Tel: 01384 573783
Mob: 07956 656080

Tel: 01283 562965
Mob: 07956 655719

The Old Head Office
Dock Walk
Wheatbridge
Chesterfield
S40 2AB

Tel: 01246 563433
Mob: 07956 655810

Part 3rd Floor, Churchill House
Regent Road
Hanley
Stoke
ST1 3JJ

Tel: 01782 272255
Mob: 07930 183403

Tel: 01162 621801
Mob: 07432 593832

Tel: 01743 366413
Mob: 07960 859796

5 High Bank Side
Stockport
SK1 1HG

Tel: 0161 480 3343
Mob: 07956 655738

Tel: 0121 505 5455
Mob: 07956 655751

Tel: 01902 570111
Mob: 07956 655721

Chairman

Head of Operations

Jon started working at Juniper in 2003.  Since 2013 he has been Head of Operations, with responsibility for finance, budgets, data, IT, business development, employer engagement, premises and building & maintaining relationships with key stakeholders.  Between 2003 and 2013, Jon had numerous roles including conducting outreach activities to engage NEET young people, supporting unemployed disabled Jobcentre customers into sustainable employment and business development management.  Jon is parent Governor at the Royal Wolverhampton School.  He enjoys playing football and golf (badly).

Head of Quality

Tara has over 13 years’ experience of working in the education and training sector and has worked in various roles including Teaching and Curriculum Management.  She was appointed Head of Quality in February 2016 and is Juniper’s Senior Safeguarding Lead.  Tara is passionate about education believing that all people should be given the opportunity to reach their potential. She works closely with the senior leadership and wider management team to ensure the delivery of quality learning programmes, so that learners receive the education and training that they deserve.

Regional Head of Performance

Susan has worked in government funded training provision for 20 years, 13 of these years have been with Juniper Training. Prior to this, Susan worked as a manager in sales and customer service roles with large national and International brands.  In the last 13 years Susan has worked on DWP, LSC and ESFA contracts as a Regional Head of performance for Juniper. Susan is a target driven individual who is passionate about developing staff and teams to achieve high levels of compliant performance, resulting in Juniper students receiving an outstanding learning experience.

Regional Head of Performance

Michelle’s background is in training and development, having worked within the FE and Skills sector for 20 plus years at both independent training providers and FE Colleges. Michelle joined Juniper from an FE College where she was project co-ordinator for a number of ESF contracts and was instrumental in the set up and day-to-day running of a national transport hub for learndirect provision.

In 2003 Michelle became Centre Manager of our Wolverhampton site and was promoted to Area Manager in 2004. Having undertaken this role for 7 years, Michelle took on a new challenge in 2012 when she became Head of Compliance/Quality, undertaking internal inspections and audits of our centre network and during her time in this role was an Ofsted Nominee. In 2016 Michelle became a Regional Head of Performance and now works with 6 centres and 3 hubs to ensure our students reach their full potential and progress into their chosen careers.

As a Management Board member, Michelle plays a strategic part in developing Juniper’s provision to ensuring that we deliver good quality, relevant provision to meet the needs of our students and local area priorities.

Business Development Manager

Governor

Jason is a specialist in the further education and skills sector with over twenty years’ experience.  He has managed a wide range of programmes in FE colleges around England, provided specialist consultancy for FE colleges and training providers and is currently Vice Principal at Northampton College.

Governor