Career History
Project Coordinator,
Tablets/Techknowledge For Schools,
January 2015 – present
* Organising and promoting the charity’s regional teacher training workshops
* Managing the charity’s Twitter, Facebook and Google Plus accounts
* Creating the weekly newsletter
* Admin duties relating to the day-to-day running of the charity, as well as the charity rebrand
Campaigning Support Services Analyst
The Conservative Party,
January 2014 – January 2015
* Providing technical support for local and national election campaigns
* Using the in-house electoral database
* Creating training documents and training new members of the team
* Writing communications to support field staff with using election data
Career change and voluntary work (see below)
August 2013 – January 2014
Class Teacher
Donnington Primary School
September 2011 – August 2013
* Planning for, teaching and assessing pupils aged 3-11 with varying needs
* Subject leader for 3 subjects – staff training, budgeting and auditing resources
* Mentor for Newly-Qualified Teacher – lesson observation and coaching, writing appraisals, giving feedback and setting targets
* Event planning – Budgeting, dealing with outside suppliers, advertising and promoting, coordinating and organising speakers and workshops
Class Teacher
Colville Primary School
September 2008 – August 2011
* Planning for, teaching and assessing a year 1 class (5 & 6 years old)
* Line manager for up to 3 additional adults
* Subject leader for ICT
Voluntary Work
Sales Assistant (Volunteer), Oxfam Books,
September 2013-January 2014
* Shop key-holder
* Researching and pricing (rare) book donations
*Till training and supporting other volunteers
Database Assistant (Volunteer), Battersea Dogs & Cats Home,
September 2013-January 2014
* Carrying out data cleaning tasks and data entry
*Documentation and logging of business processes
Qualifications
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE),
Institute of Education, London
September 2007- July 2008
* 2 modules towards an MA in Education
* Qualification in teaching children with developmental needs, accredited by The Nurture Group Network
BA (Hons) Sociology
2:1, University of Reading,
September 2004-July 2007
Skills
* Communication in wide range of mediums – confident public speaker, highly effective writer, able to explain complex ideas in an accessible and entertaining way
* Social media – Increased the number of followers on the charity’s twitter feed 33%, increased average link clicks a week from 2 to 5 on average. Engagement rate of tweets up .2% consistently. Facebook likes up 65%.
* Technical skills – Proficient in various software packages – including the Conservative elector relations database, Target Tracker analytics package, Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge CRM, Office packages such as Microsoft Excel (including pivot table and formulae).
* Analytics skills – I have become skilled in distilling large amounts of data into actionable information. By looking at trends in data I can spot trends in twitter engagement and webpage visits to inform further communication strategy.
* Quick learner – I am able to quickly assess new situations and demands, and to attain any new knowledge needed to support me in meeting these. Most recently I have learnt how to use WordPress to keep the charity’s webpage running after the Digital Content Manager left.
Other Education
Go Freelance! Short Course, London School of Journalism, May 2015
A 10 week evening course in how to be successful in freelance journalism
Lifestyle Journalism Short Course, London School of Journalism, November 2014
A short 3 day course into how to write, edit and pitch lifestyle pieces to media outlets
Campaign Managers Academy, run by The Conservative Party, January 2014
An intensive week-long residential course in the basics of running a successful campaign
Certification in using and teaching Makaton, accredited by The Makaton Charity, November 2012 – February 2013
A sign language used with people with communication difficulties
