Experience

NHS Providers

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior External Affairs Manager

  • Nov 2017 - Present



The Nursing and Midwifery Council

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Public Affairs Officer

  • Oct 2016 - Nov 2017

  • Briefing senior colleagues, including the Chief Executive, ahead of meetings and events, including Select Committee appearances. • Co-ordinating responses to Parliamentary Questions.• Providing information to and engaging with Parliamentarians on NMC’s work. • Organising engagement events both external and parliamentary. • Briefing Parliamentarians on and monitoring the progress of a piece of secondary legislation to change the legislation of the NMC. • Line managing the Public Affairs Officer with responsibility for setting work, manging projects and their development.



Care Quality Commission

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Parliamentary and Stakeholder Engagement Officer

  • Oct 2015 - Sep 2016

  Maintaining accountability and transparency of information to Parliament and stakeholder organisations through effective engagement.Briefing senior colleagues, including the Chief Executive, ahead of meetings and events, including Select Committee appearances. Providing information to and engaging with Parliamentarians on CQC’s work, including key developments in its regulatory approach and our inspection work at a local level. This includes working across CQC to support engagement with key stakeholder organisations.Monitoring Parliamentary activity and keeping colleagues across the organisation informed with relevant and timely updates. Supporting colleagues across the organisation in organising Parliamentary and Stakeholder events.Deputising for the Parliamentary Manager, managing a team of two in his absence.



The Labour Party

• United Kingdom
• Political Organizations
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Stakeholder Relations Manager, Leader of the Opposition

  • Jun 2014 - Jun 2015

  Designed and executed a successful political management plan to maintain positive relationships between Ed Miliband’s office, the Shadow Cabinet and Labour MPs during the short campaignBriefed Labour MPs on all major policy announcements. Part of the on-the-road team with Ed Miliband, during the General Election Campaign scoping venues, managing visits, handling media enquiries.Responsible for all liaison between Ed Miliband’s constituency and Westminster office.

• Political Officer

  • Feb 2012 - May 2014

  Supporting the work of all Labour MPs in Parliament in holding the Tory-led Government to account. The unit's training officer, responsible for maintaining a timely, accurate and politically useful training opportunities for MPs, Peers and their staff. The Unit’s lead on the organisation of support for the group of marginal MPs in the run up to the election, including training, political briefing and best practice sharing. Working specifically with Labour MPs in the Southern Region, organising a schedule of regular meetings with external stakeholders and colleagues for political discussion. Part of the secretariat to the Shadow Cabinet and wider PLP, including minute taking at the weekly meeting of all Labour MPs and at Shadow Cabinet itself. Supporting front bench teams in their political and policy engagement with backbenchers. Exercising political judgement to spot legislative and discussion priorities.

• Frontbench Communications Officer

  • Jan 2011 - Feb 2012

  Providing support to Shadow Cabinet and Frontbench teams with policy correspondence. Responsible for drafting replies



Department for Energy and Climate Change

• Correspondence Officer

  • Feb 2010 - Dec 2010



Parliament

• Parliamentary Assistant to Labour MP Ann Keen

  • Jan 2009 - Jul 2009



BT Group

• United Kingdom
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Public Affairs Assistant

  • Aug 2007 - Jul 2008



United State Senate

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Aug 2005 - Dec 2005

  Interning for Senator Ted Kennedy as part of my politics and parliamentary studies degree. Interning for Senator Ted Kennedy as part of my politics and parliamentary studies degree.