William Cooper Email & Phone Number

England, United Kingdom

Cabinet Member in charge of Housing Management and Homelessness at Lewisham Borough Council.

Elected to serve as one of three Labour councillors in Evelyn ward in the London Borough of Lewisham.

New Cross Gate, England, United Kingdom

Service Manager for a longstanding advice and advocacy charity based in the community in New Cross Gate.

Lewisham, England, United Kingdom

Lewisham, England, United Kingdom

Westminster/Deptford

Managing a small team of caseworkers to deal with all constituents enquiries coming through a very busy Member of Parliament's office. The role includes carrying out management tasks, running constituency surgeries, convening and attending community meetings and assisting the Member to accurately represent constituency issues with the House of Commons. I have been in this role for 18 months after being moved in the office to solve some team issues and deal with a large backlog of constituency casework. Since managing the casework team we have consistently met all targets set, and responded to all constituency casework within ten working days, despite being one of the busiest offices within the House of Commons. In our office our main focus is dealing with constituents casework, this ensures that we are effectively assisting constituents and making sure agencies, companies and local authorities are carrying out their duty to our residents. This work is vital when it comes to our Member's reputation as a community champion.

House Of Commons

After being the Local Organiser in Lewisham Deptford for the 2015 General Election I moved to work in the Parliamentary office of the new MP Vicky Foxcroft. My role as Parliamentary Assistant saw become well versed at the inner working of the House of Commons. During this role I was responsible for the following: - Tabling written and oral parliamentary questions - Manage Parliamentary diary including whip- Maintaining social media and website- Researching statistics for speeches and briefings- Meeting and liaising with key constituency stakeholders - Responding to policy casework and writing to Government ministers- Liaising with constituency office- Drafting press releases and submitting FOI requestsDuring this time Vicky was also promoted to the whips office which allowed me to get well versed in the workings of the opposition ships office, including bench rota and ensuring that Vicky's diary allowed for extensive work within the whips role.

Lewisham Deptford Clp

I was employed as a full time Local Organiser for the 2015 General Election in my home constituency of Lewisham Deptford. It was my role to run the campaign for new Parliamentary Candidate Vicky Foxcroft. During this role I took on the following tasks: - Volunteer management-Designing and writing campaign materials - Designing and managing website-Comprehensive use of Nationbuilder, Contact Creator and Campaign Creator- Leading comprehensive campaign strategy across seven wards- Delegating campaign tasks to a large CLP team- Coordinating with key seats across South East London- Liaising with Regional offices of the Labour Party and attend organising meetings- Ensure the polling day operation ran smoothly and effectivelyVicky was elected on General Election day with a majority of over 20,000 and 60% of the vote. The turnout in Lewisham Deptford was it's highest since 1992.

Guildford, United Kingdom

During my time at Surrey County Council Adult Social Care Team, I was asked if I would like to become an Assistant Practitioner to aide the Social Workers. During my time in this role I was mainly part of the Contacts and Referrals Team, dealing with front-line referrals from medical professionals and emergency services, as well as self-referrals. Part of this process was carrying out an initial assessment of social care need.

Guildford, United Kingdom

Part-time public sector role is the social services sector. My main tasks included taking legal notes in Safeguarding meetings and liaising with practitioners about the Safeguarding process for each individual case.

London Southbank

Taking part in mainly administrative task within the busy office environment of live television production.

Master'S Degree, Political Communication, Merit

Activities and Societies: Goldsmiths Labour SocietyI have completed my one year masters degree at Goldsmiths College, after being granted.

Ba Single Hons, Journalism, 1St Class Hons

Activities and Societies: Labour StudentsOur University course focussed more on the practical side of broadcast journalism. Functioning.

As/A2 Levels, English Language And Literature, History, Media Studies

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