Conservation Officer

• Jun 2022 - Present

Conservation Officer

• Jun 2022 - Present

PhD Candidate/Researcher

• Oct 2019 - Jun 2022

Funded by QUADRAT DTP, a partnership between Queen's University Belfast and University of Aberdeen. Conference talk - QUB Centre for Sustainability, Equality and Climate Action (SECA) Life Innovations for the Climate Crisis: https://youtu.be/XKtiZJm7ZtM (talk from ~1:07:00 and panel discussion from ~1:40:00)

Practical Class Demonstrator

• Sep 2021 - Jan 2022

Assisting staff and undergraduates on the Level 1 Biodiversity module

Intern Ecologist

• Mar 2019 - Sep 2019

Intern Ecologist> Fulfil priority species surveys and phase 1 habitat surveys;> Be willing to travel across country to aid projects and clients, working in teams;> Undertake appropriate training in health & safety on site and while travelling to sites;> Undertake appropriate training in ecology field survey skills;> Keep up to date on ecology-related news, especially on natural capital, green infrastructure, and ecosystem services;> Provide support for projects pre-survey, i.e. helping to arrange car hire, accommodation etc.;> Adhere to company policies and understand my role in personal development within the company, always striving to gain further skills and provide evidence of competencies;> Be organised and track time;> Provide support for colleagues whenever they require it.

Customer Support Advisor

• Jun 2018 - Dec 2018

> Provide excellent customer service;> Undertake training in banking to help understand customer needs;> Solve customer queries efficiently and with all due diligence;> Comply with all legislation with respect to data protection;> Meet performance targets. > Provide excellent customer service;> Undertake training in banking to help understand customer needs;> Solve customer queries efficiently and with all due diligence;> Comply with all legislation with respect to data protection;> Meet performance targets.

Floor Staff

• Apr 2018 - Jun 2018

> Provide excellent customer service, making sure customers enjoy their experience from start to finish; > Work in a team, supporting the head of floor staff, floor staff, kitchen staff, and baristas; > Use initiative for various tasks on the floor; > Prepare tables for customers;> Handle cash;> Respond to feedback and adjust accordingly.Reason for leaving: an incredible opportunity with great colleagues and managers - while I have nothing but good things to say about working here, working two part-time jobs became very demanding. Thanks to the opportunity provided here, I was offered a full-time role.

Customer Assistant

• Mar 2018 - Jun 2018

> Manage stock within a retail environment; > Provide excellent customer service; > Be flexible with time, and adaptable under high pressure; > Operate tills and cash handle efficiently;> Provide support for colleagues at various tasks within store, being friendly and approachable; > Undertake baking duties;> Undertake training to use various pieces of equipment;> Respond to constructive feedback to develop personally and professionally, with both the customer and business targets in mind.Reason for leaving: a great opportunity, however, only a part-time contract could be provided which led to working two jobs. Became quite time-demanding having to be available Mon-Sun between hours of 5am-2am.

Guesthouse Attendant

• Apr 2018 - Apr 2018

> Assist in general cleaning duties; > Engage guests in a friendly and welcoming manner; > Provide various services for guests such as breakfast and enquiries; > Process bookings. > Assist in general cleaning duties; > Engage guests in a friendly and welcoming manner; > Provide various services for guests such as breakfast and enquiries; > Process bookings.

Casual Bar and Waiting Staff

• Mar 2018 - Apr 2018

> Provide excellent customer service to all, being friendly, calm, and approachable; > Serve beverages efficiently, and abide by law; > Make customers aware of promotions and other beverages on offer; > Comply with and fully understand health and safety legislation. > Provide excellent customer service to all, being friendly, calm, and approachable; > Serve beverages efficiently, and abide by law; > Make customers aware of promotions and other beverages on offer; > Comply with and fully understand health and safety legislation.

Research Assistant

• Nov 2017 - Dec 2017

> Provide assistance on preparing bird feathers for identification on a casual, when needed basis;> Follow laboratory protocol, and comply to various COSHH assessment;> Understand the risk of working with hazardous chemicals.

