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Workplace: Who's in your Meetings? - Mike Potter, director of lifelong learning, Westminster City Council

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What exactly do you do? I manage the lifelong learning services in the children's services department, which is primarily the non-statutory parts of education services, including youth, Connexions, early years, play, sports development and adult learning.

Describe a typical day. Inevitably it's mainly meetings. There's a great deal of email and a reasonable amount of evening and weekend work.

What other agencies, and who else within your organisation, do you work with? I link with statutory partners, the primary care trust, police, the voluntary sector as well as business partners, particularly around provision for young people. I also work with our community protection team, as well as with our neighbourhood management team. I liaise with the economic development team around opportunities for older young people.

How did you end up in this job? I started as a teacher in further education and have had a varied career since then, including jobs as an advisory teacher, a development officer, an inspector, and recently a senior manager with a local authority.

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