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Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Command the signals platoon of the battalion.

Working in the outer office of a 2*, making their job as efficient as possible. Act as a soundboard and draft notes and letters.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Coordinated and planned the training and deployability of 90 soldiers. Culminated in the coordination of the training and deployment of 150 soldiers onto operations overseas.

Commanded and managed a platoon of 30 infanteers in the field and in camp. Focus had to be on the individual as well as the group, ensuring each soldier had a career plan.

In training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and then the Infantry Battle School Brecon. Learning leadership, command, management, and international affairs.

Juba, South Sudan

Employed on a Fellowship scheme that acts as a first step into international development consultancy. The firm specialises in capacity building and the establishment of management systems, usually in coordination with government, in post-conflict and developing countries.Creation of M&E System for Elgeyo Marakwet County, Kenya - GIZ project- Led two sets of consultations with Elgeyo Marakwet County Government, firstly to determine what they envisioned the system to look like and report back to the tech team, and secondly to present the prototype system before moving onto its operationalisation in Phase 2Health Mapping South Sudan - EU project - Mapping exercise of all facilities in South Sudan to provide a centralised database for the Ministry of Health - Scripted data collection tools in XLSForm that were distributed nationwide - Management of both raw data and southsudanhealth.info which provides visualisations of data for both the Ministry of Health and donors - Gave presentations and led training on data collection and management tools to the Ministry of Health, donors, and partnersGirls' Education South Sudan (GESS) - DfID project - Increasing girls' enrolment through unconditional cash transfers. - Created detailed analyses which were used in official reports and meetings with government - Scripted data collection tools using XLSForm that were then released nationwide to enable schools to submit enrolment data electronically and as part of Endline KER; then assisted with data managementNorthern Uganda Regional Investment Study - USAid project - Assisted with the writing of the report, specifically on the Northern Ugandan context and the impact of climate change - Gave part of the presentation on our findings to local politicians and stakeholders and representatives from USAid; I spoke about investments in fundamentals, i.e. health and education, and on the impact of climate change and the investments required to counter its affect

Kakamega, Kenya

Working in partnership with two secondary schools in Western Province in Kenya investing funds in order to achieve the five goals of EPAfrica: facilitating education, supporting student welfare and rights, improving health, strengthening school organisation, and realising post-secondary opportunities. The overarching aim is to sustainably improve these schools to affect as many children as possible and impact international development at the grassroots level.Some of the projects implemented were the installation of a 10,000L water tank and guttering, the setting up of a basis for a more permanent laboratory, and the installation of a ceiling in two of the classrooms.

Master Of Science - Ms, Strategic And Leadership Studies

Part time MSc through the British Army

Bachelor'S Degree, Philosophy Politics And Economics, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Keble College Boat Club, Keble College Hockey Club I focused my degree primarily into Politics, specifically.

A Levels, Maths (A*), Religious Studies (A*), History (A), And Economics (A)

Activities and Societies: Debating, Duke of Edinburgh Award (Silver and Gold), philosophy society, hockey, squash, CCF