Jack Fleming

Experience

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  Community Accord

  Sept 2011 - Jun 2012

  Assistant coach to the lead coach on the apprentice mediator programme. Aiding apprentices in casework and administration. Assisting in delivering lesson plans to the group. Office management and assistant to the Managing Director. Administration of new casework and existing. Supporting staff mediators. Carrying case assessment work. Co-mediation with colleagues. Attending conferences to aid business development.

  • Volunteer Apprentice Mediator Coach

    Mar 2012 - Jun 2012

  • Mediator and Office Intern

    Sept 2011 - May 2012
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  Community Accord

  Sept 2012 - Nov 2014

  Worked part-time in an office management capacity. Administrating the company's email account, and processing new casework and supporting the mediators in the organisation. Co-mediation with colleagues on a variety of cases, and also assistance in the delivery of mediation training to clients.

  • Associate Conflict Resolution Trainer

    Feb 2013 - Nov 2014

  • Associate Adminstrator and Mediator

    Sept 2012 - Jun 2013
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  International Alert

  Jan 2013 - May 2013

  Project Co-ordinator

  Preparing and co-ordinating the launch of a policy report that focuses on the relationship between policymakers and diaspora communities in the UK. Launch to be held in Bradford in spring 2013 following on from International Alert's national launch in November 2012.

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  American University of Kosovo

  Jul 2013 - Aug 2013

  Student/Programme Coordinator

  American University of Kosovo Summer School Programme - Conflict Transformation and development of Kosovo and the balkans. 5 weeksResponsible for the welfare of 40 students - safety and enjoyment of the student's experience in Kosovo. Managing student assignments and course materials. Working closely and assisting with each course instructor to deliver classes. Assisting the programme director and course leaders with speaker events such as the British ambassador to Kosovo. Working closely with the director on issues during the programme - high level of organisation and administrative tasks. Show less

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  Green Alliance

  Dec 2013 - May 2014

  Office, Membership and Events Intern
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  Food Frontiers

  Mar 2015 - Feb 2016

  Project Member/Manager
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  International Alert

  Aug 2015 - Oct 2015

  Project Assistant

  Project Assistant for International Alert's Conflict Cafe pop up dinners - as part of the Talking Peace Festival. Office support and research in preparation for the dinners. Helping to manage 18 pop up dinners on the night - setting up, waiting tables ensuring the events are managed smoothly.

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  Stories On Our Plate | SOOP

  May 2016 - now

  Co-founder and Director

  Working with the other Founders, I take a hands-on role formulating business and fundraising strategies, the direction and vision of the enterprise, strengthening networks, and to ensure it meets its social mission and core aims. In addition, I coordinate SOOP's supper club event series and manage a growing network of volunteers throughout the organisation. Established in 2016, SOOP was founded with a purpose to improve the lives of refugees living in the UK through the lens of food by: supporting refugees in countering the barriers to opportunity and employment in the UK’s food and catering industry; and challenging the negative attitudes towards refugee communities through the means of food. Central to SOOP is a culinary programme for participants who have been forced to their country of origin. This is aimed at providing a platform of learning and opportunity for participants who wish to have a career in the UK’s food and catering industryAnother integral component to SOOP’s work are SOOP events primarily in the form of monthly story-based supper clubs, which brings communities and SOOP’s culinary participants over food. By celebrating our differences through the shared experience of a meal we open up new possibilities and ideas of belonging, and this underlines the SOOP philosophy Show less