Aiman S. Email & Phone Number

Albert Embankment, London, Uk

Key Responsibilities and Duties:- Supporting experts by experience (EbEs), including families and carers, involved in proof-of-concept projects to participate and have their voice heard.- Co-facilitating engagement sessions with people with lived experience of being severely affected by mental illness, and their families and carers.- Identifying opportunities for shared learning and two-way communications across relevant topic areas within the lived experience workstreams and across the wider matrix team.- Ensuring representation, equality, and diversity amongst EbEs and identifying ways to increase representation of underrepresented communities.- Facilitating stakeholder meetings and co-production and engagement sessions, including administrative tasks, organising invitations, managing the tech, agenda-setting, and note-taking.- Leading on building and maintaining positive relationships, with people with lived experience of being severely affected by mental illness, and their families and carers, who are involved in projects- Strategically creating innovative and inclusive communications materials to share with EbEs, as well as social media and other online assets and project deliverables - Project management, coordination documentation collation and capitalisation, often working to tight timelines.- Generating systems, tools and frameworks needed to meet project milestones.- Oversight of project documentation and balancing complex schedules, alongside coordinating with commissioners - Authorising participation payment claims and expenses- Monitoring and evaluating programme activity, to report on progress and learning and resolve issues as they arise.- Assisting with the submission of bids, tenders and funding proposals- Ensuring safeguarding processes are followed before, during, and after engagement with EbEs.

Albert Embankment, London, Uk

🔵Collaborative cross-team working across 4 work-streams within the wider Policy & Practice department: 1. Policy & Influencing | 2. Lived Experience Programmes | 3. Coproduction & Involvement | 4. Racial Justice & Equity🟢Key Highlights:• Organised the policy team’s weekly/quarterly/monthly administrative processes related to reporting, minuting, NHS data monitoring, stakeholder events, etc• Named as the matrix team lead to facilitate data requests between the Policy Team and Evidence & Impact Team• Provided ad-hoc policy perspectives and influencing guidance to the Racial Equity and Justice Team, e.g., proof reading blogs & letters, reviewing social media content, implementing strategy.• Managed the team’s internal policy positions/priorities briefing document and shared this with the whole org• Circulated weekly stakeholder updates to executive leaders & senior teams• Supported with steers to 8 Expert by Experience engagement sessions in under 8 months, leading to successful report outputs• Co-facilitated Internal Lunch and Learns for large audiences (e.g., 55 guests), while successfully maximising attendee engagement through confident communication • Project managed an ICS report launch and lead on live webinar production, with a reach of 280 attendees • Successfully briefed keynote speakers, developed tailored audience-specific promo content and copy (shared among various social channels, e.g., Eventbrite, LinkedIn, Internal Communication platforms, etc)• Streamlined 10 internal team processes e.g., worked with team leads to roll out new reporting system; coordinated efficient CEO office meetings• Directed implementation of inclusivity in multiple communication outputs, e.g., outlining the usage of inclusive language for cultural events.• Project delivery in ICSs, e.g., Adult Mental Health Transformation Community Listening Report • Handled Qual & Quant Data, e.g, survey coding• Ongoing networking with key stakeholder groups, e.g., the MHPG

Egham, England, United Kingdom

University Prospectus Marketing:• Put forward to be in the University prospectus, for the degree programme, generating ambassadorial representation for the social science course. • Provided quotes and statements about experiences to market for potential applicants and interest students to opt for the degree programme. • Interviewed about the course

Egham, England, United Kingdom

Grade: First Class Honours Awards: Outstanding Voluntary Work Student Award, Best Dissertation Prize

Egham, England, United Kingdom

Assisted the course programme coordinator to co-facilitate an online Question and Answer workshop for prospective undergraduate students. • The topic approached was parallels found within the spread of COVID-19 and stigmatisation and discrimination encountered during the past HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Egham, England, United Kingdom

