Executive Assistant to the Senior Defence Advisor to the Middle East and North Africa

• Dec 2022 - Present

Legal support Officer

• Oct 2021 - Nov 2022

I worked as an Administrative and Legal Support Officer for an statutory Inquiry. As part of the legal team I assisted in: undertaking document reviews; tagging legal documents; creating evidential hearing bundles; preparing and uploading documents for security checks on Opus; drafting correspondence to key external stakeholders; undertaking legal research; diary management of the chairman; and assisting in the drafting of legal documents, such as the Warning Protocol for Warning Letters under Rule 13 of the Inquiry Rules 2006; and supporting in counsel to counsel meetings. I also provided communications support across the inquiry; updating share point HR pages; drafting legal and secretariat round up communications.

Nanny

• Feb 2020 - Sep 2021

Nanny

• Feb 2020 - Sep 2021

Nanny

• Jul 2019 - Jan 2020

Nanny

• Feb 2019 - Jun 2019

My duties involved managing the basic care of children, safeguarding, providing educational activities and developing social and emotional development.

Family Support Worker

• May 2018 - Feb 2019

My role was to safeguard children and identify existing needs and issues, and form a joint plan with referred Early Help service users. I carried out ‘Common Assessment Framework’ online assessments with Islington families, whilst acting as the lead professional at ‘Team Around the Family’ meetings.I co-facilitated a 11 week parenting course, ‘Strengthening Families Strengthening Communities’ to Islington families.I acted as a link worker to local schools and doctors surgeries, to advocate and provide specialist advice on Early Help services, and take referrals from professionals and families. I also led training on Families First framework and taking referrals to the senior leader team at Islington schools.

Teaching Assistant

• Sep 2014 - May 2018

Within my role as a Teaching Assistant and lunch time controller I provided effective safeguarding to children aged 4-11. Predominately I worked with the children in reception. I scaffolded their learning through my understanding and specialist EYFS knowledge of child development and the characteristics of learning. I worked one to one with a child with additional needs and as a general TA. I made educational resources through IPad apps such as Clickr, created visual timetables and made sentence constructors to support children in developing language. I collated and documented learning online on platforms such as ‘Tapestry’ and presented development at Team Around the Family annual reviews.I conducted maths and literacy assessments with children to track attainment.

Teaching Assistant

• Sep 2013 - Jul 2014

Whilst working as a Teaching Assistant, providing one to one support to a child with Downs Syndrome I communicated and promoted the use of Makaton (simplified sign language) and created resources to promote language and communication. I planned the learning and adapted the curriculum to meet the individual needs of the child. I supported the child in undertaking physiotherapy to improve coordination and core strength. I documented the child’s learning through portfolio building and fed back on development at annual reviews.

Sales Assistant

• Oct 2012 - Mar 2013

My duties involved undertaking stock checks, devising marketing and promotion schemes, providing feedback to the area manager and team, and organising the visual merchandising of the floor. My duties involved undertaking stock checks, devising marketing and promotion schemes, providing feedback to the area manager and team, and organising the visual merchandising of the floor.

English Teacher

• Oct 2011 - Mar 2012