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Edinburgh, Gb

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Supporting the Participation and Communities Team (PACT) in • reviewing digital engagement of Committees, learning from the last year• horizon scanning for future trends and developing a digital engagement strategy for session 6. • procuring any new tools that may be required • providing practical support to committee teams on current platforms and developing guidance.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

I provide advice and administrative support to MSPs on all aspects of Committee work. Working to tight deadlines and on complex and fast evolving areas of policy, I produce meeting papers, convener’s briefs, correspondence, speeches and subordinate legislation reports. I liaise with the Convener to review meeting briefs and plan remote engagement with stakeholders. I manage witnesses from selection to onboarding and feedback. • My key achievements include the production of clear and politically balanced documents with a creative use of resources at my disposal. I recently wrote speeches for a Chamber debate on the Arts funding inquiry without having been involved in the inquiry at all. I used reports and submissions to inform a skeleton, worked with SPICe colleagues, researched most recent news items as well as leading organisations’ Twitter feeds and Government’s webpages to link the 2019 inquiry to the current challenges and opportunities faced by the Arts sector. The speeches were well received and allowed for a productive debate to inform the support the sector needs to recover from the current crisis and thrive. • I regularly use a range of new tools to allow Members of the Committee to have live and productive discussions on correspondence and reports when political differences require clear and fast communication. With only an hour turnaround in between a Committee meeting and a Chamber vote, I managed to get all MSPs to edit and agree on a response to the Brexit deal at the end of 2020.• Over the last quarter of 2020, in collaboration with the Web Team, I have spearheaded an overhaul of the Committee’s Twitter account to better promote the work of the Committee, bring out key issues in more attractive ways using clips and visuals. This meticulous research and improvement process has resulted in the Twitter account being the most active and interacted with in the Committee office for the last quarter of 2020.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

The Scottish Parliament’s Public Engagement Strategy aims to increase engagement and participation to support and strengthen the work of the Parliament and enhance parliamentary democracy. A new Committee Engagement Unit (CEU) has been set up. As a Public Participation Development Officer in CEU, focus on developing and delivering innovative public engagement across all the Parliament’s committees. Provide extra support to committees which are pursuing innovative or particularly complex forms of engagement.Design and influence how the unit works with colleagues across the Parliament to help people have their voices heard on issues that matter to them. Work closely with existing teams (e.g. Community Outreach and Social Media), experimenting with how the Parliament gathers views and evidence, to deliver activities that meet the needs of committees and to uncover people’s experiences of how public policy has affected their lives.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

To achieve outcomes in the last year of funding, I increase the engagement of employers, agencies and Authorities and promote the values of the Supported Employment model. I improve the capacity and governance of member organisations by developing initiatives and resources aimed at reducing the disability employment gap. I focus on implementation and evaluation to achieve key indicators, raise the profile of SUSE, improve its membership offer and strengthen links with the Government in a time of profound change in the employability sector.

Edinburgh-Glasgow

Responsibilities-Led development of a grassroots movement for change on behalf of people with mental health issues, and managed a programme supporting people and organisations to become efficient leaders and influence social change regarding stigma and discrimination -Developed and delivered Community Champions participatory training programme and education tools aimed at empowering people to create positive social change-Managed the Community Innovation Fund to support individuals, grassroots groups and Change Networks, overseeing grant distribution, budgets and outcomes, and evaluation support-Devised, delivered and mentored innovation labs, sharing learning events, targeted participatory trainings to grow a sustainable network of change agents -Managed large scale projects, leading professionals, peer researchers and volunteers to produce educational resources relating to leadership, collaboration and human rights Achievements -Trained and mentored 89 community champions with an 80% retention rate, and 89% reported an increased level of confidence and leadership -Managed 60 grants with an annual budget of £230, offering individual support in accordance with the company’s principles, and further developed an evaluation system based on change and outcomes -Designed and produced the Change Network toolkit, a 4 day participatory Community Champions training and Community Conversations to empower people to access/ claim their human rights -Used innovative facilitation methods to run 3 labs for 88 participants to develop processes for fighting stigma, and 4 ‘brewing labs’ around company principles for 120 supporters to strengthen the movement for change impact

