Experience

Hackney Migrant Centre

• United Kingdom
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Housing and Destitution Caseworker

  • Mar 2023 - Present

  - Providing advice on housing and welfare issues to migrants (our "visitors") during our Wednesday drop-in sessions, and managing a caseload of visitors to help bring them out of destitution and into secure living environments. For some visitors, this requires longer-term, and ongoing support as their immigration cases (and therefore, legal entitlements) develop over time. - Coordinating Hackney Migrant Centre's housing and destitution casework overall , as well as the casework of volunteers in our team.- Completing asylum support applications on behalf of our visitors, and advocating on their behalf to challenge subsequent issues such as delays, missed or incorrect asylum support payments, and unsuitability of accommodation offered.- Preparing some pre-action work needed to challenge decisions and actions taken by the Home Office and Local Authorities. - Liaising with public law/community care and housing law firms to make referrals for legal proceedings such as judicial review. Show less

• Volunteer Housing and Destitution Caseworker

  • Mar 2022 - Mar 2023

  - Volunteering to deliver housing and destitution casework for migrants (regardless of immigration status) supported by Hackney Migrant Centre - Carrying out needs-based assessments of migrants’ circumstances, completing asylum support applications, writing referrals to Local Authorities for Care Act assessments and enforcing of homelessness duties, and advocating for migrants’ rights and entitlements for housing and social welfare support to bodies such as the Home Office and Adult Social Services - Liaising with housing and community care law firms for those bringing legal claims and judicial review, and third sector organisations to ensure the best possible outcomes for visitors (service users at Hackney Migrant Centre) Show less



Protect

• United Kingdom
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal Adviser

  • Mar 2022 - Mar 2023

  - Provided free and confidential legal advice to workers on how they can raise public interest concerns in the safest and most effective way possible - Advised clients after concern-raising on their employment law rights (under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998, part of the Employment Rights Act 1996) - Assisted those undergoing litigation by helping to prepare and reviewing application forms going to the Employment Tribunal, and signposted for free legal representation at tribunal stage Show less



Royal Courts Of Justice Advice Bureau

• Legal Advice Assistant

  • Jun 2021 - Mar 2022

  - Worked with the Family Advice Team to support the legal advice needs of litigants in person and other unrepresented members of the public unable to afford a solicitor - Co-managed the Family advice line, and assisted the RCJ Advice domestic abuse advice line FLOWS (Finding Legal Options for Women Survivors) - Worked with the Family Advice Team to support the legal advice needs of litigants in person and other unrepresented members of the public unable to afford a solicitor - Co-managed the Family advice line, and assisted the RCJ Advice domestic abuse advice line FLOWS (Finding Legal Options for Women Survivors)



The Constitution Unit, UCL

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Intern

  • Mar 2021 - Aug 2021

  - Provided research assistance for Director of the Unit Professor Meg Russell and her Parliament team on constitutional issues and affairs, for Professor Russell’s ESRC-funded project ‘Brexit, Parliament and the Constitution’, as well as her forthcoming book - Provided research assistance for Director of the Unit Professor Meg Russell and her Parliament team on constitutional issues and affairs, for Professor Russell’s ESRC-funded project ‘Brexit, Parliament and the Constitution’, as well as her forthcoming book



Queen Mary University of London

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Development Assistant

  • Aug 2019 - Sep 2019

  - Completed full audit of the Law school’s online learning environment at QMUL E-Learning Unit, with a view to identifying areas of excellence and improvement for student accessibility - Assisted in designing future checklist and goals for audit criterion over summer period - Completed full audit of the Law school’s online learning environment at QMUL E-Learning Unit, with a view to identifying areas of excellence and improvement for student accessibility - Assisted in designing future checklist and goals for audit criterion over summer period



Education Partnerships Africa

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Manager

  • Sep 2018 - Sep 2019

  - Oversaw research initiatives for methodology and design that went into informing charity strategy on future investment projects, e.g. research briefing on innovative learning via MOOCs. - Other tasks included: formulating areas of interest for research, recruiting research volunteers, and partnering with charity’s Monitoring and Evaluation manager with a view to improving impact assessment frameworks for pilot interventions based in western Uganda and Kenya

• Project Manager

  • Jul 2018 - Sep 2018

  - Responsible for 18 volunteers' efforts implementing development projects in secondary schools across western Uganda- Managed a summer budget and volunteers' pastoral care over an 8-week period- Implemented a pilot investment scheme in my partner secondary school from the previous summer - outcome improved female sanitation in the girls’ dorm by upgrading existing toilets, installing hand-washing stations and hydroelectric power lights, and doors with locks for student privacy

• Recruitment and Retention Officer

  • Sep 2017 - Sep 2018

  - Organised recruitment events across various London universities to recruit volunteers for charity summer projects; managed recruitment campaigns over social media channels and through Mailchimp - Lead participatory workshops and training sessions, presenting to approx. 25 potential volunteers - Adopted mentor role during second half of the year for retention purposes; this included assisting with pastoral care for recruited volunteers, offering support and guidance on writing grant applications, and being first port of call for volunteers' enquiries Show less



Dentons

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• PopLaw Legal Advice Clinic Student Advisor

  • Sep 2017 - Dec 2017

  - As Dentons bursary recipient, volunteered at the PopLaw Legal Advice Clinic, assisting as team leader once a month with other student volunteers - Other tasks included: chairing the reception desk as the first port of call for clients seeking legal advice, interviewing clients, registering enquiries, client file management, photocopying, and shadowing solicitors on areas such as welfare and housing law - As Dentons bursary recipient, volunteered at the PopLaw Legal Advice Clinic, assisting as team leader once a month with other student volunteers - Other tasks included: chairing the reception desk as the first port of call for clients seeking legal advice, interviewing clients, registering enquiries, client file management, photocopying, and shadowing solicitors on areas such as welfare and housing law