Experience

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  DataKind UK

  • United Kingdom
  • Civic and Social Organizations
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Head of Partnerships & Business Development

    • Jan 2023 - Present

    Responsible for income generation and partnerships at DataKind UK. This includes developing and overseeing the implementation of the fundraising strategy, identifying and securing grants from trusts and foundations, and working in partnership with organisations that support DataKind UK's essential work equipping the social change sector to use data science and deepen their impact.

  • Fundraising Consultant

    • Sep 2022 - Dec 2022

    Supporting the DataKind UK CEO with identifying, qualifying and developing grant applications and other fundraising leads. I helped update and refine DataKind's monitoring and reporting on fundraising opportunities, and worked closely with the CEO and the wider DataKind UK team on a range of bids, relationship development opportunities and research.

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  Duco

  • London, England, United Kingdom

  • Expert Consultant on EU Public Policy, Online Safety and Technology

    • Apr 2022 - Present
    • London, England, United Kingdom

    I joined the Duco expert rota in April 2022, and have had an ongoing role in an EU public policy project which involves monitoring and reporting on relevant legislative movements in the EU in the technology, online safety and privacy space. This has included providing fortnightly written insights and updates, as well as researching and delivering in-depth memos on specific areas of interest or legislation. My Duco profile can be viewed here: https://www.ducoexperts.com/users/natasha-hanckel-spice

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  Women's Inclusive Team (WIT)

  • Tower Hamlets, London, United Kingdom

  • Trustee & Board Member (Finance Subcommittee)

    • Dec 2020 - Present
    • Tower Hamlets, London, United Kingdom

    I joined the board of the Women's Inclusive Team (WIT) after initially volunteering during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, bringing my experience in senior management, partnership and programme development and finance in social enterprise and non-profit organisations to support the impactful work of WIT. I play a key role on the board as part of the Finance Subcommittee, which has been especially critical during the exponential growth of the charity in 2020 and 2021 to meet the increased needs of the community. WIT deliver essential programmes supporting Black and ethnic minority communities in Tower Hamlets through youth programmes, women’s empowerment projects, mental health support and a food bank and community kitchen.

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  City of London Corporation

  • London, England, United Kingdom

  • Lead Partnerships & Programmes Officer (Education, Culture & Skills)

    • Nov 2020 - Jan 2022
    • London, England, United Kingdom

    Working across the City of London and wider networks to develop programmes and partnerships that support the Education, Skills and Cultural and Creative Learning Strategies.

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  ISD (Institute for Strategic Dialogue)

  • United Kingdom
  • Think Tanks
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Head of Partnerships & Delivery

    • Nov 2018 - Nov 2020

  • Senior Programme Manager

    • Nov 2016 - Oct 2018

    I joined the Institute for Strategic Dialogue in November 2016 to lead the team delivering youth and digital focused projects and programmes countering hate speech and violent extremism.

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  Livity

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Business Development Account Director

    • Nov 2015 - Nov 2016
    • London, United Kingdom

    I rejoined the Livity team as Business Development Account Director in November 2015, working with a core team and the wider agency to drive new client and project opportunities for Livity across a range of sectors. I was also responsible for overseeing and leading strategy for Livity's marketing and PR activity across social, trade press and events.

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  Livity

  • United Kingdom
  • Advertising Services
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Account Director

    • Oct 2013 - Sep 2015

    Livity is a youth marketing agency using the power of brands and marketing to improve the lives of young people. They create and manage marketing campaigns, published the youth written and run Live Mag UK, and generally work towards having a positive impact on the next generation through the projects they run and the way they work!As an Account Director at Livity I oversaw an account management team that worked in partnership with the production and creative teams to deliver innovative and brilliant projects, including Well Versed with Google, an internet safety peer-to-peer vlogger campaign (in 2014), and all Barclays LifeSkills social media management and content over two years (from October 2013). I was the account and strategic lead for the team on Barclays LifeSkills, running all youth facing social media channels including development of a vlogger video strategy on YouTube, as well as feeding into the wider development of the LifeSkills programme working in partnership with the LifeSkills programme team and a wider agency group. I was promoted to Account Director in October 2013.

  • Senior Account Manager

    • Jan 2013 - Sep 2013

    As a senior account manager with the Livity team I worked across clients including BIG Lottery Fund, Penguin and BAFTA. I was promoted to Account Director in October 2013.

  • Account Manager

    • May 2012 - Dec 2012

    As an account manager with the Livity team I worked across clients including BIG Lottery Fund, Cabinet Office and Google on a range of projects which including social media community management, content creation and project management, as well as multiple new business pitches. I quickly became an integral member of the Livity campaigns team, advising across all projects as the point of expertise on social media as well as becoming the go to person for help with all internal project management proceses. I was promoted to Senior Account Manager at the end of 2012.

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  Ogilvy PR Australia

  • St Leonards, NSW

  • Senior Digital Analyst

    • Nov 2010 - Mar 2012
    • St Leonards, NSW

    Working with the specialist social media team Social@Ogilvy team in Sydney I developed engaged and active social communities, identified and built relationships with online influencers and developed marcom insights through listening and analysing social media conversations for clients including Ford, Milo (Nestlé), Destination NSW and Carnival Cruise Lines. Working with Destination NSW (formally Tourism NSW) I threw bloggers out of planes, sent them barrel rolling in the Hunter Valley, white water rafting in Coffs Harbour and eating their way through Sydney (in the process connecting over 2.4 million Twitter users with the youth oriented attractions that NSW offers). I also used social media to help organise a wedding in just 5 days for Microsoft Australia and helped break a Guinness World Record for Carnival Cruise Lines Australia.

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  inqbase

  • Account Manager

    • Sep 2009 - Nov 2010

    inqbase was a small marketing agency in Sydney, and while there my responsibilities included copy writing, writing briefs, putting together media plans and schedules, as well as general liaison with clients and suppliers. I was promoted to Account Manager in September 2010 and managed all inqbase's clients as well as writing creative briefs, managing the output of the team and leading projects across different media types.

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  Taronga Conservation Society Australia

  • Public Relations Intern

    • Aug 2009 - Sep 2009

    I worked with the media team to advise them on Taronga’s online strategy, and built up Taronga's communication in mediums such as Twitter & Flickr, as well as their blogs. My other responsibilities included writing media releases, monitoring comments on their online content, and escorting media.