About me

I am an award winning dynamic and experienced policy and strategy advisor. With over seven years’ experience in building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and community groups, leading community projects with vast experience supporting voluntary and under-served groups. I have experience working with highly effective teams and delivering strategies to promote accountability and awareness around race, diversity, inclusion, equity and ethics and has recently support under-represented groups in and out of Department of Levelling Up and Housing and Communities (DLUHC) on the department’s engagement and strategy with black and ethnic minority communities following covid-19. I am the winner of this last years Civil Service Rising Star Award for my dedication to public service making significant impact to communities and being instrumental in leading on race in the Civil Service and enabling uncomfortable conversations with senior leaders and amplify the voices of people of colour in the department in order to create inclusive, safe and accountable culture. I am incredibly passionate about intersectional identities and how their lived experiences are shaped in the world. I was named as one of this year's 'Top 50 Influential Neurodivergent Women' and have been awarded MBE by Her Majesty The Queen in this year’s 2022 New Year British Honours for Public and Community Services. I am currently working in the Start for Life Unit at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)as the Workforce Capability Lead working across Government and with the wider sector to implement the actions set out in the review to support families during the 1,001 critical days from conception to age two. Working to improve the capability of the workforce- midwives, health visitors and others including through improvements to interdisciplinary training and development. I am open to speaking, writing and research opportunities on the following topics: Leading and having impact at any level, early careers, diversity & inclusion, intersectionality, black women and neurodiversity, discovering your authentic self, connecting to your mission and fostering and developing staff networks.

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  Top 50 Influential Neurodivergent Women 2022For the second time, Women Beyond The Box is proud to launch the UK’s only list showcasing Influential Neurodivergent Women. It is estimated that at least 10% of the UK population is Neurodivergent, that is Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia, Autism, ADHD and Tourette’s. The list was born from a desire to amplify the voices of women who are creating ripples of change within their industries by challenging the narrative around Neurodiversity. We are Founders, Scientists, Designers, Creatives, A

Work history

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Senior Policy Advisor - Early Years Health Workforce LeadDepartment of Health and Social Care
Apr 2021London, United KingdomFull Time

Skills

• Community Engagement
• Culture Change
• Leadership
• Communicating Ideas
• Project Management
• Empathic Listener
• Motivated
• Emotional Intelligence
• Collaborative
• Interpersonal Skills

Awards

Named one of the 'Top 50 Influential Neurodivergent Women 2022'Women Beyond The Box
‘Get ready to meet the women who are our future and present-day change makers - women who are, in their own way, disrupting the current narrative around Neurodiversity’. – I was named one of this year's 'Top 50 Influential Neurodivergent Women' For my work as a senior policy advisor and change maker working with community groups, leading community projects and supporting voluntary and marginalized groups and promoting and highlighting intersectional identities and how their lived experiences are shaped in the world.
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Civil Service Award 2020 Winner - The Rising Star AwardCivil Service
This award recognises a civil servant who has made a significant impact within the first eight years of their Civil Service career. I won for my passion and commitment to public service and have made a significant impact to communities, dedicating my career to supporting marginalised and minority communities and amplifying their voices. I have been instrumental in leading on race in the Civil Service and enabled uncomfortable conversations to happen, in order to create an inclusive, safe and accountable culture particularly with the Black community with the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on minority ethnic people and the witnessing of the death of George Floyd and many others.

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