Mhairi Gordon

Current

• Non-profit Sector Consultant at Impact Associates

Past

• Enterprise Manager at Volunteering England
• MSc dissertation on trout diet at Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
• Community Gardener at Accra Environmental Programme

• Environmental Educator at London Wildlife Trust
• Education Officer at London Aquarium
• Graphic designer at Self-employed/freelance

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Education

• Staffordshire University
• Open University
• University of the Arts London

• Pimlico School

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Recommended

5 people have recommended Mhairi

Connections

141 connections

Industry

Non-Profit Organization Management

Websites

• Home Worker Award Shortlisting
• Conference session facilitatio

Mhairi Gordon’s Summary

I'm a manager with a background in the voluntary sector, ecology and graphic design.

I have worked with a range of organisations and people to create and maintain projects, so have skills including managing staff & volunteers, habitat management, training admin, building partnerships, statistics, scientific writing, environmental education, fundraising, corporate identity design.

Mhairi Gordon’s Specialties:

Project management: MS Project

Research & data analysis: field & lab work, Minitab, Excel, Word

Ecology: surveys, outreach, environmental education, legislation & guidance, DGPS & GIS

Training admin: managing programmes, organising events, co-ordinating, negotiating, budgets

Staff and volunteer management: supervision, coaching-style approach

Graphic design: corporate identity & marketing, QuarkXpress/Photoshop/Illustrator

Mhairi Gordon’s Experience

• Non-profit Sector Consultant

  Impact Associates

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  July 2009 — Present (5 months)

  Skilled in research/reports, project management plans/project management, volunteer management good practise and print design.
  
  With six years experience of solving clients' challenges, eight years' experience of the voluntary sector and more than three years' experience of the private sector - all backed-up by five recommendations here, you can be confident I'll do a good job for you.

• Enterprise Manager

  Volunteering England

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  April 2005 — June 2009 (4 years 3 months)

  Managers (of volunteers) across England are accessing high-quality learning opportunities thanks to the training project I manage.
  
  I manage/co-ordinate a team of staff, partner organisations and external providers to get the programme delivered on the ground. Integral to the project has been my research and co-ordinating the marketing & communications.

• MSc dissertation on trout diet

  Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

  (Government Agency; Research industry)

  2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

  With staff at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and Queen Mary University, London: The proportion of terrestrial invertebrate input to a
  chalk stream in Dorset, consumed by 1+ brown trout (Salmo trutta)

• Community Gardener

  Accra Environmental Programme

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  2003 — 2005 (2 years )

  An estate an inner London now has a community garden, due to myself and the local community working together to create it.
  
  I used my skills in habitat management; surveying the public on attitudes towards conservation; facilitating community involvement; environmental education; managing volunteers; fundraising and budget management.

• Environmental Educator

  London Wildlife Trust

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  2002 — 2003 (1 year )

  I contributed to successful projects including a community nature reserve and several school wildlife garden projects.
  
  The skills I used included habitat management; running events; environmental education.

• Education Officer

  London Aquarium

  (Environmental Services industry)

  2001 — 2002 (1 year )

  Researching and producing aquatic educational materials;
  supervising a team of 10 staff and volunteers; communicating aquatic wildlife and ecology to the general public; arranging public events.

• Graphic designer

  Self-employed/freelance

  (Graphic Design industry)

  1995 — 2001 (6 years )

  Designing & producing a range of printed items including leaflets, conference packs and corporate identity. Clients included the London Environmental Education Forum; the Labour Party; Barclays Bank; Amnesty International; the Body Shop.

Mhairi Gordon’s Education

• Staffordshire University

  MSc , fish ecology , 2005 — 2008

  Dissertation: The proportion of terrestrial invertebrate input to a chalk stream in Dorset, consumed by 1+ brown trout (Salmo trutta). In collaboration with the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Dorset and Queen Mary University, London
  
  Taught modules: Aquatic Habitats; Conservation Legislation;
  Field Biology; ID skills; Professional Practise for Ecologists;
  Research Planning & Data Analysis; New Perspectives in Conservation; Terrestrial Habitats; DGPS & GIS.

• Open University

  BSc Open (Hons) , Natural sciences , 2001 — 2005

  Modules: Environmental Science; Marine Biology; Oceanography; Statistics; Animal Physiology; Mammalian Life; Change Management.

• University of the Arts London

  BA , graphic design , 1995 — 1998

  Modules: graphic design; animation; photography; video

• Pimlico School

  1981 — 1987

Additional Information

Mhairi Gordon’s Websites:

• Home Worker Award Shortlisting
• Conference session facilitatio

Mhairi Gordon’s Interests:

Music, fish, animé, sewing

Mhairi Gordon’s Groups:

British Ecological Society
Institute of Fisheries Management

•    Consultants Network
•    LinkedNW
•    Freelancers & Self-Employed Professionals
•    The Emotional Intelligence Network
•    Nonprofit Professionals Forum
•    Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM)
•    Association for Women in Science (AWIS)
•    Open University UK Alumni
•    Staffordshire University - Alumni
•    Imaging Foundation
•    Society for Women Environmental Professionals
•    University of the Arts London: Camberwell Alumni
•    North-West England Business Association
•    NUB! Northwest UK Business Group
•    Charity UK
•    Fish migration
•    Fish Network
•    WFAC - working for a charity
•    Mid Cheshire Business Group
•    ILM Trainers
•    UKVPMs
•    MYLOCALJOBBOARD
•    The Open University Alumni

Mhairi Gordon’s Honors:

2009 - Shortlisted for BT/Remote Employment.com Home Worker Award
2006 - Staffordshire University Bursary
2005 - Open University Crowther Fund award
2004 - British Ecological Society Bursary
2003 - joined local nature reserve’s Management Committee
2003 - Earthwatch bursary
2002 - Southwark College Award for Excellence

Mhairi Gordon’s Contact Settings

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