Experience

GK Apprenticeships

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Development Coach - Project Management

  • Oct 2018 - Present

  My role is to perform as the development coach for the project management, IT and Business analysis standards for a cohort of learners. My duties are to perform the mandatory reviews, manage and complete the functional skills and to monitor and mentor the mandatory courses related to the respective courses. My duties in project management are to help learners include their new PM skills into the business arena and best practice as part of their daily activities and to help them understand and… My role is to perform as the development coach for the project management, IT and Business analysis standards for a cohort of learners. My duties are to perform the mandatory reviews, manage and complete the functional skills and to monitor and mentor the mandatory courses related to the respective courses. My duties in project management are to help learners include their new PM skills into the business arena and best practice as part of their daily activities and to help them understand and use relevant project management techniques and methods as part of a blended learning approach. Show more Show less



PeoplePlus UK

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sector Delivery Expert (Project Management Standards)

  • Mar 2018 - Oct 2018

  This position was as a ‘sector delivery expert’ in project management. My job was to write the level 4 courseware for the new standards. This must include the End Point Assessment preparation relating to the showcase, the presentation and the final interview. As part of the 24 months journey for the learners, the delivery model had to be written for the 20% off the job working and the learning mentor visit delivery plan. It was my responsibility to manage the delivery tutors and learning mentor… This position was as a ‘sector delivery expert’ in project management. My job was to write the level 4 courseware for the new standards. This must include the End Point Assessment preparation relating to the showcase, the presentation and the final interview. As part of the 24 months journey for the learners, the delivery model had to be written for the 20% off the job working and the learning mentor visit delivery plan. It was my responsibility to manage the delivery tutors and learning mentor team relating to the project management course and to work with the sales team to help with the prospect client’s on-site visits and the on-boarding process to meet the companies and learners from end-to-end of their journey. Show more Show less



Freelance Project Manager Assessor - Private Contract

• Project Manager Assessor and Trainer APM, APMG, Scrum, Agile, Kanban and Lean

  • May 2015 - Sep 2018

  This contract is to teach and assess Project Mangers through their level 3 and 4 PM Diploma. It involves APM, APMG, Scrum, Agile, Kanban and Lean with many elements of the Prince2 structure.The students are based on several sites around the West Midlands.



South and City College Birmingham

• Assessor / Lecturer

  • Jan 2014 - Jul 2018

  Teaching Level 3 ICT Btec units to 16 plus. Teaching Employability, ITU Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access EL3, Level 1 and Level 2. Also Functional skills for English and Maths all levels with ESOL and Return to work students. Assessing level 2 and 3 IT and Business Admin students.



Kennedy Commercial Ltd

• Ireland
• Mining

• Freelance Training/Assessing/IQA/Learning Mentor - Framework and Standards

  • Dec 1998 - Mar 2018

  For over 10 years I have been involved within the educational Industry, IT training technical training, soft-skills training, working for private providers and lecturing at FE colleges and assessing NVQ subjects: Business Admin, Team Leader, ICT Diploma, PMO, BIT and Warehouse and storage and Project Management for the framework and the standards. I have had many contracts working with employability, Functional Skills and assessing within the supply chain in many business types and… For over 10 years I have been involved within the educational Industry, IT training technical training, soft-skills training, working for private providers and lecturing at FE colleges and assessing NVQ subjects: Business Admin, Team Leader, ICT Diploma, PMO, BIT and Warehouse and storage and Project Management for the framework and the standards. I have had many contracts working with employability, Functional Skills and assessing within the supply chain in many business types and locations. I also am contracted as an IQA to support the assessing and teaching teams for industry.The most resent contract was to design and write the courseware for the project management level 4 to relate to the standards and the end point assessment with the APM qualification in the first year. Show more Show less



Capita Education Resourcing

• United Kingdom
• Human Resources Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assessor / Trainer

  • Oct 2015 - May 2016

  Assessor and Trainer in Software Development in Web and Software Development for e-commerce industries and Government Departments.



Freelance Microsoft Assessor

• Microsoft Assessor

  • Jul 2014 - May 2015

  This was a freelance position as a Level 3 assessor for the Level 3 Diploma in IT on the Microsoft apprenticeship. The students are based UK wide and my duties were to teach the MTA for networking and also the active directory. I also had to teach Functional skills English and Maths. This was a one year contract completing Mid 2015. I am a Proctor for the MTA exams and teach the Knowledge units, assess the competency and the MTA certifications.



Birmingham Metropolitan College

• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lecturer

  • Feb 2014 - Feb 2015

  Lecturer in IT and Business on the Btech diploma, extended diploma, level 2, level 3 and HND.



QA Ltd

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Engineering Tutor

  • Jul 2013 - Mar 2014

• Assessor / Trainer

  • Nov 2011 - Mar 2014



Telford College of Arts & Technology

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lecturer

  • Sep 2008 - Oct 2011

  IT. Level 2, 3, 4C# Programming Level 4Dreamweaver beginners, intermediateFoundation studies(challenging behaviour) entry level 1, entry level 2, entry level 3Apprenticeship computingcatering level 2functional skills english range (entry level 2 : level 2)functional skills maths range (entry level 2 : level2)



Kennedy Resource Ltd.

• Canada
• Oil and Gas

• IT Consultant

  • Dec 1998 - Sep 2008

  As a technical freelance consultant, I was contracted to design, develop and deploy many computer software solutions to companies as part of the project team. The roles varied from simply coding to the project manager of the solutions.



JBA Software Products

• Project Leader/Senior Technical Consultant

  • Feb 1990 - Dec 1998

  development teams, support teams, QA software.software development and delivery timetable.budgets, testing, installation, customer support, training, user training and project managment.