I carry out a number of roles including (but not limited to): - I produce briefings and surveys on issues across all local authority service areas- I carry out research and write bespoke reports for local authorities- I organise, run and chair events and advisory group meetings for council managers and officers - I design our marketing materials, flyers and social media images- I manage our website content and I'm responsible for all things IT related- I carry out a range of other administrative tasks- I also have experience of managing and training staffI also provided cover for one of the Association's Principal Advisor positions from March 2016 to December 2016, which included responsibility for the Housing and Highways portfolios.

I spent 9 months managing the Scotland office while a colleague was on maternity leave. This involved being the lead APSE contact in Scotland in charge of our events programme and advisory groups, managing a team of 3 members of staff (including carrying out several HR functions such as appraisals and one-to-ones), representing the organisation at party political conferences and fringes, and generally carrying out any other activity that supports maintaining our membership of all 32 Scottish local authorities and other public sector organisations, and our network of local government officers and councillors.

I worked in Hairmyres Hospital on a temporary basis for just under a year administratively processing medical samples. I often acted as an unofficial IT support and developed several time saving measures that were adopted by neighbouring laboratories (such as embedding regularly used time-consuming coding into QR codes). I also assisted in the training of several members of staff with learning difficulties as part of Project Search.

I spent several months interning in Christina's constituency office on a part-time basis. My duties included drafting Parliamentary Motions and Questions, doing constituency-based research, developing local campaigns, attending surgeries and providing general administrative support.