Daniel Packwood

Experience

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  Retail and Catering

  Sept 2006 - Sept 2009

  Customer Service

  Various retail and catering jobs requiring good customer relation skills.

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  Youth Leader

  Sept 2006 - Jul 2008

  Guildford Baptist Church Junior Leader

  As a youth leader I was involved in setting up the weekly youth night, leading activities such as sports and games, and co-running a Youth Alpha Course which involved facilitating small group discussions and presenting a main talk.

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  AQA

  Jul 2011 - Aug 2011

  Office Assistant

  An administrative position working under time pressure to log and track national exam scripts working with Excel and Access.

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  Robens Centre for Occupational Health and Safety

  Jul 2012 - Sept 2012

  Receptionist/Administrator

  My duties involved booking and managing appointments, greeting clients, data-entry, taking payments and accounting, filling and photocopying, receiving and responding to communications via email and phone, and securing the premises when leaving.

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  Bradford Ecumenical Asylum Concern (BEACON)

  Feb 2013 - May 2013

  Volunteer

  I assisted asylum seekers with the appeals process: identifying information relevant for making a fresh appeal, assisting them with English and filling in forms, and accompanying them to court. This required important people skills, particularly active listening and empathy.

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  Concordis International

  Oct 2013 - Apr 2014

  Research and Communications Intern

  Concordis is a peacebuilding NGO based in London organising dialogue between groups involved in or affected by conflict across Africa. I am responsible for Concordis' communications; this includes event organisation, website and social media management, data-entry, database management, and letter-writing. The role involves fundraising, making grant applications, and report writing. I am also involved in the research and development of new and existing programmes.

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  Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East

  Oct 2013 - May 2015

  FRRME is a peacebuilding and religious organisation bringing senior religious leaders together in dialogue, providing relief to communities affected by conflict and supporting pluralistic societies in the Middle East. As project officer I am responsible for the monitoring and evaluation of projects and maintaining donor relations, as well as producing proposals for new projects. My responsibilities include handling communications, fundraising and grant applications, and administrative tasks. The position is to assist Canon Andrew White in his work in high-level religious reconciliation. The role involves attending high-level meetings with ambassadors and religious leaders, minute-taking of proceedings and writing reports. I assisted Canon White on a trip to Israel/Palestine in preparation for an inter-religious dialogue conference. My responsibilities also include handling communications, fundraising and grant applications, and data-entry.

  • Project Officer

    May 2014 - May 2015

  • Project Intern

    Oct 2013 - Apr 2014
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  Azafady

  Jun 2015 - Feb 2016

  Project Development Officer

  Development of new projects relating to food security, livelihoods and environment, putting together project proposals for grant applications including budgeting, donor reporting, financial monitoring of projects, and monitoring and evaluation of projects.

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  Tearfund

  Mar 2016 - Dec 2017

  Managing multi-purpose cash assistance (MPCA) and non-food item (NFI) projects in Ninewa governorate, Iraq. This includes full project cycle management from hiring to assessments, distributions and post-distribution monitoring, including donor project proposal and report writing. Supporting Tearfund's humanitarian programmes in Iraq in WASH and Cash. Areas of support include project development, reporting and proposal writing; assessments, monitoring, evaluation and accountability; and external representation.

  • Emergency Programme Manager

    Feb 2017 - Dec 2017

  • Programme Support Officer

    Mar 2016 - Feb 2017