A communications role for a leading civil and structural engineering business, covering the full span of communications and marketing disciplines, with a primary focus on internal communications and employee engagement.

• Recruited for communications and HR expertise, this voluntary Board position shapes and oversees business plans and strategy, as well as advising the chief executive and other staff on communication and policy issues• Chair of the Association’s HR Committee (remuneration, recruitment, disciplinary, etc.)Shropshire Rural Housing Association is registered with the Homes & Communities Agency and operates under charitable rules. We specialise in providing appropriate and affordable housing for rent for people in need throughout rural Shropshire.

Developing and implementing marketing and communications strategy for a fast-growing global digital innovation business with global reach.Work Wallet provides powerful all-in-one mobile, app, and desktop-based health and safety software to workplaces across the world, keeping employees, contractors and visitors safe, and enabling better monitoring, reporting, problem solving, and regulatory compliance for businesses.

• An elected voluntary role, leading and managing a team of 21 staff representatives (including the provision of training, goal setting and personal appraisals), to deliver support services to NHBC staff members in HR-related processes, and undertaking consultations and negotiations with NHBC executives (including large-scale confidential business change planning)• Achieved: 9% increase in membership during tenure as Chair through improved recruitment and communication; an overhaul of governance and constitution arrangements, leading to official recognition of the Staff Association by the Government’s Certification Officer

• Specialising in internal communication and employee engagement (including development of strategy, channel management and content generation) for the National House Building Council, as a business partner providing consultancy to senior stakeholders – managing and delivering end-to-end multi-channel campaigns, including large-scale business change programmes, corporate social responsibility, restructuring the intranet, and introducing digital colleague collaboration tools• Further responsibilities for external facing public relations, marketing and brand promotion, ensuring integrated messaging across internal and external outlets• Achieved: +90% response rates to employee opinion surveys since 2014; engagement scores placing NHBC in top 25% of companies worldwide (using same platform), and included in the Sunday Times Top 100 employers list; employee net promoter score (eNPS) increased from 44 to 48, with a 10% increase in promoters overall

• An elected trustee of the national governing body for the sport of Ultimate, operating, developing and growing the sport in the UK – with specific responsibilities for advising and assisting the chief executive on media and public relations, crisis communication, internal and membership communications, and human resources issues as Chair of the HR Committee• Included aiding in promoting two separate World Championship events, held in London

• A fixed term secondment (enabled by NHBC) to a house building supply chain membership body, reporting to the Chief Executive, Chairman and Board of Directors• Building a new communications function from scratch, developing and implementing a multi-channel and multi-audience communications strategy, managing member events, and monitoring and responding to government policy and consultation

• A fixed term contract for a regional healthcare charity, promoting the charity’s provision of home nursing care for patients with life limiting illnesses• Providing PR and media support, creating IRGH’s member/supporter and staff magazines, and representing the charity at external promotional events, to underpin the charity’s fundraising efforts

• Career entry role delivering PR and media services for national debt advice charity, the Consumer Credit Counselling Service (now called StepChange), and well as co-ordinating political monitoring, lobbying, responses to consultations, stakeholder management and representation of CCCS at industry events and All-Party Parliamentary Group meetings

• A fixed term contract as an elected trustee/director (with executive responsibilities) of a registered charity with a £10m-plus annual turnover and budget – including management of a small team undertaking strategic planning, operational oversight of university sports provision, major event provision, and an £80k budgetary responsibility• Developed and organised the Sheffield Varsity, the largest inter-university sporting event outside North America