 2002
to deliver the Private Sector Led New Deal contract in North
Tyneside. Prior to that he worked with a small North East based
training provider for a few years initially as a management
trainer, progressing into a management role overseeing the North
Tyneside New Deal contract which the company then held.
Before that, Colin worked for some
23 years with what is now Jobcentre Plus, starting off as a front
line Adviser and ending up as the North East Regional Training and
Development Manager.
In June 2009 Colin took on the role to lead on the implementation
of our flexible New Deal contract in Tees Valley and North East
Yorkshire and Humberside, returning to the wider Regional Director
role in April 2010. His area of responsibility currently spans the
North East, North West, and Yorkshire and Humberside this carries a
portfolio of some 30 contracts employing approximately 700
people.
Colin, who lives in Northumberland, is married with two grown up
sons and most of his spare time is taken up with his wife either
socialising or maintaining their house and garden.