jenny shepherd

I was responsible for planning and managing the successful completion of a large research project in the social care sector. This involved a literature review, designing and administering a questionnaire survey, conducting depth interviews, analysing resulting data and writing a final report of the findings.

I was responsible for the efficient and effective running of the sales department, ordering, registering and invoicing new and used cars at a successful Hyundai and Subaru franchise garage. Managing and supprting sales staff and management, project managing the introduction of new systems including on-site registration of new vehicles.

Powys County Council is a Welsh Unitary Authority with 73 elected Councillors. It is relatively young, having been first created as a County Council in 1974, and then merged with its constituent district councils to become a Unitary Authority in 1996. However, its roots are deep, with the three constituent shires - Brecknockshire, Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire - stretching back centuries.As a Unitary Authority the Council is responsible for all local government services in the county, including education, social care services, roads and bridges, leisure services, tourism and planning.The Council employs around 6,000 staff working in many locations across the county in a wide variety of roles from refuse collector to social worker, from teacher to highway engineer.The Council has a huge impact on the local economy, both by being its largest employer and by spending more than half of its £300 million turnover within the county's boundaries.