juliet edwards

I am currently Secretariat to the Senior Civil Servant Forum & SCS Communications Manager for the Department of Health, Whitehall. I am leaving the post voluntarily on 31 May 2011. I will be looking for new opportunities.
My hobbies are freelance writing on culture and music. I am a published songwriter.
I have a BA in Modern English Language and Literature, specialising in Communications,  Carribean History and Language and Creative Writing.

Previous Experience:

Contracts Manager,  Department of Health. Nov 2002 to Oct 2008

Strategic Management of Soft Services contracts including, Travel, Hotels, Taxis, Reprographics, Stationery and Car Hire.

Business Support Manager, Department of Health, Sep 2000 – Sep 2002.

Collating staffing and resource information for the directorate.

Operations Manager, Voice Group Newspaper Publishers, Apr 1998 - Mar 2000

Supervision of staff, editors, freelancers and contractors. Management of Personnel Administration, Recruitment, Training and Work placements, Health & Safety and first line IT Helpdesk support, Special projects included Book publishing, editing and commissioning.

Senior Admin & Press Officer, Voice Group Publishers, Apr 1997- Mar 1998

Support to the Chief Executive. Monitoring Personnel and other departments within the company, reporting to the Publisher, dealing with customer complaints, copywriting and press releases, IT and communications planning and procurement.  

Management Recruitment Officer,BT PLC Jan 1992 - Jun 1993

Administration of recruitment vacancies, pay on promotion calculations, arranging interviews. Managing redundancies, transfers and relocation for senior management positions. 

 Left to take up Degree in Modern English Language and Literature.   

Brief description: Event Management and Communications for Senior Civil Servants

Job Description: Secretariat to the Senior Civil Servant Forum & SCS Communications Manager for the Department of Health

Role: Event managment, Internal Communications

Areas of interest: Financial Stocktakes., Organisation and Design and Business Leads Secreatriat, communications, SCS Forums and Event Management

Location: London