Jake Sanders

Experience

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  Withington Girls'​ School

  Jun 2011 - Jun 2011

  Delegate for Federative Republic of Brazil

  Highly Commended Delegate representing Brazil in the Human Rights 2 Committee

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  ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE MANCHESTER

  Jun 2014 - Jun 2014

  Intern
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  University of Bath

  Sept 2015 - Aug 2019

  Student
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  Bath University Model United Nations Society

  Feb 2016 - Feb 2016

  Delegate for the United States of America

  Distinguished delegate representing the United States of America on the Human Rights Council

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  Open2Europe

  Jun 2017 - Dec 2017

  Intern
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  Onedirect España

  Jan 2018 - Jun 2018

  Intern
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  Geneva International Model United Nations (GIMUN)

  Feb 2020 - Feb 2020

  UNEP Committee Delegate

  Delegate representing Fiji in the United Nations Environment Programme committee

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  United Nations Office at Geneva

  Jun 2020 - Jun 2020

  Graduate at the 58th United Nations Graduate Study Programme
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  United Nations Office at Geneva

  Aug 2021 - Jan 2022

  Public Communications Intern

  - Performed daily media monitoring tasks of the Swiss media on behalf of the United Nations. - Designed a media overview from this monitoring, of the perceptions of the United Nations.- Attended bi-weekly press briefings held by the United Nations Information Service with UN accredited journalists and invited speakers. Wrote summaries based on these meetings.- Engaged with high-profile individuals and invited dignitaries at the Palais des Nations, conducting interviews with them.- Wrote articles for UN iSeek intranet on events and activities at the Palais des Nations.- Published in print and online for UN Today (the official magazine for UN civil servants at the Palais des Nations).- Attended sessions of the Human Rights Council as well as sessions of the Committee on the Eradication of Racial Discrimination and the Committee Against Torture at the Palais Wilson.- Managed the social media account for @UNGeneva and drafted tweets for its Twitter account, including taking photographs of important UN sessions to be used online.- Worked closely with UN TV & Radio on delivering tasks related to video content, such as producing shotlists of bi-weekly press briefings. Show less

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  UN Today

  Oct 2021 - Feb 2023

  Journalist and Editorial Co-ordinator
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  Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

  Jun 2022 - Nov 2022

  Communications Officer (Political & Press) at the UK Mission to the UN in Geneva
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  Bath & North East Somerset Council

  Jan 2023 - Aug 2023

  Political Support Officer
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  The Electoral Commission

  Oct 2023 - now

  Communications Officer

  - Led on all international engagement for the Commission, worked with the Public Affairs and Policy teams to arrange visits to the Electoral Commission.- Triaged and responded to all incoming correspondence from MPs and civil society by working through the sign-off process with managers and the executive team.- Managed official records of all meetings taking place within the External Communications group.- Prepared briefings for meetings, including for Electoral Commission CEO Vijay Rangarajan. Worked on biographies for prominent MPs in advance of meetings.- Conducted monitoring, reporting on Westminster Hall, House of Commons and House of Lords debates, delivering write-ups to the Parliamentary Monitoring Group. - Performed daily media monitoring, summarising the daily news into an email destined for the entire Commission. Show less