Will Thomson Email & Phone Number

London

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Leading the influencing strand of SIB’s strategy - responsible for driving forward the development and delivery of SIB’s public affairs and policy activities, including managing research, data and influence projects, engaging directly with policymakers, and responding to relevant consultations and inquiries.Providing insight and analysis on the political landscape, and identifying opportunities for SIB to influence the policy agenda by disseminating data, evidence and key policy priorities to Government and the wider social investment sector.Secretariat to the Social Investment Forum - the national forum for social investment and finance intermediaries - working toward the betterment of the social investment market.

London

Leading SIB's policy and public affairs work as part of the Learning and Influence team; supporting the CEO and Deputy CEO with the influencing strand of SIB's strategy; developing policy briefings and responses; building networks with government; and feeding into business development on new proposals to government departments. Secretariat to the Social Investment Forum.

London, United Kingdom

Secretariat to the Implementation Taskforce on Growing a Culture of Social Impact Investing in the UK (on behalf of DCMS). Provided stakeholder management and operational support in setting up and launching the new Government-backed Impact Investing Institute.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Political engagement, public affairs strategy, policy monitoring and strategic communications - key clients included Bosch, equensWorldline, Curl, Kabina, the British Woodworking Federation and the Federation of Awarding Bodies. Also secretariat to the All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) on Taxation, and on Boxing.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Election Agent for John Savage, the independent candidate for West of England Metro Mayor, working as part of the core campaign team alongside the candidate and campaign manager - as agent, I was also legally and financially responsible for the whole campaign.Key responsibilities of the role included:Policy and strategy: worked with the campaign manager and candidate to set the political narrative for the campaign and develop key policy messages.Campaign management: direct engagement with electoral services and other stakeholders, co-ordination of advertising, leaflet production and delivery, and other campaign activities.Budgeting and financial management: developed a budget, tracked donations and coordinated fundraising for the campaign, accounted for all expenses, and processed all payments related to the campaign.Website and social media management: produced and developed content for the campaign website, management of social media channels - including content schedule and analysis of page statistics - and control of a digital marketing budget.

Bristol, United Kingdom

A fixed-term role working for the West of England Initiative in Business West - a business leadership team which facilitates active, positive engagement of the business community in regional governance. I worked in a policy advisory role focusing on the West of England devolution agreement and 2017 Metro Mayor elections.I was responsible for producing the following pieces of work:A Guide to Devolution, Metro Mayors and the West of England: report outlining and evaluating the West of England devolution deal, and comparing the role of Metro Mayors in city regions across England. The report gives a comparative assessment of the approach taken, the level of responsibility and amount of budgetary control in each city region.A Business Challenge and Manifesto for the West of England Mayor: produced though qualitative research, based around interviews with a variety of business leaders and key stakeholders in the West of England region. These interviews were analysed thematically and transformed into a detailed policy challenge for the incoming Metro Mayor (the Business Challenge). This Business Challenge was then distilled into a 10 point Business Manifesto, aimed at a wider audience and used to highlight the business agenda for devolution in the region.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Project researching the scope and potential for a 'West of England Fund' in partnership with Business West and PwC. The fund is intended to act as a strategic pot of money which is resilient, able to withstand high risk, and can therefore be used to invest in more innovative social enterprises which would find it difficult to secure mainstream capital investment. Produced a report and presented findings to BBRC's strategy group.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Workload included: event and project management; press and PR; branding and merchandising; logistics and advancing; and business management. My skill set focused heavily on project management, social media and digital marketing.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Social media manager as part of an internship at GRADE during 2012

Master’S Degree, Public Policy (Msc), Distinction

Focus areas: migration and asylum policy; labour market dynamics; governance and the global political economy; public management.

Bachelor’S Degree, Philosophy (Ba), First Class Honours

Activities and Societies: Student RadioSpecialised in Philosophy of Mind, Biology and Psychology.