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Keywords e.g. warehousing
Qualification Code e.g. 600/5640/X
Keywords e.g. warehousing
Unit Code e.g. Y/505/4889
Open Awards Unit ID e.g. CBF498
Keywords e.g. warehousing
Open Awards Unit Code e.g. UA33ART12
Open Awards Unit ID e.g. CBF521

Open Awards Staff Contact Details

Staff contact details

The Open Awards office is open on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday. However, the team are still working as normal throughout the week remotely and all services continue to be available via the portal. If you need to speak to a member of the team, please use customerservices@openawards.org.uk or the switchboard number 0151 494 2072 in the first instance. We appreciate your patience during this period and want to assure you that our business systems ensure that we can still deal with your queries. 

Operations Team (customerservices@openawards.org.uk) 

Jane Drummond

Customer Service and Training Advisor

Jane@openawards.org.uk

0151 494 4353

Magdalena Parker

Operational Team Leader

customerservices@openawards.org.uk

0151 494 4363

Paula Roberts

Administrator

Paula@openawards.org.uk

(Tues, Weds, Thurs)

0151 494 4349

Michael Perry

Administrator

Michael.perry@openawards.org.uk

 

Annette Summers

Administrator

annette.summers@openawards.org.uk 

0151 494 2072

Charlie McAlinden

Senior Administrator

charlie.mcalinden@openawards.org.uk

0151 494 4365

Adam Kong

Administrator

 adam.kong@openawards.org.uk

 0151 494 4358

Emma Kettle

Customer Service and Training Advisor

emma.kettle@openawards.org.uk

 

Grant Clark

Customer Service and Training Advisor

Grant.Clark@openawards.org.uk

 

 

Business Development Team (enquiries@openawards.org.uk

Julie Goodwin

Qualification Consultant

Julie.goodwin@openawards.org.uk

07904 654 066

Sam Ballington

Head of Product Development
 sam.ballington@openawards.org.uk  

Irene Oliver

Product Development Manager (Qualifications and Assessment)

irene.oliver@openawards.org.uk

0151 494 4351

Jessica O'Rourke

Product Development Officer

jessica.o'rourke@openawards.org.uk

0151 494 4360

Sarah Clark 

Product Development Officer

Sarah.Clark@openawards.org.uk 

 

Teri Greaves

Business Development Manager

teri.greaves@openawards.org.uk

07940 514625

Abigail Black

Business Development Officer

Abigail.black@openawards.org.uk

0151 494 4343

Annette Edmondson

Business Development Officer

 annette.edmondson@openawards.org.uk  

Vicky McClymont

Marketing and Access to HE Development Manager 

vicky.mcclymont@openawards.org.uk

0151 494 4357

Jen Kehlenbeck

Marketing Manager 

 jen.kehlenbeck@openawards.org.uk  

Ruth Crane 

Access to HE Development Officer 

ruth.crane@openawards.org.uk  

Geraint Turner

Business Development Manager (Wales)

geraint.turner@openawards.org.uk  

 

Quality Assurance Team (quality@openawards.org.uk)

Andrew Bardsley

Head of Quality and Standards

andrew.bardsley@openawards.org.uk

 07494 857290

Shannon Appleton

Quality Assurance Officer

shannon.appleton@openawards.org.uk

 

Maria Karsa

Quality and Standards Advisor

maria.karsa@openawards.org.uk

07921 621 769

Teresa Wilson

Quality and Standards Advisor

teresa.Wilson@openawards.org.uk

 

Kay Taylor

EQA for Functional Skills Qualifications

kay.taylor@openawards.org.uk

0151 494 4366

Peter Moss

EQA Officer

peter.moss@openawards.org.uk

(Weds, Thurs)

0151 494 4368

Carla Hodgkinson

External Quality Assurer

carla.hodgkinson@openawards.org.uk

 

 

Assessment Team (assessment@openawards.org.uk)

Steven Gowing

Assessment Delivery Manager

steven.gowing@openawards.org.uk

 

Claire Hodges 

Assessment Delivery Coordinator

Claire.Hodges@openawards.org.uk  

Peter Tidswell

Remote Invigilator

peter.tidswell@openawards.org.uk

0151 494 4341

Claire McKeown

Remote Invigilator

claire.mckeown@openawards.org.uk

0151 494 4341

Mathew Hunter 

Assessment Delivery Co-ordinator

 matthew.hunter@openawards.org.uk  

 

Finance Team ​(finance@openawards.org.uk)

Vanessa Coombes

Finance and Resources Officer

 vanessa.coombes@openawards.org.uk

0151 494 4344

Oleena Beegum

Finance and Resources Administrator

oleena.beegum@openawards.org.uk

0151 494 4344

Data Team ​

Jennie Rossiter

MIS and Database Manager

 jennie.rossiter@openawards.org.uk

 

Joshua Ion

MIS and Database Officer

Joshua.Ion@openawards.org.uk

 


Senior Management Team

Anita Till

Director of Finance and Resources

anita.till@openawards.org.uk

07904 655 924

Heather Akehurst

Chief Executive

heather.akehurst@openawards.org.uk

07885 451 529

Nina Hinton

Director of Business and Development

nina.hinton@openawards.org.uk

07890 544 956

Paul Henderson-Griffiths

Director of Service Delivery

 

Paul.HendersonGriffiths@openawards.org.uk

 

 07904 656 554

Richard Spencer

Director of Quality and Standards

richard.spencer@openawards.org.uk

07904 655 949

Robin Jackson

Director of Assessment

robin.jackson@openawards.org.uk 

07961 061 215