Lizzie Borelan Email & Phone Number

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

The Social Value Unit’s role is to advise the public sector on procuring goods, works and services in a more ethical and sustainable manner. The Unit does this by assisting public bodies to design, implement and monitor sustainability clauses included in public contracts.I research, develop and advise on sustainability requirements across the public procurement environment, working closely with Contracting Authorities across Northern Ireland, public sector suppliers and third sector organisations.

Belfast, United Kingdom

This role required me to develop the Buy Social Unit by providing support to the monitoring of Buy Social contracts, relationship building with key stakeholders to enable partnership working and providing research and administrative support to the Unit.

Belfast, United Kingdom

I was responsible for developing the capacity of Housing Rights to evaluate the impact of its services and I undertook research to inform and influence the organisation's work.

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Advised and supported students with course selection, research projects, and internships • Managed several NSERC grants, prepared and managed operational budgets, administered accounts and expenditures• Planned and arranged various events including workshops, monthly seminars, and conferences• Managed graduate student applications, coordinated with faculty and departments for new admissions • Designed program websites and managed web information

Belfast, United Kingdom

• Audio typing of legal documents• Reception tasks, i.e. operating switchboard, welcoming clients• General office admin tasks, i.e. photocopying, scanning, emailing, using MS Office

Belfast, United Kingdom

• Assisting with the writing of a successful bid for a multi-million pound public funding bid application, which involved researching charity outcomes, processes and procedures• Reception tasks, i.e. operating switchboard, welcoming young people and stakeholders• Processing enquiries re: current youth development programmes• Conference facilities support• Updating client records, using both internal systems and MS Excel

Belfast, United Kingdom

• Reception tasks, i.e. operating switchboard, welcoming clients• Processing conference booking enquiries• Coordinating conference facilities support among staff members

Sydney, Australia

• Phonetically transcribing English word forms, dependant on local accents• Analysing audio speech data• Assuring quality of my team’s transcriptions• Audio typing

Belfast, United Kingdom

• Working with families who have a child recently diagnosed with autism• Designing communication supports for children with autism• Running training workshops for parents of children with autism• Running summer schemes for children with autism• Supervising junior members of staff as they work with children with autism• Processing enquiries from a number of stakeholders: parents, teachers, social workers, psychologists.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Applied Linguistics

Activities and Societies: Awards: - Full Scholarship - ResearcherPlus Award - Excellence with Impact Award - Thomas Dixon Travel.

Master'S Degree, English Language And Linguistics, Pass With Distinction

Activities and Societies: Awarded full Student Scholarship

Bachelor'S Degree, English Language And Linguistics, First Class Honours