Citizen Science and Catchment Volunteer

• Apr 2022 - Present

Conservation and Engagement Volunteer

• Mar 2022 - Present

Associate Environmental Scientist

• Jan 2016 - Jun 2022

Principal Consultant and Project Manager in AECOM's Environment & Planning team in Chesterfield, responsible for providing EIA services for flood alleviation, infrastructure and urban development/regeneration schemes, particularly to public sector Clients. Principal Consultant and Project Manager in AECOM's Environment & Planning team in Chesterfield, responsible for providing EIA services for flood alleviation, infrastructure and urban development/regeneration schemes, particularly to public sector Clients.

Volunteer Collections Assistant

• Mar 2015 - May 2017

As a volunteer I have been helping with a backlog project, sorting ephemera, recording their details prior to entry to museum database and repacking them using appropriate archive-quality materials.

Museum Attendant

• Jul 2015 - Jan 2016

In this public-facing, front-of-house role, I welcome visitors to the museum, respond to enquiries, handle retail sales and display, assist with events and activities, prepare materials for children’s craft activities and generally ensure that the museums provides a safe, secure and attractive environment for the staff, the visitors and the exhibits.

Interpretation Volunteer

• Feb 2015 - May 2017

As a new volunteer at Calke, I have been invigilating, engaging with visitors, providing information about this fascinating house, its contents and the family and recently helped out at a Heritage Day event, showing visitors books, papers and maps usually held at the Derbyshire Records Office.

Visitor Experience and Conservation Volunteer

• Mar 2013 - Mar 2017

As a volunteer I have helped with a range of activities including being a room steward, engaging with visitors, routine conservation cleaning, environmental monitoring, assisting with the winter "deep clean" and inventory work.

Collections Volunteer

• May 2016 - Dec 2016

Guide

• May 2015 - Jan 2016

As a member of the House Guide Team, my role is to engage with the visitors, providing information and bringing the story of the house and its collections to life, whilst also invigilating, carrying out room checks and ensuring the safety of visitors and of the collections.

Customer Services Assistant

• Nov 2014 - Jul 2015

Part-time Customer Services Assistant in Carriage House Restaurant providing public-facing services as part of the front-of-house team - serving hot food and drinks, restocking, table clearing and general restaurant cleaning duties.

Museum Volunteer

• Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

As a volunteer, to date I have enjoyed assisting with the re-display of the Metalwork Gallery (cleaning, packing and transporting objects), assisted with educational school sessions, including assisting with experiments, staffed object handling sessions (“Hands on history”) and assisted with fund raising and children’s craft activities. As a volunteer, to date I have enjoyed assisting with the re-display of the Metalwork Gallery (cleaning, packing and transporting objects), assisted with educational school sessions, including assisting with experiments, staffed object handling sessions (“Hands on history”) and assisted with fund raising and children’s craft activities.

Collections Volunteer

• Sep 2014 - Feb 2015

I provided assistance to the Collections Officer including downloading environmental data from Tinytag® dataloggers, undertaking digital photography of deposited and newly acquisitioned objects and carrying out an environmental overview of the museum's display areas. I provided assistance to the Collections Officer including downloading environmental data from Tinytag® dataloggers, undertaking digital photography of deposited and newly acquisitioned objects and carrying out an environmental overview of the museum's display areas.

Events Volunteer, Manchester Science Festival

• Oct 2014 - Oct 2014

As a volunteer at this lively annual event I welcomed visitors to MOSI, provided information to visitors, invigilated exhibitions, assisted with children’s craft activities and assisted with visitor feedback surveys. As a volunteer at this lively annual event I welcomed visitors to MOSI, provided information to visitors, invigilated exhibitions, assisted with children’s craft activities and assisted with visitor feedback surveys.

Volunteer

• Aug 2014 - Aug 2014

Over a 3-week period, I assisted with the decant and re-cant of part of the collections (textiles, artworks, wallpapers, small sculpture) from temporary storage into purpose-built new stores, prior to re-opening of the gallery in February 2015. Over a 3-week period, I assisted with the decant and re-cant of part of the collections (textiles, artworks, wallpapers, small sculpture) from temporary storage into purpose-built new stores, prior to re-opening of the gallery in February 2015.

