Michaela Thomson Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

- Manage a group of youth clubs to deliver effective employability programmes, including a newly developed pilot programme - Design and facilitate a thorough programme induction that ensures youth clubs are equipped to deliver a new programme that successfully delivers on outcomes - Develop and deliver an on-going training and capacity building programme for youth workers and youth club managers that offers support and development, addresses areas of programme risk, and tackles challenges faced across the programme partnership- Build and maintain relationships with programme delivery partners, ensuring they are supported to deliver Employability programmes in line with our values and Theory of Change- Lead on the planning, logistics and content of network meetings that share learning and target issues faced across the partnership - Report program learning with the funders, Big Lottery & JP Morgan Chase through quarterly reports and national network meetings- Champion youth participation across partnership via youth boards, consultations and evaluation - Line Manager to Youth Advisory team, including appraisals and performance management- Design, launch and embed a pilot employability program, using research collected from previous programmes- Input into funding applications, negotiating with funder to ensure the programme delivers the best outcomes for young people- Act as grant holder to smaller youth clubs, putting programme out for application. Assessing and selecting candidates. Performing due diligence checks as required and inducting staff into programme. Ensuring a supportive process with space for improvement over rejection- Continue to provide training that allows smaller youth clubs to scale and grow, including internal sessions and sourcing experts for areas such as bid-writing, fundraising, business strategy and racial identity theory

Melbourne, Australia

- Along with the Executive director, managed an entire company re-brand. Including visually re-branding all sites and vehicles across states. Plus redesigning all online presence and internal resources- Developed the internal communications strategy and led the roll out of re-branding and language change to staff, including training sessions and some persuasion for those a little sceptical to change. - Managed the relationship between my organisation and the external branding agency, bridging the gap between the different nuances of non-profit and corporate worlds- Created a social media strategy and managed all social media accounts, some from scratch, growing engagement and followers by over 1.5k- Designed and created all marketing collateral- Redesigning and composing newsletters & email marketing campaigns, internal and external- Monthly reporting on web and social analytics, including suggestions on how to improve

Melbourne, Australia

Duke of Edinburgh Manager- Develop and deliver an off the shelf Duke of Edinburgh Adventurous Journey for all levels of the award to ensure efficient service, including a school holiday program that is open for individuals.- Establish and maintain strong relationships with clients, participants and their families, school DoE Coordinators and other external stakeholders.- Create marketing collateral - brochures, website pages, email newsletters and promote and raise awareness of the product at conferences & DoE events.Hillary Challenge Event Manager- Design and implement multiple adventure challenge events for up to 100 students, comprising of 2 state championships & a national final event, running across 3 days.- Retain and secure sponsorship and ensure those supporters needs are met.- Promote the event via our venues, website, social media and direct marketing.- Manage all events, logistically. Work with internal departments to ensure the event meets our risk management procedures.

London, United Kingdom

• Generate and manage enquiries from young people in The Trust’s target groups, their referral agencies, family or supporters to ensure they have an excellent first experience of The Prince’s Trust• To deliver engaging Information Sessions about The Trust’s programmes for young people and referral agencies as required • Work closely with the Programme Support team to coordinate enquiries ensuring only young people who are eligible and most in need of support are put forward • Support the implementation of multiple external funding contracts or initiatives (local and national) to ensure requirements and outputs are achieved• To understand and apply the requirements of The Prince’s Trust policies for working with young people, Recruiting Safely, Safeguarding and Health and Safety