Beth Chandler Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Managing simulation based hostile environment training programmesAdvising NGOs on risk management

London, England, United Kingdom

Delivering tailored CSR, sustainability, D&I, leadership and social innovation projects that create business and social value hand in hand.

United Kingdom

Crew for Threshold Sport Mass participation events

Project Management of Sport Relief 2020 Challenges:BBC Sports Personality of the Year: Gareth Thomas's Tour de Trophy (Dec ’19) https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ej64mb/live/cvb5d4Radio 2: Jo Whiley’s Dare2Tri (Mar ’20) www.bbc.co.uk/dare• Matrix management of internal project teams and external stakeholders including delivery and broadcast partners from planning phase, through live event and in debrief • Development of event plans, logistics, risk assessments, crisis planning, live content requirements and content delivery (e.g. logistics of film crews, photographers and talent)• Creating and managing large challenge budgets; ensuring spend is monitored, controlled and reported, and identify and leverage opportunities for blagging to aid low cost delivery• Working with internal fundraising, marketing, comms and corporate partnerships team to maximise engagement and income across all celebrity challenge events• Managing branding of the challenge and kit ensuring compliance with BBC Editorial Policy• Advising on crisis planning & risk assessments for The Heat is On (Sport Relief ’20 Namibia Desert Trek) and Kilimanjaro: The Return (Red Nose Day ’19) • Monitoring, sharing & evaluating delivery of Sport Relief ‘20 events and running focus groups on previous challenges to inform strategy planning for Red Nose Day ’21 onwards

London, United Kingdom

• Led on strategic planning and operational delivery of safe, effective and resource efficient international trips for Comic Relief and managed travel & engagement team • Oversight of all filming, corporate and monitoring trips for staff, celebrity ambassadors, high net worth individuals and consultants with responsibility for SRM decisions • Led on development of security risk management policies and procedures - maintaining an effective security network including being an active member of the European Interagency Forum, UK Security Focal Points Group and Travel Risk Incident Prevention Group• Achieved senior leadership and companywide buy-in to a more holistic risk & traveller safety approach• Design and delivery of in-house training. travel crisis management team and new electronic risk assessment process• Developed and implemented briefing and after care resources for staff, partners and advocates • Defined competency criteria & implemented safety training for staff leading travel delegations• Recruited, managed and developed team in the new organisational structure• Implementing safeguarding policy within Travel & Project Engagement function • Developed sustainable approach to stakeholder travel focussing on supporting local business• Led “experiential engagement” pilot looking to resign corporate engagement with charities • Managed 24/7 emergency assistance phone• Advised on crisis planning & risk assessments for Comic Relief celebrity challenges: The Heat is On (Sport Relief ’20 Namibia Desert Trek) and Kilimanjaro: The Return (Red Nose Day ’19)

Dec 20 - June 21 Delivering Security Awareness in Fragile Environments (SAFE) training & SAFE+ training for Foreign, Commonwealth & Decelopment Office (FCDO) staff.

London, England, United Kingdom

June 21 - Aug 21

Irbīl, Iraq

Research in refugee camps in Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Dohuk with projects working with Yazidi midwives and in children's psychosocial activities

Greece

• Management of start-up charity providing mental health & psychosocial support in refugee camps• Oversight of team induction, training, contracts security and wellbeing • Program management: planning, implementation, staffing, logistics and resource management• Acting focal point for protection cases & responsible for implementing effective referral pathways • Forging and sustaining partnerships; representing RTI in the field and at regional meetings• Strategic planning based on needs assessments and donor requirements• Collaborating to develop best practice guidelines, reports & training materials• Scoping visits, proposal writing & donor relationship management

Greece

Bristol, United Kingdom

• Plan-writing for the management of convergent/spontaneous volunteers• Regional civil protection and emergency planning• Participated in regional and European civil protection and emergency planning meetings• Assisted with organising simulations, production of information leaflets and training

Bristol, United Kingdom

Yogyakarta Area, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Community empowered development project focusing on promoting economies of rural communities

Master Of Science (Msc), Disaster Management For Environmental Hazards, Distinction

Dissertation: ‘Harnessing the Utility of Spontaneous Volunteers: lessons learnt in the Greek Refugee Crisis 2015/16’ Distinction - 79%.

Education And Training Level 3

First Responder Emergency Care (Frec3)

Security Risk Management Consultancy

Activities and Societies: ATHE Business Risk & Crisis Management Level 5 CPD Certificate in Travel Risk Management CPD Certificate.

Bachelor'S Degree, Politics And Philosophy With Spanish, 2.1

Dissertation: ‘Handing over control: mutually beneficial educational aid’