Work Experience

Jan 2019 – Present

• Private online tuition with clients in China

April 2016 – Jan 2019            Education First (EF), Shenzhen, China                                    Teacher

• Named nationally as one of the company’s 10 ‘star teachers’, was the subject of marketing articles & won many local/regional awards
• Continued own CPD + launched own activity that drew 80+ people to the centre every week

July 2015 – Oct 2015              International College of English, Auckland, NZ

                                    Teacher

• Taught English to adult migrants from China for 3 months

March 2015 – May 2015        UNICEF NZ, Auckland, NZ           

Fundraiser

• Worked as a door-to-door fundraiser for UNICEF
• Became adept at pitching ideas to the general public & learned a lot about Auckland

July 2012 – July 2014                          Education First (EF), Shenzhen, China

Teacher

• Taught English to adults in Shenzhen, China
• Attended training numerous in-house training sessions & continued my professional development
• Voted as the person whom other teachers + sales staff most like to work with

Nov 2009 – Jan 2011       Apex College, Manchester

                Teacher

• Taught English to adults from a variety of countries at this college for over a year.
• Gained experience in teaching exam-based courses (FCE).
• Continued my professional development.
• Taught private 1-2-1 lessons in my spare time.
• Maintained the computer systems.

2009 – Dec 2010                     Private Tuition

Teacher

• Gave a lot of private English lessons (CELTA qualified) to people from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Pakistan.
• Observed multiple lessons & IELTS preparation classes in local schools to supplement the skills gained from my CELTA qualification.
• Gained valuable teaching experience.

2009 – Dec 2011                     Home Fundraising, Manchester

                Fundraiser

• Worked as a door-to-door fund raiser for Breakthrough Breast Cancer and Oxfam.
• Gained invaluable experience at interacting with the general public.

2007/2008       & 2011/2012   Travel jobs/volunteering

• Worked/Volunteered in Australia (gardening – 2 months), Thailand (teaching English – 4

months), South Africa (teaching English – 1 month) and Mozambique (working in the hospitality     industry – 2 weeks).

• Extensive travel has helped me to develop effective negotiating, budgeting and planning skills, cultivated language/communication skills and helped me learn to adapt to unanticipated situations and to do the most with what I've got.

2006                            Asral NGO, Ulan Bataar

• Taught English to street children in the capital of Mongolia (Ulan Bataar).
• Worked to create a gardening co-operative and taught locals how to grow vegetables.
• Distributed aid at a settlement in the Gobi Desert.

2004                            Brown McConnell Clarke McKee, Belfast

• Worked with this firm of chartered surveyors for a year.
• Created an electronic database of their archives resulting in improved organization and efficiency.
• Worked extensively with specific chartered surveying software & sent out ground rents.

Interests and activities

• I love travelling! At last count, I've visited 40 countries. Travel has helped shape me as a person.
• Citizen journalism, geo-political and sociological issues.
• Kick boxing, jogging & capoeira
• Open Source projects

Additional Skills

• Proficient IT skills (including functional knowledge of multiple MS programs, Statistical

Analysis Software, OpenOffice, Chartered Surveyor software and various Linux distributions).

• Comfortable working with technology, communicating with others and planning projects. Interest in emerging technology.