Working with an in-house web team to structure and write copy for a section of the Oxfam website promoting two new publications and their messages.

Designing and writing lesson plans and teaching materials promoting issues about maternal health in Primary Schools.

Writing a popular adaptation of Oxfam's academic international development book called From Poverty to Power. The Urgency of Now is a 64pp book bringing a passionate argument for global change to a non-specialist audience, available in bookshops from June 2008.

Concept development and writing of a pack to support teachers using Oxfam's Unwrapped gift catalogue to raise money in schools.

Developing and writing a 20pp leaflet 'Before you Start Fundraising...a Guide for Schools'. The leaflet provides support and advice for teachers planning fundraising activities with their pupils.

I strategically managed Oxfam Education’s communications programme. The job was extremely varied and, as in any small communications team, involved activities ranging from designing and managing audience research through to contributing communications expertise to the development of Programme policy, as well as writing, project managing and distributing promotional materials.

Experience includes:
· Employing relevant communications strategies (distribution mechanisms, media and tone or ‘voice’) according to audience needs,
· Writing and project-managing promotional material on and off-line, including: writing and liasing with designers to produce flyers, writing copy for the web, writing reports for publication, inputting to government consultations, and writing press releases,
· Project management of the production, distribution and promotion of the 124+pp Oxfam Catalogue for Schools,
· Monitoring results and adjusting plans accordingly,
· Being a spokesperson for the Education Programme,
· Selecting, planning and attending national education conferences and exhibitions,
· Reacting to external events through press releases and briefing journalists,
· Proactively preparing offers of content for press and TV use.

Responsibilities included:
· Collaborative planning and implementation of strategic communications activity across a variety of media, to teachers, partners, networks, young people, and internal audiences,
· Support for Programme-wide development of communication strategies and projects,
· Management of strategic partnerships on behalf of the Programme,
· Writing for the web and for print publication (journals, magazines, Oxfam publications, flyers etc.),
· Line-management of the Programme Administrator.

I compiled an annotated bibliography as the first stage of a project looking at young people in difficult circumstances, including child soldiers. I also participated in qualitative research into the outcome of a Theatre in Education project designed to discourage children from joy-riding. I conducted informal interviews with young people involved in the project; co-wrote, edited and proofed the final report and a published article summarising the findings.