Christina Ravinet Email & Phone Number

London Area, United Kingdom

London Area, United Kingdom

I am part of the Crick's Education Outreach team. We deliver free, curriculum-linked science workshops to all state primary schools in the borough of Camden. Starting at Year 1, we see children each year of their primary education, delivering the message that science, and the Crick, is for them. We also provide a number of offerings - including teaching resources, a visit to the Crick and A-level workshops - to secondary students and their teachers.

Southend-On-Sea, England, United Kingdom

I was Deputy Manger of Growing Together, Trust Links' therapeutic gardening service for adults with mental health challenges. Responsibilities included:- Line managing a team of 4 staff. I developed good relationships with my staff through regular 1-1s, clear communication and supporting their development. - Facilitating Let's Grow Together, an online course for those wanting to develop and run their own therapeutic community garden. This involved developing content, recruiting and communicating with participants, liaising with course leaders, facilitating Zoom sessions, etc.- Developing and leading Greening Basildon, a community engagement project that sought to work with residents to transform green spaces. Successes include creating a weekly community gardening morning at Northlands Park and running free children's nature activities.- Establishing and managing Trust Links' newest garden, Growing Together Basildon. As well as operational management of the garden, I regularly attended events and meetings to develop partnerships that would generate referrals into the garden.

London, United Kingdom

- Organised the BES Undergraduate Summer School: managed student applications, communicated needs with the host venue, identified and invited speakers and session leaders, managed a team of volunteers to assist in the delivery.- Developed and delivered a new outreach event for KS3 pupils: identified and established partnerships with three UK universities, recruited PhD students to help with workshop development, delivered a training day for the PhD students, facilitated workshop development, oversaw the running of each event. - Assisted with the delivery of the BES Incredible Creatures feature exhibit at New Scientist Live 2019: met with contacts at New Scientist Live, created resources for visitors to the exhibit to take away, assisted with exhibit set-up and delivery.- Managed the BES Women in Ecology Mentoring scheme: recruited and matched mentors and mentees, organised training sessions (including the delivery of safeguarding training), maintained regular contact with mentoring pairs, monitored feedback on the scheme.- Organised the BES Undergraduate Careers Conference: identified and secured a venue, recruited and managed a team of volunteer student helpers, delegated tasks to helpers and monitored progress. - Attended careers conferences around the country to represent the BES and to discuss ecological career options with students.

Norwich, United Kingdom

- Planned and delivered lessons in KS3 biology, chemistry and physics and KS4 biology.- Created original and engaging lessons and resources department schemes of work.- Form tutor to Year 7 and then Year 9. - Extra-curricular activities: supervised a pupil-led science club; organised and led a Year 7 trip to the CEFAS; assisted with Duke of Edinburgh's Award expeditions.

London

- Engaged with visitors to give general information and to inform them about the animals and wider conservation issues. - Ran craft activities and educational activities such as touch tables.- Provided a friendly and helpful service to the Zoo's customers.

South Essex

- Collected distressed and/or injured bats and administered basic care.- Took calls from members of the public, providing advice and subsequently coordinated a volunteer response.- Represented the bat group at public events.

- Delivered STEM workshops to KS3 and KS4 pupils in schools across the country. - Updated and re-developed workshops.- Created resources for teachers, including lesson plans and activities.

Westcliff-On-Sea

- Provided excellent customer service when meeting customers and waiting on tables.- Communicated with bar and kitchen staff to ensure efficient service. - Other tasks included making espresso drinks, preparing bar food, operating the point of sale system and taking bookings over the phone.

Fundraising: I raised over £1600 for Raleigh International by organising a charity quiz event, running 10km and promoting my participation in the scheme via social and local media.Overseas placement: I spent 10 weeks in a remote, rural Tanzanian village with 11 other youth volunteers (from the UK and Tanzania). Together, we worked with the villagers to design and implement a water and sanitation project. I took responsibility for all activities within schools and also acted as team leader to my fellow volunteers for part of the placement. Action at Home: After returning home, I highlighted to my local community the issue of lack of access to water in places such as Tanzania. For 5 days, I walked for 45 minutes to collect my water and limited my usage to just 10 litres a day for drinking, cleaning, cooking etc. I blogged about my experience and used social and local media to tell people about it. Key skills from this experience:FundraisingUse of social mediaTeam workAdaptability and flexibilityNegotiationLeadershipAbility to work in a remote location under challenging environmental conditionsProject managementPersistence and self-motivation

London

This was a week-long voluntary position for the duration of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2014.- Roamed the exhibit rooms to provide information to visitors.- Assisted at the help desk, registering school groups and ushering people into events.

London

- Conducted a project on equality and diversity in ecological careers and educational pathways.- Engaged with stakeholders via email, telephone and face-to-face meetings.- Promoted the project via a social media campaign and several blog posts.- Organised and led a highly productive focus group.

- Scheduled and organised training sessions. - Worked closely with the Project Manager to update risk logs, action logs and to keep a track of course development. - Assisted in with the development of courses as well as evaluate existing ones. - Designed and implemented a revised Induction Programme for new starters to the business.

West Canvey Marshes

- Conducted butterfly surveys, recording the number and species of butterflies.- Measured the temperature, percentage of sunshine, and the wind strength and direction.

Ruapehu, New Zealand

- Prepared coffees to a high standard, using espresso equipment. - Served customers, operated the point of sale system, prepared food, restocked food units and delivered food to tables.

Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand

- Participated in dolphin surveys on a purpose-built research vessel (a 5.5m stabicraft boat). - Roles on the boat included: driving the boat, scanning the sea surface for signs of dolphin activity, and recording survey data. - Carried out surveys on tour vessels.- Photographed dolphins for identification.- Data entry into MS Access.

- Extracted behavioural data from videos of bird feeding experiments. - Recorded data in MS Excel.

- Supported Maths teachers within the classroom by working with underachieving students. - Set up a number of after-school sessions including gifted and talented sessions, revision classes, and one-to-one tutoring. - Identified 15 underachieving Year 7 students for intervention; planned and delivered these sessions.- Assisted on school trips including a 4-day trip to Holland and Duke of Edinburgh's Award expeditions.

Leigh-On-Sea

- Provided counter service to customers.- Restocked food display units.- Maintained cleanliness of the shop by performing daily and weekly cleaning tasks. - Increased responsibilities included cashing up, securing money, setting the burglar alarm and then securing the premises.

Wimbledon Tennis Championships

- Prepared coffee and other hot drinks. - Operated point of sale machines. - Completed daily cleaning tasks and food preparation.

Pgce, Secondary Education And Teaching

Master Of Science (Msc), Ecology, Evolution And Conservation

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Biology, General