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Stratford-Upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom

The Shakespeare Hospice provides palliative care for people in the Stratford-upon-Avon region. Experience includes:-• Research funding opportunities and competitor activities.• Developing the effective management of the funder information.• Writing successful funding bids.• Networking with stakeholders.• Stewardship of Trust and Grant funders.

Developing project plans and funding proposals for the Community Interest Company supporting women farmers in Ghana and developing international markets for shea butter and other products.Experience includes:-• Produced of logical frameworks for project planning.• Produced business plan.• Researched funding opportunities.• Developed specific funding proposals.• Developed websites.• Advised on search engine optimisation (SEO).

The Smallpeice Trust is an education charity focused on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).Experience includes:-• Research collaborations, funding opportunities and competitor activities.• Initiate collaborations with new partners.• Develop partnerships with commercial and institutional bodies.• Create successful funding bids.• Network with stakeholders.• Grow new areas of work, including contract negotiations.• Develop in-kind support from engineering companies.

Developed new partnerships and initiatives for Practical Action's knowledge services, building relationships with knowledge providers to make information accessible through the Practical Action website, through the Knowledge Point partnership and in print.Experience:-• Development relationships with new partners• Development funding proposals in consortia.• Liaison with internal and external partners and potential partners to develop new knowledge services initiatives.•Project management on the development of the website for Global Dimensions in Engineering Education (GDEE). An EU funded project between Academics and NGOs.• Participate in conferences, workshops, talks & presentations.• Coordinate the international technical information service and collaborating with international colleagues to sustain and develop a comprehensive` information service.• Monitored and reporting of project and partnership development.• Presentation on the Impact Framework at the WEDC conference.• Part of the steering committee for the Engineering 4 Change Solutions Library.

Working internationally in coordinating the Technical Information Service (Practical Answers) between Practical Action offices and linking with external knowledge brokers.Experience:-• Developed the international team capacity in knowledge provision• Managed the creation of knowledge resources• Coordinated the international Technical Information Service and collaborated with international colleagues to sustain and develop a comprehensive and high-quality information service• Monitored and reported on service activities and digital presence• Migrated website to Linked Open Data platform•Established Knowledge Point with partner organisations.•Author and coordinator of regular contributions to Appropriate Technology magazine.•Active participant in events and workshops - CTA Expert Collaboration in the Future of Agriculture Knowledge Resource Centres. •Edited the publication A Handbook of Small-scale Energy Technologies.•Negotiated pro-bono contributions to support the information service.

Responsible for managing technical enquiries and providing information to an external audience. Represented Practical Action in the International Network for Technical Information (INTI). Researched, synthesized, and wrote information for journals, videos, fact sheets and the website.Experience:-• Advised organisations and individuals working in development on the application of appropriate technologies.• Initiated the Technical Information Service web presence. • Monitored and reported on services activities offline and online.• Managed volunteers and interns.•Coordinated resource development with colleagues and external partners.•Assisted in the international capacity building of the service. •Managed relationship with INTI - International Network for Technical Information.•Created toolkits - Disaster Mitigation, IStructE Earthquake Response Collection, Lighting Africa and INTI Knowledge Collection.•Technical advisor to the Sustainable Design Awards programme.

An engineering consultancy specialising in environmental testing and monitoring.Responsible for engineering design and project coordination.Experience:-• Liaised with customers.• Managed contractors.• Controlled production and undertook problem solving• Ansys finite element analysis.• Product design.• Development new products.

Responsible for test monitoring and adaptation for a small-scale research and development programme on pyrolysis of waste for energy.Experience:-• Coordinated contractor activities.• Installed electrical and mechanical technology.• Measurement & monitoring of trials data.• Carried out data capture and manipulation on research results.• Liaised with potential investors.

Kanye, Botswana

Rural community technology development organisation based in Botswana. Responsible for of product development projects related to small-scale energy and water delivery.Experience:-• Community liaison• Managing trials • Design