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Edinburgh, GB

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sole responsibility for running a busy council community centre, in collaboration with a voluntary management committee. Managing a complex calendar and liaising with internal and external contacts to plan events and schedules.

United Kingdom

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Loch Leven RSPB Reserve, Kinross, Scotland

Design engaging communications and produce graphics for social media content.Plan and implement self-directed projects to improve the social media presence of the reserve and support the RSPB’s objectives of increasing visitor numbers and encouraging engagement with nature on the reserve.Assist with ecological data collection on the reserve e.g. recording.

United Kingdom

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Practical fieldwork including habitat management, gardening, painting and carpentry to improve outdoor spaces for nature and local communities.

Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom

Assisted with practical habitat maintenance work and helped to run events such as guided walks to teach the public about their local wildlife and encourage them to engage with and support Butterfly Conservation. Undertook training for recording and managing wildlife sighting data using iRecord and the NBN Atlas.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Work focussed on productivity in a fast-paced environment, requiring adaptability, consistent and clear communication and effective prioritisation of overlapping tasks under time pressure.Efficient and streamlined teamwork, providing constant support and motivation to colleagues and helping to train and integrate new staff.

Zadar, Croatia

Supported two marine research projects by collecting field data on seagrass and sea urchin populations and helped to keep the research site running. Also completed PADI Open Water scuba diving certification.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Organised donations, helped customers, trained new volunteers and worked with a small team to raise funds for Oxfam’s work.

Falmouth, England, United Kingdom

Proactively sought out course feedback from students and co-ordinated with the representatives of other courses and the academic staff to resolve issues and make improvements to courses.

Falmouth, England, United Kingdom

Co-ordinated weekly support sessions for small groups of new undergraduate students, prepared presentations and provided flexible support according to the different needs of each group.

Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Practical reserve maintenance including erosion management and road repairs.