Experience

Sheffield Springs Academy

• United Kingdom
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Career Advisor

  • Sep 2020 - Present

  Working with students from Year 7 to Year 11 providing support and advice on the key transitions and career decisions. Alongside supporting the wider school in raising aspirations and ensuring that parents and staff are provided with up to date Labour Market Information and local region growth and businesses. Achieved by engaging with local businesses, industries and career networks. Working with students from Year 7 to Year 11 providing support and advice on the key transitions and career decisions. Alongside supporting the wider school in raising aspirations and ensuring that parents and staff are provided with up to date Labour Market Information and local region growth and businesses. Achieved by engaging with local businesses, industries and career networks.



Sheffield Hallam University

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• HeppSY Higher Education Engagement Assistant

  • Nov 2017 - Sep 2020

  In this position I am employed by Sheffield Hallam but based in a Doncaster school were my role is to promote progression to Higher Education among students from disadvantages cohorts or from non-traditional academic backgrounds. This involves both coordinating in school and HeppSY+ activities, alongside delivering specific students session and staff CPD tailored to the specific school or event. This has included managing desire of multiple stakeholders and partners across the consortium and local area.



Ed'sWood Workshop

• Self Employed

  • Feb 2017 - Nov 2017

  A small business that provides high quality woodwork and made to order furniture from locally sourced and recycled timber. I am both the manager and the craftsman. As the company provides bespoke and tailored products I am regularly in contact with client about there needs and desires, where a good working relation ship is key. In this job I am also responsible for managing the workshop and handling all financial aspect of the business. A small business that provides high quality woodwork and made to order furniture from locally sourced and recycled timber. I am both the manager and the craftsman. As the company provides bespoke and tailored products I am regularly in contact with client about there needs and desires, where a good working relation ship is key. In this job I am also responsible for managing the workshop and handling all financial aspect of the business.



Nuffield Research Placement

• Intern (Assistant Regional Placement Coordinator, Yorkshire and Humber Region)

  • Jan 2017 - Oct 2017

  In this position I acted as an assistant to David Ward in managing both the recruitment of placement providers (university academics/research students) and the administration and support for the secondary school students who will be undertaking these summer placements. The Nuffield Research Placement is a scheme that enables college and secondary students to undertake a summer research placement hosted by an active researcher in a University environment. With a particular focus on encouraging students who do not have a history of university attendance and from deprived areas. The scheme primary goal is to help encourage such students to pursue either further educational or career in a STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) subjects.This role included recruiting placement providers and bringing new schools into the program. This involved organise meetings with the placement providers and schools to answer questions and ensure that that all the placements meet high standards of supervision and health and safety. My area of responsibility is focused on the wider Sheffield area for the recruitment of placement provider, students and schools. Further, I am in charge of supporting students who would undertake the placement through being a point of contact and creating and supplying resources to the providers such as induction packs and forms to standardise the procedure of the placement.



Center for Computational Imaging & Simulation Technologies in Biomedicine (CISTIB)

• United Kingdom
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Management Support (Casual Staff)

  • Apr 2015 - Sep 2016

  The role focused on leading the centres Dissemination activities and assisting in managing the centre’s research projects which included several European and UK research grants. Which entailed representing the centre at events and assisting in the preparation of project deliverables, reviews and new grants. For the VPH-DARE@IT project the role included several different tasks. Including taking the lead in collecting articles and editing the project newsletters. Alongside being part of the team that both prepared and attended ICT2015 as representatives of the project as whole. In the wider project the role responsibility included monitoring and tracking the progress of project deliverables and milestones, while at the same time supporting project reporting and administration.Dissemination activities included leading the centre's contribution to the Nuffield Research Project, were the centre offered 4 week projects based on current research based at our centre to students currently undertaking their A-levels. Alongside organising and supporting the centre's Week of Science event. While also writing and editing news articles for the centre's website. From this role I have developed my ability to communicate and monitor large groups that are dispersed between multiple locations and with multiple specialties, and the importance of engaging the public and wider community in the research though dissemination activities. While also further developing my time management, communication and management skills.



The University of Sheffield

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Oct 2012 - Dec 2015

  In this position I undertook two different roles the first being a Graduate Teaching Assistant and secondarily A Senior Graduate Teaching Assistant at The University of Sheffield. Both roles were responsible to provide supervision during lab sessions and tutorials in a variety of subjects including Finite Element Modelling, Mechanics and Management and Enterprise. These were delivered to undergraduate and post graduate who were undertaking both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in the Faculty of Engineering and other departments.For the role of senior graduate teaching assistant expanded this role to include preparation and managing teaching material and aiding in the development of teaching and supporting material. During the delivery of teaching this role included the supervision of other demonstrators and supporting them when needed. This involved closely with lecturers and the departmental support staff. In some modules this included acting as a liaison to external speakers who were giving quest lectures or running workshops.These roles helped me to develop a good understanding of how to communicate knowledge and support both group and individual learning. While also developing practical skills in problem solving and adapting communication method to achieve the best results possible.



Kings Active Foundation

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Manager, Coach

  • Jun 2006 - Aug 2010

  The main role that I held was group coach, this position involved ensuring that the children at the camp had a safe and enjoyable environment, alongside providing quality coaching in a wide range of sports and other activities. Latter in the period I was with Kings Camps I held an assistant mangers position for a year. Which involved working with the head office and providing support to the manager in the handling of day to day running of the camp. While supervising the other staff working at the camp to ensure safety, quality of service and handling complaints or issues that were raised by parents of staff members.



Sodexo Prestige Venues & Events

• Facilities Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Casual Staff

  • Jun 2004 - Jun 2007

  Position involved working as both front of house staff as well as kitchen staff in the canteen at a police training collage. Alongside providing silver service for formal events and dinners. It also entail handling food deliveries and setting up catering events, included in this was providing catering during large scale policing operations. Position involved working as both front of house staff as well as kitchen staff in the canteen at a police training collage. Alongside providing silver service for formal events and dinners. It also entail handling food deliveries and setting up catering events, included in this was providing catering during large scale policing operations.