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Sheffield

My role involves working in collaboration with colleagues across the Authority and extensive network of external partners and communities to deliver plans which to protect and enhance the conservation of Sheffield’s iconic woodland and green estate. This includes direct management of the Woodland, Ecology, Allotment, Tree and Closed Landfill Teams. I am responsible for the strategic planning and operational day-to-day delivery for the Authority's land and outdoor environment ensuring that a broad range of visitors have outstanding and inspirational experiences when visiting our sites whilst protecting and enhancing the natural environment.

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Providing positive and collaborative senior leadership to Our Parklife CIC as a cross sector joint venture. My management ensured smooth governance, business development, growth of brand and commercial opportunities and the management of a team of staff and up to 600 volunteers on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.My role involved providing leadership to Our Parklife and assuming accountability for all activities and operations to the Board of Directors, key stakeholders, and our main client - the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC). I led on all aspects of strategy and business planning, resulting in successful contract extensions and growth with key customers including the LLDC, event operators, local community groups and other local stakeholders. Working collaboratively I identified, tested and mobilised commercial opportunities within a niche market, utilising a range of resources and managing varied stakeholder needs. This included merchandising, tour delivery, mobility services, event services, and corporate volunteering opportunities. I managed all resources, including human resources, all areas of compliance including GDPR, insurance, financial reporting, legal and commercial. Working closely with colleagues from ENGIE UK I developed and tested measuring social value, coordinated apprenticeship opportunities, championed diversity and inclusion and contributed to key business development activities and bid proposals which supported our customers achieve Net Zero and developing sustainable communities.

London, United Kingdom

Management and growth of the Park Champion volunteer programme driven by the legacy of the 2012 Games Maker volunteers, ensuring local East London communities benefitted from breadth of opportunities on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.My role included growing and diversifying the volunteer programme, ensuring that volunteers were able to contribute to the range of exciting opportunities available to them on the Park. This included establishing new roles in conservation and biodiversity, customer and mobility services, events (ranging from mass participation to small scale), education and careers. This required establishing and maintaining best practice volunteer management, resulting in the accreditation of the programme as 'Investing in Volunteers' in 2017. The success of the programme was achieved on a day to day basis through strong local community and business partnerships, effective channels for feedback and clear communication with our volunteers, appropriate training and development, clear and concise operational liaison with site and venue staff and robust health and safety procedures. Within this role I also established a Park Mobility Service.

London, United Kingdom

Coordinating and delivering the Corporate Volunteering programme across London building partnerships between businesses and local projects. Through the delivery of this programme I enjoyed providing both a rewarding and memorable volunteering experience for employees and businesses whilst hugely benefiting local groups and communities who need support establishing or maintaining projects and programmes. Projects involved greenspace improvement and environmental regeneration and matched the Corporate Responsibility targets of a range of businesses.

Groundwork London

Coordinating the delivery of key pan London events which showcased key projects and programmes including a youth fashion show at St Pancras International, annual garden parties, borough-wide volunteering fairs, celebration events and parties as well as staff events for over 120 Groundwork London staff. This role also included writing press releases and liaising with press, producing marketing and promotional materials (including merchandise and publicity) and supporting the charity's social media presence and campaigns.

Adelaide, Australia

Involvement in a number of Landscape Planning and Design Projects notably including the production of a Green Infrastructure Working Paper for the Adelaide Region. Other responsibilities included written and graphical support for a range of projects at the design and construction stage.

Sydney, Australia

Involvement in the production of concept drawings, plans and details for a range of landscape architecture and urban design/infrastructure planning projects including water sensitive design, urban infrastructure and Landscape and Visual Impact Asessments.

London, United Kingdom

Involvement in projects that approach environmental, design and planning issues, working with both planning and design teams covering site master planning, detailed urban design and planting with landscape planning, including the production of planning guidance to protect and enhance culturally and environmentally valued landscapes.

Mla, Landscape Architecture, Distinction

Activities and Societies: SLIC (Student Landscape Institute Council), Ladies Rugby Union, KNITSOC, Ultimate Frisbee

Landscape Architecture And Town Planning, Landscape Architecture, First Class Honours

Activities and Societies: SLIC (Student Landscape Institute Council), Ladies Rugby Union