Experience

Ward Gethin Archer

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Paralegal

  • Jan 2019 - Present



Force 4 Chandlery

• United Kingdom
• Maritime Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sales Assistant

  • Feb 2015 - Sep 2018

  Responsibilities: Assisting customers, overseeing weekend telesales, maintaining stock.Skills Acquired: Understanding of how a large business work, the ability to work in a team and to adapt to different commercial environments. Achievements: Being invited back after leaving for university to represent the company three times at the Southampton Boat Show where myself and my colleagues consistently reached or surpassed sales targets.



The Let Us Play Scheme

• Carer

  • Jul 2013 - Aug 2017

  The scheme provides a one-to-one play environment in the holidays for children with moderate to severe learning disabilities. Responsibilities: Overseeing a ‘unit’ of up to 10 children each day of the holiday scheme. This involved taking care of any personal needs of each child, coordinating feeding and activity times and assisting the one-to-one carers in ensuring the children had an enjoyable day. Skills Acquired: Management and the responsibility that comes with it and speaking to the children in basic Makaton.Achievements: Being promoted to one of the most senior positions in the play scheme and having the privilege to meet these incredible children and their families.



Eversheds Sutherland

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vacation Scheme Member

  • Jul 2017 - Jul 2017

  In July 2017 I joined 4 other successful applicants on a vacation scheme at Eversheds Sutherland in Cambridge. I chose to experience the corporate and litigation departments during my time there. In my first week I worked in corporate alongside a trainee solicitor undertaking tasks for the corporate partner Glynne Standfield. The Cambridge office focused on charity law, something I hadn't previously worked on, and I found the work engaging. During this week I compiled detailed research for Glynne, wrote a draft article and proofread documents among other tasks. In my second week I worked in litigation alongside the partner Richard New. This office focused on real estate litigation which I found incredibly interesting. During this week I read a large number of leases, compiled draft emails for clients, conducted research for Richard and proofread documents. I also worked closely with my fellow applicants on a fundraising task for WaterAid, raising just under £100. I found the entire experience incredibly rewarding as it showed me what it would be like to work within a large and successful firm.



Halo Conferences & Events at Southampton Football Club

• United Kingdom
• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Team Member

  • Aug 2014 - Feb 2015

  I worked part-time at Halo Conferences and Events, the catering company for St. Mary’s Stadium in Southampton. Here I performed a number of roles depending on my shift. If I was staffed for a match day, I would be under the seating area as a general till operator. Alternatively, I could be helping to provide a 5-star service to our box guests. This included food running to the boxes, helping the designated box host or turning over glasses for the private bars. During my time there I also worked private functions, also a 5-star service, for hundreds of guests at a time. My roles for private events included: dressing a large function room to precise standards, waitressing, serving food to customers in the event of a buffet, wine waitressing, turning over glasses and polishing glasses and cutlery after they were washed at the end of a function. This job was my first non-academic experience of hard work, and I enjoyed the variety of work available to me. My position at Halo gave me my first experience of the inner workings of a business and providing services to large numbers of people.



Shentons Solicitors & Mediators

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice

• Work Experience

  • Feb 2014 - Feb 2014

  For 4 days in February 2014 I was invited for some work experience at Shentons Solicitors, a private law firm. I explored work in 3 legal departments during my time here including wills and probate. I attended court twice, firstly with a criminal lawyer at Winchester Magistrates Court and secondly to a custody hearing in Basingstoke. I was allowed to sit in on the pre-court hearing with the barrister and their client for the latter. I already had the idea that I would like to go into law from doing my A-Level, but this experience made me realise that it was the field I definitely wanted to go into. I found this short placement very rewarding and I came away from it enlightened. It enabled me to see how a law firm operates and experience all of the services offered to clients.