Dr. Morgan Phillips BSc. MSc. PhD
74 Treaty Street, London, N1 0TE – 07967 828 063 – hello@morganhopephillips.com
www.morganhopephillips.com

PROGRAMME MANAGER
I am an award-winning Programme Manager with over ten years’ experience as a creative, strategic and operational leader; managing
education programmes in schools, community, voluntary, university and international development contexts. Creatively, I have been
responsible for the development and implementation of the Our Common Place approach to values-led community engagement, theEco-Schools Environmental Education programme in England, the Global Footsteps development education and volunteering
programme; and The Glacier Trust, a UK based charity enabling climate change adaptation in Nepal.

CORE COMPETENCIES
Outdoor First Aid; Leadership; Strategy; Fundraising; Creative; Stakeholder Management; Monitoring and Evaluation; Public Speaking;Social Media; Research; Teaching; Facilitation; Education for Sustainable Development; Project Management; Event Management;
Business Development; Campaigning.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Dates of study

Qualification

2004 -2008

PhD

2002 -2003

MSc(with distinction)

1998 -2001

BSc (2.1)

1991-1998

A-LevelDescription and Institution
Thesis: Micro and Macro approaches to Environmental Education Education,Humanities and Social Science Education department, University of Gloucestershire.
Key subject area: Education for Sustainability
Environmental Science, Policy and Planning, University of BathKey subject areas: Environmental Economics; Ecosystem Management, International
Development, Environmental Policy.
Geography, Department of Geography, University of Leicester
Geography A; Economics B; Physical Education C.
Ysgol Gyfun Aberaeron Comprehensive School

EXPERIENCE
I have developed and managed small to large multi-disciplinary teams spanning programme development, communications, innovation,
fundraising, research, evidence and reporting; and political advocacy. My experience has been gained across a range of local, nationaland international organisations – Global Footsteps, University of Brunel, The School of Life, Keep Britain Tidy and The Glacier Trust.

UK Co-Director, The Glacier Trust-(November 2016 – Present)

Fundraising: Developing new income streams, making funding applications, running The Glacier Trust’s annual appeal,running events/public speaking, increasing supporter base.
Project management: Working closely with NGO and University partners in Nepal to design, deliver and monitor
climate change adaptation projects and higher education programme in rural Nepal.
Administration: Maintaining roster of supporters, communicating clearly via medium appropriate channels (including
email and social media), reporting to donors and charity commission, management of website and all digital platforms,ensuring charity complies with all business and charity regulations.
Financial: Day to day management of bank accounts and payroll, ensure financial disbursements are made to NGO
partners, prepare annual financial report to charity commission and quarterly reports to trustees.
Achievements:- Increased income of charity from £50,000 / yr to £100,000 / yr within 24 months of appointment.
- Enabled successful delivery of climate change adaptation projects in three different Nepali communities. These projects
have benefited over 10,000 people through innovative Agro-Forestry, water management and organic farming.
- Developed working partnership between University of Southampton (UK) and Tribhuvan University (Nepal) to enable
postgraduate students to conduct primary research in Nepal and develop the next generation of climate change
adaptation specialists.

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-Co-wrote and produced the documentary film ‘Coffee. Climate. Community.’ to highlight the work of The GlacierTrust and its partners and to raise awareness of coffee farming as a climate change adaptation strategy.
Recruiting two new Ambassadors for The Glacier Trust, actor, Sian Brooke and Explorer, Levison Wood.
Developed fundraising and education partnership with German Swiss International School who now visit Nepal on anannual basis while raising funding for the project work they visit
Developed fundraising and intercultural understanding project with Volley First and led volleyball tour to Nepal inFebruary 2019.
Developed fundraising partnership with The Great Nepalese Restaurant.
Secured funding from Marr Munning Trust, Orbis Pictus Trust, Fred Mulder Foundation, Open Gate Trust, TheMatthiessen Foundation, Kenneth Miller Trust and JE Posnansky Trust.

