Jennifer has worked for the last five years as a senior consultant with Blake Stevenson Ltd., a private company which offers research and consultancy in social and economic development including: social agenda, equalities, employability, health, children & young people and community regeneration.

Jennifer has worked with a wide range of organisations during her career, including the Scottish Government, organisations from across the voluntary sector, local authority, further and higher education sectors, and the social economy, both in Scotland and in Europe. She has extensive experience of working with a range of funding bodies, including the Big Lottery, Comic Relief, the Scottish Arts Council, the European Social Fund and European Regional Development Fund and others, and was a senior manager for the Scottish ESF Objective Partnership for five years.