Bootle, England, United Kingdom
Stephen has extensive experience of policy analyses and working with senior stakeholders from academia, the public, private and voluntary sectors. After completing his PhD that examined the impact of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, Stephen went back to work at the local level of government, developing evidence-based policy to support internal and external partnership working / cross boundary collaboration. Stephen then left local government to take up a position as Senior Policy Officer with the Department of Health and Social Care, working with the Secretary of State and senior civil servants to develop policy (e.g. 3rd party charges for access to data) and leading cross government projects to ensure a joint up approach (e.g. working with DWP during the removal of fax machines from GP surgeries). During the coronavirus pandemic Stephen joined NHS Test and Trace and led the social evaluation of the NHS Covid-19 app to support policy development, public communications and changes to app functionality. At present Stephen is working for the Home Office as Lead Strategy Advisor. His role involves leading strategic projects to support better internal policy integration and cross government joint working.
I lead on a range of projects to support better alignment and coordination across the Home Office including Cabinet briefing and improving collaboration across Whitehall with other government departments.
I led evaluation of the covid 19 app to support policy development, public communications and updates to functionality of the app.
I curretly lead on identity and mitigating the risks to the flow of data in adult social care, in case of a no deal EU exit scenario.
My role with the council is to: - provide research support and advice, - support the production, implementation and monitoring of council strategy and policy, - coordinate the strategic use of research (empirical and secondary) and intelligence.
The aim of my role with the council is to apply an intelligence based, research approach, to reduce municipal waste arisings in Worcestershire and facilitate more sustainable waste management behavior. This involves keeping up to date with changes in national policy / guidance and adapting accordingly, researching new ways of working and managing a wide variety of projects. This includes leading the Waste and Reuse Group which contains 20 waste management organisations (e.g. supporting the activity of group members by increasing reuse / recycling activity [materials and facilities] on Household Waste and Recycling Centre’s, facilitating collaboration / joint working and sharing best practice), managing the subsidised home composting and Master Composter scheme (e.g. managing the budget, planning and organising promotions and communications, developing new initiatives [e.g. community composting schemes], etc.), coordinating the Love Food Hate Waste campaign (e.g. planning and organising promotions and communications, developing bespoke initiatives to target the general public and hard to reach groups [e.g. live cooking demonstrations], etc.). I also act as the link between Worcestershire County Council’s Waste Management Service and the community and identify and develop partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver projects. This includes national organisations (e.g. WRAP, Straight and Garden Organic), local organisations (e.g. Worcester University, Worcester Resource Exchange and Duckworth Trust) and colleagues in the council (e.g. health practitioners and social workers).