Natalie Rebecchi
Programme Manager: Transformation, Governance and Benefits
Nottingham, UK
natalie.donna.edwards@gmail.com
Profile
Programme and Project Manager with over fifteen years' experience developing and delivering strategies and projects. Currently leading a national transformation portfolio at Barnardo's across fundraising, retail performance and support functions, including a £2.5 million Department for Education-funded Workforce Development Programme and a target operating model for a directorate looking after around 900 properties. Accustomed to creative and outcome-focused ways of working, with a proven ability to develop and coach teams to success. An effective communicator with exceptional people management and relationship building skills, adaptable, with a keen eye for detail. APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ), awarded October 2026.
Current work at Barnardo's
- New Horizons transformation programme: leading the national transformation programme across fundraising, retail performance and support functions.
- Property Enhancement Programme: introducing a target operating model, new systems and process improvements to a directorate looking after around 900 properties.
- Workforce Development Programme: a £2.5 million Department for Education-funded programme, working with the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse.
Areas of expertise
Governance: programme and portfolio governance, strategy design, benefits realisation, RAID and risk management
Delivery: steering groups and terms of reference, assurance, dependency management, business readiness
Leadership: stakeholder management, negotiation and influencing, public speaking, coaching and line management
Communication: business analysis, user research, copy editing, translation, French and Spanish
Current role
Programme Manager, Barnardo's
Leading the delivery of complex projects, programmes and organisational change initiatives from scoping through to implementation, ensuring delivery to agreed time, cost and quality standards.
- Driving advances in fundraising and retail performance. Optimising support functions and aligning programme outcomes with strategy, future operating models and business architecture.
- Introducing a single operating model across the estate. Delivering process improvements and new systems alongside a target operating model for a directorate looking after around 900 properties.
- Providing programme governance. Mobilising and managing Steering Groups, responsibility matrices, RAID logs, Terms of Reference and project plans with clear objectives.
- Leading the implementation of Barnardo's benefits management framework. Aligning programme outcomes with organisational strategy, future operating models and business architecture.
- Engaging and influencing stakeholders at all levels. Working with the Executive Leadership Team, front-line colleagues and support service functions to ensure successful adoption of organisational change.
- Leading structured change management activity. Including change impact assessments, equality impact assessments, communications planning, readiness activities and training coordination.
- Facilitating business analysis and user research workshops. Informing the design and delivery of services, systems, processes and organisational structures that meet customer and business needs.