Experience

Youth Access

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

• Youth Mental Health First Aider

  • Mar 2021 - Present

  - Accredited by MHFA England to provide mental health first aid.

• Programme Manager

  • Nov 2020 - Present

  - Part of the organisation's Senior Management Team with direct and indirect line management responsibilities. - Overall management and development of significant partnership projects, working with stakeholders across the devolved nations - Responsible for various high-level budget streams, including monitoring and supporting budget holders, forecasting and reconciliation

• Designated Safeguarding Lead

  • Nov 2020 - Present

  - Accredited Safeguarding professional



Young Enterprise UK

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Programme Manager

  • May 2019 - Oct 2020

  Overall management of flagship financial education programme, consisting of a network of over 170 schools/colleges across England, Wales and Scotland.Proactively built positive and significant stakeholder relationships with over 20 high-profile funders/funding bodies and other charities.Successfully devising and implementing key strategies, including digital, to streamline onboarding and other processes, and redefining programme objectives. Independently developing and delivering a pilot of the programme in Scottish schools by collaborating with partner organisations and Scottish government. Responsible for managing a team of 16 staff and consultants, which includes carrying out performance reviews and providing bespoke support and training to aid individual development.Proactively identifying and delivering CPD sessions/webinars, for staff and educators, as well as providing training for field-based staff.Planning and creatively executing National Annual Conferences, hosting approximately 250 attendees each time. Heading up the programme's Quality Assurance panel for every school/college portfolio submission. Responsible for various high-level budget streams, setting and achieving KPI’s and compiling numerous funder progress reports.Actively identifying opportunities to update programme branding and oversee the creation and production of a refreshed promotional tools with the aim of securing further funding.

• Programme Manager

  • May 2019 - Jul 2020

  *Additional workSuccessfully developed and managed relationships with all stakeholders including senior leaders at 130 secondary schools, evaluation partners and various project funders.Created and shared project plans and actively followed up colleagues' progress to ensure project deadlines were met. Instrumental in extensive evidence gathering activities to aid project evaluation report.Responsible for managing high-level budget streams to ensure project was completed within budget.

• Project Coordinator

  • Jan 2017 - Apr 2019

  Supported the day-to-day running of the programme and stakeholder relationships. Requested additional responsibility to lead the recruitment process for the Centres of Excellence programme, and successfully onboarded and managed a portfolio of 55 schools/colleges.Supported the organisation and delivery of the National Annual Conferences, specifically social media/marketing and creating printed materials. Led on the implementation of online platforms/software to increase marketing and programme engagement (Hootsuite, Canva, MailChimp) Responsible for database and CRM management to assist with KPI reporting.Proactively monitored programme expenditure to ensure the programme was being delivered within budget.

• Young Enterprise Area Manager

  • Jun 2015 - Jan 2017

  Independently managed and facilitated enterprise education sessions in over 50 schools, colleges and universities across West London. Proactively sourced, recruited and trained over 220 local senior business volunteers ahead of assigning them to schools.Instrumental in building relationships with local donors to secure funding to deliver education sessions to home-schooled communities.Researched into and successfully secured funding to deliver the organisation’s first university pilot programme, ‘Women in Business’.Responsible for organising and delivering numerous local Trade Fairs and bi-annual competition events.Proactively rebuilt the local volunteer board and supported the recruitment of new board members.