Catherine Gater Email Address

The British Council is the United Kingdom's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities.

I am a highly motivated individual who works well within project and management teams, as well as on my own initiative. I have excellent organisational and prioritisation skills and I am able to balance an extremely varied and demanding workload efficiently and effectively. I enjoy managing teams and motivating them to achieve their best. Having worked for several years in large scale government and international facilities and in the Higher Education sector, I am looking for an opportunity to bring together my excellent communication, people management and project management skills within a multidisplinary environment. Skills • More than 15 years’ professional communication experience. • Experienced manager of highly distributed teams. • Good insight into what makes teams perform at their best. • Able to lead and motivate staff with a range of skills and career paths. • Strategic and financial planning experience. • Project management experience of large and small scale projects. • Excellent written and presentation skills in communicating complex issues to a range of audiences. • Event management experience of general public and schools events. • Scientifically trained in Materials Science, with excellent understanding of current social media trends, and IT, including grid and cloud computing. Specialties: project management, event management, people management, financial management, science writing, communications, PR