Experience

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  Representative church body

  Oct 2007 - Sept 2008

  Policy and communications assistant

  In a communications role, I prepared press releases, composed news copy and updated websites. In a policy role, I composed policy papers, briefing documents and guidelines. I also worked in monitoring legislation and current affairs to enable the preparation of statements on various issues and responses to government consultation.

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  University college dublin

  Sept 2009 - Jan 2013

  Irish government scholar

  Completed a PhD on 'The Church of Ireland and the Irish state 1950-1972: education, healthcare and moral welfare'. I also prepared and conducted seminars for first-year and third-year undergraduate students on nineteenth and twentieth century Irish history.

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  University college dublin

  Jun 2013 - Sept 2022

  Strategic projects officer

  I worked in the University Secretariat in the areas of higher education strategy, governance, and policy. I also worked in the Office of the Registrar and Deputy President on education strategy, and as a module coordinator and lecturer in the UCD School of History and Archives on a course entitled: 'Protestants in a Catholic state? The Protestant experience of independent Ireland'.

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  Dublin city university

  Sept 2022 - now

  Deputy chief operations officer

  I currently work as the Deputy COO in the Office of the Office of the Chief Operations Officer in Dublin City University (COO).