Lizzy L. Email & Phone Number

Also co-chair of DHSC Green Network

• As the key point of contact between a minister and their civil servants, my tasks included: Commissioning teams to fulfil the Minister’s requests; arranging meetings & visits; briefing officials on government policy.

• I was responsible for ministerial correspondence, parliamentary questions, & freedom of information requests. I designed and introduced a new system that reduced the time taken to process invitations from seven minutes.
• I halved the Minister’s backlog of overdue letters & won an award for improving cooperation between teams.

I organised workshops for Commonwealth parliamentarians to strengthen democracy and good governance. Projects included:I arranged a three-day virtual workshop on select committees with Parliamentarians and clerks from the UK and Lesotho. I designed a workshop programme; sourced speakers; and chaired discussions on launching committee inquiries, tracking.

I was part of a team conducting a systematic review to examine research use in education. Using EPPI-Reviewer software, I inputed studies into our database for screening. The project was halted due to Covid-19.

• I conducted a review into the department’s internal communication system by surveying and interviewing hundreds of staff members.
• I evaluated the success of early interventions in Adult Social Care, then co-authored a report explaining how to translate these findings into the Nottinghamshire context.
• I organised and led a council-wide workshop to map community assets across the county.

Won 'Wow' award for outstanding customer service

Cambridge, United Kingdom

• Embrace fundraises and buys necessities requested by local homeless shelters. We founded Embrace during my time as Just Love Local Coordinator.
• During our first year we raised over £1000 which we used to provide homeless shelters with requested supplies, including 384 thermal socks, 288 toothbrushes, 240 boxer shorts, 72 pairs of gloves, 48 hats, and 38.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

• JustLove promotes volunteering & social justice among Christian students. While at university, I managed the volunteers in my local city, Cambridge.
• Organised seminar attended by 40+ people about how students can respond to homelessness in Cambridge,
• Set up 4-day volunteering project with local charity, gardening for local residents
• Facilitated the founding of a new student group ‘Embrace’, which provides donations to support homeless shelters (see 'Embrace'… Show more JustLove promotes volunteering & social justice among Christian students. While.
• Facilitated the founding of a new student group ‘Embrace’, which provides donations to support homeless shelters (see 'Embrace' above)
• Co-ordinated online rota of volunteers providing drinks and snacks to people on the streets, in conjunction with Cambridge Streetbite

• Managed the desk
• Responded to student enquiries
• Organised books
• Administrative duties

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Theology And Religious Studies, 1St

Activities and Societies: Just Love Cambridge Local Co-ordinator

Msc Social Policy & Social Research, Social Sciences, Distinction

Modules included: • Evidence for Policy and Practice • Social Problems and Interventions • Understanding the Policy Process • Comparative.

Microsoft: Dat205X - Introduction To Data Analysis Using Excel

A Levels: English, History, Psychology A* A* A* (As Level Art & Design - A)

Extended Essay - A

Gsce, 9A*, 1B, (Ocr-Additional Maths Qualification: A)