Melissa Bennett Email & Phone Number

London, GB

I work in the Community Engagement team at City Hall. Our priorities and roles are ever-changing but previous work includes:- Leading on the London Community Story programme, a pioneering project that aims to change what policy makers and funders see as insights and increasing their engagement with creative data. I worked with experts to produce Connecting.

London, England, United Kingdom

Secondment covering the role of Principal Community Engagement Officer. Managing the Engaging Londoners programme to ensure that London’s diverse communities have opportunities to influence the policies that affect their lives and that policy makers are confident to deliver high quality community engagement projects.

Muswell Hill, England, United Kingdom

I am Co-Director of Muswell Hill Rhythmic Gymnastics, a not for profit community interest company that runs rhythmic gymnastics classes for children and young people. We offer classes in North London for a range of abilities from beginner to elite level and have gymnasts competing in regional and national competitions. I am a qualified gymnastics coach and.

As a Research Assistant for Paul Mellon funded Birkbeck/National Trust project: 'Unlocking the Photographic Archive: Identity & History in the National Trust’s Photography Collections'. My responsibilties included:- Framing the key research questions for the project and drafting all project documentation and plans.- Liasing with key stakeholders and.

London, United Kingdom

From January 2018 to January 2020 I managed the museum's higher education and research programmes and research partnerships with the aim of developing our reach, impact, and profile in this area to help the museum to stretch thinking, become better known, and reach more people.I managed the MA and access to higher education courses hosted at the museum for.

London, United Kingdom

I coordinated the practical organisation and delivery of the museum’s higher education teaching partnerships and workshops. These included MA and Access to HE courses, as well as one off workshops and study days. I coordinate student placements at the Museum of London and am working to establish a new structured placement programme for doctoral students.I.

As Special Projects Officer I carried out ad hoc project work for Women In Football including events planning, research, and campaigns.Most significantly I was involved in the inception, planning, and managing of the social media campaign (#shameonthegame and #shebelongs) launched by WiF to combat sexism in football and celebrate the achievements of women.

Coventry, United Kingdom

As a seminar tutor, I planned and taught hour long seminars to first year history undergraduates for the module Making of the Modern World. The classes covered a range of topics, from the history of race and gender, to environmentalism and postmodernism. I marked and provided feedback on essays, group projects, and final exams. I also led academic writing.

London, United Kingdom

As part of the Summer Archive Project I worked as part of a team of five interns for three weeks to catalogue and repackage more than 4,000 architectural plans of UK venues held by the Theatres Trust. Through cataloguing the project aimed to make sure the documents could be more easily accessed by theatre owners, researchers and people interested in.

At the London Borough of Waltham Forest, I was given a lot of responsibility to pull together and produce significant events, service reviews, and policy documents. I project managed the final stages of the preparation for the May 2014 local elections. I dealt with complaints from residents about electoral registration and voting, and assisted with data.

London, United Kingdom

I gained valuable experience working at a social enterprise start up through my role as Executive Assistant Intern at London Football Journeys, a UK charity that brings young people from different areas together through football to share new experiences, forge common ground and break postcode prejudices. My task included providing administrative support to.

The main aspect of my role involved contacting individuals from across the business, in stores, depots, and at head office, to draft responses to MP letters regarding their constituents’ customer queries. I also provided briefing to the Head of Government Affairs for MP meetings, planned the diaries of the Government Affairs Team for the three major party.

Home Office, London

My key achievement in this role was drafting a submission to the Home Secretary and the Minister for Crime and Policing advising them on police funding issues. I also worked on month-end payroll forecasts, compiled the ministerial briefing document for the Police Funding Policy team, drafted ministerial correspondence and helped to set up a social.

London, United Kingdom

This role involved engaging Diaspora and youth groups all over the Commonwealth and getting them to upload their stories to the Jubilee Time Capsule - an online history archive. I regularly had to contact high profile musicians, sportsmen and academics from around the Commonwealth to participate. I also built partnerships with cultural groups, archives.

Bedfont Lakes

The most important part of my role consisted of building and updating the competitive dashboard using complex Excel functions. On a weekly basis I created wins presentations for senior leadership reviews and team meetings, created a database of wins on our Lotus Notes to be used by the communications team to create external press releases, and arranged.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), History

I recently passed my viva with my thesis entitled 'Picturing the West India Regiments: Race, Empire and Photography’. My research focused.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, History/Art History

I spent three months at Yale between March and June 2016 as part of the AHRC's International Placement Scheme. I was based in the Yale.

Master Of Arts (Ma), World History And Cultures, Distinction

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), History And Politics, (1St Class)

Activities and Societies: President of the Gymnastics Club, Academic Affairs Officer for the History Society, Secretary of the Racial.