Experience

Development Pathways Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Social Policy Specialist

  • Aug 2022 - Present

• Social Policy Officer

  • Aug 2019 - Aug 2022



Oxford University Press

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Copy-Editor

  • Feb 2019 - Jun 2019

  Copy editor for forthcoming OUP Handbook of Kenyan Politics. Editing for flow, house style and factual inaccuracies. Full responsibility for liaising directly with 50 authors to finalise edits of their chapters for publication. Requires meticulous attention to detail, excellent writing abilities in cases of giving authors advice to improve written clarity and first-class written communication skills. Copy editor for forthcoming OUP Handbook of Kenyan Politics. Editing for flow, house style and factual inaccuracies. Full responsibility for liaising directly with 50 authors to finalise edits of their chapters for publication. Requires meticulous attention to detail, excellent writing abilities in cases of giving authors advice to improve written clarity and first-class written communication skills.



British Institute in Eastern Africa

• Kenya
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Attaché

  • Oct 2018 - Feb 2019

  This diverse role entailed undertaking fieldwork responsibilities for world-class academic projects in development studies and political science across Kenya, conducting extensive semi-structured interviews, learning methods for own research, leading an academic reading group, organising well-attended research seminars and discussions. Detail-heavy archival work taught me the gratifying persistence required to see long-running and complex projects through and developed me into an extremely capable project worker.



Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science

• United Kingdom
• E-Learning Providers

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2018 - Feb 2019

  This role entails carrying out qualitative research tasks to assist with Professor Catherine Boone's long-running study: "The African Spatial Political Economy Project". The project aims to draw Africa-focused scholars and policy-makers toward more theoretically-informed, broadly comparative, and policy-relevant analyses of the causes, effects, and litigators of spatial inequality. This role entails carrying out qualitative research tasks to assist with Professor Catherine Boone's long-running study: "The African Spatial Political Economy Project". The project aims to draw Africa-focused scholars and policy-makers toward more theoretically-informed, broadly comparative, and policy-relevant analyses of the causes, effects, and litigators of spatial inequality.



'Think Development'​ Blog

• Contributing Writer

  • Jan 2017 - Feb 2017

  The attached article discusses how re-conceptualising the role of social policy could transform approaches to economic development in the context of Kibera, Nairobi. "Challenging the naturalisation of a neoliberal equity-efficiency trade-off can illuminate other ways of conceptualising the role of social policy in development issues that may provide more equitable and socially-sustainable development for communities such as those in Kibera." The attached article discusses how re-conceptualising the role of social policy could transform approaches to economic development in the context of Kibera, Nairobi. "Challenging the naturalisation of a neoliberal equity-efficiency trade-off can illuminate other ways of conceptualising the role of social policy in development issues that may provide more equitable and socially-sustainable development for communities such as those in Kibera."



Warwick International Development Society

• United Kingdom
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Media Editor and Head of Online Marketing

  • May 2014 - May 2015

  - Extensively involved in the development of the society’s core publication, WIDS Magazine, including developing new ideas, contributing content and acting as joint editor. - Played a prominent role in the organisation of a large and highly successful weekend-long development conference, including the development of a promotional video and full responsibility for online marketing of the society and the event. - Required confident social media and content creation capabilities.- Participated in issue-based international development campaigns.- This role also included video interviewing a number of the high-profile development speakers from the conference about their role in the sector and their thoughts on development issues and debates.



The Boar

• United Kingdom
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Contributing Writer

  • Oct 2013 - May 2014

  Contributed news articles to award-winning student newspaper, The Boar. Contributed news articles to award-winning student newspaper, The Boar.



Bath Music and Literature Festivals

• Research and Data Analyst

  • Aug 2013 - Aug 2013