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Mentored a young person interested in careers in policy and public affairs. Met monthly to consider career options, worked towards career-focused goals, and explored opportunities to become more politically active in a personal capacity.

- Led the Maternity Consortium as part of the Government’s VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance with a focus on reducing health inequalities for families throughout the pregnancy journey from pre-conception and through the first year of a baby’s life.- Managed the Maternity Consortium’s policy work, including monitoring external developments, developing.

• Led on babies, children and young people's health and mental health policy, working with internal and external stakeholders to develop policy positions, briefings and influencing activity.
• Project managed the Health Policy Influencing Group – building consensus among 70+ members on live policy and facilitating policy influencing. Led the group’s successful influencing activity on the Health and Care Bill.
• Project managed NCB's role as the Department for Education's early years partner, communicating key policy and practice developments and ensuring the sector's views are fed back to Government.
• Brought organisations across the children’s sector together for high-profile #ChildrenAtTheHeart campaigns, promoting children, young people and parent voices at key moments in the political cycle, including the.

- Delivered a programme of communications and stakeholder engagement activity as the Department for Education’s early years partner by managing website and communication channels and disseminating key policy and practice developments to 27,000+ practitioners.- Supported policy, public affairs and research activity, including drafting policy briefings.

- Managed the National Association of Family Information Services membership, including communications and marketing; securing membership income; facilitating policy influencing; and representing the organisation at regional meetings.- Led on communications and branding, including supporting the press office; writing copy for newsletters, blogs, webpages.

Msc Media And Communications

- Theories and concepts in media and communications - Qualitative and quantitative social research methods - Audiences in media and.

Bachelor’S Degree, Bsc Media, Culture And Society, First Class Honours

Activities and Societies:Comprehensive social science degree in the study of contemporary media and communications, exploring theories of.