Dr. Jummy Okoya FRSA, FCMI, SFHEA, MCIPD, PCC
Senior Lecturer
Noon Centre
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University of East London
Docklands Campus
University Way
London, E16 2RD
United Kingdom
E16 2RD - o.j.okoya@uel.ac.uk +44208232223
Jummy is a
highly accomplished leadership and organisation development consultant with
more than 2 decades’ experience. She is a highly experienced educator, trainer
and researcher within the public and private sectors with experience of commissioning
new and revalidating programmes.
She is a multisector HR & positive psychology consultant focusing on
wellbeing and human flourishing. She is a qualified positive psychologist who
uniquely integrates positive psychology interventions with HR tools to achieve
a flourishing organisation and thriving employees. She has experience of
working in Education, Health, Third sector, Aerospace and Professional
bodies.
She is the project lead for CMI race 2020, associate Programme Leader for MSc
Human Resource Management and Chair of the Women’s Network at the University of
East London. She is a board member of CMI women, regional lead for Equality,
Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (EDIB) for Chartered Institute of Personnel
Development and a member of Race Equity Working Group for Chartered Association
of Business Schools.
Jummy holds a PhD in Human Resource Management and Entrepreneurship, MSc in
Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology; she is a Fellow of the Royal
Society of Arts, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Fellow of
Chartered Management Institute and a Chartered academic member of CIPD. She is
an ICF PCC level qualified ICF coach.
Jummy is very passionate about D&I and using her leadership experience to
support women who are new to leadership. She was listed among top 50
inspirational black women in the UK in 2019.
I am passionate about student retention, engagement and success, hence I sit on the university’s committees that determines the strategic initiatives to support student experience and engagement. I am a member of the institutional EDI committee, an Athena Swan champion and a member of the RDSBL wellbeing working group.
- Senior Fellow of Higher Education
- Fellow of Chartered management institute
- Fellow of Royal Society of Arts
- Qualified ICF coach PCC, Chartered academic member of CIPD
- Chartered Association of Business School’s Race Equity Working Group
- Board member of Chartered Management Institute Women
- CIPD Regional Lead, Equality, Diversity Inclusion and Belonging
I am a qualified wellbeing & resilience master practitioner.
Overview
Current research and publications
Organisational climate and performance: Case study of Nigerian High growth SMEs.
Challenges and prospects of HRD: A case study of Nigerian SMEs
Research
Gender diversity, Leadership development, Race equity and workplace wellbeing & Resilience
Teaching
I teach on undergraduate and post graduate modules, mostly Human Resource management modules and capstone project for MBA students.