Nicola Roberts

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT NICOLA ROBERTS

A productive and motivated senior manager with an established record of success in multiple appointments within government and defence. An invested leader devoted to individual development and improving team performance. An expert in compliance, assurance, and verification, and creating success in high risk and tightly-regulated industries. A technically-fluent individual, comfortable with complexity, and able to quickly assimilate large amounts of detail. A collaborative though output focussed manager adept at streamlining activity to efficiently achieve results and improvements. An assiduous, reliable, and resilient completer-finisher, a methodical analyst, task focussed, and determined to meet commitments. Passionate about conveying information clearly and distilling complicated detail into succinct packages.• Leadership and talent development: Empowers the team, coaches, mentors, and harnesses diversity to maximise talent.• Planning and Strategy Development: Cuts to the heart of an issue, using methodical and innovative thinking to produce high-quality solutions.• Project and Portfolio Management: Balances cost, time, and quality objectives effectively, and inspires novel solutions.• Communications and Influence: An enthusiastic and engaging public speaker; delivered 200+ presentations and featured on TV, radio, and in panel forums.• Stakeholder Engagement: Uses strong interpersonal skills to build effective, trusted relationships and influence senior leadership.• Assurance, Verification and Compliance: Manages risk and operational requirement to maintain both safety and output.