Simon Diggins Obe M Phil, Ba Hons Email & Phone Number

London, England Metropolitan Area

United Kingdom

With colleagues from crisis zones, and following a plea on Facebook to use modern digital marketing and ‘Big Data’ to support the government’s efforts to combat Covid 19, we founded Corona-Help.UK. Corona-Help.UK uses an anonymous, online chatbot to understand the spread of Coronavirus, and how and whether people are following the lockdown protocols. As of.

Denmark Hill, London

Working directly for the Director of Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), I manage complex programmes and projects that cut across normal service boundaries. Major projects have included: a review of, and improvement of, access to services; improving Outcome measures; and, most recently, introducing a cross-London region service to.

Southwark, London

Operational manager for a team of 65 clinicians, operating from 3 main and 6 subsidiary sites across Southwark Borough, delivering first-class mental health treatment and advice to children and young people in one of London's most diverse but also deprived boroughs. I have direct control over a budget of £5.5m and membership of the Directorate Executive.

London, United Kingdom

From Mar to Dec 16, I programme managed a series of projects to improve Transfers of Care and Discharges in a major London acute hospital trust. The challenge was that without effective Transfers of Care, scarce hospital beds would rapidly become unavailable; this was complicated as the follow-on care facilities, often for very vulnerable and ill people.

UK & International

To support Strategic Planners and Operational Managers in developing effective, sustainable plans through the lifecycle of an operation, from initial concept to mature plan and through to operational monitoring and plan revision and refinement.

South West Hertfordshire (SW Herts)

A challenging time to be a Labour Candidate anywhere but especially in a strongly-held Tory seat such as SW Herts. Despite not winning, we doubled the local vote, increased vote share - against the trend, improved our position from 3rd to 2nd and saw-off a strong, and credible, UKIP challenge. A lot was achieved by old-fashioned canvassing, street stalls.

Strategic Planner of Defence Exercise Programme: ten-year rolling programme, worth 40m pounds +, currently out to 2024.Executive Director of major training serials for UK's High Readiness Forces.Advocate for integration of simulation and synthetic environment into training.Branch lead for team of 19 personnel (military, civil servant and contractors).

A range of command and staff responsibilities, in UK and worldwide, that included: military-diplomatic roles in support of the UN in Iraq (2004-5), as Defence Attache in Kabul (2008-10), and an exchange appointment with the US Forces in Djibouti in 2011, supporting East African countries own counter-terrorism programmes and training. Earlier career.

Supported the then largest British Embassy in the world with military-political advice at a very demanding time. Established a good network of contacts in and outside of the diplomatic and military community to understand the complex situation. Additionally, gained funding to establish a scholarship programme for Afghan security personnel to be trained in.

Baghdad, Basra: Iraq

Supporting the Senior Military Adviser in the provision of advice on the military situation and military activities in order to support and enable the UN Mission in Iraq. Particular highlights were: direct liaison with the Kurdish Regional Governments (KRG) to support the UN's work on the Jan 2005 election; and devising and then enabling the training of.

Master Of Philosophy (Mphil), International Relations And Affairs

Activities and Societies: College Rower, Union Society, Milton Society M Phil student in International Relations

Post University Course 10, Leadership, Commissioned As 2Nd Lieutenant In The Royal Regiment Of Fusiliers

History, Uk History; Origins Of First World War, Ba (Hons)

Activities and Societies: History Society (Chair); Drama; Karate; Hatfield College JCR Committee A seminal experience at a first-class.

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