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Brentford, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

Leading a skilled team to create, grow, and develop strategic partnerships that give every young person, no matter their background, the chance to succeed in life.

Leading a skilled team working on sector-leading corporate partnerships, focusing on partners in the retail and consumer sectors. Leading on and contributing to cross-org transformational projects to drive impact for young people, The Prince's Trust, and corporate partners - including PT's Kickstart offer, developing our Employability and Commercial offers, and flagship event The Prince's Trust Awards.

National

Working with a portfolio of major partners from the retail, leisure and hospitality sectors to build and develop high value and high impact partnerships. Deepening relationships and delivering gold standard stewardship to maximise the value of our partnerships for young people, partners, and the Trust.Supporting and coaching line reports to deliver a great experience and high impact for their partners.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Leading and strengthening strategic relationships with a range of corporate partners nationally, to support the vital work of the Trust to inspire young people and change lives.

London, United Kingdom

Build, lead and develop growing team of career and student staff to support and deliver opportunities including campus-wide events, recreational and competitive sport, societies, volunteering, skills recognition, and partnership work with University and external stakeholders.Manage the team to support over 7,000 student group members annually, improving student experience through involvement in cultural, sporting, & social opportunities; engaging, motivating and developing over 400 volunteer student group leaders each year. Directing and overseeing growth in this area of over 900% across 5 yearsConception, development, and management of a range of events, including annual Sports, Societies, & Union Awards events all with individual concepts, and a comprehensive Welcome schedule including cultural, commercial, support, and experiential events and opportunities.Research and implement strategic and operational developments to increase engagement in student-led opportunities, adapting to changes in HE policy and the effects of these changes on student engagement in extracurricular activities.Deputising for Membership Services Manager, focusing on relationship development with the University to secure funding, develop & deliver student engagement projects, and supporting officers to achieve key wins for students.Management of budget and restricted funding across wide range of activities, events, and projects, including development and implementation of financial procedures, policies, and guidance.Income generation and project management, including University partnership projects to enhance the student journey, and multi-year partnership projects with National Governing Bodies and Sport England to develop a sporting pathway.Initiated and delivered successful bid for Sport England funding, £67k multi-year Get Active project.Shortlisted for NUS Simpson/King Award for Staff Member of the Year in 2015, reaching final five in contention for the national award.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for coordination and support of student-led clubs and societies at the University of Greenwich, as well as management of the Give It a Go scheme and other student activities, including Welcome activities and events, volunteering, and employability & skills recognition.Lead staff member in delivery and management of support staff for Activities department events, such as Varsity, committee training, recognition and awards evenings, and recreational sport festivals. Leading and delivering growth of Student Activities department, including instigation of volunteering recognition system, increased support and guidance for student group leaders, and increased staffing.Responsible for development, implementation and delivery of procedures and policies relating to student activities to support growth and integration with University and key stakeholder plans.Successful development of bid for £173k funding from NUS Green Fund, for delivery of multi-year sustainability project with University partners.Creation and development of online Group Leaders Handbook, including review of relevant Bye-Laws and student group representation, and online training toolkits,Supporting other departments of the Union in delivery of the best possible experience for students, including advising on health & safety compliance, developing vehicle use policies and procedures, event planning and delivery, and technical issues and training.

Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom

Responsible for the co-ordination and support of a wide range of student groups, including 32 BUCS teams, over 30 different sports clubs and over 50 different societies. Primary responsibility for coordinating weekly BUCS fixtures, including transport booking, fixture scheduling, and administration of vehicle and personal accident insurance policies.Event management and planning as part of a team to delivery events such as Varsity and Welcome Week, and lead staff member for management and delivery of Committee Training events and recognition events such as Awards Evenings, which were consistently rated 'Excellent' by attendees.Use of Membership Solutions Ltd system to manage content, membership, events and website, including providing training and support to colleagues in use of the system.Development of online handbooks and Activities webpages as part of staffsunion.com, including content and design.Additional role as Health & Safety Coordinator involved advising and supporting the senior management and trustees of the Union on health & safety responsibilities, policy and procedure. This included rewriting H&S policies, representing the Union at University H&S Committee meetings, and introducing and developing an intranet for Union staff to provide H&S and HR information and advice through an online portal.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Worked as a team of core and student staff to support and administrate the Guild's student groups, totalling over 190 including societies, associations, residents' associations and volunteering projects.Use of SAGE and an EPOS till system and cash handling responsibilities, including supporting full time staff with cashing up and bank deposits. Responsibility for account monitoring spreadsheets for residents' associations with accounts totalling over £0.5million per annum.Delivery of training for student volunteers in areas such as finance, event planning, budgeting, team building, child development and safe practice, and volunteer recruitment.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Providing technical and logistical support at conferences held at the CPD in the University of Birmingham College of Medical and Dental Sciences, with up to 300 attendees.Recruiting and managing a team of student support staff for conferences and liaising with full time CPD staff to ensure smooth delivery of conferences and events.Taking charge of smaller evening events without the supervision of the full time staff, including supporting short course delivery and responsibility for securing the venue at the close of the events.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Providing a warm welcome to the University and supporting event delivery at events such as Open Days, Applicant Visit Days, school & college visits, residential Summer Schools & Higher Education Conventions.Creating and delivering presentations for students aged 12-18 on a variety of areas of information relating to University and Higher Education, including student life, accommodation, law course admissions, skills and employability, University applications and personal statements, and student activities. This involved delivery of presentations on-campus and being selected to travel off-site to visit colleges and schools and deliver presentations and training in partnership with senior University Recruitment staff.Selected as 'Welfare Ambassador' for residential summer schools, with specific responsibility for support of a wide variety of welfare issues during the residential events.Training and supervisory co-ordination of other student ambassadors for delivering campus tours at Open Days and other recruitment events.

Llb Hons; Ma, Law; Sociology (Political & Legal Philosophy)

Activities and Societies: Carnival RAG (Secretary), Kids Adventure (volunteer), LINKS (volunteer), Holdsworth Law Drama (performer),

A-Levels, English Language & Literature, Law, Art & Design, Maths, General Studies

Activities and Societies: Scuba Diving, St John's Ambulance Brigade (cadet), Girl Guiding UK (Young Leader)

Gcses, 2X A*, 6X A, 2X B, 1X C

GCSE's in Drama, Art, English Language, English Literature, Maths, Double Science, Geography, French, Graphics, Music