Education Manager, Keep Britain Tidy-(May 2013 to September 2016)

Strategy: Provide strategic direction on, and effective implementation of, Keep Britain Tidy’s education programmes andeducation policy for England.
Business planning: Contribute to the development of the organisation’s corporate plan by providing expert analysis oflearning aims and objectives and by developing KPIs for education and related programmes.
Client management: Act as senior point of contact for external partners, gathering and defining client objectives andrequirements; authoring and presenting project proposals and providing regular status updates/reports on project delivery.
Programme leadership: Lead the national Eco-Schools England Environmental Education programme; design andimplement strategies for programme development; collaborate with partner organisations on joint-projects and politicaladvocacy.
Budget management: Design and manage education team budget of £500,000/annum with responsibilities for regular
operating reports and staff salaries.
Team management: Inspire and develop a team of 9 FTE - five education officers, three programme delivery officers andan Eco-Schools programme co-ordinator across four regional offices in England.
Monitoring and evaluation: Oversee monitoring and evaluation procedures for reporting on all Education
programmes/activities, reporting to executive board and Trustees on performance against agreed KPIs.
Fundraising: Secure income and establish influential partnerships across all Education programmes from corporate
supporters, public sector and grant giving bodies by researching, pitching/tendering and nurturing key relationships.
Training: Design, promotion and delivery of Eco-Schools training courses and events for teachers and sustainability
educators.
Public Speaking: Speaking engagements (inspiring innovation in education for sustainability at a national level) include theinternational Eco-Schools National Operators conference 2013, SEEd Policy Forum 2014 and COP 21, Paris 2015.
Achievements:- Successfully transitioned the Eco-Schools England programme from its previous position of full Government funding to
its current position of independence and full financial self-sufficiency.
- Refocused the objectives of Education Outreach programme to position innovation in education for sustainability
alongside excellence in delivery.
- Realigned aims of Eco-Schools programme to frame environmental management as the means and learning forsustainability as the end.
- Successful delivery and renewal of contracts to deliver education outreach programme with public sector andcorporate partners- Developed, designed and led the Eco-Schools Roadshow organising inspiring and educational events for teachers acrossEngland in 2015 and 16.
- Secured funding from diverse portfolio of funders including an international film studio, a ‘big six’ energy supplier andfive separate grant giving charitable trusts for the development and delivery of action-research in education forsustainability.
- Programmed, produced and launched ‘Friends of Eco-Schools England’ a new partnership working package to enable
better collaboration with the Environmental Education sector in England.
- Sustained nationwide engagement in the Eco-Schools programme in challenging funding and policy environment.
- Scaled Empty Classroom Day from 600 to 2,000 schools in one year in partnership with Unilever UK and Project Dirt.

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Our Common Place Team Leader, Keep Britain Tidy-(July 2011 to May 2013)

Programme Management: Led the Our Common Place community engagement programme.
Team Management: Managed and developed team of five community engagement officers.
Design: Devised an innovative values based approach to environmental behaviour change.
Monitoring and Evaluation: Development and implementation of robust monitoring and evaluation procedures tocapture social, environmental and personal outcomes.
Achievements:- Oversaw the application of the Our Common Place approach in 31 residential estate communities across London- Built on successful nine month pilot phase to secure renewed funding under three separate local authority contracts to
expand delivery of the Our Common Place approach across eight London boroughs.
- Drawing on the recommendations made in the WWF UK Common Cause report and the NEF Five Ways toWellbeing research, I successfully designed and managed a practical application of a values-based approach toenvironmental behaviour change. Our Common Place became a best practice case study in the Sustainability sector.
- Created and published the Our Common Place Community Engagement handbook.

OTHER PREVIOUS ROLES
Programme Coordinator, Global Footsteps [part time]
Eco Active Education Officer [part time]
Lecturer, University of Brunel [part time]
Intern, The School of Life [part time](January 2009 to July 2011)(September 2009 to July 2011)(January 2010 to May 2010)(September 2009 to January 2010)

CURRENT VOLUNTEER POSITIONS
1. Associate Director – Green Schools Project
2. Trustee – National Association for Environmental Education
3. Advisory board member – Solutions for the Planet

REFERENCES
Andy Rutherford
Trustee
The Glacier Trust

The Glacier Trust, 74 Treaty Street, London, N1 0TE

Prof. Bill Scott
TrusteeNational Association forEnvironmental Education UK

NAEE (UK), Dept. of Education, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY

Richard McIlwain
Deputy Chief Executive
Keep Britain Tidy

Keep Britain Tidy, Elizabeth House, The Pier, Wigan, WN3 4EX(Email and phone number withheld for website version of CV)(Email and phone number withheld for website version of CV)(Email and phone number withheld for website version of CV)

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