Supporting Oldham Council to deliver major co-operative change projects that benefit people across the borough. Specialising in public service innovation, co-operative and collaborative approaches to service delivery, and connecting unusual suspects to make great things happen. I’m passionate about turning policy into positive action that directly impacts on people.Key Achievement: Designing and delivering Oldham’s Green Dividend programme, which has funded over 50 pioneering… Show more Supporting Oldham Council to deliver major co-operative change projects that benefit people across the borough. Specialising in public service innovation, co-operative and collaborative approaches to service delivery, and connecting unusual suspects to make great things happen. I’m passionate about turning policy into positive action that directly impacts on people.Key Achievement: Designing and delivering Oldham’s Green Dividend programme, which has funded over 50 pioneering community led green space projects across Oldham. The programme, which launched in 2015, has been recommissioned until 2019 and will focus on being a catalyst for community green space innovation. Show less

My role involved delivering key areas of Oldham Council’s policy agenda, across themes including: Alternative Service Delivery Models, Community Reward Schemes, Behaviour Change Initiatives, Connected Localism and Co-operative Pilots.Key Achievement: Developed and delivered a nationally recognised energy switching campaign that has secured over £1 million in savings. The Greater Manchester Energy Switching Campaign was one of the most successful UK wide energy switching… Show more My role involved delivering key areas of Oldham Council’s policy agenda, across themes including: Alternative Service Delivery Models, Community Reward Schemes, Behaviour Change Initiatives, Connected Localism and Co-operative Pilots.Key Achievement: Developed and delivered a nationally recognised energy switching campaign that has secured over £1 million in savings. The Greater Manchester Energy Switching Campaign was one of the most successful UK wide energy switching projects, securing over 40,000 registrations and securing savings of over £570,000. Show less

A National Management trainee on one of the top 100 graduate programmes in the UK, I had responsibility for delivering programmes of work across Environmental Regeneration; Heritage and Arts and Environmental Policy. Key Achievement:Worked with a network of 15 European partners aiming to develop a common approach to transforming abandoned or closed landfill sites. The work involved developing policy and project development plans, including representing Oldham at a policy… Show more A National Management trainee on one of the top 100 graduate programmes in the UK, I had responsibility for delivering programmes of work across Environmental Regeneration; Heritage and Arts and Environmental Policy. Key Achievement:Worked with a network of 15 European partners aiming to develop a common approach to transforming abandoned or closed landfill sites. The work involved developing policy and project development plans, including representing Oldham at a policy development workshop in Boblingen, Germany. The Sufalnet4EU project is now seen as being a leading piece of partnership policy development for environmental landfill regeneration inside the European Union. Show less

After graduation I secured a position on Majestic Wine’s Graduate Programme, a leading national by-the-case wine retailer. During my time on the programme I gained an in-depth insight into the wine trade; built and cultivated key relationships with customers; hosted customer tasting events and maximised sales opportunities.Key Achievement: Consistently exceeded store sales targets over 12 months, growing annual turnover to over £1 million.