During the second year of university, I was a peer guide/support worker for first year undergraduate students to support them with settling into the course. The process involved peer guidance training which helped in gaining many transferable skills. The role involved the following duties:• I handled day and night email enquiries from new students• I signposted the relevant campus support services to my assigned students • I initiated 1-1 online and in person meetings with assigned mentees• I directed academic advice to new students through weekly check-ins• I championed sensitivity, discretion and boundary maintenance

London, England, United Kingdom

Whilst studying for my Bachelors, I undertook an unpaid 60 hour volunteering placement. After finishing my placement, I wrote a successful 2000 word reflective piece on the skills I gained and the learning process I underwent, using Kolb’s (1984) Experiential Learning model of reflective practice. My role was for the UK’s integrative cancer care charity (“Yes to Life”).• I coordinated the charity’s 2022-2023 impact report.• Initiated regular meetings with the executive director to integrate the charity’s 2023-2026 strategy plan into our agenda • Carefully devised a survey for beneficiaries with inclusive questions to understand the charity’s outreach to various diverse groups and demographics • Executed and transcribed 6 interviews collaborating with the charity’s team to accelerate data collection• Handled timings and balancing conflicting priorities of colleagues to steer the interview schedule• Derived data findings to build the impact report.• Commended on collaborating effectively with beneficiaries

Egham, England, United Kingdom

Elected to be the Secretary for RHUL’s Social Science Society Committee. • Forged a welcoming environment at Freshers Fair, resulting in 60 new sign-ups• Handled membership organisation listing and directed identity checking members • Headed Minuting Meetings• Attended committee training, e.g., wellbeing workshops.• Escalated safeguarding concerns to senior teams• Drove and monitored the committee email account confidentially to ensure relevant correspondence was provided to the members and the committee • Forecasted plans about budget management with the treasurer.• Designing captions and marketing events through CANVA for social media management

Egham, England, United Kingdom

Social Science Society’s first taster event on “Decolonisation of the Curriculum”. Delegated an interview with an alumni member of the university (Gaverne Bennett and focusing on works regarding Black History). • Conducted the interview in front of a large group audience• Networked with the interviewee prior to the event to allow for preparation of responses to the questions on the day and this led to the smooth running of the interview.

London Area, United Kingdom

Whilst being a full time sixth form student, I was volunteering on the Children & Young People’s Mental Health Trailblazer Programme (in collaboration with South West London ICS)In my second year of sixth form, I volunteered to join our school’s roundtable discussion to provide lived experience input into coproducing this new scheme.

London Area, United Kingdom

(ABBB) • 3 A-Levels: Sociology, Philosophy & Ethics, Urdu Language • Level 3 Qualification: Extended Project Qualification- 5000 word research project on: Subliminal Messaging found in Diet Culture Advertisements contributing to Negative Body Image & Disordered Eating in Adolescents.

Wimbledon, England, United Kingdom

For 4 years whilst being a full time student, I was an elected Wellbeing Ambassador. This experience reaffirmed my drive to help those around me. • I regularly navigated through my assigned clients and student groups thus having to strike a balance between friend and supporter as well as generating accessible solutions for each individual’s situation.

Wimbledon, England, United Kingdom

2017-2018 GCSE’s (A* to C). Achieved Celebrations Evening Award for Outstanding Performance in Modern Foreign Languages

Wimbledon, England, United Kingdom

- Gathering student voice contributions into extracurricular school clubs- Assistance with decision making

Bsc Social Sciences, Department Of Law & Criminology, First Class Honours

Activities and Societies: Secretary of Social Science Society. Notable Accolades: “Outstanding Voluntary Work Student Award” “Best.

A Levels- Grades:Abbb, -Sociology, Philosophy & Ethics, Level 3 Extended Project Qualification, Urdu Language, Abbb

A Level Sociology (A) A Level Philosophy & Ethics (B) A Level Urdu Home Language (B) Level 3 EPQ/Extended Project Qualification (B) • 5000.

Gcses, A* To C

Activities and Societies: Wellbeing Ambassador.GCSE English Language: 6 (B) - Spoken Language Assessment: Distinction (A) • Topic of 10.