Samantha Sparrow Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

As a member of the Management Team, I lead the work ensuring we have the most appropriate organisational structure fit for our work and ambitions, alongside setting up the systematic processes to support the team to practise the values of CAST and achieve individual and collective success- including creating the appropriate support structures for objective setting and personal development.I lead on all people, culture + HR work streams and oversee the coordination of policy development, building on CAST’s values and ambitions and commitment to wellbeing.I am also responsible for CAST's legal and governance function, managing our contracting and grant making processes.

London, United Kingdom

I support ​charities​ ​across​ ​all​ ​CAST​ ​programmes​ ​to​ ​use​ ​technology​ ​to revolutionise​ ​how​ ​they​ ​address​ ​complex​ ​social​ ​problems​ ​and​ ​drive​ ​organisational change, ​in​ ​particular​ ​helping​ ​established​ ​charities​ ​integrate new​ ​digital​ ​products​ ​and​ ​services​ ​-​ ​and​ ​the​ ​methods​ ​used​ ​to​ ​create​ ​them​ ​-​ ​into​ ​their organisations.Alongside this I manage the day to day operations of CAST and the delivery team, including finance, HR and data protection. As part of this, I am responsible for scoping and onboarding all new projects, ensuring CAST programmes meet the evolving needs of the social sector.

London

Overall leadership and management of vInspired’s new social business and digital platform Task Squad. Task Squad is the UK's youth recruitment agency designed exclusively for young people to connect with employers through paid tasks. Task Squad was a finalist in the first Global Impact Challenge 2013 and attracted £100k of sponsorship from Google. The programme was also funded by the Nominet Trust (now Social Tech Trust) and the Centre For Social Action Innovation Fund/Nesta.I managed all relationships with funders and investors, the financial plan and budget and supported the building of relationships with key stakeholders such as DWP, BIS and business networks. I was responsible for ongoing service, product and technical development and overall quality assurance, taking the lead of setting customer service standards for our young people and employers.Additionally I managed the marketing, PR, evaluation and sales activity, ensuring young volunteers can translate their experience in meaningful ways through paid work and supporting the growth of youth employment in the UK. Whilst in post I grew the team from just myself to six (including some of the young people we worked with on the platform) and was responsible for their management, training and development.I first led the development of this service as a participant on the first cohort of Sidekick Schools, a digital start up incubator and the Spring 2013 Accelerator Programme for social entrepreneurs from the Young Foundation. Task Squad was a finalist in the EU Social Innovation Competition in 2014.

London

Generating robust youth insight and high quality programme evaluation activity, which supports both vInspired and the wider sector’s innovation, knowledge and programme development.Harnessing innovation as a learning and development tool at vInspired, creating a culture of creativity, openness and risk-taking, and using innovative approaches to spot new opportunities for growth and evolve new methods of income generationDeveloping innovative direct delivery programmes which enable young people across the UK to build the skills and capabilities to succeed, thereby supporting their communities to flourish. Working with partners and other key stakeholders to position vInspired as a social action expert and maximise opportunities to grow our presence in the UK, in Europe and around the world.Acting as Product Manager for Task Squad, the UK's first microwork platform designed exclusively for young people to connect with employers through paid tasks. Task Squad was a finallist in the first Global Impact Challenge and attracted £100k of sponsorship from Google.

Hackney Downs Studio

Co-Presenter & Producer of High Tea Hoxton, a two hour breakfast radio show.Presenter & Producer of Hoxton80s, a one hour music driven radio show.Responsibilities included:- Driving a mixing desk- Performing live interviews with guests- Broadcasting live from key East London events- Playlisting, scripting and planning all shows- Social media marketing

London, United Kingdom

Led Catch22's strategy for volunteering, including increasing and supporting volunteers in existing services and developing new ways of including volunteers in our work. Developed key policies and guidance, monitoring systems and quality assurance awards in relation to volunteering. Ensured best practice was spread widely across the organisation through communications, training and resources.Led public sector bids around volunteering, creating new models and selling to commissioners. Secured further organisational income through consultancy, training and external services.Delivered conference sessions including "Westminster Briefing - Volunteering & The Big Society", "Big Society in The North" and "Community Organisers & The Big Society"Built Catch22's reputation as a centre of excellence for volunteering.

Operational management, communication and measurement of the Community Investment programme, including school based volunteering programmes (Nursery to University), legal pro bono schemes including support for individuals, charities and NGO's and employability/careers work both with homeless/vulnerable client groups and students. This also includes management of over 700 volunteers, 20 project co-ordinators and a range of external stakeholders such as charities, NGO's, consultancies and individualsImplemented Investors in Volunteering for Employers, the UK standard for excellence in volunteer management in Feb 2010 (first law firm to receive award).Developed and launched new flagship employability programme, Networked, an innovative five year scholarship scheme aimed at aspiring lawyers from local schools and colleges, which was also awarded the Best Corporate Responsibility Initiative by The Lawyer in 2011. (http://www.thelawyer.com/herbies-launches-diversity-scheme-in-response-to-milburn-report/1005568.article)

Worked across a range of different legal and citizenship education programmes and developed new streams of work and income generation particularly around employee volunteering in the corporate and public sector (legal and finance).Managed a team on a range of legal and economic citizenship projects and developed resource materials for schools, teaching professionals and students. This included developing and managing large scale employee volunteering projects with legal and finance professionals, law firms (including a range of top 10 UK firms, local practices and in house teams), professional services and financial institutions, managing a youth facing website and associated project called 'Paying For It' (sponsored by Aviva) and training all volunteers to work on our twinning programmes.This also included developing and managing a national schools based competition called "Chance to be Chancellor", which attracted sponsorship from both Aviva and The Times, as well as endorsment from the Treasury.