Executive Assistant to the President and Executive Administrator to the Office of the President

• Oct 2020 - Present

Stay at home parent

• Jan 2013 - Oct 2020

National Programme Associate

• Feb 2008 - Dec 2012

In my role I: provided administrative assistance to the Programme Director and National Programme Officers in order to ensure the success of the programme; fielded all calls and written inquiries into the programme acting as a gatekeeper to the National Programme Director and National Projects Officers; arranged the travel for all team members; managed the diaries to ensure completion of all projects to deadlines; monitored and managed the general programme inbox and responded to health professionals and parents/patients in a professional and timely manner to ensure the responsiveness of the programme at a national level; organised national conferences to update medical professionals across England and Wales on the developments and success of the screening programme as well as to keep them up to date with key developments in their field. I also: developed, produced and distributed all of the parent and professional information on congenital diseases distributed to parents and health professionals by the National Programme; developed the first online parent information resource of its kind and coordinated and led on the development of two other online resources aimed at health professionals; collaborated with key stakeholders to assess health professional training needs helped the programme develop and monitor the Programme’s national KPIs; maintained the website and ensured content was accurate and up to date; manage our social media presence to ensure parents/patients knew of our development and procedures; forged strong relationships via phone and face to face with the key stake-holder groups both within and outside of the NHS to support all aspects of programme implementation at national, regional and local levels; liaised with key stakeholders to develop ways to implement improvements for NSC; Show less

Executive Assistant to the CEO and to the Board of Directors

• Dec 2006 - Feb 2008

I served as the Executive Assistant to the CEO and President of the business as well as to the Board of Directors more generally as and when needed. I was put in charge of the copywriting team. I was also responsible for training a Junior Copywriter brought in to help take over the Marketing / Copywriting side of my role when I left. I played an integral part in the marketing team. I was responsible for copywriting all job vacancies to go on their website and liaise with each business customer to ensure the job description fit their needs. I maintained a good business relationship with them in order to obtain more job postings from them thus generating revenue for the business through repeat customers. I also researched the ways in which Job Boards worked and sought to maximise the responses to our job ads. This helped keep company costs down and profits high. Show less

Administrative Assistant

• Aug 2006 - Nov 2006

I maintained police case records for the fingerprints and forensic bureau. I liaised with outside Agencies, Force Headquarters, other Divisions and Departments, passed, clarified and obtained admin information, identified issues and ensured that details were accurate. I served as office and supply manager and maintained and organised adequate levels of stationary, force forms as well as consumables for those departments. I maintained police case records for the fingerprints and forensic bureau. I liaised with outside Agencies, Force Headquarters, other Divisions and Departments, passed, clarified and obtained admin information, identified issues and ensured that details were accurate. I served as office and supply manager and maintained and organised adequate levels of stationary, force forms as well as consumables for those departments.

Journalistic Researcher and Editor

• Sep 2002 - Jul 2006

I worked part-time at the Practical Law Company for over four years, researching the legal markets of various countries and thus writing for one of their most prominent publications – PLCWhich Lawyer?. At PLC, I was responsible for researching the legal markets of various countries and writing articles for one of their most prominent publications – PLCWhich Lawyer?. I interviewed lawyers all around the world about their profession and the legal changes in their various jurisdictions. I contributed to this publication, which was then distributed to lawyers and firms around the world. I also edited articles for upcoming publications on a regular basis. Show less

Bsc Biology

• 2002 - 2005

First year modules included Biological Chemistry and Microbiology, Biology of Organisms, Cell Biology and Genetics, and Ecology and Evolution. More in depth courses included: Developmental Biology, Immunology, Virology, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Microbiology, Genetics, and Neurobiology. Mandatory courses also included: Applied Molecular Biology and Genetics. Specialist courses included: Cell and Developmental Biology Resource Management Behavioural Ecology Global Change Biology Immunology Ecology Parasitism and Other Life Strategies Final year courses included: Session 1 Advanced Topics in Plant Molecular Biology Animal Behaviour Cellular Signalling and Neurobiology Medical Microbiology Population and Community Ecology Stem Cells, Regeneration and Ageing Session 2 Advanced Topics in Molecular, Cell and Immuno-biology Advanced Topics in Parasitology and Vector Biology Applied Ecology Evolutionary Biology Integrative Systems Biology Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions Session 3 Advanced Topics in Neuroscience Research Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Development Evolution of Animal Form Epidemiology Molecular Basis of Bacterial Infection Synthetic Biology Show less