Your business experience can inspire and engage young people. Your knowledge can help them make informed choices as they plan their next steps towards a career.
Enterprise Advisers bridge the gap between the world of work and education and help to shape a young person’s future. A role as an Enterprise Adviser will also help to support pathways into your own industry by raising awareness of the available opportunities and routes to entry.
What is an Enterprise Adviser?
Enterprise Advisers are business professionals from any industry sector or professional background and may be employers, employees, self-employed or recently retired.
There are just under 50 Enterprise Advisers working with secondary schools and colleges throughout Cumbria.
Each Enterprise Adviser is partnered with a Careers Leader in a secondary school or college and, together with other senior school leaders, they work to develop a strong careers programme that supports every student in the role of a critical friend.
Enterprise Advisers are supported by one of our Careers Hub Enterprise Co-ordinators.
Would you like to make a lasting impact on the lives of young people in Cumbria?
Meet our Enterprise Advisers
Ali Beard
Employment: NWS
Sector: Nuclear
Supporting: St Joseph’s Catholic High School
Amy Lamph
Employment: BAE Systems
Sector: Defence/Advanced Manufacturing
Supporting: Ulverston Victoria High School
Andrew Hewit
Employment: Semi-retired
Sector: Hospitality
Supporting: Lakes School
Antonette Cullen
Employment: HR Manager
Sector: Human Resources Manufacturing and Engineering
Supporting: Trinity School
Becky Linton
Employment: Cumbria CVS
Sector: Third Sector (Voluntary Services)
Supporting: James Rennie School
Ben Whiteley
Employment: Senior Engineering Manager
Sector: Nuclear Engineering Services
Supporting: West Lakes Academy
Beth Nicholls
Employment: Partnering in Property Management (PPM) Limited
Sector: Construction and Property Maintenance
Supporting: Appleby Grammar School and Kirkby Stephen Grammar School
Christina Jones
Employment: Sellafield Limited
Sector: Nuclear
Supporting: Richard Rose Morton Academy
Claire Roper
Employment: Sellafield Ltd.
Sector: Nuclear
Supporting: Cumbria Academy for Autism
Claire Urquhart
Employment: Westmorland Family
Sector: Hospitality and Retail
Supporting: Ullswater Community College
Dawn Watson
Employment: Head of Strategy & Technical, Infrastructure
Sector: Nuclear
Supporting: Beacon Hill Community School and Solway Community School.
Elizabeth Atkinson
Employment: Social Impact Manager
Sector: Industrial Services
Supporting: Mayfield School & West Cumbria Learning Centre
Emma Lindsay
Employment: Recruitment Manager
Sector: Recruitment
Supporting: Trinity School
Gemma Harrison
Employment: Morgan Sindall Infrastructure
Sector: Nuclear
Supporting: West Cumbria Learning Centre
Godfrey Owen
Employment: Self Employed
Sector: Professional Services
Supporting: Walney School
Jayne Moorby
Employment: Marketing Manager
Sector: Advanced Manufacturing
Supporting: Furness Academy
Jimmy White
Employment: Cavendish Nuclear
Sector: Defence / MoD
Supporting: Whitehaven Academy
Judith Mitchell
Employment: Semi-Retired HR Manager
Sector: Engineering and Schools
Supporting: Chetwynde School
Lyndsey Fitheridge
Employment: System People
Sector: Training & Recruitment
Supporting: William Howard School
Mandy Morland
Employment: Right2Work (part of Oaklea Group)
Sector: Community Interest Company (C.I.C)
Supporting: Sandgate School
Mark Johnson
Employment: H&H Land and Estates
Sector: Professional Services
Supporting: Queen Katherine School
Martin Ewin
Employment: Senior Analyst
Sector: Health & Care
Supporting: The Nelson Thomlinson School
Martin Norris
Employment: Realise HR
Sector: Recruitment
Supporting: Caldew School
Matt Williams
Employment: Senior Specialist, Economy & Culture
Sector: Local Government
Supporting: Kendal College
Maxine Reynolds
Employment: Retired
Sector: Information Management & Technology
Supporting: Dowdales School
Michelle Wiggins
Employment: Inspira
Sector: Third Sector
Supporting: The Gillford Centre
Mike Jeschke
Employment: Siemens Energy
Sector: Advanced Manufacturing
Supporting: John Ruskin School
Mike Nicols
Employment: Managing Director
Sector: Nuclear / oil & gas / hazardous wastes
Supporting: West Lakes Academy
Mike Smith
Employment: Retired
Sector: Engineering
Supporting: Cockermouth School
Nigel Thomason
Employment: Managing Director
Sector: Training, Coaching leadership and Management
Supporting: Netherhall School
Rachel Melton
Employment: Jacobs Clean Energy
Sector: Engineering
Supporting: Netherhall School
Robert Walker
Employment: Technical Sourcing Recruiter
Sector: Information Technology
Supporting: Beacon Hill Community School
Roger Wilson
Employment: Consultancy
Sector: Professional Services
Supporting: Queen Elizabeth School and Studio
Sarah Graham
Employment: Croppers
Sector: Manufacturing
Supporting: Kirkbie Kendal School
Sarah Peak
Employment: Export Manager
Sector: Government
Supporting: Queen Elizabeth School and Studio
Sharon Brook
Employment: North Lakes Hotel & Spa
Sector: Hospitality
Supporting: Samuel Kings School
Stacey White
Employment: BAE Systems
Sector: Advanced Manufacturing
Supporting: Walney School
Role Summary
As an Enterprise Adviser you will:
- Link the school or college to your wider network of local businesses and encourage their involvement in careers activities.
- Support the school or college to develop plans and activities which create positive outcomes for their students.
- Support the school or college’s senior leadership team to strategically develop and evaluate their careers plan providing a valuable employer’s perspective
- Support the school or college to develop a good understanding of the local labour market needs, employment base and other local opportunities
Click here for the reasons why you should become an Enterprise Adviser.
Become an Enterprise Adviser
EA training and development opportunities
We want to help our Enterprise Advisers use their business skills and knowledge in a way that best supports the school or college they are working with. The Cumbria Careers Hub team runs regular events to help demystify careers education and increase understanding about the type of support schools and young people need.
As an Enterprise Adviser you can access:
- Careers and Enterprise Company Training and Resources
- Cumbria Careers Hub development workshops
- A range of Cumbria Careers Hub online resources
- Area networking cluster events to share best practice
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