1. DWP Partnership/Relationship Managers
Angela Roberts
Partnership Manager (Beds & Herts district)

2. Our Role To build and manage effective relationships between
The jobcentre;
(training) Providers; and
(local) Employers (our national partnerships team engages with national employers; then such agreements are filtered to local areas for our own engagement).
We work closely with
Skills brokers/training providers (private companies as well as local colleges) to ensure that local provision meets the needs of all customers;
Employers to ensure that we source provision that meets their recruitment needs; also in liaison with
Partners/forums such as
Local Authorities;
Local Drug/Alcohol;
Mental Health; and
Carers;
To address worklesness in local areas (in essence – addressing skills gaps by matching employer requirements with claimant needs, in partnership with local (training) providers.

3. Contact us if: You want to discuss working with Jobcentre Plus.
You may
Wish to promote courses/opportunities for our Claimants;
Wish to discuss a sector based work academy
Have a query with regards to training provision, the local labour market and Jobcentre Plus;
Need to resolve issues between yourself and the jobcentre;
or even if
You are not sure who in the local Jobcentre you need to speak to.
Where possible, ALWAYS use the Partnership/Relationship managers as your first point of contact.

4. East of England Relationship Managers Contact Details and Lead Responsibilities
Geographical Area
Name
Contact Details
District Lead Areas
Dereham, Diss and Thetford
Jan Jeffrey
Mob:
CIPD mentoring
DWP work internal experience
Peterborough
Julie Coleman
Tel:
Mob:
Carers
ESF provider lead for Peterborough
Social Fund Reform for East Anglia
Bury St Edmunds, Haverhill, Sudbury, Mildenhall and Newmarket
Anne Cutts
Tel:
Mob:
Mental Health
Kings Lynn & Wisbech
Linda Green
Tel:
Mob:
Princes Trust
Childcare
ESF
Cambridge, Ely, Huntingdon
Neil Nineham
Tel:
Mob:
Care sector
Drugs and Alcohol
ESF provider lead for Cambridge, Huntingdon and Ely
Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Beccles
Anne Rawstron
Tel:
Mob:
Energy sector
Apprenticeships
Norwich, Cromer and North Walsham
Carole White
Tel:
Mob:
Armed Forces
Data sharing
ESF provider lead for Norfolk

5. East of England Relationship Managers Contact Details and Lead Responsibilities (cont’d)
Geographical Area
Name
Contact Details
District Lead Areas
Ipswich, Felixstowe, Stowmarket, Woodbridge and Leiston
Jeannette White
Tel:
Mob:
National Careers Service
Citizens Advice Bureau
Norwich and Fakenham
Kim Wright
Tel:
Mob:
Offender agenda
MAPPA (Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements)
Social Justice

6. Beds & Herts Partnership Managers Contact Details and Lead Responsibilities
Jobcentre
Name
Contact Details
District Lead Areas
Bedfordshire
Steve Perry
Mob:
Senior Partnership Manager (Bedfordshire)
Bedford
Gill Mason
Mob:
Disability Employment Advisers
Mental Health (Beds)
Jenny Harwood
Mob:
Military Veterans
Bedford, Biggleswade
Joe Richardson
Mob:
Data Sharing
Skills for Care/Carers (Beds)
Leighton Buzzard & Luton
Rob Mayhew
Mob:
EURES
NCS & Skills Conditionality (Beds)
Luton
Angela Roberts
Mob:
Universal Credit Ambassador (Beds)
Drugs & Alcohol
Louise Peck-Cooper
Mob:
Wage Incentive
Deprivation & Poverty – Debt (Beds)

7. Beds & Herts Partnership Managers Contact Details and Lead Responsibilities
Jobcentre
Name
Contact Details
District Lead Areas
Hertfordshire
Jane Devlin
Mob:
Senior Partnership Manager (Hertfordshire)
Hatfield & Letchworth
Jackie Royal
Mob:
Creative Employment Programme
Hemel Hempstead
Marie Green
Mob: -
Hertford
Kate Ashcroft
Mob:
Skills for Care/Carers (Herts)
Herts County Council
Stevenage
Vina Patel
Mob:
Princes’ Trust
Apprenticeships
Borehamwood & St Albans
Susan Platten
Mob:
Mental Health (Herts)
Work Programme Completers
Waltham Cross
Lena Brooks
Mob:
Universal Credit Ambassador (Herts)
Deprivation & Poverty – Debt (Herts)
Watford
Sue Coster
Mob:
NCS & Skills Conditionality (Herts)

8. Essex Relationship Managers Contact Details
Area
Name
Contact Details
Clacton, Harwich & Rayleigh
Carole Fuller
Colchester and Canvey
Nigel Warren
Southend
Sarah Newham
Harlow, Braintree & Witham
Liz Hand
Chelmsford & Loughton
Jackie Phillips
Grays & Brentwood
Pauline Nischal
Basildon
Leeroy Fogg