Commercial Manager

• Jul 2021 - Present

Residential Camp Co-Ordinator

• Apr 2021 - Present

Residential Camp Co-Ordinator at St Lawrence College. Responsible for but not limited to collaboration with camp partners and organisations, facilitating with the pre-planning of camp, including the day's structure, recruitment of students, applications, planning activities, advertising campaigns, creating brochure content, planning the day-to-day administration of day and residential camp.

General Manager

• Jun 2018 - Mar 2020

Dealt with high pressured scenarios and have hands on experience of running a school and team. Main duties Included briefing and meetings, feedback, communication with staff members. Assisting with payroll. Developing positive relationships with school contacts. Scheduling staff. Using computer programmes and bespoke systems to quarterly analyse student data. Writing and delivering reports and summaries. Involved in the recruitment of new staff and mentoring new staff. Ensuring best practices were being followed in relations to BC guidelines. Supporting a cross cultural network of teachers and students. Daily administrative work. Liaison between staff, host families and students. Meet and greet walk-ins and appointments. Answer phone calls and emails. Deliver programmes for students. Supporting the teachers. Being a face of the school and being visible to and available for students. Any ad hoc and additional tasks given by owner.

Accommodation Manager and Welfare Officer

• Jan 2016 - Jun 2018

Responsible for the day to day management of the homestay and self-catering accommodation available to International students. Ensuring that all kinds of accommodation adhere to and meet British Council/English UK requirements. Placing students in accommodation according to their needs and requirements. Maintaining good relationships with homestay hosts. Acquiring new homestay host and vetting them. Keeping accurate records of accommodation. Collecting, analysing and reporting on student/host feedback. Administration duties included but not limited to; collating, processing and saving documentation. Updating school school database and filing systems. Assisting in any task as required by the school’s owner, managers and other staff members. Proactively ensuring the implementation of the welfare and safeguarding policies. DBS checking. Welcoming new students.

Young Learner Residential Centre Manager and Junior and Adult TEFL Teacher

• Feb 2012 - Mar 2020

Residential manager: Overall responsibility of the day to day running of the residential programme. Providing support to the team/staff. In charge of the logistics of the programme (teaching, accommodation, transportation and activities). Teaching: Taught mixed and mono nationality classes, of up 15 students per class. Students ages 7-79 years old and to all levels. Planning. Preparing and delivering lessons. Followed set course books for adult classes and bespoke materials for Junior Courses. Prepared supplementary teaching materials for both courses. Taught all skill areas, helping pupils improve their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in individual and group lessons. Checking and assessing student’ work and was involved with the students social programme by working alongside the activities and social manager.

Academic and Office Manager assistant

• Feb 2012 - Jan 2016

Any task that the Academic and Office manager requests/requires to aid in their day to day tasks. Administration duties included filing, answering phone calls and emails, photocopying, scanning, updating systems and word processing. Arranging transportation for students, creating excel social programmes and placing stationery orders. Interacted with agents, teachers, students, host families and other business clients. Cover for Reception when required. Any task that the Academic and Office manager requests/requires to aid in their day to day tasks. Administration duties included filing, answering phone calls and emails, photocopying, scanning, updating systems and word processing. Arranging transportation for students, creating excel social programmes and placing stationery orders. Interacted with agents, teachers, students, host families and other business clients. Cover for Reception when required.

TEFL Teacher

• May 2011 - Oct 2011

Taught classes of up to 15 students, aged between 14-17years old. Using their in-house materials and lessons plans which aided in enhancing my classroom management skills, and also allowed me to create and use my own supplementary materials. In addition to teaching, my duties included being involved within the schools social programme (activities in the afternoon, evening and at weekends). Taught classes of up to 15 students, aged between 14-17years old. Using their in-house materials and lessons plans which aided in enhancing my classroom management skills, and also allowed me to create and use my own supplementary materials. In addition to teaching, my duties included being involved within the schools social programme (activities in the afternoon, evening and at weekends).