Experience

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  Belong to youth services

  May 2011 - Dec 2012

  Mental health officer

  BeLonG To National Network co-ordinator and mental health officer, managing, maintaining and coordinating 16 youth groups across Ireland.• Identified sources of ongoing funding and provided support and advise to youth groups and youth workers engaging with funders.• Supervised and supported youth workers and volunteers, in developing relationships with other organisations and statutory bodies.• Researched, wrote, designed and published LGBT mental health resources in conjunction with the National Office for Suicide Prevention.• Up-skilled and trained the national network on BeLonG To Policies and procedures, communications strategy and advocating against the discrimination of LGBT young people Show less

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  Headstrong - the national centre for youth mental health

  Dec 2012 - Nov 2013

  Project coordinator

  Think Big Programme Coordinator. Think Big has funded 364 positive mental health projects across Ireland, allowing young people to access skills, funding and training to fundamentally change how Ireland thinks about youth mental health. In 2012 the Think Big Project won the Outstanding Achievement in CSR award at the Chambers Ireland Corporate Social Responsibility Awards. • Managed the relationship between Headstrong and Think Big corporate sponsor O2 and other organisation’s such as Foroige, NYCI and Youth Work Ireland.• Designed planned and implemented positive mental health training policies and procedures for young leaders involved in the Think Big project.• Provided mentoring and coordinated, trained and managed and motivated the O2 employee volunteers to act as guides to young people in completing their project. • Supported employee engagement through organised large scale volunteering events for O2 employees and their families. • Contributing to and maintaining the O2 quarterly Newsletter, keeping Volunteers and stakeholders informed of events and progress.• Designed and maintained a new recordkeeping and KPI measurement tool to enhance the ability of the program to track funding, project completion, service impact and programme outcomes. Show less

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  Pobal

  Nov 2013 - now

  Along with managing all aspects of training both internally and externally for Pobal, I am a programme owner for all Early Years Capital grants programmes run by Pobal on behalf of the Irish government. I manage a team and design and develop training supports. , I have extensive experience with programme planning. I am responsible for the planning and expert delivery of ICT systems, staff resources, content management and relationship management with key stakeholders. I have a wealth of experience in people management and have managed both large and small teams as well as a number of one off project specific teams. Show less • Appraising the applications, business plans and strategic plans of the NGO’s and community development organisations that Pobal fund. • Mentoring and supporting beneficiary organisations to successfully deliver their programmes with Pobal both on a one to one basis and through workshops and clinics. • Gathering and analysing key information arising from mentoring and support, to keep track of regional and national trends that may impact on service delivery.• Motivation of the staff in my team to complete visits and meet targets while carrying out additional administration tasks. Ensuring that each visit officer is properly trained to carry out visits, while ensuring excellent customer service and professionalism while interacting with the groups and organisations being inspected.• Analysing trends and adjusting business and strategic plans to meet targets and improve productivity. • Collating, analysing and writing the quarterly visit reports to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. Show less

  • Funder Liaison and New Business Delivery Manager

    Apr 2022 - now

  • Programme Design and Implementation Manager

    Nov 2015 - now

  • Regional Development Coordinator

    Nov 2013 - now