Hester Gartrell Email & Phone Number

Sofia, Sofia City, Bulgaria

Humans in the Loop is an award-winning social enterprise which provides model training and validation services for Machine Learning. In my role as Chief Impact Officer I manage the Humans in the Loop Foundation developing and delivering education and training programmes which improve the lives of conflict-affected people through the use of technology and innovation.I oversee funding applications, volunteering initiatives, community outreach, training platform development and the… Show more Humans in the Loop is an award-winning social enterprise which provides model training and validation services for Machine Learning. In my role as Chief Impact Officer I manage the Humans in the Loop Foundation developing and delivering education and training programmes which improve the lives of conflict-affected people through the use of technology and innovation.I oversee funding applications, volunteering initiatives, community outreach, training platform development and the delivery of instructor led training as well as developing long term strategy and managing the Impact team. Show less

Sofia, Bulgaria

The Team Sofia proposes an approach in which citizens and experts, data and dialogue take a key role in the governance of Sofia, instead of the current chaotic work of pieces and patches, leading to the loss of money, time and image of the city. The team delivers expert led projects including action plans and research, as well as working closely with neighbourhood activists to promote citizen led projects and effective citizen participation.In this role I work closely with others in the… Show more The Team Sofia proposes an approach in which citizens and experts, data and dialogue take a key role in the governance of Sofia, instead of the current chaotic work of pieces and patches, leading to the loss of money, time and image of the city. The team delivers expert led projects including action plans and research, as well as working closely with neighbourhood activists to promote citizen led projects and effective citizen participation.In this role I work closely with others in the Activism stream to deliver community participation event (to date 10 across Sofia) and to identify areas of collaboration with neighbourhood activist groups. I also took a leading role in the development of our guidance document 'Model for Public Events with Citizens'. Show less

Sofia, Sofia City, Bulgaria

The External Programmes Department at ACS delivers evening and weekend courses in English to children and adults. In this role I planned and delivered 1-1 and group lessons including Business English, phonics for 6+, academic skills and toddler classes. I also worked alongside colleagues to deliver varied content for vacation schools. My role also included proposing and planning for the launch of new programmes.

London, United Kingdom

In this role, funded by London Legacy Development Corporation, I built and delivered educational programmes which aimed to open up educational opportunities to under-served communities in East London.The role included: stakeholder management, team management, GDPR and safeguarding and building virtual learning environments. I frequently had to report to senior management and funders as well as working closely with local government and NGO partners. Achievements included: setting up the… Show more In this role, funded by London Legacy Development Corporation, I built and delivered educational programmes which aimed to open up educational opportunities to under-served communities in East London.The role included: stakeholder management, team management, GDPR and safeguarding and building virtual learning environments. I frequently had to report to senior management and funders as well as working closely with local government and NGO partners. Achievements included: setting up the East London Participation Forum (with 8 university partner members) and our highly successful Community Leadership programme which received funding from the National Lottery Community Fund and reached over 200 people. Other focuses included: postgraduate access, community hosting (as an anchor institution in the borough of Newham) and involvement in participative democracy initiatives in the borough. Show less

London Area, United Kingdom

ReachOut is a UK based mentoring charity providing mentoring projects to children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. In this role I managed 17 mentoring projects and a team of 15 including 2 full time staff. I built and maintained relationships with key stakeholders within schools ensuring the smooth running of 17 mentoring projects. I oversaw the development of academic, character and extra-curricular resources for young people and acted as the deputy Designated… Show more ReachOut is a UK based mentoring charity providing mentoring projects to children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. In this role I managed 17 mentoring projects and a team of 15 including 2 full time staff. I built and maintained relationships with key stakeholders within schools ensuring the smooth running of 17 mentoring projects. I oversaw the development of academic, character and extra-curricular resources for young people and acted as the deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead responsible for assessing and taking action on safeguarding concerns in the Club projects. In addition to my day to day duties I also developed a Leadership Programme for sessional staff and assisted in the recruitment and training of those staff (over 60 people) including co-ordinating a residential and delivering sessions on volunteer management, impact measurement and working with young people. In order to record and measure the success of our programmes I used Salesforce data and other impact measurement tools to report to senior management and external partners such as schools and universities. Show less

While in this role I recruited and managed over 400 volunteers through freshers fairs and online advertising. I built relationships with university partners and representing ReachOut at university events as well as delivering volunteer training to corporate and university volunteers. In addition to this I managed the volunteer pathway and all enquiries relating to training, DBS and matching to projects.

Manchester

The Children's Society works to transform the hopes and happiness of young people facing abuse, exploitation and neglect. As a Charityworks Graduate and Projects Officer I provided administrative and project support for practitioners and managers across six teams in the Greater Manchester area. This included supporting the Policy and Research department in the areas of Fuel Poverty and Local Welfare Assistance Funds, organising events and coordinating volunteers in relation to support… Show more The Children's Society works to transform the hopes and happiness of young people facing abuse, exploitation and neglect. As a Charityworks Graduate and Projects Officer I provided administrative and project support for practitioners and managers across six teams in the Greater Manchester area. This included supporting the Policy and Research department in the areas of Fuel Poverty and Local Welfare Assistance Funds, organising events and coordinating volunteers in relation to support to Children in Care and undertaking Charityworks training including producing a number of reports on topics such as local authority commissioning, and the third sector and social media. In this role I also received training in: CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection) Thinkuknow, Prevent and Project Management. Show less

Yorkhill Children'S Hospital, Glasgow

The Scottish Cot Death Trust is the only charity in Scotland dedicated to the sudden unexpected death of babies and young children.In this role I managed communication with the office and managed the day to day running on the office: phone calls, ordering stationary, updating key support leaflets/documents, managing charity social media and the organisations central email account. I also dealt with with initial support referrals from bereaved parents or the procurator fiscal. This… Show more The Scottish Cot Death Trust is the only charity in Scotland dedicated to the sudden unexpected death of babies and young children.In this role I managed communication with the office and managed the day to day running on the office: phone calls, ordering stationary, updating key support leaflets/documents, managing charity social media and the organisations central email account. I also dealt with with initial support referrals from bereaved parents or the procurator fiscal. This including updating all details on our Raiser's Edge database. Show less

Yorkhill Children'S Hospital, Glasgow

As a Settlement Research I reviewed existing routes for safe sleep messages to parents in the Glasgow area, focusing on parents defined as young or in ‘hard to reach’ groups and developed recommendations for the Scottish Cot Death Trust. These were presented in a report which detailed our research findings. In this role I also took on additional administrative tasks as in above position.

Master Of Science (Msc), Islamic And Middle Eastern Studies, With Distinction

Master Of Arts (Hons), History, Theology And Religious Studies, First Class

Activities and Societies: Class Representative: 2010-2013, Ordinary Board member (2011-2012), Pro-tem Secretary (2012) Vice-President.