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Department for Business and TradeHead of Future Research & Analysis
Oct. 2023London, England, United Kingdom
Department for Business and TradeHead of Monitoring & Evaluation FTA promotion & utilisation
Apr. 2023 - Sep. 2023London, England, United Kingdom
Department for International Trade (DIT)Head of Central Research, Monitoring and Evaluation | Head of Profession for Social Research
Sep. 2018 - Apr. 2021London, United KingdomLeading the development and implementation of the Department's research and evaluation strategies, including managing yearly research budget, support research design of programmes and projects from teams across 180 countries, including Official Development Assistance (ODA) (qualitative and quantitative research), managing a high performing research team, as well as be the voice for social research in the Department as part of the GSR Head of Profession role.
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)Deputy Head Scientific Strategy & Engagement
Jun. 2018 - Aug. 2018London
KB ConsultancyConsultant | analysis, research and evaluation
Aug. 2016 - Mar. 2022UK, France, Uruguay, BrazilSupporting private, academic & non-governmental organizations make evidence-based decisions through research and coaching. Currently working on the impact of climate change on green spaces in the South of France and development of an online course on writing organisational result frameworks and impact strategies.
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)Principal Analyst & Team Leader | vulnerable welfare claimants
Mar. 2016 - Aug. 2016London, United Kingdom● Responsible for delivering a compelling evidence base on how Britain’s plans for a simpler and digitalised welfare system (Universal Credit) would impact on vulnerable claimants
● Generated commitment across a complex stakeholder network to ensure that vulnerable claimants would not be left behind in the design of new welfare policies, and digital and operational roll-out - in a financially and politically challenging climate. ● Coordinated the gathering of existing evidence in and outside government, identifying evidence gaps, and developing cross-government plans to address these. ● Orchestrated work on complex customer journeys, and scenario-based planning, working with operational and policy partners, to highlight barrier and constraints in policy design, and roll-out. ● Estimated cost implications of inadequate support for vulnerable claimants, using quant & qual analysis.
● Supported Director in positioning portfolio of work as high profile in the Departmental Evidence Strategy.
● Developed a matrix management model between three teams to enable more effective work allocations. Key Achievements
► Positioned the Disadvantage Directorate as an influential stakeholder in welfare reform plans. ► Evidence generates influenced Ministers and Welfare Directors to re-consider budget allocations.
► Improved strained relationships with local delivery partners by giving them a voice.
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)Deputy Head Evidence Strategy
Aug. 2015 - Jan. 2016London, United Kingdom●Responsible for developing the Departmental Evidence Strategy to ensure research funding allocations are aligned with Departmental priorities and provided value for money.
●Worked with Chief Analyst and senior policy & analytical heads identifying policy & evidence priorities
●Developed a prioritization methodology and implementation plan to drive better funding decisions.
●Co-wrote and launched the first version of the Evidence Strategy and underlying database
●Established firm foundations for the on-going development of the Strategy, including monitoring and evaluation, future proofing, internal and external communication and engagement. ►Team won an award for creative promotional activities
►Convinced Chief Analyst to publish strategy internally by managing reputational risks carefully.
►Provided clarity on areas of under and over investment.
Department for EducationSocial Media Research Programme Manager
Oct. 2014 - Jul. 2016London, United Kingdom●Responsible for designing and implementing DfEs social media research programme.
●Built a business case and tested how social media analysis can add value to the Department.
●Implemented a rolling training programme to upskill the research community on this new method. Key Achievements
►Convinced the Government Digital Service to allow free access to their software during exploration.
►Saved the Department £30,000 per year by renegotiating existing contractual software arrangements. ►Became cross-government expert, supporting government departments in evaluating its merit.
Department for EducationSenior Strategy & Policy Analyst, Child Poverty Unit
Sep. 2014 - Jul. 2015London, United Kingdom●Reporting to the Minister of the Department for Education, Department for Work and Pensions and HM Treasury. ●I lead the work around economic growth and poverty. ●Developed scenarios around the risk and opportunities for child poverty in different political climates.
