Lauren James

Principal Consultant at MP Smarter Travel
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London, England, United Kingdom, UK

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Experience

    • United Kingdom
    • Environmental Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Principal Consultant
      • Jun 2023 - Present

    • Senior Consultant
      • Apr 2022 - Jul 2023

      Senior Consultant at London-based sustainable transport consultancy MP Smarter Travel, promoting walking, cycling and zero-emission transport.Targetted and meaningful engagement with hard-to-reach and under-represented groups (such as low income households, BAME communities, women, disabled individuals) to reduce the barriers to walking, cycling and public health modes to improve air quality and public health. Projects include:• QGIS mapping to establish correlations between postcode origin and mode of travel• Sustainable travel planning for worksplaces, places of worship, and schools (TfL STARS promotion)• School Street analysis and review• School superzone implimentation support- promoting healthy lifestyles to reduce obesity, and increase road safety and air quality• Frieght and cargo bike logistics• Air Quality MonitoringMP Smarter Travel works with members of the public, schools and businesses to promote active travel, improve air quality and create better places. We have a deep and genuine passion for sustainability and proven technical expertise. This is coupled with a warm and outgoing approach that is essential for collaborating with a wide variety of partners. The consultancy was founded in 2012 as a team within Mattinson Partnership, one of the UK’s leading recruiters in the built and natural environment. Show less

    • United Kingdom
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 500 - 600 Employee
    • Senior Healthy Streets Officer
      • Apr 2021 - Apr 2022

      The delivery of inclusive behaviour change projects aimed at workplaces, schools and community groups, in line with the Healthy Streets initiative, to promote and facilitate active and sustainable transport in London.Part of the programme management team for the Healthy Streets. Management of a key programme workstream including the scope of the workstream, achievement of KPIs and reporting to the client, TfL.

    • Healthy Streets Officer
      • Oct 2019 - Apr 2021

      The delivery of inclusive behaviour change projects aimed at workplaces, schools and community groups, in line with the Healthy Streets initiative, to promote and facilitate active and sustainable transport in London.

    • United Kingdom
    • Government Administration
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Public Rights of Way Officer
      • Jan 2019 - Oct 2019

      To assert, protect and free from obstruction any public right of way. The proficient use of MapInfo software in maintaining and revising the definitive map and statement of Public Rights of Way. To assert, protect and free from obstruction any public right of way. The proficient use of MapInfo software in maintaining and revising the definitive map and statement of Public Rights of Way.

    • France
    • Photography
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Energy Specialist
      • Aug 2018 - Oct 2018

      Energy specialist in the customer service operations team at a renewable energy start-up company. Using knowledge, initiative and problem solving skills in order to deal effectively with customer service problems, complaints, and finance. Energy specialist in the customer service operations team at a renewable energy start-up company. Using knowledge, initiative and problem solving skills in order to deal effectively with customer service problems, complaints, and finance.

    • Book and Periodical Publishing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Editorial Intern
      • Jun 2017 - Jul 2017

      The magazine of the Royal Geographical Society. Free reign with the brainstorming, researching and development of news articles, travel articles and ‘archive’ magazine articles. Built on journalistic writing skills, style and format through the publication of articles (in-print and online) in a range of geographical fields. Demonstrated the confident use of Microsoft Front Page, Zinegenie and Photoshop. Through this experience I have gained an aspiration to use communications as a platform to raise awareness of the environmental issues that face society in order to bring them into the mainstream and create change. Show less

    • France
    • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Environmental Consultant Intern
      • Aug 2016 - Aug 2016

      Shadowing an environmental consultant when undertaking a sustainability analysis of ground water pollution onsite at Sanofi, a large pharmaceutical company based in Suffolk. Specific use of scientific equipment was undertaken in order to extract groundwater, complete onsite water tests and calculate source pathway receptor risk in order to complete an overall contamination analysis of Sanofi’s brownfield site. Strategic planning techniques involved when conducting an environmental assessment were implemented. A knowledge of land use management issues was broadened. Show less

Education

  • University of Liverpool
    Bachelor’s Degree, BSc Geography
    2014 - 2017

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