Supply teaching/cover supervision. Experience working with LAC/SEN. individual tuition for students with behavioural problems.

Elected as Borough Councillor to a ward with social deprivation and marginalised communities. Vice Chair of Children & Young People's select committee, member of Adult Services and Health and Planning committee. Chair Eastern Locality Forum and Area Transport Strategy.Representing individuals, organisations and community with issues, problems and queries at Council, steering boards and outside bodies. Working with 3rd sector organisations, businesses, schools and colleges to build a more inclusive community. Securing project funding, decision making on funding applications, managing budgets. Networking, liaising and corresponding with local & regional businesses, organisations, local, regional & national political parties. Developing and organising volunteer groups, volunteer projects and residents’ associations. Ensuring sensible, necessary, difficult decisions are made for the best interests of the Community

Based off campus. Managing projects and special initiatives in relation to capacity building within areas of hard to reach learners and marginalised communities. Building links and improving communications in order to meet University strategic objectives, disseminating information and advising on regulations, policies and procedures. Co-ordinating and facilitating the presence of the University within partnership, raising the profile within schools and institutions. Acting as ‘key point of contact’ for staff and students, developing, delivering and facilitating CPD, training and inductions for staff and students. Developing and delivering information, advice & guidance sessions for college and school pupils and staff and drop in visitors within geographical area. Collection, maintenance and production of reports, statistical analysis of trends within geographical area, awareness of budgets and financial outlay for projects.

Identifying and recruitment of hard to reach learners onto adult education, SfL or Family Learning within marginalised communities and areas of rural deprivation. Developing and delivering IAG sessions and workshops. Liaising, communicating & networking with schools, colleges, organisations and businesses, community groups, PCT and Social Services. Identification of need, development and planning of courses, workshops and events. Promotion of services and courses offered. Representing the service at meetings, events and steering groups.Working to target, producing reports on outcomes and statistical analysis. Development and delivery of adult education outreach courses including Literacy and ESOL; initial assessment, ILPs, portfolio development.

Responsibility for all co-ordination, communication and administration of Government/ESF funded financial grants within team. Arranging and attending meetings, workshops, funding panels and events. First point of contact for all companies and customers, diary management of team. Raising contracts, minutes, agendas, all to ESF audit standard. Responsible for upkeep of spreadsheets, CRM, databases, customer files.

Parliamentary caseworker for M.P.Liaising and communicating with ministerial departments, organisations, businesses and community groups. Recruitment and coordination of volunteers, data base analysis, production of newsletters, press releases. Meeting with and contacting constituents, dealing with various complex issues, offering IAG.