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Responsibilities -Supported activists to have a voice in mental health policy, planning and provision of services -Liaised with partners to represent service user views and ensured their research and solutions were considered-Developed and delivered training material to service users in campaigning, confidence building and leadership, and organised live experience training for staff and medical students Achievements -Contributed to the development of a Short Breaks service and re-provision of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital -Conducted peer-led action research projects/ campaigns to raise issues around detention, which led to the creation of a collaborative project to train Health staff-Developed and facilitated campaigning groups, and supported them to respond to Government consultations-Secured funding for 2 innovative peer support groups for those suffering post-natal depression and people who had experience ECT

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Responsibilities -Supported activists to have a voice in mental health policy, planning and provision of services -Liaised with partners to represent service user views and ensured their research and solutions were considered-Developed and delivered training material to service users in campaigning, confidence building and leadership, and organised live experience training for staff and medical students Achievements -Contributed to the development of a Short Breaks service and re-provision of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital -Conducted peer-led action research projects/ campaigns to raise issues around detention, which led to the creation of a collaborative project to train Health staff-Developed and facilitated campaigning groups, and supported them to respond to Government consultations

Malawi

Responsibilities -Advised on the organisation of a local NGO’s administration and fundraised for expansion, supervising and overseeing projects to maximise sustainability and empower staff -Ran SWOT analysis to identify capacity building needs, review responsibilities of staff and plan fundraising, and supported staff responsibility to improve transparency and reporting -Networked with regional organisations/ local authorities to raise the profile of the centre in Malawi and Europe, showcased activities to leaders and the main charity in the Netherlands and to increase their funding and recognition Achievements -Reorganised projects to advance outcomes. Adapted AIDS orphans’ vocational training to get a nationally recognised certificate, training facilitators and taught appropriate skills for students to start businesses and subsequently support families -Influential in raising annual budget to allow for the creation of a maternity, nursery school and an HIV/AIDS outreach programme -Implemented new projects and assisted staff to undertake lead roles. Supported a project lead to research and devise an environmental protection programme, and educated locals, especially on the opportunity for girls to focus on education rather than manual labour activities and women’s health

Kigali, Rwanda

-Undertook the research for VSO Rwanda’s upcoming Secure Livelihoods Programme Area-Researched existing NGOs and government policies in agriculture, tourism and environment to establish a stakeholder map and identify sectors with potential for development -Met with local stakeholders to discuss sector needs and opportunities offered through partnerships-Organised and ran focus groups and a national workshop with potential partners and employers

Kigali, Rwanda

Responsibilities-Advised and trained the National Union of Primary School Teachers to get reorganised at office and campaign level, and devised a training plan for a nation network of union representatives Achievements-Advocated for the plight of 28000 teachers, increased membership from 1000 to 14000 in 4 months and created an increase of 400% of the monthly budget. Also networked with other teachers and education organisations to lobby for an increase in salary at Government level -Participated in the Global Campaign for Education programme, organised lobbying events, produced a promotional film on teachers’ working conditions and children’s life in refugee camps used by VSO worldwide and at the G8-Organised and facilitated the Kivu Writers programme, a creative writing project for secondary school students.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Responsibilities-Managed fleet and membership expansion (over 600 members) and supervised 3 operations assistants-Liaised with local authorities to secure expansion and to develop their own fleet-Networked with local environmental associations to create an environmental coalition

East Kilbride

-Managed orders, product presentations and liaised with production for over 50 customers worldwide-Researched new business opportunities in Europe-Integrated a newly acquired company in the system

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

-Provided technical support to Italian and French users of Adobe software products-Acted as deputy team leader

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