Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Jennifer Edwards is a Chartered MCIPD professional currently serving as the People and Organisational Development Manager at Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council since April 2023. Prior experience includes roles as Workforce Strategy Lead and Programme Portfolio Lead at Worcestershire County Council from May 2018 to April 2023, as well as various positions at MacIntyre, including Recruitment Manager, Fundraising Manager, and Practice Development Advisor from March 2009 to May 2018. Jennifer is pursuing advanced CIPD qualifications with a Level 7 Advanced Diploma in Strategic Learning and Development and a Level 7 Senior People Professional Apprenticeship in Human Resources Development, expected to be completed by July 2024. Educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature from The Open University, completed between 2005 and 2015, along with secondary education at Pershore High School from 1991 to 1996.
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. Council House, Manor Square, Solihull, B91 3QB. Serving 200,000 citizens daily. The Council compromises 51 councillors, representing 17 wards. It is currently led by the Conservative Party. Solihull Council's current plan shows: OUR VISION Solihull in 2018: Where everyone has an equal chance to be healthier, happier, safer and prosperous. - This is the vision we share with our strategic public, private and voluntary sector partners in order to improve outcomes for everyone in Solihull. It directs everything we do. OUR PURPOSE Lives not Services: To be an organisation that improves lives. An organisation needs a purpose in order to know how to make full use of the resources at its disposal. Our Purpose sits at the core of a culture we are creating that puts the emphasis on improving lives before anything else. Our Purpose complements Our Vision. OUR AMBITION Good to Great: To be an organisation that our citizens and staff say is a great one. As an organisation we have been told that we are a good one and that we could be better. So rising to that challenge we have set ourselves an ambition to be great. With greatness being a measure of the value our communities place on the work we do and how we are improving lives. OUR BRAND Open. Honest. Approachable. Keeping our Promises. Our Brand defines the personality of our Council. It was developed by local people who said this is how they expect the Council (its Councillors and staff) to behave. In return they will trust us to do the right things. Our Brand sits at the heart of The Solihull Way. Connect with Solihull Council on social media. Twitter: @SolihullCouncil Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/solihullcouncil