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Department of Health and Social CareAbortion Statistics Team
Feb. 2025City Of Westminster, England, United KingdomI am grateful to join the Abortion Statistics Team at DHSC from February to May 2025 to support production of several publications.
ABSOECOLUTELYFounder
Jan. 2025Really excited to push forward with my little venture - ABSO ECO LUTELY! Photography and Short Video services helping you capture your eco-conscious stories and the beauty of intentional living.
Department of Health and Social CareActing Head of DHSC’s Central Statistics Team
Jul. 2024 - Feb. 2025City Of Westminster, England, United Kingdom
Department of Health and Social CarePrincipal Statistician - Head of Statistics Briefing Hub
May. 2021 - Jul. 2024London, England, United KingdomFrom the start of the Covid-19 vaccination programme, I managed a team of two statisticians in providing urgent briefing support for Covid-19 related metrics, fact checking, speeches and pubic facing products. Line managing a member of the team, I led the creation of a new catalogue and system for overseeing all health related publications across key organisations. Following Living with Covid-19 Strategy, I am re-developing the team to perform a general fact checking function for the department, as well as provide urgent and front line support for all Head of Profession for Statistics matters, across all health topic areas.
HM Revenue & CustomsPrincipal Statistician - EU Exit Trade policy analysis and Quality Assurance
May. 2019 - May. 2021London, United KingdomDuring this post, I led HMRC's analytical support for Border Force in preparation for EU Exit. I managed a senior statistician in developing a new excel based model to predict transit declarations and prepare Border Force staff. I work and line managed a team of 12 analysts of varying analytical professions. During my time in this team, I also managed data collection and quality assurance process for trade statistics in time for monthly publication. During this role I managed 3 analysts and supported around 60 operational staff. To improve quality of the directorate's outputs, I stood up a new Quality Assurance Working Group, running tailored teach in sessions, writing guidance and introducing new processes for the programme as a whole.
HM Revenue & CustomsSenior Statistical Officer - Child Benefit and Tax Credits Forecasting team
Mar. 2018 - May. 2019London, United KingdomI led forecasting of Child Benefit and Tax Credits caseloads and expenditure which feeds directly into the Office for Budget Responsibility Welfare Spending forecasts. I managed data and relationships across DWP, HMRC and OBR to improve the model and minimise the forecasting error. I created a new Gender Network which addressed gender pay gap as well as other gender issues in the workplace. As part of this work, I organised a conference for HMRC, inviting key speakers to discuss gender related issues and more, the conference was attended by around 250 colleagues. During this post, I also work / line managed an economist.
UK Ministry of DefenceFaststream Statistician - Armed Forces People Policy Analyst
Sep. 2017 - Mar. 2018London, United KingdomDeveloped the first internal calculator to help Service Personnel understand the salary impact of the Flexible Engagement system per rank and location. I manipulated survey data in Python, but the modelling was largely excel based. Supported university outreach for roles in Civil Service and led staff induction.
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)Faststream statistician, National Energy Efficiency and Household Energy Efficiency
Sep. 2016 - Sep. 2017London, United KingdomBEIS' lead analyst supporting the Grenfell tower disaster response in June 2017. Represented the department at Home Office led meetings to support all manner of Grenfell tower analytical work required. Obtaining a data sharing agreement with relevant organisations, I drew up a list of properties more than 18 metres high which were potentially clad with aluminium-type panels (for 19 June 2017). This analysis enabled associations to check relevant buildings and submit samples for testing. I managed and published a range of National Statistics publications including monthly, quarterly and two annual reports for Household Energy Efficiency and National Energy Efficiency Data team. I led development of SQL code off-site, at another government department, improving code and merge functionality, reducing the amount of time required for the secondment in future years. In the first year of this posting, raised £2,000 for MIND charity through cake sales, charity raffles and hosting a comedy show.
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)Working Age Benefits and Migrant's Access to Benefits Operational Researcher
Sep. 2014 - Aug. 2015Sheffielf/LondonWorking within Housing Benefit and Research Division, I produced analysis in response to an emerging issue relating to combinations of benefits claimed by young people. I also supported modelling analysis to estimate the cost of time limiting EEA nationals benefit claims. Aside from analytical contributions, I developed a series of in-house teach-ins across the Department, to improve networking and knowledge sharing across professions.
Western Power DistributionMajor Projects Secretary
Jun. 2012 - Sep. 2012HinckleySecretarial and administrative role within Major Projects unit. I also led the design, roll out and implementation of a new electric and utility poles numbering system across England. The new design improved organisation's ability to identify damaged poles and enabled faster reactive maintenance service.
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