Experience

Doorstep Library

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Coordinator

  • Feb 2021 - Present

  I coordinate Doorstep Library’s projects in Hammersmith and Fulham, supporting teams of volunteers to share the fun of books and reading with children across the borough and online.

• Team Leader

  • Jan 2021 - Feb 2021

  I help the Doorstep Library team to run a new online reading programme, in which trained volunteers read with children living in disadvantaged areas of London on a weekly basis. We help children to discover the joy of reading.



UCL

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Graduate Student & Postgraduate Teaching Assistant

  • Oct 2019 - Dec 2020

  In 2019 I began a research degree investigating what moral responsibility we bear for the effects of implicit cognition (such as implicit bias) on our behaviour. As well as conducting my research, I assisted with the teaching of undergraduate courses by planning and leading seminars and first-marking essays. I withdrew from the programme in 2021 in order to change my career path.

• MPhil Student

  • Sep 2017 - Sep 2019

  In order to explore what it would be like to work in academic philosophy, I completed the Masters in Philosophical Studies (MPhil) course at UCL. I investigated the extent to which the effects of implicit cognition on behaviour can be accommodated within traditional philosophical accounts of agency.



Teach First

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Ambassador & English Teacher

  • Sep 2015 - Aug 2017

  I worked as an English teacher at Cathays High School, Cardiff, successfully completing the Teach First Leadership Development Programme, attaining a PGCE with QTS status and completing my Induction (NQT) year at the school. I worked as an English teacher at Cathays High School, Cardiff, successfully completing the Teach First Leadership Development Programme, attaining a PGCE with QTS status and completing my Induction (NQT) year at the school.



The British International School of Kuala Lumpur

• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2014 - Jun 2015

  Working with the class teacher to support my year six class. Working with the class teacher to support my year six class.



NaCOT

• Marketing Assistant (Voluntary)

  • Dec 2012 - Aug 2014

  I wrote the newsletter for On the Border, a series of events presented by NaCOT (the National Centre for the Oral Tradition). I wrote the newsletter for On the Border, a series of events presented by NaCOT (the National Centre for the Oral Tradition).



Parkland International Language School

• Ampleforth College

• Assistant Manager

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  Assisted the Principal with all aspects of running the residential language school. Examples of duties: Maintaining the database (using Microsoft Access) used to keep information of all of the students Updating the duty rota for the staff Booking entrance tickets and transport for excursions Leading excursions Assisting with afternoon and evening activities General administrative tasks Assisted the Principal with all aspects of running the residential language school. Examples of duties: Maintaining the database (using Microsoft Access) used to keep information of all of the students Updating the duty rota for the staff Booking entrance tickets and transport for excursions Leading excursions Assisting with afternoon and evening activities General administrative tasks



Literature Wales

• Cardiff, United Kingdom

• Work Experience, Administrative Assistant & Intern

  • Oct 2011 - Jul 2012

  Alongside my first year of study I worked part-time in the Literature Wales office, becoming a relied-upon member of the team. Placement 1: Marketing Assistant Intern (April-July 2012) Worked closely with a team of Literature Wales staff on the marketing and promotion of the inaugural Dinefwr Literature Festival, assisting them in the busy build-up to the event. Assisted with: mail-outs, leaflet drops & poster distribution, updating the festival website, writing news stories and social media. At the festival itself I led a team of volunteers, helping to ensure that they had a positive experience. Placement 2: Administrative Assistant (March 2012) Prepared entries for the Cardiff Poetry Competition to be sent to judges, keeping a record of each entry. Typed the transcripts for a forthcoming anthology about Whitchurch Hospital. Placement 3: Work Experience (November 2011 - January 2012) Updated information concerning the companies and organisations that Literature Wales work with on their database and website.