Jess Davies
Jess has been working at the GOsC since 2022 and more broadly in communications for other organisations for 10 years.
What do you do in your role?
Working in the Communications team, which is responsible for providing osteopaths, students, patients, the public and our partners with information about our work as regulator, my focus is on how we communicate with students, and how we communicate about our work in the area of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging. I also work to capture feedback and insight about our audiences that can help us meet their needs and provide them with the information they need from the GOsC.
What opportunities does your role provide?
My role allows me to meet and speak with students during their education, and through our Student Forum Pilot, to listen to the views of students on the work of the GOsC. This is one of the areas of my work I most enjoy, because I know how important students are for the future of the profession, and as their regulator we want to do our best to build trust with them while they are still in education.
Other opportunities I’ve had in this role include learning about how osteopaths can, in their practice, meet the needs of neurodivergent patients and fellow osteopaths, following a conversation with a neurodivergent osteopath who was a guest on the GOsC podcast. I’ve also had the pleasure of working with colleagues in the Institute of Osteopathy to share some of our EDIB work in their magazine, Osteopathy Today, as well as collaborating with other teams in the GOsC to improve some of the information on our website, making it more easily readable for a wider range of people.
What is it like working for the GOsC?
We’re a small but ambitious organisation, which means my ideas are always welcomed from colleagues at all levels of seniority. There is a real sense of collaboration across the organisation, and when we get together in person for workshops and collaboration days, I always come away feeling motivated and listened to. The GOsC has also always shown such support and action for issues of equality, diversity and inclusion, making it feel like a safe space to work.
What would it surprise people to know about you?
My biggest passion is storytelling – reading, writing and chatting with others about their own personal stories. I’ve hosted and co-hosted podcasts where we chat about books and what they mean to us. I hope to one day publish stories of my own, fictional and otherwise! Most of my spare time is spent reading or walking my dog around Surrey where I live, or Pembrokeshire where I spent most of my childhood and which still remains to be one of my most favourite places to be.
