Michael Burn

Background

About Michael Burn

Travelled and worked extensively overseas and quickly adapts to a new team and working environment. As a program director in the USA designed and scheduled daily activities and implemented behaviour management programmes for children and adults with complex needs. Effectively managed day to day site operations, budgets, and the training and supervision of a team of fifty international staff. Instrumental in many successful projects and fund-raising initiatives. Profound knowledge in health, safety, safeguarding, wellness, and risk assessments. Accomplished networker highly skilled at creating engagement strategies to form effective relationships with key senior contacts in partner, government, and stakeholder organisations. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills developed through experiences as a police officer, child protection officer, behaviour manager, and national wildlife and compliance lead. Demonstrates versatility through ability to quickly adapt to legislative frameworks in new settings and is experienced in policy writing and the dissemination of sensitive information during time as regional Tasking and Coordinating Group intelligence lead. History in leading projects including operations, investigations, research, programs, training, and public engagement campaigns/events. Experienced in chairing national multi-agency groups (UK Marine Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime working groups) and acted as a lead representative in an award-winning national initiative called ‘Operation Seabird’ to reduce marine wildlife disturbance. Managed webpage and social media content and proficient in the publication of posts, videos, and events, and the creation of infographics. Acquired a vast range of analytical skills during recent BSc in Biosciences at Durham University and as a volunteer team leader and marine mammal surveyor in the North Sea / Bay of Biscay with ORCA (citizen science project).