Siddika Khalique

I am seeking a Communications Officer or Content Producer role which combines the journalistic skills I have learnt from working in national media newsrooms with the administration and Communications department skills and public sector knowledge I have gained from working at Cafcass. Ideally I am looking for a role that makes the most of my writing skills – I have written many news articles in my media roles and I regularly write blogs as part of my Cafcass Communications work. I also have good verbal communications skills, having done many face to face and telephone interviews as a journalist and through my work liaising with many different colleagues at Cafcass.

I am also tech-savvy having worked with many content management systems and audio and video editing software as a media professional and numerous Microsoft applications at Cafcass. I also help organise virtual conferences with the Cafcass communications team using Townhall software.

Business Services Officer/Communications Officer - Cafcass (Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service) - London

(2024-08)

• Write blogs for Cafcass's Communications team on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. Topics covered so far have included bereavement, Islamophobia, south Asian heritage month and Eid festivals.
• Help to deliver the Cafcass Communications team's live virtual events using PowerPoint and Townhall. My role involves designing my own slides and researching and writing copy for them, putting the slides up during live events, monitoring posts from colleagues and communicating with presenters and attendees via Teams.
• Act as an events organiser for Cafcass, including booking meeting spaces, ordering food and drink, printing out agendas and checking the tech works in the meeting rooms.
• Produce Cafcass's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion posters for the Gray's Inn Road office by designing the page, sourcing and editing the pictures and writing the copy. I produce four posters a month on topical EDI subjects.
• Use the Cafcass database to look up cases and log communications with clients
• Make and issue building passes for Cafcass staff using Cafcass's security software
• Record building data such as room and water temperatures on Excel spreadsheets
• Arrange repairs and maintenance for the Gray's Inn Road office by liaising with Cafcass Estates and external maintenance companies
• Book in meetings for social workers and board meetings for managers using Cafcass's room bookings system
• Arrange all resources for board meetings liaising with the Corporate Management Team
• Fix technical issues by liaising with the Cafcass IT department and external stakeholder Littlefish
• Write emails to all Cafcass staff, communicating important information about the Gray's Inn Road office, such as upcoming events, fire drills, lift maintenance

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M.A - Television Journalism - City University London

NCTJ Postgraduate Diploma - Newspaper Journalism - Harlow College

M.A - English - Goldsmiths College (London University)

B.A. Hons - English - University College London

Preston Manor High School

South Hampstead High School