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Brighton, GB

London Area, United Kingdom

As an independent consultant specialising in rail evaluation, my work focuses on evaluating complex rail projects, policies, and systems to improve rail passenger experiences, efficiency, safety and environmental impact.

Delivered the 2024 APMA Station of the Nation research which measured the size of the UK affiliate and Partner Market and provided insights on advertisers and affiliates businesses. Report can be found here: https://theapma.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/The-APMA-2024-State-of-the-Nation-Report-1.pdf

• Managed DfT’s rail research portfolio and led the Rail Research team
• Led DFT’s involvement in a multi-organisational programme to deliver the new National Rail Cust. Exp. Survey to provide vital passenger data to the whole rail network. This included the delivery of a methodology review.
• Led engagement with the policy teams to define and prioritise the rail research portfolio and supervised its delivery

• Led the rail evaluation portfolio and team
• Scoped and designed process and impact evaluation plans for key rail policy interventions covering a variety of policy types, such as improving passengers’ experience, new ticketing systems, rail accessibility and.

London Area, United Kingdom

• Delivered an evaluation of the government policies implemented to increase the number of HGV drivers in the UK
• Evaluated the government’s approach to increasing the number of HGV drivers in the UK using a contribution analysis

London, England, United Kingdom

• Managed a team who were responsible for a large portfolio of policies supporting DfT’s road safety strategy.
• Led on the evaluation of a number of flagship DfT policies such as the national e-scooter trials, enhancement of the strategic road network, implementation of the Smart Motorways and England’s Future Transport Zones
• Designed and commissioned evaluation projects using experimental and theory-based methodologies
• Line managed and developed a team of social researchers and evaluators
• Designed and delivered cross department training on evaluation topics

London, United Kingdom

• Leading on Transport Evaluations in the Evaluation Centre of Excellence at the Department of Transport
• Research supporting communication campaigns on COVID-19 misinformation and digital literacy in APAC
• Leading research on the Cost Impact of Cancer Diagnosis in the UK for Macmillan Cancer Research
• Designing and implementing a Monitoring and Evaluation programme for the SheDecides movement
• Social media analysis of communication campaigns in APAC for Love Frankie Ltd
• Managing mixed-model multi-country research for a communication campaign on fake news & digital literacy in the Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan and Australia for Love Frankie Ltd

London

Responsibilities included tendering for and leading on social and evaluation research projects for not-for-profit development organisations including The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Girl Effect, The World Food Programme, UNICEF and Comic Relief. I specialised in methodological design (quant and qual), research management and research dissemination.

London, United Kingdom

Designing and implementing a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system to enable The Foundation to track its impact to improve its model and secure funding from donorsWorking with The Foundation’s partners to optimise data collection processes and uses of evidence, including the evaluation of a complex intervention working with disadvantaged childrenDesigning.

London, United Kingdom

Defined the research strategy for the company identifying knowledge gaps and implementing evidence collection to inform brand strategy, business decisions and website design. Used leadership and relationship management skills to obtain a budget for research activities, influence colleagues in their use of evidence and drive evidence based decisions. This.

London, United Kingdom

Senior Analyst - Responsibilities include the commissioning, management and reviewing of research, to produce an evidence base of government policies. Experience of complex analysis, working in multidisciplinary teams, liaising with research companies and other government departments and presenting statistical results through verbal and written.

London, United Kingdom

Redefined the Statistics Department’s role in research proposal appraisal, taking a prominent role in assessing research design, methods and analysis plans to ensure research achieved its objectives and the government received value for moneyCommissioned and reviewed research and research proposals, liaised with eminent scientists in various fields working.

UK

Ran multiple projects providing required core technology upgrades. Managed the full life-cycle of a 6 month $150,000 project, whilst managing other smaller projects concurrently. Managed the full life-cycle of projects including scope, budget, forecasting and timelines, liaising with clients internally and externally, delegation of work, outsourced work to.

Master Of Science (Msc), Medical Statistics, Pass

Dissertation analysing complex food diary data and comparing respondents using a multivariable logistic regression Courses in statistics.

Master Of Science (Msc), Human Centred Computer Systems, Pass

Dissertation assessing use of Microsoft Word – gaining data through questionnaires and observation of users. Analysing and reporting on.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Mathematics With Computer Science, First

Statistical analysis - courses in statistics and probability, linear statistical models and medical statistics, including clinical trial.