Amy Sheppey Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

- Research, gather, produce, promote, and sign off news, stories and multimedia content relating to fundraising, policy & campaigns and brand/marketing objectives- Communications field trips interviewing, photographing and filming or working with freelancers for major fundraising appeals; field trips include Ethiopia, Myanmar, Burkina Faso, Nigeria and DRC- Field trip story gathering and remote story sourcing for emergencies- Media duties; press and emergency duty including reactive media and crises, attending ETF, producing communications briefs, gathering content and signing off on messaging, statistics and sensitive information. - Lead on safeguarding / gender based violence messaging and signoff

London, United Kingdom

Gender Security lead for the ACT Safety & Security group, made up of 12 ACT members from across the world. Gender Focal Point for Christian Aid.- Run trainings on sexual harassment & violence issues for staff globally, including the development of a new LGBTI staff module - Developed Gender Security guidelines for staff on gender risk, current trends, barriers to reporting and resources for support- Improve and develop security policies and input to safeguarding and gender justice working groups- Lead on media & communications messaging around safeguarding issues and raise awareness through media articles

The Gambia

• Responsible for coordinating human rights based development programmes in The Gambia and monitoring CI country plans and programme developments in Sierra Leone and Liberia; gender based violence, human rights & peace building, neglected health issues, vocational skills, natural resource management, adult literacy and human rights research.• Developed partnerships to strengthen CI’s profile, secure funding and collaborate on a series of programmes such as mental health (Mental Health Leadership & Advocacy Programme / WHO), TB advocacy (MRC and The Stop TB Partnership), adult literacy (EFANET Education For All) and the Sahel Calling music documentary project.• Researched potential funding sources, developed proposals and managed donors relationships and grants for DFID, UN Habitat and the Netherlands Embassy.• Conducted training on resource mobilisation, human rights based approaches to development and project management tools and templates.• Supervised two staff members and led on the recruitment of international volunteers• Community level workshops on sexual health, gender based violence and peace building• Developed communications such as marketing material and social media sites. Liaised with the media to produce press releases and newspaper articles for key events and programme launches.

London

Research / advocacy / health policyACTION (Action to Control TB Internationally) - an international partnership of civil society advocates working to mobilize resources to treat and prevent the spread of tuberculosis (TB) • Policy brief drafting and research - TB & health systems strengthening / TB & HIV for DFID business plans• Coordination of a TB/HIV summit as part of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association's MDG conference to engage international parliamentarians• Writing and editing the ‘Voices Report’ highlighting the human stories of TB and the inherent social, political and economic angle / human rights of the European TB epidemic.• Coordination of a South Africa parliamentary delegation for MPs to visit TB and TB-HIV programs and engage patients, health workers, NGOs, the South African Ministry of Health and representatives from the UK Department for International Development (DFID) in South Africa.• Report and website writing on global health issues• Updating the UK collation and EU websites with current TB news• Collaborating with other NGOs and stakeholders on various projects e.g. nutrition and children & TB

India