●Produced an evidence plan that identified gaps in the existing evidence, and plans how to address them.
●Conducted economic analysis on the relationship between economic growth and child poverty over time.
●Managed research projects from inception to publication of internally and externally commissioned projects. Key Achievements
►Delivered new insights on child poverty to Ministers, influencing the Governments future direction and narrative on child poverty, ultimately leading to changes in the Child Poverty Act.
FORESTSOULCo-founder
Aug. 2012 - Aug. 2014Atlantic Rainforest, Brazil●Co-founded a social enterprise that empowers artisan women and raises awareness of the Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil. The 5th most ecologically diverse place on our planet of which only 8% is left. https://www.instagram.com/forestsoulfashion/
EHRA - Elephant Human Relations AidOperations Manager
Aug. 2011 - Oct. 2011Namibia●This was a 3-month role, where I worked for EHRA, a Namibian NGO who are successfully reducing conflict between subsistence farmers and wild desert-adapted elephants. They do this in 4 ways, education and community engagement, government lobbying, raising international awareness, and elephant-proofing community wells.
● I was responsible for managing large groups of volunteers in a very remote area.
Department for EducationSenior Monitoring & Evaluation Analyst, Child Poverty Unit
Mar. 2010 - Jul. 2012London, United Kingdom●Responsible for overseeing 18 cross-government Child Poverty evaluations, part of a £125m 3-year programme. ●Directly managed 10 Local Authority led innovative pilot evaluations, and two synthesis evaluation reports, that were being carried out by external research organisations.
●Lead a cross government network of policy and analysts working on poverty related issues. Key Achievements
►Delivered relevant and robust evidence based on what works in tackling child poverty that influenced Britain’s national Child Poverty Strategy.
►Produced good practice guide to support local areas develop more effective local child poverty strategies. ►Delivered value for money by ending a contractor’s contract early due to delivery of sub-par results.
►Convinced Ministers to use the the quality of evaluation evidence as a driver to achieving £15 million in savings.
Department for EducationSenior Monitoring and Evaluation Analyst, Economics, Evaluation & Appraisal team
Aug. 2009 - Feb. 2010London, United Kingdom●Responsible for managing the portfolio of evaluations of the Schools Directorate, valued at £10 million+, ensuring analytical rigour & policy relevance. I was involved from design & tendering stage to publication & dissemination. ●Ensured analytical rigour and policy relevance of portfolio, by creating a synthesis database that provided summary information on each evaluation, and gave an indication of the methodological design quality. Key Achievements
►Created a hub that allowed for easy access to evaluation evidence, increasing the impact of evaluation and research findings across the Directorate.
►Took responsibility for organising the Research Approval Committee meetings to get insight into senior management thinking, and using these insights to direct analytical colleagues.
University of OxfordResearch Assistant (part-time secondment)
Jul. 2008 - Jun. 2009Oxford● I conducted the analysis for a paper on explaining ethnic and religious penalties in the UK labour market. The analysis was used in a paper written by Jean Martin and Anthony Heath at Oxford titled: Is ethnicity or religion more important in explaining inequalities in the labour market?
HM TreasuryGovernment Social Research Unit
Jan. 2008 - Jul. 2009London, United Kingdom●This role was about promoting the use of rigorous scientific methods and evidence-based policy in government, and building trust around government research. ●This included organising influential events on the use of randomised controlled trials in the social sciences, writing articles on innovative research methods, and co-writing part of the updated GSR Magenta book, the bible for social researchers in government, as well as GSR publication guidance (now adhered to by a wide range of departments).
Office for National StatisticsSocial Researcher, Ethnicity, Identity and Inequalities team
Jan. 2004 - Dec. 2007Topic expert for 2011 Census. Identity questions. The post required developing a high profile national measures that were acceptable to the widest range of users within significant resource constraints. Included the use of qualitative research with key stakeholders. I was the co-author of a variety of publications, including 'Focus on Ethnicity and Religion', based on quantitative analysis of Labour Force Survey and Census data and 'A guide to comparing 1991 and 2001 Census ethnic group data'.
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