I'm currently working in a brilliant secondment, coordinating a pilot of industry placements for T-Level students in a variety of Wildlife Trusts.

Primarily focused on the Nextdoor Nature programme of community organising projects across the UK, I've been responsible for evaluation and reporting. I've also led our "Share Learn Improve" network, bringing together key staff from 46 Trusts to discuss challenges, highlight successes and develop learnings.

Working on the fantastic Our Bright Future programme, my role focussed on progressing Our Bright Future's three policy asks around outdoor learning, environmental careers and youth voice. Find out more: www.ourbrightfuture.co.ukI also support the development and delivery of The Wildlife Trusts' centrally-led public-facing campaign actions, ensuring that these are linked up with the Our Bright Future network so that young voices are being heard. Find out more about our campaigns: www.wildlifetrusts.org/get-involved/our-campaigns

Based in the Woods Under Threat section of the Woodland Trust's campaigning team, the majority of my role involved responding to developmental threats to ancient woodland and veteran trees. I submitted written representations to council planning departments in response to proposals which threaten ancient woodland and veteran trees. I also dealt with the majority of queries our team received from members of the public, providing advice and resources to help people defend their much-loved local sites from development.I also assisted in providing guidance and allocating tasks to members of the Trust’s Threat Detector volunteer network, and I supported my colleagues in building campaign actions via our online campaigning platform. Where needed I acted as additional support for wider team projects, such as the Big Climate Fightback.

As a Project Co-ordinator for the Woodland Trust I worked on a number of different projects, including Tree of the Year, Destination Sites, Tree Charter and the Ancient Tree Inventory.For Tree of the Year I led planning and delivery of key milestones throughout the campaign, co-ordinating activity across four nations. I supported PR leads in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and liaised with nominators and landowners throughout all stages of the competition, including in distributing tree care awards and arboricultural reports. I also oversaw the UK's entry to the European Tree of the Year competition, liaising with European organisers in the capacity of national organiser.I also provided project co-ordination and administration support to the Destination Sites programme, which focuses on improving the infrastructure and visitor offer of multiple sites. I scheduled meetings, circulated agendas and updated project documents including project plans and risk and issue logs. I was also responsible for the tender process for varied elements of the programme, through which we appointed consultants, artists and various other stakeholders.

For around 3 years I was a regular volunteer kennelhand and dog walker at my local Retired Greyhound Trust kennels. I assisted in ensuring each of the 30+ resident dogs were given adequate exercise, monitored and kept up-to-date a kennel-cleaning rota, and helped out with feeding.

Based in the Membership & Legacy team I was primarily responsible for analysing membership trends in each of the 47 Trusts, and providing unique insight reports to be used by the heads of marketing at each Trust. I also assisted in developing, maintaining and analysing a new legacy database. The majority of my time was therefore spent working with Excel, analysing data and producing charts.Additionally I provided ad hoc support to the Senior Policy Manager, researching potential post-Brexit policies, particularly in the area of agri-environmental schemes.

As a Project Co-ordinator in Vodafone One Net’s project management team I was accountable for the migration and implementation of multiple enterprise customers’ telephony solutions.Accountable for delivering customers’ solutions through to in life on time and within budget, an integral part of my day-to-day role was effective management of third party suppliers, partners, and internal teams. Responsible for owning the customer relationship throughout the course of each project, I had to develop a rapport with my customers and stakeholders, both over the phone and face-to-face. I had to present complex technical language in a way that was accessible to customers, and be able to negotiate and deliver both positive and negative communication.I identified and managed risks, issues and dependencies throughout each project, providing updates and highlighting areas for process improvements to senior colleagues.

As part of the research team I provided research support for a number of projects, including a publication on public perceptions of Prime Minister's Question Time; an evidence submission to the House of Lords Constitution Committee inquiry into the constitutional implications of coalition government (and subsequently contributed to a blog on this matter to the organisation's website); mapped the 'Westminster bubble'; and maintained an overview of political context for future publications. I conducted SPSS analysis of surveys of Members of Parliament, and of ten years of data from Audits of Political Engagement. I also proofread some of the Society's publications and senior researchers' work. Additionally, I assisted at events (including Parliament Week's Young People's Question Time and Speaker John Bercow's announcement of a Speaker's Commission), welcoming members of panels, registering guests, and manning a roving mic.

During my second year of university I was elected secretary of the LGBT+ committee within the students' union. In this role I was responsible for taking minutes at weekly meetings of the full committee and executive committee, booking meeting rooms, updating standing orders, holding confidential office hours for other students.The following year I was elected to the executive of the Disabled Students' committee, and was later chosen as the University of Hull's delegate for the NUS Disabled Students Conference 2013.