Qualifications:
International House Barcelona 10/2015 CELTA
University of Northumbria, UK 06/2002 BA (Hons) English and Film Studies
Helsby High School, UK 06/1998 A-Levels English Language (A)
Art (A)
CELTA:
• During the course I taught 6 hours of observed teaching practice to groups of 10-15 students at three different levels: A1, A2 and B1.
• I used the following material:
o Outcomes for Upper Intermediate
o Straight Forward for Pre Intermediate
o New English File for Elementary
Key Skills:
• CELTA graduate
• Successful business owner having set up and developed my own company to deliver recruitment, training and consultancy services on a national scale.
• Recruitment, management and inducted up to 20 members of staff.
• Delivered a wide range of employability training sessions to groups of 5-30 adults.
• 15 years’ experience of public speaking, delivering presentations to up to 300 people.
Employment History:
October 2016 – To date
Merit School - English Teacher
Currently teaching English 17 hours per week to a range of both young learners and adults, at various levels. My class groups range from 7-18 and I am teaching from the following course books:
Macmillan Gateway 2nd edition
English File Upper Intermediate
English File Intermediate
Kids Box 2nd Edition
December 2015 – August 2016
Private English Teacher (references available upon request)
Teaching several adults around Barcelona, on a one to one basis, at the following levels:
Elementary
Pre-Intermediate
Upper Intermediate
December 2015 – August 2016
Holmes Place – Barcelona - European Recruitment Manager
Working as the Recruitment Manager across Europe, I am responsible for providing support, direction and advice to managers on all aspects of the recruitment area, increasing the quality of recruitment skills and tools across the European business.
September 2007 – September 2015
Greengrape Solutions – Company Director/Recruitment and Training Manager
Founded in September 2007, Greengrape Solutions supports the recruitment, training and business needs of public and private providers delivering significant employability and skills programmes on behalf of central government. Whether an organisation is looking for staff, training or work, our aim is to make a positive and unique difference to the experience working within this industry.
Key Duties:
• Delivered a range of employability lessons to a variety of adults from 18 years and above. My class sizes ranged from 5-30. Lessons included:
o Confidence building
o Interview techniques
o Job searching
o Sales skills
• I was responsible for creating my own lesson plans.
• I recruited, managed and developed a team of up 20 members of staff. I was responsible for training and indicting all staff ensuring their smooth transition into the business and provided ongoing training and development throughout their employment.
• Management of the day-to-day running of an international recruitment and training business.
• Communicating and partnering effectively with HR and Business Managers on an international/national level.
• Awarded the prestigious Morgan Foundation ‘Best New Business’ award in 2009
• Awarded the Waves Enterprise award for ‘Business with outstanding success’ 2009
April 2005 – September 2007
Reed in Partnership – Employment and Training Advisor
Reed in Partnership focuses on adult employability, adult skills development and business support programmes in the UK.
• I worked on an Employability Programme providing advice and guidance assisting Lone Parents in their return to work by identifying barriers that need to be tackled in order for them to gain employment. For example, language barriers, key skills barrier, drug and alcohol addiction, job searching strategy and unobtainable job goals.
• I delivered a range of employability sessions to groups of 5-30 adults from 18 years plus.
May 2000 – April 2005
Thomas Cook Tour Operations (Mallorca, Ibiza, Gran Canaria)
Overseas Holiday Representative/Senior Representative
• I delivered welcome introductions, where I would provide all the information that new arriving guests required to ensure they had an excellent holiday.
• My daily duties involved visiting my hotels and ensuring all guests within properties were enjoying their holiday experience.
Challenging sales targets were set and achieved on a regular basis and often exceeded