Experience

The Clear Company

• United Kingdom
• Human Resources Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Consultant (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion)

  • Dec 2022 - Present

  Providing end-to-end Diversity, Equity & Inclusion consulting services to a variety of UK based and global clients, including those in the legal, construction, education and insurance sectors. My consultancy work includes completing DE&I audits with recommendations, inclusive policy creation, guidance on inclusive recruitment practices, designing and delivering training sessions, DE&I strategy development, Inclusive Leadership programmes and 1:1 consulting sessions. Notable training sessions developed include: inclusive language training; anti-racism training; anti-discriminatory practice; intersectionality, inclusive recruitment and supporting Employee Resource Groups.

• Senior Diversity and Inclusion Consultant

  • Feb 2022 - Dec 2022



Women's Equality Party UK

• Political Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Appointed Steering Committee Member

  • Aug 2020 - Present

  The Steering Committee is the Party’s central decision-making body outside of Party conferences. It steers the direction of the Party by agreeing strategy, planning and reacting to internal and external factors. It monitors the Party’s activities and outcomes against its mission, aims and objectives, and makes sure the Party’s activities are within the budget it sets and approves each year.

• Race Equality Caucus Chair

  • Sep 2018 - Jan 2021

  Founder and elected Chair of the Women's Equality Party's Race Equality Caucus, a group dedicated to providing a network for members from the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) and supporting the Party in its work to tackle racism. Leading a committee of 13 and a wider membership of approximately 50, this role includes liaison and advisory work with the Party's senior committees and staff members.



The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple

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

• Scholarships and Student Engagement Manager

  • Jun 2018 - Jan 2022

  The Inner Temple is a one of the four Inns of Court and is known as ‘The Progressive Inn’ because of its keen focus on inclusion and social mobility. I am responsible for three key areas of the Inn's work: - It's scholarship programme, which awards over £1.9 million pounds a year. - Student activities, including arranging qualifying sessions for student members on the Bar Course and managing the five student societies. - Running a pan-Inn charity that awards international exchange scholarships to barristers and lawyers in their first five years of practice. I am heavily involved in the Inn's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) work, delivering the Inn's Equality and Diversity training to staff, sitting on the Inn's EDI Sub-Committee, instigating the development of an Equality Strategy and writing the first draft to be used for consultation with members.



The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Education Coordinator (Post-Call)

  • Sep 2015 - Jun 2018

  The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn is one of the four Inns of Court that act as ‘a collegiate and educational institution, a membership organisation and a professional body’ for Barristers and members of the Judiciary. In this role I coordinated the Inn's training for newly qualified barristers at the Pupillage and New Practitioner stage; ran an access programme called the 'Pupillage Foundation Scheme' for those that had yet to secure pupillage; set up the Lincoln's Inn Women's Forum and was secretary to the Inn's Equality and Diversity Steering Group.



Royal Collection Trust

• United Kingdom
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Learning Bookings Co-ordinator

  • Jan 2014 - Sep 2015

  Royal Collection Trust is a department of the Royal Household. It incorporates a charity, and its subsidiary trading company, Royal Collection Enterprises Limited. It is responsible for the care of the Royal Collection, and manages the public opening of the official residences of Her Majesty The Queen and the official London residence of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales.I managed the bookings for the Adult Learning programme and the Schools Learning programme for the Royal Collection Trust, this included liaising with the Learning Managers and Learning Curators to ensure the smooth running of all events. I was responsible for the public inbox, and managed three Microsoft Outlook diaries for each Royal Residence. I managed the full life-cycle of a booking from the initial enquiry to issuing invoices, processing payment, sending confirmation emails and generating reports. I was responsible for updating and copywriting for the internal webpage. As a member of the support team I provided cover for the Duty Manager and completed all associated administration as well as supervising members of staff.

• Ticket Sales and Information Assistant

  • May 2012 - Jan 2014

  I provided excellent customer service when processing bookings both over the telephone and in a front of house capacity. This also included responding to customer e-mail enquiries and liaising with Travel Trade clients to process their requests, ensuring all replies comply with the Royal Household’s written standards and Royal Collection Trust branding guidelines. Due to the nature of working with a CRM ticketing system this role had an emphasis on ensuring the accuracy of all booking information held on the computerised database. Other administrative elements of this role involved processing donation requests, using Microsoft Excel to coordinate and organise requests and the appropriate responses; calling customers to resolve any issues; processing cheque payments; updating spreadsheets; filing and ensuring accuracy in Gift Aid documentation. During the Summer Opening of Buckingham Palace I assisted with monitoring the performance of the fixed-term contracted employees and provided feedback. I also assisted the Marketing department by representing The Royal Collection Trust at the World Travel Market.



Kurt Geiger

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• PR intern

  • Jul 2011 - Jul 2011

  In this role I was fortunate to be assigned with the responsibility of covering the annual leave of the Press Coordinator. The main duties of this role included organising sample requests, ensuring that all requested samples were delivered to meet stylists' deadlines, and also calling back items for further sample requests. In addition this involved merchandising and maintaining the stock levels in the showroom for appointments. I also collated clippings of press coverage and assisted with the press coverage report.



River Island

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• PR Intern

  • May 2011 - Jun 2011

  In this role I was able to gain an understanding of the way in which a Press Office operates, and was able to assist in improving River Island's press coverage. Communication skills were vital in this role as I dealt with client requests, and maintained a smooth relationship with members of the Press both over the telephone and via email as well as meeting members of the Press in store and dealing with their requests. Organisational skills also played an important part in this role as I had to complete all requests for samples, sending these out correctly and efficiently. I also had the opportunity to interact with celebrities in the River Island Gift Suite at the Lovebox Festival to help promote River Island as a brand. Another opportunity that I had was researching up and coming dance troops for the PR Manager.



Dodd Lewis Solicitors

• Receptionist and Office Clerk

  • Jul 2006 - Aug 2008