Karen Eynon Email & Phone Number

I provide support for the business in Wales and South Yorkshire whose primary role is providing ethical business loans for entrepreneurs struggling to get funding from anywhere else. I am a member of the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs and have been producing content for IOEE certified courses to be delivered by Purple Shoots. I act as the Internal Quality Assurer for SFEDI/IOEE. I have been streamlining complex tasks for the loans team by designing processes on Monday.com and PandaDoc and, I co-author reports.

Misterton

- Associate PM with Purple Shoots- Associate with Chloe Palmer (Farm & Environment) Consultancy Ltd. I worked closely with Chloe and her team to produce an evaluation report for a Defra ELM test- Freelance Project Manager with River Stewardship Company, initially contracted as a Project Manager for the community and social part of the business which then expanded to taking on other projects and recruitment of staff and apprentices.- Associate with Green Arch Consulting on evaluation of Urban Pioneer in Greater Manchester for the Environment Agency

Trustee of a military association.https://wrens.org.uk

A lack of work due to Covid-19 and no income made me dig out my creative skills to earn some money! I made and sold handmade notebooks. Now I sell the book cloth to make books.

Derbyshire

I managed a programme of projects within the Trent Valley which includes introducing beavers to one of the reserves and projects to introduce people to the great outdoors, even if it is just the local park, to help with the wellbeing and mental health. Writing funding bids, partnership working, tendering and letting of contracts, resource management, budgeting, report writing, risk assessments.

I worked in a small virtual team to deliver evaluation and activity planning of mostly Heritage Lottery Fund projects for large and small organisations in the heritage sector. Planning and chairing meetings, development of systems for more effective working practices across the consultancy, presentation of solutions to clients, coordination of projects, website management and updates, writing and presentation of reports, audience research.Organisations worked with: National Museum of the Royal Navy, Aire Rivers Trust, Cleveland Pools Trust, Great Yarmouth Borough Council, Westgate Parks, Quantock Hills AONB, Canal and River Trust, Vintage Trains

I worked with this small but vibrant company to improve the outward facing profile which included building a new website, and developing a better presence on social media. I designed systems to ensure more efficient working and support of franchisees.

South Yorkshire

Planning and progression stage 2 of HLF project work and coordination & project management of capital works. Successfully delivered 5 fish passage solutions on weirs in the River Don, on time and under budget. Management of new staff, ensuring effective and efficient delivery of community projects. Tendering and letting contracts, resource management, presentations, partnership working, budgeting, report writing, risk assessments. Sat on 2 grant giving boards for environmental projects.Guest lecturer at Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam Universities

South Yorkshire

Taken on as the first employee of the Trust, I developed and improved the public profile of DCRT and delivered several projects. Working with a small team of active Trustees I secured funding from varying sources. Successful in gaining phase 2 delivery funding from Heritage Lottery Fund for a £1.4million project in the catchment. Other projects:Catchement Based Approach funding of £15,000 per year for 2014, 2015, 2016Dearne Connectivity - Feasibility, Low Cost Baffles & installation of groynes £150,000Living Heritage of the River Don HLF project - Development Phase £100,000Eels in Schools - £10,000Bolton upon Dearne eel pass - £20,000Loxley fish pass feasibility study £30,000Tendering and letting contracts, resource management, presentations, partnership working, budgeting, report writing, risk assessments, organisation of workshops

Totnes, Devon

Assisted with Alana Ecology (mainly equipment) becoming part of NHBS (mainly books), supporting the Equipment Specialist with stock, compiling quotes, dealing with returns. Also responsible for answering queries and giving advice about wildlife equipment through website, by phone, email, fax and in writing.

Peak District National Park

Responsible for the delivery of the Making Space for Water Project in the Peak District. This was a demonstration project looking at how moorland restoration can have an impact on hydrology. Tendering and letting contracts, timing of ground works, resource management, presentations, partnership working, budgeting, report writing, management of volunteers, risk assessments, organisation of workshops

Cornwall Aonb & Tamar Valley Aonb

Carried out landscape Character Assessment surveys for two separate AONBs as part of their 5yr management plans. Fixed point photography, report writing, GIS, partnership working

West Coast Of Scotland (Out Of Oban)

I worked for 5 seasons on MV Chalice as wildlife guide and crew on this small cruise boat travelling around the west coast of Scotland and the Hebrides. With a skipper, deckhand and cook on board everyone worked together in a confined space with another 12 complete strangers. Responsible for leading walks ashore and explaining the natural and cultural heritage of the areas visited. Experienced at boat handling, deck work, liaising with guests.

Rotherham

Working in the central control room answering emergency calls for the whole county. Excellent telephone and communications skills in dealing with the public under very stressful circumstances for them. Dealing with conflict, resource management, liaising with senior managers and other agencies. Responsible for training of new and existing staff and delivering awareness raising presentations to other agencies. NVQ assessor

Rotherham

Working in the Newsfast Division of TNT - responsible for liaising with printers and publishers all over the UK and abroad to ensure that weekend newspaper magazines had the correct advertising inserts for each region and responsible for prioritising and resource management, scheduling the movement of over 6 million magazines every week in a timely manner.

Joined the Women's Royal Naval Service as a Radio Operator, became part of the Royal Navy when women were integrated in to the service in 1993

Master Of Arts - Ma, Renaissance And Early Modern History, Merit

Bsc (Hons), Environmental Science, 2:1

Fdsc, Sustainable River Basin Management