Jodie joined the Ministry of Defence in Feb 2014 as a Commercial Officer supporting procurement of 2 complex CAT A £1.5BN Information Service Procurements before moving to be part of the largest Commercial Team in ISS.
This team was responsible for procuring all Technical Support across the ISS and MOD multi-billion-pound portfolio of Information System programmes enabling Defence Information Systems to be a force multiplier. Progressing through several promotions, Jodie became a key member of the Defence Digital commercial team responsible for the delivery of a £400M competitive negotiated procurement for Future Operating Service Management. This contract is the cornerstone of the Service Management for the corporate Defence Digital Services.
Following her very successful time in the Defence Digital Commercial team Jodie has moved role and is now the External Communications Lead at Defence Digital. Exploiting her exceptional stakeholder management, relationship building, engagement and communication skills she is now responsible for effective communication, promotion, marketing, engagement, and involvement of Defence Digital across the organisation, within MOD and across the entire Defence sector. She is already making a difference and raising the profile of the organisation across the sector.
Jodie is passionate about creating a diverse workforce and supporting the organisation in improving its diversity and inclusion position. She saw that there was a gap in what was being done and had the idea to set up a network to try and fill that gap. Jodie took the initiative and was responsible for setting the vision and strategic programme and was pivotal in the establishment of the Defence Women’s Network in 2020. As the network lead, Jodie has built the reputation of the network across the defence and security enterprise through effective relationships and positive action heavily weighted towards gender equality and leadership and has encouraged both female and male allies to collaborate and promote the networks core objectives whilst leading on prestigious events and initiatives. Jodie has also become an influencer across the sector supporting the D&I theme and is a coach/mentor to many female leaders. All of this Jodie has managed alongside her full-time defence role, as well as being a busy mum.