Alexandra Plummer Email & Phone Number

Online

Video-co-lab is a small women led story harvesting collective. We run video & storytelling & story sharing workshops to support communication processes within and across community networks and organisations. Our clients have been women community builders, decolonising networks and agroecology sector.

Remote

Make it Grow, affiliated with the Institute of Sustainable Food at the University of Sheffield, UK Supports community-based food initiatives to access grants through video proposals. The project works to influence systemic transformation of the grant-giving application processes of international donor organisations and related INGOs.I undertake tasks to.

• Provided support to community based organizations (CBOs) to build their storytelling and communication channels.
• Worked with teams to develop their objectives and goals and co-create a strategy
• Co-authored annual reports
• Ran training sessions with staff on grantmaking and fundraising
• Social media management – content writing and strategy for growth accross all channels

Lisbon Area, Portugal

Responsible for managing the blog to drive membership to the platform, build community and create relevent content in line with Teacher Horizons unique positioning within the international education sector. Contributed to the increase of traffic to the site and conversion to memberships through:- Drafting, writing and producing SEO aligned weekly blog.

Japan

Awarded a competitive research fellowship including academic training, practice, and global networking opportunity. Conducted a 6month field-study on food insecurity in Tanzania looking at story sharing to shift power to local level community-based organizations.

Witzenhausen, Germany And Morogoro

Supported academic research institute (DITSL) on their Trans-SEC project:Facilitated Participatory Video (PV) workshops among small hold farmers in Tanzania. Conducted participatory monitoring & evaluation of the project at their exit stage. Conducted research looking at the politics of facilitation among small hold farmer innovation projects; with.

Coordinating the production of funding proposals, grants and reports for a Law and Environmental Organization in the UK. Tasks included;Preparing bids for governmental, foundation and trust grants; Researched funding opportunities & compiled budgets The post also contributed to the overall development strategy as well as communication aspects to ensure.

London, United Kingdom

On a three-month contract, during a particularly busy period, this position spearhead Student Hubs’ income generation activities across all income sources, with a particular focus on reaching year end budget targets. Duties included fundraising strategy through on-going support for frontline and support-office staff in meetings their end of year income.

• Responsible for the smooth running and development of JWOC’s work on the ground in Southeast Asia. Worked with the team at the local level to implement programs that supported access to basic services such as clean.
• Donor relations; created and maintained positive relationships with a personable approach. Improved guest/volunteer relations and new donor experiences.
• Recruitment and onboarding of key staff
• Responsible for managing fundraising and communications/ publicity (mid-year and year-end newsletters, new JWOC booklet and Annual report, website)
• Managed all monetary transactions of the organization, including budgeting, monthly reconciliation; and generating fiscal reports.
• Lead significant operational improvements; enhancing staff salary, benefits and personnel policies and refreshment of technology and education curriculum

Siem Reap, Cambodia

• The state school system in Cambodia is plagued by a lack of investment, poor facilities, limited resources and under-trained teachers. This can lead to limited educational opportunities. By offering free classes we aim.
• Designed and delivered interactive training sessions to teachers, staff, scholarship students and volunteers.
• Advocated for JWOC through face to face communication with guests as well as personalized feedback by written reports and publicity material.
• Organized and implemented a teacher development monitoring strategy to increase closer observance of teachers’ progression.
• Managed a team of 8 staff members within the Free Classes program and trained and oriented all new staff members.
• Initiated a new set of “Bridge” Classes by analyzing gaps in the Free Classes program and working closely with beneficiaries needs in mind.

Chiang Mai, Thailand

• Connecting civil society leaders in Myanmar, Thailand and Cambodia with educational opportunities at international universities through affordable entrance-exam preparation.
• Improved communication, interaction and lowered attrition rates by leading a group of volunteers to deliver high quality education initiatives to civil society workers and students
• Provided academic support to beneficiaries in order for them to obtain qualifications (TOEFL, GED, IELTS) to apply to international universities through the creation of a solid test preparation curriculum
• Maintained excellent human resource management through the development of an improved recruitment procedure.

Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea

Masters, Peace Studies And Conflict Resolution

Rotary Peace Fellow Class 15

Ba Comparitive Media And English, Communication And Media Studies

Ba English Literature And Comparitive Media, International/Global Studies