Academic Costume Store Asssitant

• Jul 2014 - Dec 2017

> Organise academic costume store stock for efficient workflow;> Work in a team, efficiently and with professionalism;> Communicate in a calm and polite manner, engaging with various people from students to family;> Adapt to an often fast-paced environment, with set quotas per day and time frames to achieve them in;> Be willing to undertake additional tasks;> Undertake any cleaning duties to make sure the academic costume store front and back are in acceptable condition

Research Assistant

• Sep 2017 - Oct 2017

> Assist a project entitled 'Biodiversity, resilience and food security: understanding the role of biodiversity in maintaining food production', working with international colleagues;> Travel across Ireland to pre-determined sample sites to collect samples and assess biodiversity;> Flexible to undertake intensive field work and lab work, involving communication, organisation, and reliability;> Show initiative to meet certain targets, and adapt to various situations;> Manage large databases, and record data, e.g. weights of dried grass

Research Assistant

• Oct 2016 - Sep 2017

Helping to determine the ecological role of pine marten in Northern Ireland through macroanalysis of scat, and assessing camera trap footage of their prey. This was a continuation from my honour's project upon graduation. Responsibilities included:> Assist research in understanding the ecological role of pine marten Martes martes in Northern Ireland;> Undertake independent work, but be willing to collaborate and collate data when required;> Report to the more senior PhD candidate and supervisor;> Form hypotheses and ideas on various aspects of pine marten ecology;> Research and write a literature review, assisting in developing ideas;> Explore scat macroanalysis as a method to determine diet across seasons, as well as understand the pitfalls of various diet measuring indices; > Develop an appreciation of identifying small mammals and birds by various methods and techniques, using the appropriate keys and reference samples, e.g. assessing cuticle imprints from mammals ranging from pygmy shrews to Irish hare;> Manage a large Excel spreadsheet, containing thousands of data points;> Perform statistical analysis in R;> Monitor camera trap footage of pine marten prey, assessing behaviour;> Present findings to fellow colleagues and interested researchers.

Student Registry Services Assistant

• Sep 2014 - Sep 2016

> Assist students enrolling into undergraduate and postgraduate courses;> Provide a welcoming first point of contact;> Work in a team, efficiently and with professionalism;> Undertake training in the use of an Oracle-based system for data input;> Successfully matriculate new students for seamless integration into the university systems;> Be willing to undertake additional roles, such as providing new student with photographic ID cards that will allow them to access buildings such as the library;> Communicate with students and family members, answering any queries;> Handle sensitive personal information with respect to data protection laws;> Take special care with processing international student documents, understanding what can be accepted;> Perform additional administrative-related tasks, such as posting letters out to students and alumni.

Summer Research Student

• Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

> Aid a postdoctoral researcher in the research of nematodes;> Be pro-active in asking questions and showing initiative and willingness to learn> Test the effect of various trial anthelmintics on Ascaris suum;> Record behavioural differences induced by anthelmintics via rigidity, curling, shrinkage, and more;> Maintain cultures of wild-type and mutant strains of Caenorhabditis elegans;> Perform DNA extraction on C.elegans;> Run a PCR and gel electrophoresis;> Maintain standards of health and safety in the parasitology laboratory.

Volunteer Reserve Assistant

• Mar 2011 - May 2017

> Communicate and engage with the public to promote various campaigns and conservation issues; > Use initiative and help where required, such as with showing families how to use the telescopes; > Identify species of birds and other animals> Encourage members of the public to sign up to membership, showing them the various packages for individuals or families, children to adults, and inform them of the perks; > Undertake numerous conservation tasks in a team of volunteers;> Assist in habitat management.

Research Internship

• Mar 2016 - Aug 2016

> Develop, carry out, and manage a project based upon the scientific hypothesis that the relatedness of two species of Formica spp. ants may be represented in the fluctuating asymmetry of wing venation, under the premise of kin selection theory;> Work independently, but be willing to engage and collaborate with other members of the research team where required; > Report to the more senior Principal Investigator (PI), listening to feedback and considering areas to improve;> Engage in scientific communication;> Show a willingness to learn and develop appropriate scientific skills;> Undertake fieldwork, and show planning and organisational skills;> Show the ability to problem-solve when issues arise;> Express initiative e.g. reading background scientific literature to address a problem;> Use various computer programmes, such as Microsoft Office and ImageJ, showing computer literacy;> Record data in both a written log book and excel spreadsheet for future reference, with appropriate dates and notes;> Present findings to an international crowd from various research departments;> Assist the setting up and running of a scientific conference.

Research Internship

• Sep 2015 - Feb 2016

> Develop, carry out, and manage a project based upon the query of cryptic Andrena spp. bees with the use of DNA barcoding;> Work independently, but be willing to engage and collaborate with other members of the research team where required; > Report to the more senior Principal Investigator (PI), listening to feedback and considering areas to improve;> Show a willingness to learn and develop appropriate scientific skills;> Follow lab protocol, and health and safety legislation;> Perform DNA extractions on the freezer-stored samples;> Perform a PCR, adjusting the preparation where required, e.g. changing the primers;> Run gel electrophoresis with appropriate technique, e.g. positive and negative controls;> Prepare and send off samples for DNA barcoding;> Interpret DNA barcodes, and run the appropriate computer software programmes to determine cryptic species;> Record data in both a written log book and excel spreadsheet for future reference, with appropriate dates and notes;> Present findings to an international crowd from various research departments.