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Wrexham, Gb

Crewe, England, United Kingdom

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Major achievements included the recruitment of a new Board and CEO, agreeing an uplifted grant including two new staff posts, outsourcing the finance function to improve resilience, overseeing the transformation of a bar into a cafe space, developing a robust budget and new approach to cashflow forecasting, and identifying areas where governance could be strengthened, alongside supporting the staff and officer team to deliver for students during a challenging time for the organisation.

United Kingdom

Leading and supporting a range of projects and consultancy with Students' Unions across the country, including strategic reviews, research and analysis, service reviews, interim policy support and facilitating officer networking.

Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom

Leading the phenomenal staff team at WGSU and providing support to the elected student officers. Responsible for overseeing the organisation's strategic and financial position, developing and implementing the Union's strategy, and reporting directly to the Board of Trustees.

Canterbury, United Kingdom

Responsible for the strategic leadership of all the union's charitable services (representation, democracy, advice, campaigning, sports and societies), and deputising for the CEO. I managed a small team of dedicated staff, and provided advice and support to the sabbatical officer team to enable them to achieve real change for students.

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Managing strategic projects concerned with student welfare. My main focus was managing the University's change project on sexual misconduct affecting students. Other projects included developing a guide to Student Services; organising the annual Wellbeing Week for staff and students and developing a framework for peer mentoring.I managed a small team of externally funded staff who delivered bystander intervention workshops to student leaders and conducted research into students' expectations when they disclose experiencing sexual assault.

Preston, United Kingdom

Managing and contributing to projects for the Student Engagement Partnership, a sector-owned unit housed within NUS and tasked with improving student engagement practices in UK higher education. Focuses included NSS, improving student voice in College HE, and student led teaching awards.

Bournemouth, England

Voluntary position. One of four external members of the Board of Trustees, responsible for overseeing the SU's legal and financial compliance and that it is effectively fulfilling its charitable objectives. I was recruited for my expertise in the student movement and the higher education sector.

London, Uk

Managing a project aimed at using the National Student Survey to effect change. I also worked on developing policy and resources around learning and teaching, particularly assessment and feedback, and the provision of information in HE.

London, United Kingdom

Providing consultancy and support to students' unions, primarily around the public information landscape including the National Student Survey, Key Information Sets and the quality frameworks surrounding these. Developing policy around these areas, and using the data to develop learning and teaching resources for quality enhancement purposes. I also worked on other areas of quality and student engagement, including periodic and institutional review and internal student representation structures and processes.

Student member of Institutional Review teams which audit each university every six years to assure the public of their adherence to nationally agreed expectations for quality, standards, public information and enhancement.

London, United Kingdom

Supporting all elected education representatives and course reps; supporting the policy and campaigns work of the Education Zone and conducting appropriate primary and secondary research into areas of the academic experience.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Supporting, training and developing the University's 1100 course representatives. Working to improve representation structures within the University and to increase academic reps' integration with the Students' Union. Also responsible for managing the Student Led Teaching Awards project.

A full-time, elected position representing Manchester University’s 40,000+ students at all levels on matters of education. Involved lobbying at School, Faculty, University and national level; participating in and running campaigns; policy development work; a large research project and representing the Union in the media and at national conferences.Part of a 14-member executive team setting the direction of union policy; acting as joint trustees of the Students’ Union charity and its assets, employers of Union staff and directors of the trading subsidiary company Materialise Ltd.

Ba(Hons), Law With Politics, 2:1

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Collaborative Leadership

Postgraduate Diploma, Project Management, Merit