Devon De Silva

Innovation and Research Unit Co-ordinator at WDP (Westminster Drug Project)
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(386) 825-5501
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United Kingdom, GB

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Experience

    • United Kingdom
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Innovation and Research Unit Co-ordinator
      • Apr 2019 - Present

      Responsibilities include :- Overseeing the organisations Innovation and Research Unit - Chairing IRU meetings - Line managing the IRU officer and volunteer - Acting as a point of contact for external researchers conducting research in services- Internal and external comms; particularly around raising the profile of the IRU- Embedding processes and procedures ; particularly around information governance - Conducting and publishing in-house research - Ensuring a feedback mechanism is established so that research findings and innovations are embedded across the organisation to enhance service delivery

    • Business Analyst
      • Aug 2018 - Mar 2019

      Additional responsibilities added to incorporate overseeing the IRU and line managing the IRU Officer

    • Business Analyst
      • May 2018 - Aug 2018

      Key responsibilities include bid writing, research and performance related tasks

    • Business Development Officer
      • Oct 2016 - Apr 2018

      Core responsibilities include :- Conducting research - Writing bids with a specific focus on integrated services- Gathering and analysing organisational data- Producing presentations to be presented to a panel of commissioners and local stakeholders - Business discussions with local subcontractors - Attending bidders events- Completion of bid submissions - Identifying relevant bid and grant opportunities and disseminating to our Business Development Manager - Conducting service visits to ensure our bid writing is informed by current practice - Contribution to our organisations Innovation and Research Unit- Implementations of new services

    • Data Administrator
      • Feb 2016 - Oct 2016

      - Input all data for a substance misuse service in Brent- Monthly submissions to NDTMS - Analysis of service data - Driving successful completions- Answering phones and working on reception - Liaising with premises owners- Fire warden and first aid trained - Attended commissioner meetings - Worked on a grant application with Business Development Team- Part of an Improvement Team that provided another service support e.g. with data, H&S, archiving

    • United Kingdom
    • Government Administration
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Social Researcher
      • Jul 2014 - Sep 2014

      - Nationally competitive internship - Placed within the Family Justice Research Team --- In charge of the production of Family Justice Research Bulletin- literature review of current and forthcoming research that was published online and disseminated to key professionals and organisations in the sector- Managing research hub inbox and developing links with family justice research contacts across the world - Analysis of a dataset which was produced into a PowerPoint to depict bullying and harassment trends

Education

  • University of Essex
    BA Sociology, Sociology
    2012 - 2015

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