JED TURNER

EXPERIENCE

Jed has worked to a senior level within Sheffield City Council procurement arm for many years and was the founding member and driver of the establishment of the South Yorkshire Decent Homes Programme, which formed the foundations and the creation of the Efficiency North Housing Consortium, through the Efficiency Challenge Fund and the Beacon Peerage Scheme. Jed played a key role in the establishment of Construction JobMatch which was an innovative approach to the creation of apprentices for hard-to reach groups.

Jed also led the procurement of the ground-breaking Limited Liability Partnership between Kier and Sheffield City Council. This was a PPP of the highest order and won numerous awards for innovation and successful partnership working. The PPP with responsibility for the maintenance and repairs of 42,000 council houses and other council buildings. Kier Sheffield LLP won partnership of the year at the Local Government Chronicle Awards in 2005 and the partnership has been awarded Beacon Status by the Government under the category of ‘transforming services through partnership working’.

ROLE AT EFFICIENCY NORTH

Jed joined Efficiency North as Framework Manager (Special Projects) in 2021. Jed is an experienced procurement, projects and contract management specialist who has many years’ experience in procurement (including consortium arrangements), project management, outsourcing (and insourcing), partnering and construction environments for both public and private sectors.

SKILLS & EXPERTISE

Jed was also a 4Ps advisor and has been on numerous 4Ps assignments to other local authorities that required independent review of their procurement projects.

Jed is currently studying for a BA Honours Degree in Geography; is an active runner competing in many international events; and is also a mentor for homeless young people as part of the charity Depaul.