Maria Root Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

In addition to the Employment and Integration Adviser duties below, I now also:• Coach and supporting junior members of the team to understand employment rights • Develop resources and delivering training online and in person • Model best practice in employment support for the rest of the team

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

● Managing a caseload of up to 40 refugees, helping them find meaningful work and education, and making referrals for other types of support ● Delivering 1:1 employment support via Zoom and in person across Greater Manchester ● Maintaining accurate records, reporting to monthly deadlines and regularly completing monitoring and evaluation

London, England, United Kingdom

● Led the development and drafting of the Strategic Framework for the newly-formed Office for Health Improvement and Disparities ● Gathered evidence and developed policy recommendations on how to reduce health disparities in England ● Led the development of the DHSC response to the PHE staff consultation: reviewed >200 comments and drafted response to address the main issues raised● Led strategic thinking to set up a high-functioning business support team to meet the Office's… Show more ● Led the development and drafting of the Strategic Framework for the newly-formed Office for Health Improvement and Disparities ● Gathered evidence and developed policy recommendations on how to reduce health disparities in England ● Led the development of the DHSC response to the PHE staff consultation: reviewed >200 comments and drafted response to address the main issues raised● Led strategic thinking to set up a high-functioning business support team to meet the Office's needs in line with DHSC’s standards Show less

Moscow, Moscow City, Russia

Career break in Moscow, Russia● Tutored English, science and maths to children aged 5 – 16 ● Taught yoga and ran my own business, managing cashflow and social media marketing

London, United Kingdom

● Made science policy evidence and decisions easily understandable to non-scientist peers, managers and ministers ● Designed and led a capital funding competition to reduce £336m of 18/19 capital asks to £71m of most urgent requirements: ~80% saving● Wrote and edited a long-term research and innovation infrastructure roadmap based on intelligence from focus groups and surveys● Recruited, managed and developed a small multi-site team to achieve the above

London, United Kingdom

• Led work on representing life sciences industry views in Brexit negotiations • Oversaw team’s HR and finances; managed annual budgets of >£14.7m programme, >£3.3m admin and £1m capital • Managed and supported communications and operational finance colleagues

London, United Kingdom

• Managing editor (G7) of Drug Safety Update, a monthly e-bulletin for health professionals.• Communicate vital safety information and advice to change prescribing practices• Project manage varying team of contributors and reviewers to tight deadlines, including Director-level sign-off; have published all issues to date on time.• Build and maintain networks of experts from government, academia and industry for their valuable input during article review• Manage £50,000 mailing… Show more • Managing editor (G7) of Drug Safety Update, a monthly e-bulletin for health professionals.• Communicate vital safety information and advice to change prescribing practices• Project manage varying team of contributors and reviewers to tight deadlines, including Director-level sign-off; have published all issues to date on time.• Build and maintain networks of experts from government, academia and industry for their valuable input during article review• Manage £50,000 mailing contract to for distribution to over 230,000 subscribers• Keep abreast of developments in healthcare for future article topics• Share best practice with colleagues on communicating risk information for maximum impact; run training sessions for new starters Show less

London, United Kingdom

• Communicated drug safety information to different audiences by drafting and editing letters to healthcare professionals, website Q&A articles and press releases for the general public• Attended monthly Expert Advisory Group meetings, prepared public minutes

London, United Kingdom

• Worked for an NGO (TB Alliance) to support introduction of new TB drugs to the Russian market• Gathered and analysed evidence on current treatment patters; licensing and reimbursement frameworks by searching Russian-language websites • Identified, recruited and interviewed TB experts in Russian, to fill knowledge gaps from desk research• This was a part time, out of office hours project

London, United Kingdom

• Provided and quality assured evidence-based assessment to demonstrate a new drug’s value to NICE and its international counterparts• Conducted literature reviews and data analyses of quantitative and qualitative research; advised clients on appropriate and innovative analytical techniques