Diversity in Digital Leadership Initiative Expands to London and Northern Ireland
The award winning "Empowering Women to Lead..." initiative has announced that its long-established "Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation" programme will now be available to female digital professionals in London & Southern England and Northern Ireland for the first time, as part of its Spring 2024 schedule.
Run by the leadership development specialists at Empowering You and supported by techUK, Cabinet Office and the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS), the “Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation” programmes are a unique, cross-sector initiative, designed to address the challenge of gender diversity in the digital professions and foster the creation of an empowered and empowering network of female digital leaders across the UK.
Participation in the programme is free of charge and accessible via an open application process, with the successful candidates being selected by a panel of leading tech professionals from across government and industry. The selected applicants take part in a three-month immersive and intensive leadership development journey, including in-person group workshops, one to one coaching with a dedicated coach and "challenge" based group projects, culminating in presenting to an audience of industry and government digital leaders.
The initiative is cross-sector, so applicants are welcomed from any sector or size of organisation, whether that be public sector, technology suppliers, financial services, manufacturing, FMCG, aerospace and defence, third sector, education and academia or health. Applicants are also encouraged to apply regardless of digital discipline or career stage and previous cohorts have included participants ranging from entry level UX Designers and analysts through to Heads of Digital Transformation and IT Directors.
Over the past three years, the “Empowering Women to Lead…” initiative has firmly established itself as a vital opportunity for female digital professionals to develop their leadership capabilities, realise their potential and develop a powerful network of like minded peers in their local region. Working with Partners in government and industry, Empowering You now run regional cohorts of the programme across the UK, with their Spring 2024 schedule including regional programs in London & Southern England, the Midlands, Northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Their continuing success has resulted in the creation of an alumni network of over 300 female digital professionals across the UK.
The closing date for applications to the London & Southern England and Northern Ireland programmes are fast approaching in early February and details for both programmes, including programme content, methodology and timelines can be found at the links below:
London & Southern England – https://bit.ly/3QZYX2O
Northern Ireland - https://bit.ly/47rd1ci
Dan Patefield
Dan Patefield
Dan leads the techUK Cyber Security programme, having originally joined techUK in August 2017 as a Programme Manager working across the Cyber and Defence programmes. He is responsible for managing techUK's work across the cyber security eco-system, bringing industry together with key stakeholders across the public and private sectors. Dan also provides the industry secretariat for the Cyber Growth Partnership, the industry and Governmnet conduit for supporting growth across the sector. A key focus of his work is to strengthen the public-private partnership across cyber security to support further development of UK cyber security policy.
Before joining techUK he worked as Forum Lead for the Westminster eForum. In this role he had a focus on the technology and telecoms space, on issues ranging from Broadband and Mobile Infrastructure, the Internet of Things, Cyber Security, Data and diversity in tech. Dan has a BA in History from the University of Liverpool.
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Jill Broom
Jill Broom
Jill is techUK’s Programme Manager for Cyber Security, working across the cyber eco-system to bring industry together with key stakeholders across the public and private sectors.
Prior to focusing in on techUK's cyber security work, Jill was also part of techUK's Central Government programme team, representing the supplier community of technology products and services to Whitehall departments.
Before joining techUK, Jill worked as a Senior Caseworker for an MP, advocating for local communities, businesses and individuals, so she is particularly committed to techUK’s vision of harnessing the power of technology to improve people’s lives. Jill is also an experienced editorial professional and has delivered copyediting and writing services for public-body and SME clients as well as publishers.
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