Masters Student Preventive Conservation

• Sep 2012 - Aug 2014

This MA included modules on: Collections Care, Conservation Science, Applied Research Practice, a Work-placed Learning Module (student internship) and a dissertation. For my dissertation on "Safe handling and storage of ethnobotanical objects: evaluating and managing risks from hazardous substances", I received the university's Arts School prize and went on to publish a paper based on my research in the Journal of the Institute of Conservation (Banks, 2015). This MA included modules on: Collections Care, Conservation Science, Applied Research Practice, a Work-placed Learning Module (student internship) and a dissertation. For my dissertation on "Safe handling and storage of ethnobotanical objects: evaluating and managing risks from hazardous substances", I received the university's Arts School prize and went on to publish a paper based on my research in the Journal of the Institute of Conservation (Banks, 2015).

Student Intern

• Mar 2014 - Apr 2014

For this 6-week placement, which formed part of my MA, I planned, designed and implemented an investigation into hazardous substances in objects held in the EBC. Through object research, a collection review, object surveys and risk assessments I was able to make recommendations for improved handling and storage of specimens in the collection, to draft a set of Standard Operating Procedures for use by EBC staff and volunteers and to successfully present my work at the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections' (SPNHC) annual conference – ‘Historic Collections: Future Resources’ (Banks & Nesbitt, 2014).

Principal Environmental Consultant

• Sep 1998 - Jan 2014

As a Principal Consultant and project manager, I was responsible for coordinating multidisciplinary environmental teams, working alongside architects, design engineers, contractors and Clients and liaising and consulting with stakeholders and members of the public to successfully progress major transport infrastructure and mixed development projects through planning processes to implementation.Through this role I gained extensive experience in project management, in the preparation and review of statutory and non-statutory Environmental Impact Assessments and other associated environmental documents and of public consultation, public exhibitions and public inquiries added to earlier experience in assessing the impacts of developments on water resources, geology, soils and contaminated land and undertaking minewater treatment and green infrastructure studies. Project clients included the Highways Agency, the UK Coal Authority, Grantham Canal Partnership, local authorities, the Environment Agency and private sector clients.

Senior Research Chemist and Section Leader for NGU-Lab

• Jun 1996 - Jul 1998

As a research chemist with the geological survey, I undertook research aimed at improving or providing new methods of water analysis. From 1997 to 1998, I took on the joint role of Section Leader for the accredited Analytical Laboratories, responsible for a team of 20 researchers and technicians providing research and analytical services for both internal and external clients. As a research chemist with the geological survey, I undertook research aimed at improving or providing new methods of water analysis. From 1997 to 1998, I took on the joint role of Section Leader for the accredited Analytical Laboratories, responsible for a team of 20 researchers and technicians providing research and analytical services for both internal and external clients.

Environmental Scientist

• Apr 1994 - May 1996

Undertook contaminated land assessments for brownfield sites and preparation of marketing materials. Acted as assistant project manager for successful completion of scoping studies for treatment of minewaters from abandoned coal mines. Undertook contaminated land assessments for brownfield sites and preparation of marketing materials. Acted as assistant project manager for successful completion of scoping studies for treatment of minewaters from abandoned coal mines.

Class Teacher

• Aug 1990 - Jun 1991

Class teacher for 8-10 year old mainly bi- or multilingual children, and science teacher for 11-13 year olds Class teacher for 8-10 year old mainly bi- or multilingual children, and science teacher for 11-13 year olds

English Language Tutor (part-time)

• Jan 1990 - Jun 1991

Part-time tutor in Technical English (to technology postgraduates) and in English Conversation (for Norwegian undergraduates studying English) Part-time tutor in Technical English (to technology postgraduates) and in English Conversation (for Norwegian undergraduates studying English)

Postdoctoral Researcher

• May 1987 - Aug 1989

Research chemist, researching colour products of Maillard reactions and malt flavour compounds, using analytical techniques including HPLC, GC and GC-MS. Research chemist, researching colour products of Maillard reactions and malt flavour compounds, using analytical techniques including HPLC, GC and GC-MS.