Experience

Irish Community Care

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

• Strategic Policy and Partnerships Manager

  • Sep 2019 - Present

  My role is to ensure the strategic development, delivery and sustainability of services that are inclusive of, and responsive to, all our Irish (including those of us with Irish heritage), Irish Traveller and Gypsy Communities by ensuring that ICC is a place of excellence and expertise through engaging within policy development internally, as well as externally. My role also involves creating, developing and promoting effective strategic and inclusive partnerships and facilitating and supporting representation and proactive involvement of Irish, Irish Traveller and Gypsy communities locally, regionally and nationally.I lead on Quality Assurance and Safeguarding within ICC, and am a member of our EDI group

• Strategic Business Development Lead: Irish Travellers & Gypsies

  • Nov 2017 - Sep 2019

  My role is to ensure the strategic development, delivery and sustainability of services that are inclusive of, and responsive to, Irish Traveller and Gypsy Communities by ensuring that ICC is a place of excellence and expertise; promoting effective strategic and inclusive partnerships and facilitating and supporting representation and proactive involvement of Irish Traveller and Gypsy communities locally, regionally and nationally.

• Deputy Director / Irish Traveller Service Manager

  • Sep 2011 - Nov 2017

  ICC exists to identify and respond to the needs of Irish, Irish Traveller and Gypsy communities across West Lancashire, West Cheshire, Merseyside and beyond.

• Irish Traveller Service Co-ordintor

  • Sep 2008 - Sep 2011

  Developed the Irish Traveller Service, with Board and Director support, through CMI Leadership and Mangement training programmes: Organisational Managment L3 & Project & Programme Management L4 at Blackburne House and Leadership work within Common Purpose and increased staffing within the service over this time.

• Irish Traveller Worker

  • Oct 2001 - Sep 2008

  Outreach worker for Irish Travelelr communiites across Liverpool: funded via Liverpool City Council Community Fund



Wirral Metropolitan College

• various: Support Worker, Lecturer

  • Sep 1996 - Sep 2001